[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 95 (Wednesday, June 30, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7950-S7961]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2000

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                McCONNELL (AND LEAHY) AMENDMENT NO. 1127

  Mr. McCONNELL (for himself and Mr. Leahy) proposed an amendment to 
the bill, S. 1234, supra; as follows:

       On page 11, line 12 strike everything after the word 
     ``loans'' and through the word ``provision'' on line 22.
       On page 18, line 21, after the colon insert the following:
       Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
     $10,000,000 shall be made available for political, economic, 
     humanitarian, and associated support activities for Iraqi 
     opposition groups designated under the Iraqi Liberation Act 
     (Public Law 105-338): Provided further, That not less than 15 
     days prior to the obligation of these funds, the Secretary 
     shall inform the Committees on Appropriations of the purpose 
     and amount of the proposed obligation of funds under this 
     provision:
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                McCAIN (AND STEVENS) AMENDMENT NO. 1128

  Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. McCain (for himself and Mr. Stevens)) proposed 
an amendment to the bill, S. 1234, supra; as follows:

       On page 7, line 3 strike the language beginning with ``but 
     shall be'' through line 16 ``Appropriations.''
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                LEAHY (AND McCONNELL) AMENDMENT NO. 1129

  Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Mr. McConnell) proposed an amendment to 
the bill, S. 1234, supra; as follows:

       On page 7, line 22, after the colon, insert the following:

     Provided further, That funds made available to grantees may 
     be invested pending expenditure for project purposes when 
     authorized by the President of the Foundation: Provided 
     further, That interest earned shall be used only for the 
     purposes for which the grant was made: Provided further, That 
     this authority applies to interest earned both prior to and 
     following enactment of this provision: Provided further, That 
     notwithstanding section 505(a)(2) of the African Development 
     Foundation Act, in exceptional circumstances the board of 
     directors of the Foundation may waive the $250,000 limitation 
     contained in that section with respect to a project: Provided 
     further, That the Foundation shall provide a report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations before each time such waiver 
     authority is exercised:
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               COVERDELL (AND STEVENS) AMENDMENT NO. 1130

  Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Coverdell (for himself and Mr. Stevens)) 
proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1234, supra; as follows:

       On page 8, line 6, after the word ``AIDS'' insert the 
     following: ``and including up to $5,500,000 which may be made 
     available to establish an International Health Center at 
     Morehouse School of Medicine''.
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                McCONNELL (AND LEAHY) AMENDMENT NO. 1131

  Mr. McCONNELL (for himself and Mr. Leahy) proposed an amendment to 
the bill, S. 1234, supra; as follows:

       On page 22, line 5, before the word ``Ukraine'' insert the 
     words ``Government of''.
       On page 22, line 6, after ``1999'', insert the following: 
     ``, including taking effective measures to end corruption by 
     government officials''.
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                LEAHY (AND McCONNELL) AMENDMENT NO. 1132

  Mr. LEAHY (for himself and Mr. McConnell) proposed an amendment to 
the bill, S. 1234, supra; as follows:

       On page 22, line 15, before the period, insert the 
     following: ``Provided further, That of the funds made 
     available for Ukraine, $3,500,000 shall be made available for 
     the destruction of stockpiles of anti-personnel landmines in 
     Ukraine''.
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                        LEAHY AMENDMENT NO. 1133

  Mr. LEAHY proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1234, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 10, line 10, after the colon, insert the following: 
     ``Provided further, That the proportion of funds appropriated 
     under this heading that are made available for biodiversity 
     activities should be at least the same as the proportion of 
     funds that were made available for such activities from funds 
     appropriated by the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and 
     Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1995 (P.L. 103-306) to 
     carry out sections 103 through 106 and chapter 10 of part I 
     of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961''.
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                        LEAHY AMENDMENT NO. 1134

  Mr. LEAHY proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1234, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 32, line 12, delete everything beginning with 
     ``For'' through ``expended'' on page 33, line 7, and insert 
     in lieu thereof the following:
       For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying direct or 
     indirect loans and loan guarantees, as the President may 
     determine, for which funds have been appropriated or 
     otherwise made available for programs within the 
     International Affairs Budget Function 150, including the cost 
     of selling, reducing, or canceling amounts owed to the United 
     States as a result of concessional loans made to eligible 
     countries, pursuant to parts IV and V of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (including necessary expenses for the 
     administration of activities carried out under these parts), 
     and of modifying concessional credit agreements with least 
     developed countries, as authorized under section 411 of the 
     Agriculture Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 as 
     amended; and concessional loans, guarantees and credit 
     agreements with any country in sub-Saharan Africa, as 
     authorized under section 572 of the Foreign Operations, 
     Export Financing and Related Programs Act, 1989 (Public Law 
     100-461); $43,000,000, to remain available until expended; 
     provided that any limitation of subsection (e) of Section 411 
     of the Agriculture Trade Development and Assistance Act of 
     1954 to the extent that limitation applies to sub-Saharan 
     African countries shall not apply to funds appropriated 
     hereunder or previously appropriate.
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                ROTH (AND LAUTENBERG) AMENDMENT NO. 1135

  Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Roth (for himself and Mr. Lautenberg)) 
proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1234, supra; as follows:

       On page 128, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following 
     new section:


 sense of congress on management of united states interests in ukraine

       Sec. 580. (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following 
     findings:
       (1) Ukraine is a major European nation as it has the second 
     largest territory and sixth largest population of all the 
     States of Europe.
       (2) Ukraine has important geopolitical and economic roles 
     to play within Central and Eastern Europe.
       (3) A strong, stable, and secure Ukraine serves the 
     interests of peace and stability in all of Europe, which are 
     important national security interests of the United States.
       (4) Ukraine is a member State of the Council of Europe, the 
     Organization on Security and Cooperation in Europe, the 
     Central European Initiative, and the Euro-Atlantic 
     Partnership Conference, is a participant in the Partnership 
     for Peace program of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 
     and has entered into a Partnership and Cooperation Agreement 
     with the European Union.

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       (5) The Government of Ukraine has clearly articulated its 
     country's aspirations to become fully integrated into 
     European and transatlantic institutions, and, in pursuit of 
     the attainment of that aspiration, the government of Ukraine 
     has requested associate membership in the European Union with 
     the intent of eventually becoming a full member of the 
     European Union.
       (6) It is the policy of the United States to support the 
     aspiration of Ukraine to assume its rightful place among the 
     European and transatlantic community of democratic States and 
     in European and transatlantic institutions.
       (7) In the United States Government, the responsibility for 
     management of United States interests in Ukraine would be 
     most effectively performed by the officials who perform the 
     responsibility for management of United States interests in 
     Europe, and a designation of those officials to do so would 
     strongly underscore and most effectively support attainment 
     of the United States objective to build a Europe whole and 
     free.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the Secretary of State should designate the Assistant 
     Secretary of State for European Affairs to perform, through 
     the Bureau of European Affairs of the Department of State, 
     the responsibilities of the Department of State for the 
     management of United States interests in Ukraine.
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                  HELMS (AND MACK) AMENDMENT NO. 1136

  Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Helms (for himself and Mr. Mack)) proposed an 
amendment to the bill, S. 1234, supra; as follows:

       On page 38, line 10, strike ``$785,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$776,600,000''.
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                        HELMS AMENDMENT NO. 1137

  Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Helms) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1234, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following 
     new section:

     SEC.   . CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION WITH RESPECT TO 
                   ACQUISITION OF USAID FACILITIES.

       (a) Funds appropriated under the heading ``Operating 
     Expenses of the Agency for International Development'' may be 
     made available for acquisition of office space exceeding 
     $5,000,000 of the United States Agency for International 
     Development only if the appropriate congressional committees 
     are notified at least 15 days in advance in accordance with 
     the procedures applicable to reprogramming notifications 
     under section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2394-1)
       (b) As used in this section, the term ``acquisition'' shall 
     have the same meaning as in the Foreign Service Building Act 
     of 1926.
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                 HELMS (AND DeWINE) AMENDMENT NO. 1138

  Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Helms (for himself and Mr. DeWine)) proposed 
an amendment to the bill, S. 1234, supra; as follows:

       Beginning on page 92 delete section 560 and insert in lieu 
     thereof the following:


                          assistance for haiti

       Sec. 560. (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of 
     Congress that, in providing assistance to Haiti, the 
     President should place a priority on the following areas:
       (1) aggressive action to support the institution of the 
     Hitian National Police, including support for efforts by the 
     leadership and the Inspector General to purge corrupt and 
     politicized elements from the Haitian National Police;
       (2) steps to ensure that any elections undertaken in Haiti 
     with United States assistance are full, free, fair, 
     transparent, and democratic;
       (3) a program designed to develop the indigenous human 
     rights monitoring capacity;
       (4) steps to facilitate the continued privatization of 
     state-owned enterprises; and
       (5) a sustained agricultural development program.
       (b) Report.--Beginning six months after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, and six months thereafter, the 
     president shall submit a report to the Committee on 
     Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate and the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee 
     on International Relations of the House of Representatives 
     wit regard to--
       (1) the status of each of the governmental institutions 
     envisioned in the 1987 Haitian constitution, including an 
     assessment of whether or not these institutions and officials 
     hold positions on the basis of a regular, constitutional 
     process;
       (2) the status of the privatization (or placement under 
     long-term private management or concession) of the major 
     public entities, including a detailed assessment of whether 
     or not the Government of Haiti has completed all required 
     incorporating documents, the transfer of assets, and the 
     eviction of unauthorized occupants of the land or facility;
       (3) the status of efforts to re-sign and implement the 
     lapsed bilateral Repatriation Agreement and an assessment of 
     whether or not the Government of Haiti has been cooperating 
     with the United States in halting illegal emigration from 
     Haiti;
       (4) the status of the Government of Haiti's efforts to 
     conduct thorough investigations of extrajudicial and 
     political killings and--
       (A) an assessment of whether or not substantial progress 
     has been made in bringing to justice the persons responsible 
     for these extrajudicial or political killings in Haiti, and
       (B) an assessment of whether or not the Government of Haiti 
     is cooperating with United States authorities and with United 
     States-funded technical advisors to the Haitian National 
     Police in such investigations;
       (5) an assessment of whether or not the Government of Haiti 
     has taken action to remove and maintain the separation from 
     the Haitian National Police, national palace and residential 
     guard, ministerial guard, and any other public security 
     entity or unit of Haiti those individuals who are credibly 
     alleged to have engaged in or conspired to conceal gross 
     violations of internationally recognized human rights;
       (6) the status of steps being taken to secure the 
     ratification of the maritime counter-narcotics agreements 
     signed in October 1997;
       (7) an assessment of the degree to which domestic capacity 
     to conduct free, fair, democratic, and administratively sound 
     elections has been developed in Haiti; and
       (8) an assessment of whether or not Haiti's Minister of 
     Justice has demonstrated a commitment to the professionalism 
     of judicial personnel by consistently placing students 
     graduated by the Judicial School in appropriate judicial 
     positions and has made a commitment to share program costs 
     associated with the Judicial School, and is achieving 
     progress in making the judicial branch in Haiti independent 
     from the executive branch.
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                McCONNELL (AND LEAHY) AMENDMENT NO. 1139

  Mr. McCONNELL (for himself and Mr. Leahy) proposed an amendment to 
the bill, S. 1234, supra; as follows:

