[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 127 (Monday, September 27, 1999)]
[House]
[Pages H8831-H8860]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 2606, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, 
             AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2000

  Mr. CALLAHAN (during the special order of Mr. Owens) submitted the 
following conference report and statement on the bill (H.R. 2606) 
making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and 
related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for 
other purposes:

                  Conference Report (H. Rept. 106-339)

       The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
     two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 
     2606) ``making appropriations for foreign operations, export 
     financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending 
     September 30, 2000, and for other purposes'', having met, 
     after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and 
     do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an 
     amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert:
     That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
     the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year 
     ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, namely:

               TITLE I--EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE


                export-import bank of the united states

       The Export-Import Bank of the United States is authorized 
     to make such expenditures within the limits of funds and 
     borrowing authority available to such corporation, and in 
     accordance with law, and to make such contracts and 
     commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations, as 
     provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control 
     Act, as may be necessary in carrying out the program for the 
     current fiscal year for such corporation: Provided, That none 
     of the funds available during the current fiscal year may be 
     used to make expenditures, contracts, or commitments for the 
     export of nuclear equipment, fuel, or technology to any 
     country other than a nuclear-weapon state as defined in 
     Article IX of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear 
     Weapons eligible to receive economic or military assistance 
     under this Act that has detonated a nuclear explosive after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act.


                         subsidy appropriation

       For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance, 
     and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of the 
     Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, $759,000,000 to 
     remain available until September 30, 2003: 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 such sums shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2018 for the disbursement of 
     direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance and tied-aid grants 
     obligated in fiscal years 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003: 
     Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated by this 
     Act or any prior Act appropriating funds for foreign 
     operations, export financing, or related programs for tied-
     aid credits or grants may be used for any other purpose 
     except through the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds 
     appropriated by this paragraph are made available 
     notwithstanding section 2(b)(2) of the Export Import Bank Act 
     of 1945, in connection with the purchase or lease of any 
     product by any East European country, any Baltic State or

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     any agency or national thereof: Provided further, That in 
     section 3(c)(6) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 
     U.S.C. 635a(c)(6)) strike ``October 1, 1999'' and insert 
     ``March 1, 2000'': Provided further, That none of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading may be obligated for any 
     direct loan, loan guarantee, or insurance agreement in excess 
     of $10,000,000 unless the Committees on Appropriations and 
     Committees on Banking are advised in writing 20 days prior to 
     each such proposed obligation, which shall be treated by the 
     Committees as a reprogramming notification: Provided further, 
     That the previous proviso shall be effective for such 
     obligations until March 1, 2000.


                        administrative expenses

       For administrative expenses to carry out the direct and 
     guaranteed loan and insurance programs (to be computed on an 
     accrual basis), including hire of passenger motor vehicles 
     and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to 
     exceed $25,000 for official reception and representation 
     expenses for members of the Board of Directors, $55,000,000: 
     Provided, That necessary expenses (including special services 
     performed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other 
     personal services) in connection with the collection of 
     moneys owed the Export-Import Bank, repossession or sale of 
     pledged collateral or other assets acquired by the Export-
     Import Bank in satisfaction of moneys owed the Export-Import 
     Bank, or the investigation or appraisal of any property, or 
     the evaluation of the legal or technical aspects of any 
     transaction for which an application for a loan, guarantee or 
     insurance commitment has been made, shall be considered 
     nonadministrative expenses for the purposes of this heading: 
     Provided further, That, notwithstanding subsection (b) of 
     section 117 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection 
     (a) thereof shall remain in effect until October 1, 2000.


                overseas private investment corporation

                           noncredit account

       The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized 
     to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, as 
     provided by 31 U.S.C. 9104, such expenditures and commitments 
     within the limits of funds available to it and in accordance 
     with law as may be necessary: Provided, That the amount 
     available for administrative expenses to carry out the credit 
     and insurance programs (including an amount for official 
     reception and representation expenses which shall not exceed 
     $35,000) shall not exceed $35,000,000: Provided further, That 
     project-specific transaction costs, including direct and 
     indirect costs incurred in claims settlements, and other 
     direct costs associated with services provided to specific 
     investors or potential investors pursuant to section 234 of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall not be considered 
     administrative expenses for the purposes of this heading.