       On page 24, line 18, strike all after ``(h)'' through the 
     period on page 25, line 2, and insert the following:
       Of the funds appropriated under this heading that are 
     allocated for assistance for the Central Government of 
     Russia, 50 percent shall be withheld from obligation until 
     the President determines and certifies in writing to the 
     Committees on Appropriations that The Government of Russia 
     has terminated implementation of arrangements to provide Iran 
     with technical expertise, training, technology, or equipment 
     necessary to develop a nuclear reactor, related nuclear 
     research facilities or programs, or ballistic missile 
     capability.
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                McCONNELL (AND LEAHY) AMENDMENT NO. 1140

  Mr. McCONNELL proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1234, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 22, line 24, after the word ``Armenia'' and before 
     the period insert the following: ``: Provided, That of the 
     funds made available for Armenia, $15,000,000 shall be 
     available for earthquake rehabilitation and reconstruction''.
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                        HELMS AMENDMENT NO. 1141

  Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Helms) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1234, supra; as follows:

       On page 37, line 11, before the period insert the 
     following: ``Provided further, That of the amount 
     appropriated under this heading, $5,000,000 shall be 
     available only for the Philippines''.
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                       ABRAHAM AMENDMENT NO. 1142

  Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Abraham) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1234, supra; as follows:
       On page 12 line 6 insert a new section:


                                lebanon

       Of the funds appropriated under the headings ``Development 
     Assistance'' and ``Economic Support Fund,'' not less than 
     $15,000,000 shall be made available for Lebanon to be used, 
     among other programs, for scholarships and direct support of 
     the American educational institutions in Lebanon.
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                       THOMAS AMENDMENT NO. 1143

  Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Thomas) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1234, supra; as follows:

       On page 13, line 5, after the word ``Appropriations'' 
     insert the following words: '', the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on International 
     Relations of the House,''; and
       On page 98, line 16, after the word ``Appropriations'', 
     insert the following words: '', the Committee on Foreign 
     Relations of the Senate, and the Committee on International 
     Relations of the House,''.
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                       DORGAN AMENDMENT NO. 1144

  Mr. LEAHY (for Mr. Dorgan) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1234, supra; as follows:

       On page 21, line 22, before the period insert the 
     following: ``: Provided further, That of the

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     amount appropriated under this heading, not to exceed 
     $200,000 shall be available only for the REAP International 
     School Linkage Program''.
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                CAMPBELL (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1145

  Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Campbell (for himself, Mr. Santorum, and Mr. 
Byrd) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1234, supra; as follows:

       On page 128, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following 
     new section:


  restriction on united states assistance for certain reconstruction 
                     efforts in the Balkans region.

       Sec.   . (a) Prohibition.--
       (1) In general.--Except as provided in subsection (b), none 
     of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this 
     Act for United States assistance for reconstruction efforts 
     in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia or any contiguous 
     country may be used for the procurement of, any article 
     produced outside the United States, the recipient country, or 
     least developed countries or any service provided by a 
     foreign person.
       (b) Exception.--Subsection (a) shall not apply if--
       (1) the provision of such assistance requires articles of a 
     type that are produced in and services that are available for 
     purchase in the United States, the recipient country, or 
     least developed countries, or if the cost of articles and 
     services produced in or available from the United States and 
     such other counties is significantly more expensive, 
     including the cost of transportation, than the cost from 
     other sources; or
       (2) the President determines that the application of 
     subsection (a) will impair the ability of the United States 
     to maximize the use of United States articles and services in 
     such reconstruction efforts of other donor countries, or if 
     the President otherwise determines that subsection (a) will 
     impair United States foreign assistance objectives.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Article.--The term ``article'' means any agricultural 
     commodity, steel, communications equipment, farm machinery, 
     or petrochemical refinery equipment.
       (2) Federal republic of yugoslavia.--The term ``Federal 
     Republic of Yugoslavia'' means the Federal Republic of 
     Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) and includes Kosovo.
       (3) Foreign person.--The term ``foreign person'' means any 
     foreign national exclusive of any national or recipient 
     country or least developed countries including any foreign 
     corporation, partnership, other legal entity, organizations, 
     or association that is beneficially owned by foreign persons 
     or controlled in fact by foreign persons.
       (4) Produced.--The term ``produced'', with respect to an 
     item, includes any item mined, manufactured, made, assembled, 
     grown, or extracted.
       (5) Service.--The term ``service'' means any engineering, 
     construction or telecommunication.
       (6) Steel.--The term ``steel'' includes the following 
     categories of steel products: semifinished, plates, sheets 
     and strips, wire rods, wire and wire products, rail type 
     products, bars, structural shapes and units, pipes and tubes, 
     iron ore, and coke products.
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                     LAUTENBERG AMENDMENT NO. 1146

  Mr. LEAHY (for Mr. Lautenberg) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1234, supra; as follows:

       Beginning on page 100, strike line 11 and all that follows 
     through line 13 on page 107 and insert the following:


 RESTRICTIONS ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES, ENTITIES, AND COMMUNITIES IN 
  THE FORMER YUGOSLAVIA PROVIDING SANCTUARY TO PUBLICLY INDICTED WAR 
                               CRIMINALS

       Sec.  567. (a) Policy.--It shall be the policy of the 
     United States to use bilateral and multilateral assistance to 
     promote peace and respect for internationally recognized 
     human rights by encouraging countries, entities, and 
     communities in the territory of the former Yugoslavia to 
     cooperate fully with the International Criminal Tribunal for 
     the Former Yugoslavia--
       (1) by apprehending publicly indicted war criminals and 
     transferring custody of those individuals to the Tribunal to 
     stand trial; and
       (2) by assisting the Tribunal in the investigation and 
     prosecution of crimes subject to its jurisdiction.
       (b) Sanctioned Country, Entity, or Community.--
       (1) In general.--A sanctioned country, entity, or community 
     described in this section is one in which there is present a 
     publicly indicted war criminal or in which the Tribunal has 
     been hindered in efforts to investigate crimes subject to its 
     jurisdiction.
       (2) Special rule.--Subject to subsection (f), subsections 
     (c) and (d) shall not apply to the provision of assistance to 
     an entity that is not a sanctioned entity within a sanctioned 
     country, or to a community that is not a sanctioned community 
     within a sanctioned country or sanctioned entity, if the 
     Secretary of State determines and so reports to the 
     appropriate congressional committees that providing such 
     assistance would further the policy of subsection (a).
       (c) Bilateral Assistance.--
       (1) Prohibition.--None of the funds made available by this 
     or any prior Act making appropriations for foreign 
     operations, export financing and related programs may be 
     provided for any country, entity, or community described in 
     subsection (b).
       (2) Notification.--Not less than 15 days before any 
     assistance described in this subsection is disbursed to any 
     country, entity, or community described in subsection (b), 
     the Secretary of State, in consultation with the 
     Administrator of the Agency for International Development, 
     shall publish in the Federal Register a written justification 
     for the proposed assistance, including a description of the 
     location of the proposed assistance program or project by 
     municipality, its purpose, and the intended recipient of the 
     assistance, including the names of individuals, companies and 
     their boards of directors, and shareholders with controlling 
     or substantial financial interest in the program or project.
       (d) Multilateral Assistance.--
       (1) Prohibition.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall 
     instruct the United States executive directors of the 
     international financial institutions to work in opposition 
     to, and vote against, any extension by such institutions of 
     any financial or technical assistance or grants of any kind 
     to any country or entity described in subsection (b).
       (2) Notification.--Not less than 15 days before any vote in 
     an international financial institution regarding the 
     extension of financial or technical assistance or grants to 
     any country or community described in subsection (b), the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary 
     of State, shall provide to the appropriate Congressional 
     committees a written justification for the proposed 
     assistance, including an explanation of the United States 
     position regarding any such vote, as well as a description of 
     the location of the proposed assistance by municipality, its 
     purpose, and its intended beneficiaries, including the names 
     of individuals with a controlling or substantial financial 
     interest in the project.
       (e) Exceptions.--Subject to subsection (f), subsections (c) 
     and (d) shall not apply to the provision of--
       (1) humanitarian assistance;
       (2) assistance to nongovernmental organizations that 
     promote democracy and respect for human rights; and
       (3) assistance for cross border physical infrastructure 
     projects involving activities in both a sanctioned country, 
     entity, or community and a nonsanctioned contiguous country, 
     entity, or community, if the project is primarily located in 
     and primarily benefits the nonsanctioned country, entity, or 
     community and if the portion of the project located in the 
     sanctioned country, entity, or community is necessary only to 
     complete the project.
       (f) Further Limitations.--
       (1) Prohibition on direct assistance to publicly indicted 
     war criminals and other persons.--Notwithstanding subsection 
     (e) or subsection (g), no assistance may be made available by 
     this Act, or any prior Act making appropriations for foreign 
     operations, export financing and related programs, in any 
     country, entity, or community described in subsection (b), 
     for any financial or technical assistance, grant, or loan 
     that would directly benefit a publicly indicted war criminal, 
     any person who aids or abets a publicly indicted war criminal 
     to evade apprehension, or any person who otherwise obstructs 
     the work of the Tribunal.
       (2) Certification.--At the end of each fiscal year, the 
     President shall certify to the appropriate congressional 
     committees that no assistance described in paragraph (1) 
     directly benefited any person described in that paragraph 
     during the preceding 12-month period.
       (g) Waiver.--The Secretary of State may waive the 
     application of subsection (c) with respect to specified 
     United States projects, or subsection (d) with respect to 
     specified international financial institution programs or 
     projects, in a sanctioned country or entity upon providing a 
     written determination to the appropriate congressional 
     committees that the government of the country or entity is 
     doing everything within its power and authority to apprehend 
     or aid in the apprehension of publicly indicted war criminals 
     and is fully cooperating in the investigation and prosecution 
     of war crimes.
       (h) Current Record of War Criminals and Sanctioned 
     Countries, Entities, and Communities.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of State, acting through the 
     Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues, and after 
     consultation with the Director of Central Intelligence and 
     the Secretary of Defense, shall establish and maintain a 
     current record of the location, including the community, if 
     known, of publicly indicted war criminals and of sanctioned 
     countries, entities, and communities.
       (2) Report.--Beginning 30 days after the date of enactment 
     of this Act, and not later than September 1 each year 
     thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit a report in 
     classified and unclassified form to the appropriate 
     congressional committees on the location, including the 
     community, if known, of publicly indicted war criminals and 
     the identity of countries, entities, and communities that are 
     failing to cooperate fully with the Tribunal.
       (3) Information to congress.--Upon the request of the 
     chairman or ranking minority member of any of the appropriate 
     congressional committees, the Secretary of State shall make 
     available to that committee the information recorded under 
     paragraph (1) in

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     a report submitted to the committee in classified and 
     unclassified form.
       (j) Definitions.--As used in this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee 
     on Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
     the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations and the 
     Committee on International Relations of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Canton.--The term ``canton'' means the administrative 
     units in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
       (3) Community.--The term ``community'' means any canton, 
     district, opstina, city, town, or village.
       (4) Country.--The term ``country'' means Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina, Croatia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 
     (Serbia-Montenegro), the Former Yugoslav Republic of 
     Macedonia, and Slovenia.
       (5) Dayton agreement.--The term ``Dayton Agreement'' means 
     the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina, together with annexes relating thereto, done at 
     Dayton, November 10 through 16, 1995.
       (6) Entity.--The term ``entity'' refers to the Federation 
     of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republika Srpska, Brcko in 
     Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, and Kosovo.
       (7) International financial institution.--The term 
     ``international financial institution'' includes the 
     International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for 
     Reconstruction and Development, the International Development 
     Association, the International Finance Corporation, the 
     Multilateral Investment Guaranty Agency, and the European 
     Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
       (8) Publicly indicted war criminals.--The term ``publicly 
     indicted war criminals'' means persons indicted by the 
     Tribunal for crimes subject to the jurisdiction of the 
     Tribunal.
       (9) Tribunal or international criminal tribunal for the 
     former yugoslavia.--The term ``Tribunal'' or the term 
     ``International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia'' 
     means the International Tribunal for the prosecution of 
     persons responsible for serious violations of international 
     humanitarian law committed in the Territory of the Former 
     Yugoslavia since 1991, as established by United Nations 
     Security Council Resolution 827 of May 25, 1993.
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                      BROWNBACK AMENDMENT NO. 1147

  Mr. BROWNBACK submitted an amendment to be proposed by him to the 
bill, S. 1234, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:

     SEC. __. INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR OPPOSITION-
                   CONTROLLED AREAS OF SUDAN.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds 
     made available under chapter 9 of part I of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to international disaster 
     assistance) for fiscal year 2000, up to $4,000,000 should be 
     made available for rehabilitation and economic recovery in 
     opposition-controlled areas of Sudan. Such funds are to be 
     used to improve civil society, primary education, 
     agriculture, and other locally-determined priorities. Such 
     funds are to be administered by the United States Agency for 
     International Development, in consultation with the 
     Department of Agriculture.

     SEC. __. DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FOR OPPOSITION-CONTROLLED 
                   AREAS OF SUDAN.

       (a) Increase in Development Assistance.--The President, 
     acting through the United States Agency for International 
     Development, should increase the amount of development 
     assistance for capacity building, democracy promotion, civil 
     administration, judiciary, and infrastructure support in 
     opposition-controlled areas of Sudan.
       (b) Report.--Not later than May 1, 2000, the President 
     shall submit a report to the Congress on progress made in 
     carrying out subsection (a).
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                   GRASSLEY AMENDMENTS NOS. 1148-1149

  Mr. GRASSLEY submitted two amendments intended to be proposed to the 
bill, S. 1234, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 1148

       On page 128, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
       Sec. 580. (a) The amount appropriated by title II under the 
     heading ``Department of State'' under the subheading 
     ``international narcotics control and law enforcement'' is 
     hereby increased by $61,000,000.
       (b)(1) The amount appropriated by title II under the 
     heading ``Funds Appropriated to the President'' under the 
     subheading ``agency for international development 
     assistance'' that is specified as available for agriculture 
     and rural development programs including international 
     agriculture research programs is hereby reduced by 
     $5,000,000.
       (2) The amount appropriated by title II under the heading 
     ``Funds Appropriated to the President'' under the subheading 
     ``cyprus'' is hereby reduced by $3,000,000.
       (3) The amount appropriated by title II under the heading 
     ``Funds Appropriated to the President'' under the subheading 
     ``indonesia'' is hereby reduced by $10,000,000.
       (4) The amount appropriated by title II under the heading 
     ``Funds Appropriated to the President'' under the subheading 
     ``international disaster assistance'' is hereby reduced by 
     $5,000,000.
       (5) The amount appropriated by title II under the heading 
     ``Other Bilateral Economic Assistance'' under the subheading 
     ``assistance for the new independent states of the former 
     soviet union'' is hereby reduced by $30,000,000.
       (6) The amount appropriated by title II under the heading 
     ``Department of the Treasury'' under the subheading ``debt 
     restructuring'' is hereby reduced by $3,000,000.
       (7) The amount appropriated by title III under the heading 
     ``Funds Appropriated to the President'' under the subheading 
     ``foreign military financing program'' is hereby reduced by 
     $5,000,000.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1149

       On page 128, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:

                TITLE VI--DRUG CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES

     SEC. 601. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Most Favored Rogue States 
     Act of 1999''.

     SEC. 602. MODIFICATION OF DEFINITION OF ``MAJOR DRUG-TRANSIT 
                   COUNTRY''.

       Section 481(e)(5) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2291(e)(5)) is amended by striking ``significantly 
     affecting the United States''.

     SEC. 603. TREATMENT OF CERTAIN COUNTRIES AS MAJOR DRUG-
                   TRANSIT COUNTRIES FOR PURPOSES OF 
                   CERTIFICATIONS.

       (a) Treatment.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
     and except as provided under section 604(a), the countries 
     specified in subsection (b) shall be treated as major drug-
     transit countries for purposes of section 490 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291j) for fiscal years 
     after fiscal year 1999.
       (b) Covered Countries.--The countries specified in this 
     subsection are the following:
       (1) Iran.
       (2) Syria.
       (3) North Korea.
       (4) Cuba.

     SEC. 604. LIMITATION ON REMOVAL OF COUNTRIES FROM LIST OF 
                   MAJOR DRUG-TRANSIT AND MAJOR ILLICIT DRUG 
                   PRODUCING COUNTRIES.

       (a) Limitation.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     law, in notifying Congress of the countries determined to be 
     major drug-transit or major illicit drug producing countries 
     for purposes of section 490(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961 (2291j(h)) in any year after 1999, the President may 
     not exclude from among such countries any country that was 
     determined to be such a country for purposes of that section 
     in 1998, or any country specified in section 603(b) that was 
     not otherwise so determined, unless 30 days before making the 
     notification that so excludes such country the President 
     submits to the Members of Congress specified in subsection 
     (b) a written notice of an intent to so exclude such country.
       (b) Members of Congress.--The Members of Congress referred 
     to in this subsection are the following:
       (1) The Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate.
       (2) The Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on 
     International Relations of the House of Representatives.

     SEC. 605. REPORT ON NATIONAL INTEREST WAIVER FOR PARAGUAY 
                   DURING FISCAL YEAR 1999 CERTIFICATION PROCESS.

       Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a 
     report setting forth a justification for the decision to 
     submit to Congress a certification under section 490(b)(1)(B) 
     of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
     2291j(b)(1)(B)) with respect to Paraguay for fiscal year 
     1999.

     SEC. 606. REPORT ON DRUG TRAFFICKING ACTIVITIES OF KOSOVO 
                   LIBERATION ARMY.

       Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to Congress a 
     report on the drug-trafficking activities of the Kosovo 
     Liberation Army (KLA). The report shall be submitted in 
     unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
                                 ______
                                 

                HELMS (AND VOINOVICH) AMENDMENT NO. 1150

  Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Helms  (for himself and Mr. Voinovich) 
proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1234, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:

     SEC.   . ASSISTANCE TO PROMOTE DEMOCRACY AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN 
                   YUGOSLAVIA.

       (a) Assistance.--
       (1) Purpose of assistance.--The purpose of assistance under 
     this subsection is to promote and strengthen institutions of 
     democratic government and the growth of an independent civil 
     society in Yugoslavia, including ethnic tolerance and respect 
     for internationally recognized human rights.
       (2) Authorization for assistance.--The President is 
     authorized to furnish assistance and other support for 
     individuals and independent nongovernmental organizations to 
     carry out the purpose of paragraph (1) through support for 
     the activities described in paragraph (3).

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       (3) Activities supported.--Activities that may be supported 
     by assistance under paragraph (2) include the following:
       (A) Democracy building.
       (B) The development of nongovernmental organizations.
       (C) The development of independent media.
       (D) The development of the rule of law, a strong, 
     independent judiciary, and transparency in political 
     practices.
       (E) International exchanges and advanced professional 
     training programs in skill areas central to the development 
     of civil society and a market economy.
       (F) The development of all elements of the democratic 
     process, including political parties and the ability to 
     administer free and fair elections.
       (G) The development of local governance.
       (H) The development of a free-market economy.
       (4) Authorization of appropriations.--
       (A) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated to 
     the President $100,000,000 for the period beginning October 
     1, 1999, and ending September 30, 2001, to carry out this 
     subsection.
       (B) Availability of funds.--Amounts appropriated pursuant 
     to subparagraph (A) are authorized to remain available until 
     expended.
       (b) Prohibition on Assistance to Government of Serbia.--In 
     carrying out subsection (a) the President shall take all 
     necessary steps to ensure that no funds or other assistance 
     is provided to the Government of Yugoslavia or to the 
     Government of Serbia.
       (c) Assistance to Government of Montenegro--In carrying out 
     subsection (a), the President is authorized to provide 
     assistance to the Government of Montenegro, if the President 
     determines, and so reports to the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate, that the Government of Montenegro is committed to, 
     and is taking steps to promote, democratic principles, the 
     rule of law, and respect for internationally recognized human 
     rights.
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                 BURNS (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1151

  Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Burns (for himself, Mr. DeWine, and Mr. 
Coverdell)) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1234, supra; as 
follows:

       On page 26, line 15, before the period insert the 
     following: ``Provided further, That of the funds made 
     available under this heading, not less than $10,000,000 shall 
     be made available to continue mycoherbicide counter drug 
     research and development''.
                                 ______
                                 

                   ASHCROFT AMENDMENTS NOS. 1152-1153

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. ASHCROFT submitted two amendments intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill, S. 1234, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 1152

       On page 128, after line 13, insert the following new 
     section:


 SENSE OF SENATE REGARDING UNITED STATES CITIZENS KILLED IN TERRORIST 
                                ATTACKS

       Sec. 580. (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following 
     findings:
       (1) The Palestinian Authority, in formal commitments made 
     under the Oslo peace process, repeatedly has pledged to wage 
     a relentless campaign against terrorism.
       (2) At least 12 United States citizens have been killed in 
     terrorist attacks in Israel since the Oslo process began in 
     1993, and full cooperation from the Palestinian Authority 
     regarding these cases has not been forthcoming.
       (3) At least 280 Israeli citizens have died in terrorist 
     attacks since the Oslo process began, a greater loss of life 
     than in the 15 years prior to 1993.
       (4) The Palestinian Authority has released terrorist 
     suspects repeatedly, and suspects implicated in the murder of 
     United States citizens have found shelter in the Palestinian 
     Authority, even serving in the Palestinian police force.
       (5) The Palestinian Authority uses official institutions 
     such as the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation to train 
     Palestinian children to hate the Jewish people.
       (6) Terrorist violence likely will undermine a genuine 
     peace settlement and jeopardize the security of Israel and 
     United States citizens in that country as long as incitement 
     against the Jewish people and the State of Israel continues.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that--
       (1) it is the solemn duty of the United States and every 
     Administration to bring to justice those suspected of 
     murdering United States citizens in acts of terrorism;
       (2) the Palestinian Authority has not taken adequate steps 
     to undermine and eradicate terrorism and has not cooperated 
     fully in detaining and prosecuting suspects implicated in the 
     murder of United States citizens;
       (3) Yasser Arafat and senior Palestinian leadership 
     continue to create an environment conducive to terrorism by 
     releasing terrorist suspects and inciting violence against 
     Israel and the United States; and
       (4) United States assistance to the Palestinian Authority 
     should be conditioned on full cooperation in combating 
     terrorist violence and full cooperation in investigating and 
     prosecuting terrorist suspects involved in the murder of 
     United States citizens.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1153

     SEC. __. REPORT ON TERRORIST ACTIVITY IN WHICH UNITED STATES 
                   CITIZENS WERE KILLED AND RELATED MATTERS.