                            program account

       For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, $24,000,000, 
     as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 to be derived by transfer from the Overseas Private 
     Investment Corporation noncredit account: 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 such sums shall be available for 
     direct loan obligations and loan guaranty commitments 
     incurred or made during fiscal years 2000 and 2001: Provided 
     further, That such sums shall remain available through fiscal 
     year 2008 for the disbursement of direct and guaranteed loans 
     obligated in fiscal year 2000, and through fiscal year 2009 
     for the disbursement of direct and guaranteed loans obligated 
     in fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That in addition, such 
     sums as may be necessary for administrative expenses to carry 
     out the credit program may be derived from amounts available 
     for administrative expenses to carry out the credit and 
     insurance programs in the Overseas Private Investment 
     Corporation Noncredit Account and merged with said account: 
     Provided further, That funds made available under this 
     heading or in prior appropriations Acts that are available 
     for the cost of financing under section 234 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961, shall be available for purposes of 
     section 234(g) of such Act, to remain available until 
     expended.

                  Funds Appropriated to the President


                      trade and development agency

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     $44,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001: 
     Provided, That the Trade and Development Agency may receive 
     reimbursements from corporations and other entities for the 
     costs of grants for feasibility studies and other project 
     planning services, to be deposited as an offsetting 
     collection to this account and to be available for obligation 
     until September 30, 2001, for necessary expenses under this 
     paragraph: Provided further, That such reimbursements shall 
     not cover, or be allocated against, direct or indirect 
     administrative costs of the agency.

                TITLE II--BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

       For expenses necessary to enable the President to carry out 
     the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for 
     other purposes, to remain available until September 30, 2000, 
     unless otherwise specified herein, as follows:


                  agency for international development

                child survival and disease programs fund

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961, for child survival, basic education, assistance to 
     combat tropical and other diseases, and related activities, 
     in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, 
     $715,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That this amount shall be made available for such activities 
     as: (1) immunization programs; (2) oral rehydration programs; 
     (3) health and nutrition programs, and related education 
     programs, which address the needs of mothers and children; 
     (4) water and sanitation programs; (5) assistance for 
     displaced and orphaned children; (6) programs for the 
     prevention, treatment, and control of, and research on, 
     tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, polio, malaria and other diseases; 
     and (7) up to $98,000,000 for basic education programs for 
     children: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading may be made available for 
     nonproject assistance for health and child survival programs, 
     except that funds may be made available for such assistance 
     for ongoing health programs.


                         development assistance

                     (including transfer of funds)

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     sections 103 through 106, and chapter 10 of part I of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, title V of the International 
     Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 (Public Law 
     96-533) and the provisions of section 401 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1969, $1,228,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2001: Provided, That of the amount 
     appropriated under this heading, up to $5,000,000 may be made 
     available for and apportioned directly to the Inter-American 
     Foundation: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated 
     under this heading, up to $14,400,000 may be made available 
     for the African Development Foundation and shall be 
     apportioned directly to that agency: Provided further, That 
     none of the funds made available in this Act nor any 
     unobligated balances from prior appropriations may be made 
     available to any organization or program which, as determined 
     by the President of the United States, supports or 
     participates in the management of a program of coercive 
     abortion or involuntary sterilization: Provided further, That 
     none of the funds made available under this heading may be 
     used to pay for the performance of abortion as a method of 
     family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to 
     practice abortions; and that in order to reduce reliance on 
     abortion in developing nations, funds shall be available only 
     to voluntary family planning projects which offer, either 
     directly or through referral to, or information about access 
     to, a broad range of family planning methods and services, 
     and that any such voluntary family planning project shall 
     meet the following requirements: (1) service providers or 
     referral agents in the project shall not implement or be 
     subject to quotas, or other numerical targets, of total 
     number of births, number of family planning acceptors, or 
     acceptors of a particular method of family planning (this 
     provision shall not be construed to include the use of 
     quantitative estimates or indicators for budgeting and 
     planning purposes); (2) the project shall not include payment 
     of incentives, bribes, gratuities, or financial reward to: 
     (A) an individual in exchange for becoming a family planning 
     acceptor; or (B) program personnel for achieving a numerical 
     target or quota of total number of births, number of family 
     planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of 
     family planning; (3) the project shall not deny any right or 
     benefit, including the right of access to participate in any 
     program of general welfare or the right of access to health 
     care, as a consequence of any individual's decision not to 
     accept family planning services; (4) the project shall 
     provide family planning acceptors comprehensible information 
     on the health benefits and risks of the method chosen, 
     including those conditions that might render the use of the 
     method inadvisable and those adverse side effects known to be 
     consequent to the use of the method; and (5) the project 
     shall ensure that experimental contraceptive drugs and 
     devices and medical procedures are provided only in the 
     context of a scientific study in which participants are 
     advised of potential risks and benefits; and, not less than 
     60 days after the date on which the Administrator of the 
     United States Agency for International Development determines 
     that there has been a violation of the requirements contained 
     in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5) of this proviso, or a 
     pattern or practice of violations of the requirements 
     contained in paragraph (4) of this proviso, the Administrator 
     shall submit to the Committee on International Relations and 
     the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives and to the Committee on Foreign Relations and 
     the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, a report 
     containing a description of such violation and the corrective 
     action taken by the Agency: Provided further, That in 
     awarding grants for natural family planning under section 104 
     of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be 
     discriminated against because of such applicant's religious 
     or conscientious commitment to offer only natural family 
     planning; and, additionally, all such applicants shall comply 
     with the requirements of the previous proviso: Provided 
     further, That for purposes of this or any other Act 
     authorizing or appropriating funds for foreign operations, 
     export financing, and related programs, the term 
     ``motivate'', as it relates to family planning assistance, 
     shall not be construed to prohibit the provision, consistent 
     with local law, of information or counseling about all 
     pregnancy options: Provided further, That nothing in this 
     paragraph shall be construed to alter any existing statutory 
     prohibitions against abortion under section 104 of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That, 
     notwithstanding section 109 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961, of the funds appropriated under this heading in this 
     Act, and of the unobligated balances of funds previously 
     appropriated under this heading, $2,500,000 may be 
     transferred to ``International Organizations and