       (a) In General.--Not later than six months after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, and every 6 months thereafter, the 
     Secretary of State shall prepare and submit a report, with a 
     classified annex as necessary, to the appropriate 
     congressional committees regarding terrorist attacks in 
     Israel, in territory administered by Israel, and in territory 
     administered by the Palestinian Authority. The report shall 
     contain the following information:
       (1) A list of formal commitments the Palestinian Authority 
     has made to combat terrorism.
       (2) A list of terrorist attacks, occurring between 
     September 13, 1993 and the date of the report, against United 
     States citizens in Israel, in territory administered by 
     Israel, or in territory administered by the Palestinian 
     Authority, including--
       (A) a list of all citizens of the United States killed or 
     injured in such attacks;
       (B) the date of each attack and the total number of people 
     killed or injured in each attack;
       (C) the person or group claiming responsibility for the 
     attack and where such person or group has found refuge or 
     support;
       (D) a list of suspects implicated in each attack and the 
     nationality of each suspect, including information on -
       (i) which suspects are in the custody of the Palestinian 
     Authority and which suspects are in the custody of Israel;
       (ii) which suspects are still at large in areas controlled 
     by the Palestinian Authority or Israel; and
       (iii) the whereabouts (or suspected whereabouts) of 
     suspects implicated in each attack.
       (3) Of the suspects implicated in the attacks described in 
     paragraph (2) and detained by Palestinian or Israeli 
     authorities, information on--
       (A) the date each suspect was incarcerated;
       (B) whether any suspects have been released, the date of 
     such release, and whether any released suspect was implicated 
     in subsequent acts of terrorism; and
       (C) the status of each case pending against a suspect, 
     including information on whether the suspect has been 
     indicted, prosecuted, or convicted by the Palestinian 
     Authority or Israel.
       (4) The policy of the Department of State with respect to 
     offering rewards for information on terrorist suspects, 
     including any information on whether a reward has been posted 
     for suspects involved in terrorist attacks listed in the 
     report.
       (5) A list of each request by the United States for 
     assistance in investigating terrorist attacks listed in the 
     report, a list of each request by the United States for the 
     transfer of terrorist suspects from the Palestinian Authority 
     and Israel since September 13, 1993, and the response to each 
     request from the Palestinian Authority and Israel.
       (6) A description of efforts made by United States 
     officials since September 13, 1993 to bring to justice 
     perpetrators of terrorist acts against United States citizens 
     as listed in the report.
       (7) A list of any terrorist suspects in these cases who are 
     members of Palestinian police or security forces, the 
     Palestine Liberation Organization, or any Palestinian 
     governing body.
       (8) A list of all United States citizens killed or injured 
     in terrorist attacks in Israel or in territory administered 
     by Israel between 1950 and September 13, 1993, including in 
     each case, where such information is available, any stated 
     claim of responsibility and the resolution or disposition of 
     each case, including information as to the whereabouts of the 
     perpetrators of the acts. The list required by this paragraph 
     shall be submitted only once with the initial report required 
     under this section, unless additional relevant information on 
     these cases becomes available.
       (9) The amount of compensation the United States has 
     requested for United States citizens, or their families, 
     injured or killed in attacks by terrorists in Israel, in 
     territory administered by Israel, or in territory 
     administered by the Palestinian Authority since September 13, 
     1993, and, if no compensation has been requested, an 
     explanation of why such requests have not been made.
       (b) Consultation With Other Departments.--The Secretary of 
     State shall, in preparing the report required by this 
     section, consult and coordinate with all other Government 
     officials who have information necessary to complete the 
     report. Nothing contained in this section shall require the 
     disclosure, on a classified or unclassified basis, of 
     information that would jeopardize sensitive sources and 
     methods or other vital national security interests or 
     jeopardize ongoing criminal investigations or proceedings.
       (c) Initial Report.--Except as provided in subsection 
     (a)(8), the initial report filed under this section shall 
     cover the period between September 13, 1993 and the date of 
     the report.
       (d) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined.--In this 
     section, the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' 
     means the Committees on Foreign Relations

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     of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations of 
     the House of Representatives.
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                        CRAIG AMENDMENT NO. 1154

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. CRAIG submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, S. 1234, supra; as follows:

       On page 128, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following 
     new section:


reduction of amount for payment of arrears to multilateral institutions

       Sec. 580. The total amount appropriated under this Act for 
     payment of amounts owed in arrears by the United States to 
     miltilateral international institutions is reduced by the 
     total amount paid by the United States for the costs incurred 
     by the United States during fiscal years 1995 through 1999 
     for peacekeeping operations in Bosnia, Kosovo, and elsewhere 
     in the Balkins.
                                 ______
                                 

                    BIDEN AMENDMENTS NOS. 1155-1156

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. BIDEN submitted two amendments intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, S. 1234, supra; as follows:

                           Amendment No. 1155

       On page 128, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:

     SEC. __. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR THE IRAQ FOUNDATION.

       Of the funds made available by this Act for activities of 
     Iraqi opposition groups designated under the Iraqi Liberation 
     Act (Public Law 105-338), not less than $250,000 shall be 
     made available for the Iraq Foundation.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1156

       On page 128, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:

     SEC. __. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS FOR THE IRAQ FOUNDATION.

       Of the funds made available by this Act for activities of 
     Iraqi opposition groups designated under the Iraqi Liberation 
     Act (Public Law 105-338), funds shall also be available for 
     the Iraq Foundation.
                                 ______
                                 

                  DODD (AND LEAHY) AMENDMENT NO. 1157

  Mr. DODD (for himself and Mr. Leahy) proposed an amendment to the 
bill, S. 1234, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill at the following new 
     section:

     SEC.   . TERMINATION OF PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS ON 
                   TRAVEL TO CUBA.

       (a) Travel to Cuba.--
       (1) Freedom of travel for united states citizens and legal 
     residents.--Subject to subsection (b), the President shall 
     not regulate or prohibit, directly or indirectly, travel to 
     or from Cuba by United States citizens or legal residents, or 
     any of the transactions incident to such travel that are set 
     forth in paragraph (2).
       (2) Transactions incident to travel.--The transactions 
     referred paragraph (1) are--
       (A) any transaction ordinarily incident to travel to or 
     from Cuba, including the importation into Cuba or the United 
     States of accompanied baggage for personal use only;
       (B) any transaction ordinarily incident to travel or 
     maintenance within Cuba, including the payment of living 
     expenses and the acquisition of goods or services for 
     personal use;
       (C) any transaction ordinarily incident to the arrangement, 
     promotion, or facilitation of travel to, from, or within 
     Cuba;
       (D) any transaction incident to non-scheduled air, sea, or 
     land voyages, except that this subparagraph does not 
     authorize the carriage of articles into Cuba or the United 
     States except accompanied baggage; and
       (E) any normal banking transaction incident to any activity 
     described in any of the preceding subparagraphs, including 
     the issuance, clearing, processing, or payment of checks, 
     drafts, travelers checks, credit or debit card instruments, 
     or similar instruments; except that this paragraph does not 
     authorize the importation into the United States of any goods 
     for personal consumption acquired in Cuba.
       (b) Exceptions.--The restrictions on authority contained in 
     subsection (a)(1) do not apply in a case in which--
       (1) the United States is at war with Cuba; or
       (2) armed hostilities between the two countries are in 
     progress.
       (c) Applicability.--This section applies to actions taken 
     by the President before the date of the enactment of this Act 
     which are in effect on such date, and to actions taken on or 
     after such date.
       (d) Supersedes Other Provisions.--This section supersedes 
     any other provision of law, including section 102(h) of the 
     Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 
     1996.
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                        DODD AMENDMENT NO. 1158

  Mr. LEAHY (for Mr. Dodd) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1234, 
supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill at the following new 
     section:

     SEC.   . FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING REPORT.

       (a) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of State 
     shall jointly provide to the Congress by January 31, 2000 a 
     report on all military training provided to foreign military 
     personnel (excluding sales) administered by the Department of 
     Defense and the Department of State during fiscal years 1999 
     and 2000, including those proposed for fiscal year 2000. This 
     report shall include, for each such military training 
     activity, the foreign policy justification and purpose for 
     the training activity, the cost of the training activity, the 
     number of foreign students trained and their units of 
     operation, and the location of the training. In addition, 
     this report shall also include, with respect to United States 
     personnel, the operational benefits to United States forces 
     derived from each such training activity and the United 
     States military units involved in each such training 
     activity. This report may include a classified annex if 
     deemed necessary and appropriate.
       (b) For purposes of this section a report to Congress shall 
     be deemed to mean a report to the Appropriations and Foreign 
     Relations Committees of the Senate and the Appropriations and 
     International Relations Committees of the House of 
     Representatives.
                                 ______
                                 

                LANDRIEU (AND HELMS) AMENDMENT NO. 1159

  Mr. LEAHY (for Ms. Landrieu (for herself and Mr. Helms)) proposed an 
amendment to the bill, S. 1234, supra; as follows:

       On page 21, line 22, before the period insert the 
     following: ``: Provided further, That of the amount 
     appropriated under this heading, not to exceed $2,000,000 
     shall be available for grants to nongovernmental 
     organizations that work with orphans who are transitioning 
     out of institutions to teach life skills and job skills''.
                                 ______
                                 

                        BYRD AMENDMENT NO. 1160

  (Ordered to lie on the table.)
  Mr. BYRD submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill, S. 1234, supra; as follows:

       On page 128, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following 
     new section:

     SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING REDRESSING UNFAIRNESS 
                   IN THE DISBURSEMENT OF ASSISTANCE UNDER THE 
                   CAMP DAVID ACCORDS.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
       (1) Egypt and Israel together negotiated the Camp David 
     Accords, an historic breakthrough in beginning the process of 
     bringing peace to the Middle East.
       (2) As part of the Camp David Accords, a concept was 
     reached regarding the ratio of United States foreign 
     assistance between Egypt and Israel, a formula which has been 
     followed since the signing of the Accords.
       (3) The United States is proportionally reducing both 
     military and economic assistance to Egypt and Israel, with 
     the agreement of those nations.
       (4) The United States is committed to maintaining parity 
     between Egypt and Israel in United States foreign assistance 
     programs within the context of the overall reduction in 
     assistance.
       (5) Egypt has consistently fulfilled an historic role of 
     peacemaker in the context of the Arab-Israeli disputes.
       (6) The recent elections in Israel offer fresh hope of 
     resolving the remaining issues of dispute in the region.
       (7) The mechanism by which United States foreign assistance 
     has been provided to Egypt and Israel has resulted in an 
     imbalance in that program in that Israel has the unique 
     advantage of having immediate access to an interest bearing 
     account while Egypt has not been accorded the same treatment, 
     a procedure which can be interpreted as a departure from the 
     standard of fairness that is central to United States 
     assistance under the Camp David Accords;
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that the United States should correct the imbalance caused by 
     the difference in treatment of disbursements of United States 
     foreign assistance to Israel and Egypt by providing Egypt 
     access to an interest bearing account as a part of the United 
     States foreign assistance program pursuant to the principles 
     of fairness and parity which underlie the Camp David Accords.
                                 ______
                                 

                 LEAHY (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1161

  Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
Wellstone, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Harkin, and Mrs. Boxer) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by them to the bill S. 
1234, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, add the following new 
     section:


                    self-determination in east timor

       Sec.   . (a) The President, Secretary of State, Secretary 
     of Defense, and the Secretary of the Treasury (acting through 
     United States executive directors to international financial 
     institutions) should immediately intensify their efforts to 
     prevail upon the Indonesian Government and military to--
       (1) disarm and disband anti-independence militias in East 
     Timor;
       (2) grant full access to East Timor by international human 
     rights monitors, humanitarian organizations, and the press;

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       (3) allow Timorese who have been living in exile to return 
     to East Timor to campaign for and participate in the ballot; 
     and
       (4) release all political prisoners.
       (b) The President shall submit a report to Congress not 
     later than 15 days after passage of this Act, containing a 
     description of the Administration's efforts and his 
     assessment of efforts made by the Indonesian Government and 
     military to fulfill the steps described in paragraph (a).
       (c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall direct the United 
     States executive directors to international financial 
     institutions to take into account the extent of efforts made 
     by the Indonesian Government and military to fulfill the 
     steps described in paragraph (a), in determining their vote 
     on any loan or financial assistance to Indonesia.
                                 ______
                                 

                  BOXER (AND LEAHY) AMENDMENT NO. 1162

  Mr. LEAHY (for Mrs. Boxer (for herself and Mr. Leahy)) proposed an 
amendment to the bill, S. 1234, supra; as follows:

       At the end, add the following:
       Sec. 5  . (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
       (1) Since the development of antibiotics in the 1950s, 
     tuberculosis has been largely controlled in the United States 
     and the Western World.
       (2) Due to societal factors, including growing urban decay, 
     inadequate health care systems, persistent poverty, 
     overcrowding, and malnutrition, as well as medical factors, 
     including the HIV/AIDS epidemic and the emergence of multi-
     drug resistant strains of tuberculosis, tuberculosis 
     has again become a leading and growing cause of adult 
     deaths in the developing world.
       (3) According to the World Health Organization
       (A) in 1998, about 1,860,000 people worldwide died of 
     tuberculosis-related illnesses;
       (B) one-third of the world's total population is infected 
     with tuberculosis; and
       (C) tuberculosis is the world's leading killer of women 
     between 15 and 44 years old and is a leading cause of 
     children becoming orphans.
       (4) Because of the ease of transmission of tuberculosis, 
     its international persistence and growth pose a direct public 
     health threat to those nations that had previously largely 
     controlled the disease. This is complicated in the United 
     States by the growth of the homeless population, the rate of 
     incarceration, international travel, immigration, and HIV/
     AIDS.
       (5) With nearly 40 percent of the tuberculosis cases in the 
     United States attributable to foreign-born persons, 
     tuberculosis will never be eliminated in the United States 
     until it is controlled abroad.
       (6) The means exist to control tuberculosis through 
     screening, diagnosis, treatment, patient compliance, 
     monitoring, and ongoing review of outcomes.
       (7) Efforts to control tuberculosis are complicated by 
     several barriers, including--
       (A) the labor intensive and lengthy process involved in 
     screening, detecting, and treating the disease;
       (B) a lack of funding, trained personnel, and medicine in 
     virtually every nation with a high rate of the disease; and
       (C) the unique circumstances in each country, which 
     requires the development and implementation of country-
     specific programs.
       (8) Eliminating the barriers to the international control 
     of tuberculosis through a well-structured, comprehensive, and 
     coordinated worldwide effort would be a significant step in 
     dealing with the increasing public health problem posed by 
     the disease.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that if the total allocation for this Act is higher than the 
     level passed by the Senate, a top priority for the additional 
     funds should be to increase the funding to combat infectious 
     diseases, especially tuberculosis.
                                 ______
                                 

                       CLELAND AMENDMENT NO. 1163

  Mr. LEAHY (for Mr. Cleland) proposed as amendment to the bill, S. 
1234, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:

     SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING AN INTERNATIONAL 
                   CONFERENCE ON THE BALKANS.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
       (1) The United States and its allies in the North Atlantic 
     Treaty Organization (NATO) conducted large-scale military 
     operations against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
       (2) At the conclusion of 78 days of these hostilities, the 
     United States and its NATO allies suspended military 
     operations against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia based 
     upon credible assurances by the latter that it would fulfill 
     the following conditions as laid down by the so called Group 
     of Eight (G-8):
       (A) An immediate and verifiable end of violence and 
     repression in Kosovo.
       (B) Staged withdrawal of all Yugoslav military, police, and 
     paramilitary forces from Kosovo.
       (C) Deployment in Kosovo of effective international and 
     security presences, endorsed and adopted by the United 
     Nations Security Council, and capable of guaranteeing the 
     achievement of the agreed objectives.
       (D) Establishment of an interim administration for Kosovo, 
     to be decided by the United Nations Security Council which 
     will seek to ensure conditions for a peaceful and normal life 
     for all inhabitants in Kosovo.
       (E) Provision for the safe and free return of all refugees 
     and displaced persons from Kosovo and an unimpeded access to 
     Kosovo by humanitarian aid organizations.
       (3) These objectives appear to have been fulfilled, or to 
     be in the process of being fulfilled, which has led the 
     United States and its NATO allies to terminate military 
     operations against the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
       (4) The G-8 also called for a comprehensive approach to the 
     economic development and stabilization of the crisis region, 
     and the European Union has announced plans for $1,500,000,000 
     over the next 3 years for the reconstruction of Kosovo, for 
     the convening in July of an international donors' conference 
     for Kosovo aid, and for subsequent provision of 
     reconstruction aid to the other countries in the region 
     affected by the recent hostilities followed by reconstruction 
     aid directed at the Balkans region as a whole.
       (5) The United States and some of its NATO allies oppose 
     the provision of any aid, other than limited humanitarian 
     assistance, to Serbia until Yugoslav President Slobodan 
     Milosevic is out of office.
       (6) The policy of providing reconstruction aid to Kosovo 
     and other countries in the region affected by the recent 
     hostilities while withholding such aid for Serbia presents a 
     number of practical problems, including the absence in Kosovo 
     of financial and other institutions independent of 
     Yugoslavia, the difficulty in drawing clear and enforceable 
     distinctions between humanitarian and reconstruction 
     assistance, and the difficulty in reconstructing Montenegro 
     in the absence of similar efforts in Serbia.
       (7) In any case, the achievement of effective and durable 
     economic reconstruction and revitalization in the countries 
     of the Balkans is unlikely until a political settlement is 
     reached as to the final status of Kosovo and Yugoslavia.
       (8) The G-8 proposed a political process towards the 
     establishment of an interim political framework agreement for 
     a substantial self-government for Kosovo, taking into full 
     account the final Interim Agreement for Peace and Self-
     Government in Kosovo, also known as the Rambouillet Accords, 
     and the principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity 
     of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and the other countries 
     of the region, and the demilitarization of the UCK (Kosovo 
     Liberation Army).
       (9) The G-8 proposal contains no guidance as to a final 
     political settlement for Kosovo and Yugoslavia, while the 
     original position of the United States and the other 
     participants in the so-called Contact Group on this matter, 
     as reflected in the Rambouillet Accords, called for the 
     convening of an international conference, after 3 years, to 
     determine a mechanism for a final settlement of Kosovo status 
     based on the will of the people, opinions of relevant 
     authorities, each Party's efforts regarding the 
     implementation of the agreement and the provisions of the 
     Helsinki Final Act.
       (10) The current position of the United States and its NATO 
     allies as to the final status of Kosovo and Yugoslavia calls 
     for an autonomous, multiethnic, democratic Kosovo which would 
     remain as part of Serbia, and such an outcome is not 
     supported by any of the Parties directly involved, including 
     the governments of Yugoslavia and Serbia, representatives of 
     the Kosovar Albanians, and the people of Yugoslavia, Serbia 
     and Kosovo.
       (11) There has been no final political settlement in 
     Bosnia-Herzegovina, where the Armed Forces of the United 
     States, its NATO allies, and other non-Balkan nations have 
     been enforcing an uneasy peace since 1996, at a cost to the 
     United States alone of over $10,000,000,000, with no clear 
     end in sight to such enforcement.
       (12) The trend throughout the Balkans since 1990 has been 
     in the direction of ethnically based particularism, as 
     exemplified by the 1991 declarations of independence from 
     Yugoslavia by Slovenia and Croatia, and the country in the 
     Balkans which currently comes the closest to the goal of a 
     democratic government which respects the human rights of its 
     citizens is the nation of Slovenia, which was the first 
     portion of the former Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to 
     secede and is also the nation in the region with the greatest 
     ethnic homogeneity, with a population which is 91 percent 
     Slovene.
       (13) The boundaries of the various national and sub-
     national divisions in the Balkans have been altered 
     repeatedly throughout history, and international conferences 
     have frequently played the decisive role in fixing such 
     boundaries in the modern era, including the Berlin Congress 
     of 1878, the London Conference of 1913, and the Paris Peace 
     Conference of 1919.
       (14) The development of an effective exit strategy for the 
     withdrawal from the Balkans of foreign military forces, 
     including the armed forces of the United States, its NATO 
     allies, Russia, and any other nation from outside the Balkans 
     which has such forces in the Balkans is in the best interests 
     of all such nations.
       (15) The ultimate withdrawal of foreign military forces, 
     accompanied by the establishment of durable and peaceful 
     relations among all of the nations and peoples of the Balkans 
     is in the best interests of those nations and peoples.

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       (16) An effective exit strategy for the withdrawal from the 
     Balkans of foreign military forces is contingent upon the 
     achievement of a lasting political settlement for the region, 
     and that only such a settlement, acceptable to all parties 
     involved, can ensure the fundamental goals of the United 
     States of peace, stability, and human rights in the Balkans;
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that--
       (1) the United States should call immediately for the 
     convening of an international conference on the Balkans, 
     under the auspices of the United Nations, and based upon the 
     principles of the Rambouillet Accords for a final settlement 
     of Kosovo status, namely that such a settlement should be 
     based on the will of the people, opinions of relevant 
     authorities, each Party's efforts regarding the 
     implementation of the agreement and the provisions of the 
     Helsinki Final Act;
       (2) the international conference on the Balkans should also 
     be empowered to seek a final settlement for Bosnia-
     Herzegovina based on the same principles as specified for 
     Kosovo in the Rambouillet Accords; and
       (3) in order to produce a lasting political settlement in 
     the Balkans acceptable to all parties, which can lead to the 
     departure from the Balkans in timely fashion of all foreign 
     military forces, including those of the United States, the 
     international conference should have the authority to 
     consider any and all of the following: political boundaries; 
     humanitarian and reconstruction assistance for all nations in 
     the Balkans; stationing of United Nations peacekeeping forces 
     along international boundaries; security arrangements and 
     guarantees for all of the nations of the Balkans; and 
     tangible, enforceable and verifiable human rights guarantees 
     for the individuals and peoples of the Balkans.
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                       CLELAND AMENDMENT NO. 1164

  (Ordered to lie on the table)
  Mr. CLELAND submittted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, S. 1234, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, add the following:

     SEC. __. PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL AND REPORTING OF CERTAIN 
                   MILITARY OPERATIONS.