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     Programs'' for a contribution to the International Fund for 
     Agricultural Development (IFAD): Provided further, That none 
     of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made 
     available for any activity which is in contravention to the 
     Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of 
     Flora and Fauna (CITES): Provided further, That of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading that are made available for 
     assistance programs for displaced and orphaned children and 
     victims of war, not to exceed $25,000, in addition to funds 
     otherwise available for such purposes, may be used to monitor 
     and provide oversight of such programs: Provided further, 
     That of the funds appropriated under this heading not less 
     than $500,000 should be made available for support of the 
     United States Telecommunications Training Institute: Provided 
     further, That, of the funds appropriated by this Act for the 
     Microenterprise Initiative (including any local currencies 
     made available for the purposes of the Initiative), not less 
     than one-half should be made available for programs providing 
     loans of less than $300 to very poor people, particularly 
     women, or for institutional support of organizations 
     primarily engaged in making such loans.


                                 cyprus

       Of the funds appropriated under the headings ``Development 
     Assistance'' and ``Economic Support Fund'', not less than 
     $15,000,000 shall be made available for Cyprus to be used 
     only for scholarships, administrative support of the 
     scholarship program, bicommunal projects, and measures aimed 
     at reunification of the island and designed to reduce 
     tensions and promote peace and cooperation between the two 
     communities on Cyprus.


                                 lebanon

       Of the funds appropriated under the headings ``Development 
     Assistance'' and ``Economic Support Fund'', not less than 
     $15,000,000 should be made available for Lebanon to be used, 
     among other programs, for scholarships and direct support of 
     the American educational institutions in Lebanon.


                                 burma

       Of the funds appropriated under the headings ``Economic 
     Support Fund'' and ``Development Assistance'', not less than 
     $6,500,000 shall be made available to support democracy 
     activities in Burma, democracy and humanitarian activities 
     along the Burma-Thailand border, and for Burmese student 
     groups and other organizations located outside Burma: 
     Provided, That funds made available for Burma-related 
     activities under this heading may be made available 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law: Provided further, 
     That the provision of such funds shall be made available 
     subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations.


                  private and voluntary organizations

       None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
     by this Act for development assistance may be made available 
     to any United States private and voluntary organization, 
     except any cooperative development organization, which 
     obtains less than 20 percent of its total annual funding for 
     international activities from sources other than the United 
     States Government: Provided, That the Administrator of the 
     Agency for International Development may, on a case-by-case 
     basis, waive the restriction contained in this paragraph, 
     after taking into account the effectiveness of the overseas 
     development activities of the organization, its level of 
     volunteer support, its financial viability and stability, and 
     the degree of its dependence for its financial support on the 
     agency.
       Funds appropriated or otherwise made available under title 
     II of this Act should be made available to private and 
     voluntary organizations at a level which is at least 
     equivalent to the level provided in fiscal year 1995.