       (a) The President may not authorize the deployment of 
     forces of the Armed Forces of the United States into 
     hostilities or into situations where imminent involvement in 
     hostilities is clearly indicated by the circumstances, or 
     into a contingency operation as defined under section 101(a) 
     of title 10, United States Code, and may not authorize or 
     commit to such a deployment to any multilateral organization, 
     unless and until the President makes a finding under 
     subsection (b) and reports such finding to Congress under 
     subsection (c).
       (b) The Presidential finding required by subsection (a) 
     shall--
       (1) specify the vital national interests at stake which 
     require the deployment of forces of the Armed Forces of the 
     United States, the likely consequences of such a deployment 
     on those and any other relevant vital national interests, and 
     the adverse consequences to those interests likely to occur 
     in the absence of such deployment;
       (2) specify why diplomatic and other means are unable to 
     secure those interests;
       (3) identify concrete policy objectives which are to be 
     achieved by such deployment, the specific military missions 
     which are designed to achieve each policy objective, and the 
     anticipated date, or the set of conditions, that defines the 
     endpoint of the deployment; and
       (4) specify the authorities for the deployment under 
     constitutional and international law.
       (c) The President shall ensure that any finding approved 
     pursuant to subsection (b) shall be reported to the Senate 
     and House Committees on Armed Services, the Senate Committee 
     on Foreign Relations and the House Committee on International 
     Relations as soon as possible after such approval and before 
     the initiation of the deployment authorized by the finding.
       (d) In the case of a national emergency caused by an attack 
     on the United States, its territories or possessions, or 
     Armed Forces, the finding required by subsection (b) and the 
     reporting required by subsection (c) shall not be required 
     prior to the initiation of the deployment of the Armed Forces 
     of the United States, but such finding and reporting shall 
     take place as soon as possible after such deployment.
       (e) No funds appropriated for, or otherwise available to, 
     any department, agency, or entity of the United States 
     Government under this or any other Act may be expended, or 
     may be directed to be expended, for any deployment of the 
     Armed Forces of the United States described in this section, 
     unless and until a Presidential finding described in 
     subsection (b) has been signed and reported in accordance 
     with this section.
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                BINGAMAN (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1165

  Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Roberts, Mr. Smith of New Hampshire, 
Mr. Cleland Mr. Harkin, and Mr. Warner) proposed an amendment to the 
bill, S. 1234, supra; as follows:

       On page 128, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following 
     new section:

     SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING ASSISTANCE PROVIDED TO 
                   LITHUANIA, LATVIA, AND ESTONIA.

       It is the sense of the Senate that nothing in this Act, or 
     Senate Report No. 106-81, relating to assistance provided to 
     Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia under the Foreign Military 
     Financing Program, should be interpreted as expressing the 
     will of the Senate to accelerate membership of those nations 
     into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
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                       NICKLES AMENDMENT NO. 1166

  (Ordered to lie on the table)
  Mr. NICKLES submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, S. 1234, supra; as follows:

       Strike section 577, and insert in lieu thereof the 
     following:

     SEC. 557. RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE FOR THE 
                   PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY.

       (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee 
     on Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign Relations of 
     the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations and the 
     Committee on International Relations of the House of 
     Representatives.
       (2) Congressional leadership.--The term ``congressional 
     leadership'' means the Speaker of the House of 
     Representatives and the Majority and Minority Leaders of the 
     House of Representatives and the Majority and Minority 
     Leaders of the Senate.
       (3) Hebron protocol.--The term ``Hebron Protocol'' means 
     the Protocol Concerning Redeployment In Hebron, signed 
     January 17, 1997.
       (4) Oslo II Accord.--The term ``Oslo II Accord'' means the 
     Israel-Palestinian Interim Agreement on the West Bank and the 
     Gaza Strip, signed September 28, 1995.
       (5) Wye river memorandum.--The term ``Wye River 
     Memorandum'' means the agreement between Israel and the 
     Palestine Liberation Organization, done at Washington, D.C. 
     on October 23, 1998.
       (b) Requirements.--None of the funds appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by law (including funds appropriated 
     for fiscal year 1999 and prior fiscal years) may be available 
     for assistance to the Palestinian Authority, or to any third 
     party performing work under contract of the Palestinian 
     Authority, in fiscal year 2000 or any fiscal year thereafter 
     unless the following requirements have been satisfied:
       (1) Presidential certifications.--The President has 
     certified to Congress the following:
       (A) No unilateral declaration of Palestinian statehood has 
     been made.
       (B) The Palestinian Authority has brought to justice (or 
     transferred to Israel or the United States for legal action) 
     those Palestinians responsible for killing United States 
     citizens, as determined by the President, including the 
     following United States citizens:
       (i) David Berger, killed at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
       (ii) Ambassador Cleo A. Noel, Jr., the United States 
     Ambassador to the Sudan, who was murdered in March of 1973.
       (iii) George Curtis Moore, who was killed with Ambassador 
     Noel.
       (iv) Gail Rubin, the niece of former Senator Abraham 
     Ribicoff, who was murdered in 1978.
       (v) Leon Klinghoffer, who was murdered aboard the ship 
     Achille Lauro in 1985.
       (vi) Navy diver Robert Stethem, who was murdered when TWA 
     flight 847 was hijacked to Beirut in June of 1985.
       (vii) Nachshon Wachsman, who was kidnapped on October 9, 
     1994 and murdered.
       (viii) Alisa Flatow, who was killed in a bus bombing in 
     April of 1995.
       (ix) Joan Davenny, who was killed in a Jerusalem bus 
     bombing in August of 1995.
       (x) Sara Duker, Matthew Bisenfeld, and Ira Weinstein, who 
     were killed while riding a bus in Jerusalem in February of 
     1996.
       (xi) David Boim, who was murdered by a gunman in May of 
     1996.
       (xii) Yaron Unger, who was killed in a drive-by shooting 
     attack in June of 1996.
       (xiii) Leah Stern, who was killed in the July 1997 market 
     bombing in Jerusalem.
       (xiv) Yael Botwin, who was killed in the September 1997 
     bombing on Ben Yehuda street in Jerusalem.
       (xv) Dov Dribben, who was murdered in April of 1998.
       (C) The Palestinian authority is cooperating fully with the 
     United States and Israel in their efforts to locate and 
     secure the return of Zachary Baumel, a United States citizen, 
     and his colleagues, Yehuda Katz and Zvi Feldman.
       (D) The Palestinian Authority has agreed that, in each case 
     in which the Palestinian Authority brought someone to justice 
     for killing a United States citizen, the Palestinian 
     Authority has notified the President of the person it has 
     brought to justice.
       (E) The Palestinian Authority has cooperated fully with the 
     General Accounting Office (GAO), including cooperation with 
     GAO investigators, to provide a full accounting of all funds 
     previously provided by the United States to the Palestinian 
     Authority or to any third party that was under contract to 
     perform work for the Palestinian Authority.
       (F) The size of the Palestinian Authority police force is 
     in conformity with obligations

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     of the Palestinian Authority as outlined under the Oslo II 
     Accord.
       (G) Based on information available to the President from 
     the Director of Central Intelligence, the Palestinian 
     Authority is confiscating illegal weapons as outlined in the 
     Wye River Memorandum and the Oslo II Accord.
       (H) The Palestinian Authority (or any entity controlled by 
     the Palestinian Authority) is abiding by its commitments 
     under the Wye River Memorandum, the Oslo II Accord, and the 
     Hebron Protocol, not to incite violence.
       (I) The Palestinian Authority has made a good faith effort 
     to eliminate from its publications, textbooks, broadcasts, 
     and other public and official information of the Palestinian 
     Authority inflammatory statements, drawings, or pictures that 
     could be used to incite violence.
       (2) Amended palestinian charter.--The Palestinian Authority 
     has transmitted a certified and signed copy of the amended 
     Palestinian Charter to the President, and the President has 
     further transmitted that document to the appropriate 
     congressional committees and congressional leadership.
       (3) GAO certification.--Not more than 30 days prior to the 
     obligation or expenditure of funds, the Comptroller General 
     of the United States has certified that the Palestinian 
     Authority--
       (A) has adopted and implemented generally accepted 
     accounting principles or an equivalent accounting system for 
     tracking and documenting all financial transactions and 
     affairs of the Palestinian Authority;
       (B) has adopted and implemented a set of guidelines that 
     ensures transparency in all financial activities of the 
     Palestinian Authority; and
       (C) has cooperated fully with the Comptroller General in 
     the certification process under this paragraph.
       (c) Reports.--
       (1) State department reports.--Beginning 3 months after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, and every 3 months thereafter, 
     the Department of State shall prepare and the President shall 
     submit to the appropriate congressional committees and the 
     congressional leadership a report on the disposition of the 
     cases described in subsection (b)(1)(B). If an individual is 
     convicted in a case described in subsection (b)(1)(B), the 
     President shall track that individual until the individual's 
     sentence has been fully carried out.
       (2) CIA reports.--The Director of Central Intelligence 
     shall submit a report in classified and unclassified forms to 
     the appropriate congressional committees and the 
     congressional leadership every 6 months on the progress made 
     by the Palestinian Authority with respect to confiscating 
     illegal weapons and the quantity and types of illegal weapons 
     remaining to be confiscated.
       (3) GAO reports.--Beginning 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
     Comptroller General of the United States shall submit the 
     following reports to the congressional committees and the 
     congressional leadership:
       (A) A report on the protection of human rights by the 
     Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Gaza during the 
     preceding year.
       (B) A report on the economic condition of the areas under 
     the control of the Palestinian Authority during the preceding 
     year, including a description of areas of improvement and 
     shortcomings of the economies of these regions and what steps 
     should be taken to remedy such shortcomings and foster 
     economic growth.
       (d) Termination of Assistance.--
       (1) In general.--All United States assistance to the 
     Palestinian Authority shall terminate if, at any time, the 
     Palestinian Authority--
       (A) makes a unilateral declaration of Palestinian 
     statehood; or
       (B) does not cooperate with the activities of the 
     Comptroller General of the United States under paragraph (2).
       (2) GAO audits.--
       (A) Authority.--Beginning 6 months after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, and every 6 months thereafter, the 
     Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an 
     audit of the Palestinian Authority's financial records to 
     ensure that the Palestinian Authority is implementing 
     generally accepted accounting principles (or an equivalent 
     accounting system) in tracking and documenting the financial 
     transactions and affairs of the Palestinian Authority, and 
     the Palestinian Authority has adequately implemented a set of 
     guidelines that ensures transparency in all financial 
     activities of the Palestinian Authority.
       (B) Termination of assistance.--If the Comptroller General 
     of the United States finds that the Palestinian Authority's 
     financial records are not being kept in accordance with 
     generally accepted accounting principles (or an equivalent 
     accounting system), or there is a lack of transparency in the 
     Palestinian Authority recordkeeping, then United States 
     assistance to the Palestinian Authority or any third party 
     performing work under contract for the Palestinian Authority 
     shall be terminated until the Comptroller General certifies 
     to Congress that the Palestinian Authority has complied with 
     the actions described in subparagraph (A).
       (3) GAO initial reviews.--Beginning one year after the date 
     of enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the 
     Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a 
     review of the following:
       (A) The confiscation of illegal arms by the Palestinian 
     Authority.
       (B) The size of the police force of the Palestinian 
     Authority.
       (C) A review of publications, textbooks, broadcasts, and 
     other types of public and official information of the 
     Palestinian Authority to ensure it is free from inflammatory 
     statements, drawings, or pictures that could be used to 
     incite violence.
       (4) GAO followup reviews.--If the Comptroller General finds 
     that the Palestinian Authority is not in compliance with its 
     obligations under the Wye River Memorandum, the Oslo II 
     Accord, or the Hebron Protocol, the Comptroller General shall 
     conduct a review in the succeeding 6 months. If the 
     Comptroller General finds in the second review that the 
     Palestinian Authority is not in compliance with its 
     obligations under the Wye River Memorandum, the Oslo II 
     Accord, or the Hebron Protocol, then all United States 
     assistance to the Palestinian Authority or any third party 
     performing work under contract for the Palestinian Authority 
     shall be terminated until the Comptroller General certifies 
     that the Palestinian Authority is in compliance with the Wye 
     River Memorandum, the Oslo II Accord, and the Hebron 
     Protocol.
       (e) Reimbursements.--Funds available to the Palestinian 
     Authority shall be used to reimburse the applicable 
     appropriations accounts of the Central Intelligence Agency 
     and the General Accounting Office for expenses incurred by 
     those agencies as a result of investigations, certifications, 
     and reports required to be conducted by those agencies under 
     this Act.
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                        KERRY AMENDMENT NO. 1167

  Mr. LEAHY (for Mr. Kerry) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1234, 
supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:
       Sec.   . (a) The President shall continue and expand 
     efforts through the United Nations and other international 
     fora, including the Wassenaar Arrangement, to limit arms 
     transfers worldwide. The President shall take the necessary 
     steps to begin multilateral negotiations within 180 days 
     after the date of the enactment of this Act, for the purpose 
     of establishing a permanent multilateral regime to govern the 
     transfer of conventional arms, particularly transfers to 
     countries:
       (1) that engage in persistent violations of human rights, 
     engage in acts of armed aggression in violation of 
     international law, and do not fully participate in the United 
     Nations Register of Conventional Arms; and
       (2) in regions in which arms transfers would exacerbate 
     regional arms races or international tensions that present a 
     danger to international peace and stability.
       (b) Report to Congress.--(1) Not later than 6 months after 
     the commencement of the negotiations under subsection (a), 
     and not later than the end of every 6-month period thereafter 
     until an agreement described in subsection (a) is concluded, 
     the President shall report to the appropriate committees of 
     the Congress on the progress made during these negotiations.
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                 KERRY (AND MCCAIN) AMENDMENT NO. 1168

  Mr. LEAHY (for Mr. Kerry (for himself and Mr. McCAIN) proposed an 
amendment to the bill, S. 1234, supra; and follows:

       On page 13, strike lines 2 through the colon on line 14 and 
     insert in lieu thereof the following:
       ``None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
     available for activities or programs for the Central 
     Government of Cambodia until the Secretary of State 
     determines and reports to the Committee on Appropriations and 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations that the Government of 
     Cambodia has established a tribunal consistent with the 
     requirements of international law and justice and including 
     the participation of international jurists and prosecutors 
     for the trial of those who committed genocide or crimes 
     against humanity and that the Government of Cambodia is 
     making significant progress in establishing an independent 
     and accountable judicial system, a professional military 
     subordinate to civilian control, and a neutral and 
     accountable police force:''.
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                        KERRY AMENDMENT NO. 1169

  (Ordered to lie on the table)
  Mr. KERRY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill, S. 1234, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:
       Sec.  . (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), United 
     States assistance as defined in subsection (c) may be 
     provided to a foreign government during the fiscal year 
     beginning October 1, 1999, only if the President determines 
     and reports to Congress that:
       (1) such government is not engaged in persistent violations 
     of human rights, is not engaged in acts of armed aggression 
     in violation of international law, and is fully participating 
     in the United Nations Register of Conventional Arms; and
       (2) arms sales will not exacerbate regional arms races or 
     international tensions that present a danger to international 
     peace and stability.

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       (b) The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply with 
     respect to a foreign government for the fiscal year beginning 
     October 1, 1999, if--
       (1) the President determines that it is in the national 
     security interest of the United States to provide assistance 
     and submits a report to the appropriate congressional 
     committees containing the justification for such 
     determination. No assistance may be provided until 15 days 
     after the submission of such a report; or
       (2) the President determines and reports that a national 
     security emergency exists requiring the United States to 
     provide immediate assistance to such government and submits a 
     report to the appropriate congressional committees containing 
     the justification for such determinations.
       (c) For purposes of this section the term ``assistance'' 
     means the transfer of defense articles, defense service and 
     training pursuant to this Act and the Arms Export Control 
     Act, but does not include transfers of such assistance to 
     countries that are specifically identified in law and 
     approved for such assistance, or assistance provided pursuant 
     to the Expanded International Military Education and Training 
     program.
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                BROWNBACK (AND HELMS) AMENDMENT NO. 1170

  Mr. BROWNBACK (for himself and Mr. Helms) proposed an amendment to 
the bill S. 1234, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:

     SEC. __. INTERNATIONAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE FOR OPPOSITION-
                   CONTROLLED AREAS OF SUDAN.

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds 
     made available under chapter 9 of part I of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to international disaster 
     assistance) for fiscal year 2000, up to $4,000,000 should be 
     made available for rehabilitation and economic recovery in 
     opposition-controlled areas of Sudan. Such funds are to be 
     used to improve economic governance, primary education, 
     agriculture, and other locally-determined priorities. Such 
     funds are to be programmed and implemented jointly by the 
     United States Agency for International Development and the 
     Department of Agriculture, and may be utilized for activities 
     which can be implemented for a period of up to two years.

     SEC. __. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE FOR SUDANESE INDIGENOUS 
                   GROUPS.

       The President, acting through the appropriate Federal 
     agencies, is authorized to provide humanitarian assistance, 
     including food, directly to the National Democratic Alliance 
     participants and the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement 
     operating outside of the Operation Lifeline Sudan structure.

     SEC. __. DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE FOR OPPOSITION-CONTROLLED 
                   AREAS OF SUDAN.

       (a) Increase in Development Assistance.--The President, 
     acting through the United States Agency for International 
     Development, is authorized to increase substantially the 
     amount of development assistance for capacity building, 
     democracy promotion, civil administration, judiciary, and 
     infrastructure support in opposition-controlled areas of 
     Sudan.
       (b) Quarterly Report.--The President shall submit a report 
     on a quarterly basis to the Congress on progress made in 
     carrying out subsection (a).
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               DeWINE (AND COVERDELL) AMENDMENT NO. 1171

  Mr. McCONNELL. (for Mr. DeWine for himself and Mr. Coverdell) 
proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1234, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following 
     new section:

     SEC.  . SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING COLOMBIA.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Colombia is a democratic country fighting multiple 
     wars:
       (A) a war against the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces 
     (FARC);
       (B) a war against the National Liberation Army (ELN);
       (C) a war against paramilitary organizations; and
       (D) a war against drug lords who traffic in deadly cocaine 
     and heroin.
       (3) Colombia is the world's third most dangerous country in 
     terms of political violence with 34 percent of world 
     terrorist acts committed there.
       (4) Columbia is the world's kidnaping capital of the world 
     with 2,609 kidnapings reported in 1998 and 513 reported in 
     the first three months of 1999.
       (5) In 1998 alone, 308,000 Colombians were internally 
     displaced in Colombia. Over the last decade, 35,000 
     Colombians have been killed.
       (6) The FARC and ELN are the two main guerilla groups which 
     have waged the longest-running anti-government insurgency in 
     Latin America.
       (7) The Colombian rebels have a combined strength of 10,000 
     to 20,000 full-time guerillas; they have initiated armed 
     action in nearly 700 of the country's 1073 municipalities, 
     and control or influence roughly 60 percent of rural Colombia 
     including a demilitarized zone using their armed stranglehold 
     to abuse Colombian citizens.
       (8) Although the Colombian Army has 122,000 soldiers, there 
     are roughly only 20,000 soldiers available for offensive 
     combat operations.
       (9) Colombia faces the threat of the armed paramilitaries, 
     5,000 strong, who are constantly driving a wedge in the place 
     process by their insistence in participating in the peace 
     talks.
       (10) More than 75 percent of the world's cocaine HCL and 75 
     percent of the heroin seized in the northeast United States 
     is of Colombian origin.
       (11) The conflicts in Colombia are creating spillovers to 
     the border countries of Venezuela, Panama and Equador: 
     Venezuela has sent 30,000 troops to its border and Ecuador is 
     sending 10,000 troops to its border.
       (12) Venezuela is our number one supplier of oil.
       (13) By the end of 1999, all U.S. military troops will have 
     departed from Panama, leaving the Panama Canal unprotected.
       (14) In 1998, two-way trade between the United States and 
     Colombia was more than $11 billion, making the United States 
     Colombia's number one trading partner and Colombia the fifth 
     largest market for U.S. exports in the region.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that--
       (1) the United States should recognize the crisis in 
     Colombia and play a more pro-active role in its resolution;
       (2) the United States should mobilize the international 
     community to pro-actively engage in resolving Colombian wars; 
     and
       (3) pledge our political support to help Colombia with the 
     peace process.
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      REID AMENDMENT NO. 1172
  Mr. LEAHY (for Mr. Reid) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1234, 
supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, add the following:
       It is the sense of the Senate that the President and the 
     Secretary of State should--
       (1) raise the need for accountability of Saddam Hussein and 
     several key members of his regime at the International 
     Criminal Court Preparatory Commission, which will meet in New 
     York on July 26, 1999, through August 13, 1999;
       (2) continue to push for the creation of a commission under 
     the auspices of the United Nations to establish an 
     international record of the criminal culpability of Saddam 
     Hussein and other Iraqi officials;
       (3) continue to push for the United Nations to form an 
     international criminal tribunal for the purpose of indicting, 
     prosecuting, and imprisoning Saddam Hussein and any other 
     Iraqi officials who may be found responsible for crimes 
     against humanity, genocide, and other violations of 
     international humanitarian law; and
       (4) upon the creation of a commission and international 
     criminal tribunal, take steps necessary, including the 
     reprogramming of funds, to ensure United States support for 
     efforts to bring Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi officials to 
     justice.
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                        BIDEN AMENDMENT NO. 1173

  Mr. LEAHY (for Mr. Biden) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1234, 
supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following section:

     SEC.  . EXPANDED THREAT REDUCTION INITIATIVE.

       It is the sense of the Senate that the programs contained 
     in the Expanded Threat Reduction Initiative are vital to the 
     national security of the United States and that funding for 
     those programs should be restored in conference to the levels 
     requested in the President's budget.
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                        LEVIN AMENDMENT NO. 1174

  Mr. LEAHY (for Mr. Levin) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1234, 
supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:

     SEC.   . SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING U.S. COMMITMENTS UNDER 
                   THE U.S.-NORTH KOREAN AGREED FRAMEWORK.

       It is the Sense of the Senate that, as long as North Korea 
     meets its obligations under the U.S.-North Korean nuclear 
     Agreed Framework of 1994, the U.S. should meet its 
     commitments under the Agreed Framework, including required 
     deliveries of heavy fuel oil to North Korea and support of 
     the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO).
                                 ______
                                 

              DOMENICI (AND HUTCHISON) AMENDMENT NO. 1175

  Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Domenici (for himself and Mrs. Hutchison) 
proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1234, supra; as follows:

       On page 17, line 10, before the period insert the 
     following: ``That of the amounts appropriated under this 
     heading, $1.5 million shall be made available to Habitat for 
     Humanity International for the purchase of 14 acres of land 
     on behalf of Tibetan refugees living in northern India, and 
     the construction of a multi-unit development.''
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                 COCHRAN (AND LOTT) AMENDMENT NO. 1176

  Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Cochran (for himself and Mr. Lott) proposed an

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amendment to the bill, S. 1234, supra; as follows:

       On page 33, line 6, before the colon, insert the following: 
     ``, of which no less than $1,000,000 shall be available for 
     the Defense Institute of International Studies to enhance its 
     mission, functioning and performance by providing for its 
     fixed costs of operation''.
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                       SCHUMER AMENDMENT NO. 1177

  Mr. LEAHY (for Mr. Schumer) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1234, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert:
       It is the sense of the Senate that:
       The Senate finds that:
       The proposed programs under the Expanded Threat Reduction 
     Initiative (ETRI) are critical and essential to preserving US 
     national security.
       The Department of State programs under the ETRI be funded 
     at or near the full request of $250 million in the Foreign 
     Operations Appropriations Bill for Fiscal year 2000 prior to 
     final passage.
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                      COVERDELL AMENDMENT NO. 1178

  (Ordered to lie on the table)
  Mr. COVERDELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him 
to the bill, S. 1234, supra; as follows:

       On page 128, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following

     SEC.   . FUNDING FOR COLOMBIAN NATIONAL POLICE.

       Of the funds made available pursuant to this Act, not less 
     than $20 million shall be made available to the Colombian 
     National Police to combat narcotics trafficking activities.
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                 LEAHY (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 1179

  Mr. LEAHY (for himself, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. 
Wellstone, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Schumer, Mr. Harkin, and Mrs. Boxer) 
proposed an amendment to the bill S. 1234, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, add the following new 
     section: self-determination in east timor
       Sec.   . (a) The President, Secretary of State, Secretary 
     of Defense, and the Secretary of the Treasury (acting through 
     United States executive directors to international financial 
     institutions) should immediately intensify their efforts to 
     prevail upon the Indonesian Government and military to--
       (1) disarm and disband anti-independence militias in East 
     Timor;
       (2) grant full access to East Timor by international human 
     rights monitors, humanitarian organizations, and the press:
       (3) allow Timorese who have been living in exile to return 
     to East Timor to campaign for and participate in the ballot; 
     and
       (4) release all political prisoners.
       (b) The President shall submit a report to Congress not 
     later than 15 days after passage of this Act, containing a 
     description of the Administration's efforts and his 
     assessment of efforts made by the Indonesian Government and 
     military to fulfill the steps described in paragraph (a).
       (c) The Secretary of the Treasury shall direct the United 
     States executive directors to international financial 
     institutions to take into account the extent of efforts made 
     by the Indonesian Government and military to fulfill the 
     steps described in paragraph (a), in determining their vote 
     on any loan or financial assistance to Indonesia.
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                      VOINOVICH AMENDMENT NO. 1180

  Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Voinovich) proposed an amendment to the bill, 
S. 1234, supra; as follows:

       To Sec. 525--Designation of Serbia as a Terrorist State 
     add:
       (C) This section would become null and void should the 
     Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (other than Montenegro and 
     Kosova) complete a democratic reform process that brings 
     about a newly elected government that respects the rights of 
     ethnic minorities, is committed to the rule of law and 
     respects the sovereignty of its neighbor states.
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                        BIDEN AMENDMENT NO. 1181

  (Ordered to lie on the table)
  Mr. LEAHY (for Mr. Biden) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 1234, 
supra; as follows:

       On page 128, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:

     SEC.   . ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR THE IRAQ FOUNDATION.

       Of the funds made available by this Act for activities of 
     Iraqi opposition groups designated under the Iraqi Liberation 
     Act (Public Law 105-338). $250,000 shall be made available 
     for the Iraq Foundation.
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                        LEAHY AMENDMENT NO. 1182

  Mr. LEAHY proposed an amendment to amendment No. 1157 proposed by Mr. 
Dodd to the bill, S 1234, supra; as follows:

       Strike everything after ``SEC. __.'' and insert in lieu 
     thereof the following:

     RELAXATION OF RESTRICTIONS ON TRAVEL BY AMERICAN CITIZENS TO 
                   CUBA.

       (a) Travel to Cuba.--
       (1) Freedom of travel for united states citizens and legal 
     residents.--Subject to subsection (b), the President shall 
     not regulate or prohibit, directly or indirectly, travel to 
     or from Cuba by United States citizens or legal residents, or 
     any of the transactions incident to such travel that are set 
     forth in paragraph (2).
       (2) Transactions incident to travel.--The transactions 
     referred to in paragraph (1) are--
       (A) any transaction ordinarily incident to travel to or 
     from Cuba, including the importation into Cuba or the United 
     States of accompanied baggage for personal use only;
       (B) any transaction ordinarily incident to travel or 
     maintenance within Cuba, including the payment of living 
     expenses and the acquisition of goods or services for 
     personal use;
       (C) any transaction ordinarily incident to the arrangement, 
     promotion, or facilitation of travel to, from, or within 
     Cuba;
       (D) any transaction incident to nonscheduled air, sea, or 
     land voyages, except that this subparagraph does not 
     authorize the carriage of articles into Cuba or the United 
     States except accompanied baggage; and
       (E) any normal banking transaction incident to any activity 
     described in any of the preceding subparagraphs, including 
     the issuance, clearing, processing, or payment of checks, 
     drafts, travelers checks, credit or debit card instruments, 
     or similar instruments;
     except that this paragraph does not authorize the importation 
     into the United States of any goods for personal consumption 
     acquired in Cuba.
       (b) Exceptions.--The restrictions on authority contained in 
     subsection (a)(1) do not apply in a case in which--
       (1) the United States is at war with Cuba;
       (2) armed hostilities between the two countries are in 
     progress; or
       (3) there is imminent danger to the public health or the 
     physical safety of United States travelers.
       (c) Applicability.--This section applies to actions taken 
     by the President before the date of the enactment of this Act 
     which are in effect on such date, and to actions taken on or 
     after such date.
       (d) Supersedes Other Provisions.--This section supersedes 
     any other provision of law, including section 102(h) of the 
     Cuban Liberty and Democratic Solidarity (LIBERTAD) Act of 
     1996.
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                        LOTT AMENDMENT NO. 1183

  Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Lott) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1234, supra; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following 
     new section:

     SEC.   . CONSULTATIONS ON ARMS SALES TO TAIWAN.

       Consistent with the intent of Congress expressed in the 
     enactment of section (3)(b) of the Taiwan Relations Act, the 
     Secretary of State shall consult with the appropriate 
     committees and leadership of Congress to devise a mechanism 
     to provide for Congressional input prior to making any 
     determination on the nature or quantity of defense articles 
     and services to be made available to Taiwan.
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                        BYRD AMENDMENT NO. 1184

  Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Byrd) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1234, supra; as follows:

       On page 128, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following 
     new section:

     SEC. __. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING ASSISTANCE UNDER THE 
                   CAMP DAVID ACCORDS.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
       (1) Egypt and Israel together negotiated the Camp David 
     Accords, an historic breakthrough in beginning the process of 
     bringing peace to the Middle East.
       (2) As part of the Camp David Accords, a concept was 
     reached regarding the ratio of United States foreign 
     assistance between Egypt and Israel, a formula which has been 
     followed since the signing of the Accords.
       (3) The United States is reducing economic assistance to 
     Egypt and Israel, with the agreement of those nations.
       (4) The United States is committed to maintaining 
     proportionality between Egypt and Israel in United States 
     foreign assistance programs.
       (5) Egypt has consistently fulfilled an historic role of 
     peacemaker in the context of the Arab-Israeli disputes.
       (6) The recent elections in Israel offer fresh hope of 
     resolving the remaining issues of dispute in the region.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that the United States should provide Egypt access to an 
     interest bearing account as part of the United States foreign 
     assistance program pursuant to the principles of 
     proportionality which underlie the Camp David Accords.
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                       NICKLES AMENDMENT NO. 1185

  Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Nickles) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 
1234, supra; as follows:


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       Strike section 577, and insert in lieu thereof the 
     following:

     SEC. 577. UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN 
                   AUTHORITY.

       (1) GAO certification.--Not more than 30 days prior to the 
     obligation of funds made available by the Act for assistance 
     for the Palestinian Authority the Comptroller General of the 
     United States shall certify that the Palestinian Authority--
       (A) has adopted an acceptable accounting system to ensure 
     that such funds will be used for their intended assistance 
     purposes; and
       (B) has cooperated with the Comptroller General in the 
     certification process under this paragraph.
       (2) GAO audits.--
       (A) authority.--Six months after the date of enactment of 
     this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
     conduct an audit to determine the extent to which the 
     Palestinian Authority is implementing and acceptable 
     accounting system that is to check the use of funds now 
     available by the act for assistance for the Palestinian 
     Authority.
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                     LEAHY AMENDMENT NOS. 1186-1188

  Mr. LEAHY proposed three amendments to the bill, S. 1234, supra; as 
follows:

                           Amendment No. 1186

       At the appropriate place, insert:


                             AUTHORIZATIONS

       Sec.   . The Secretary of the Treasury may, to fulfill 
     commitments of the United States, (1) effect the United 
     States participation in the fifth general capital increase of 
     the African Development Bank, the first general capital 
     increase of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, and 
     the first general capital increase of the Inter-American 
     Investment Corporation; (2) contribute on behalf of the 
     United States to the eighth replenishment of the resources of 
     the African Development Fund, the twelfth replenishment of 
     the International Development Association. The following 
     amounts are authorized to be appropriated without fiscal year 
     limitation for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury: 
     $40,847,011 for paid-in capital, and $639,932,485 for 
     callable capital, of the African Development Bank; 
     $29,870,087 for paid-in capital, and $139,365,533 for 
     callable capital, of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee 
     Agency; $125,180,000 for paid-in capital of the Inter-
     American Investment Corporation; $300,000,000 for the African 
     Development Fund; $2,410,000,000 for the International 
     Development Association; and $50,000,000 for the 
     International Bank for Reconstruction and Development's HIPC 
     Trust Fund.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1187

       At the appropriate place in the bill insert the following:


                          WORKING CAPITAL FUND

       Sec.  . Section 635 of the Foreign Assistance Act 1961 (22 
     U.S.C. 2395) Is amended by adding a new subsection (l) as 
     follows:
       ``(l)(1) There is hereby established a working capital fund 
     for the United States Agency for International Development 
     which shall be available without fiscal year limitation for 
     the expenses of personal and non-personal services, equipment 
     and supplies for: (A) International Cooperative 
     Administrative Support Services; (B) central information 
     technology, library, audiovisual and administrative Support 
     services. (C) medical and health care of participants and 
     others; and (D) such other functions which the Administrator 
     of such agency, with the approval of the Office of Management 
     and budget, determines may be provided more advantageously 
     and economically as central services.
       ``(2) The capital of the fund shall consist of the fair and 
     reasonable value of such supplies, equipment and other assets 
     pertaining to the functions of the fund as the Administrator 
     determines and any appropriations made available for the 
     purpose of providing capital, less related liabilities.
       ``(3) The fund shall be reimbursed or credited with advance 
     payments for services, equipment or supplies provided from 
     the fund from applicable appropriations and funds of the 
     agency, other federal agencies and other sources authorized 
     by section 607 or this Act at rates that will recover total 
     expenses of operation, including accrual of annual leave and 
     depreciation. Receipts from the disposal of, or payments for 
     the loss or damage to, property held in the fund, rebates, 
     reimbursements, refunds and other credits applicable to the 
     operation of the fund may be deposited in the fund.
       ``(4) The agency shall transfer to the Treasury as 
     miscellaneous receipts as of the close of the fiscal year 
     such amounts which the Administrator determines to be in 
     excess of the needs of the fund.
       ``(5) The fund may be charged with the current value of 
     supplies and equipment returned to the working capital of the 
     fund by a post, activity or agency and the proceeds shall be 
     credited to current applicable appropriations.''.
                                  ____


                           Amendment No. 1188

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:


              development credit authority program account

       For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees, up to 
     $7,500,000 to be derived by transfer from funds appropriated 
     by this Act to carry out Part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961, as amended, and funds appropriated by this Act under 
     the heading. ``Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic 
     States'', to remain available until expended, as authorized 
     by section 635 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: 
     Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
     such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further. That for 
     administrative expenses to carry out the direct and 
     guaranteed loan programs, up to $500,000 of this amount may 
     be transferred to and merged with the appropriation for 
     ``Operating Expenses of the Agency for International 
     Development'': Provided further. That the provisions of 
     section 107A(d) (relating to general provisions applicable to 
     the Development Credit Authority) of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961, as contained in section 306 of H.R. 1486 as 
     reported by the House Committee on International Relations on 
     May 9, 1997, shall be applicable to direct loans and loan 
     guarantees provided under this heading.

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