                   international disaster assistance

       For necessary expenses for international disaster relief, 
     rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance pursuant to 
     section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
     amended, $175,880,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That the Agency for International Development shall 
     submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations at least 
     5 days prior to providing assistance through the Office of 
     Transition Initiatives for a country that did not receive 
     such assistance in fiscal year 1999.


         micro and small enterprise development program account

       For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees, 
     $1,500,000, as authorized by section 108 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961, as amended: Provided, That such costs 
     shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
     Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That guarantees of 
     loans made under this heading in support of microenterprise 
     activities may guarantee up to 70 percent of the principal 
     amount of any such loans notwithstanding section 108 of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. In addition, for 
     administrative expenses to carry out programs under this 
     heading, $500,000, all of which may be transferred to and 
     merged with the appropriation for Operating Expenses of the 
     Agency for International Development: Provided further, That 
     funds made available under this heading shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2001.


             urban and environmental credit program account

       For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of guaranteed loans 
     authorized by sections 221 and 222 of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961, $1,500,000, to remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That these funds are available to subsidize loan 
     principal, 100 per centum of which shall be guaranteed, 
     pursuant to the authority of such sections. In addition, for 
     administrative expenses to carry out guaranteed loan 
     programs, $5,000,000, all of which may be transferred to and 
     merged with the appropriation for Operating Expenses of the 
     Agency for International Development: Provided further, That 
     commitments to guarantee loans under this heading may be 
     entered into notwithstanding the second and third sentences 
     of section 222(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.


              development credit authority program account

       For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees, up to 
     $3,000,000 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.


     payment to the foreign service retirement and disability fund

       For payment to the ``Foreign Service Retirement and 
     Disability Fund'', as authorized by the Foreign Service Act 
     of 1980, $43,837,000.


     operating expenses of the agency for international development

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 667, $495,000,000: Provided, That, none of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading may be made available to 
     finance the construction (including architect and engineering 
     services), purchase, or long term lease of offices for use by 
     the Agency for International Development, unless the 
     Administrator has identified such proposed construction 
     (including architect and engineering services), purchase, or 
     long term lease of offices in a report submitted to the 
     Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days prior to the 
     obligation of these funds for such purposes: Provided 
     further, That the previous proviso shall not apply where the 
     total cost of construction (including architect and 
     engineering services), purchase, or long term lease of 
     offices does not exceed $1,000,000.


 operating expenses of the agency for international development office 
                          of inspector general

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 667, $25,000,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2001, which sum shall be available for the Office of the 
     Inspector General of the Agency for International 
     Development.

                  Other Bilateral Economic Assistance


                         economic support fund

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     chapter 4 of part II, $2,177,000,000, to remain available 
     until September 30, 2001: Provided, That of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading, not less than $960,000,000 
     shall be available only for Israel, which sum shall be 
     available on a grant basis as a cash transfer and shall be 
     disbursed within 30 days of the enactment of this Act or by 
     October 31, 1999, whichever is later: Provided further, That 
     not less than $735,000,000 shall be available only for Egypt, 
     which sum shall be provided on a grant basis, and of which 
     sum cash transfer assistance shall be provided with the 
     understanding that Egypt will undertake significant economic 
     reforms which are additional to those which were undertaken 
     in previous fiscal years, and of which not less than 
     $200,000,000 shall be provided as Commodity Import Program 
     assistance: Provided further, That in exercising the 
     authority to provide cash transfer assistance for Israel, the 
     President shall ensure that the level of such assistance does 
     not cause an adverse impact on the total level of nonmilitary 
     exports from the United States to such country: Provided 
     further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, 
     not less than $150,000,000 should be made available for 
     assistance for Jordan: Provided further, That notwithstanding 
     any other provision of law, not to exceed $11,000,000 may be 
     used to support victims of and programs related to the 
     Holocaust: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, of the funds appropriated under this 
     heading, $1,000,000 shall be made available to 
     nongovernmental organizations located outside of the People's 
     Republic of China to support activities which preserve 
     cultural traditions and promote sustainable development and 
     environmental conservation in Tibetan communities in that 
     country.


                     international fund for ireland

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     $19,600,000, which shall be available for the United States 
     contribution to the International Fund for Ireland and shall 
     be made available in accordance with the provisions of the 
     Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-
     415): Provided, That such amount shall be expended at the 
     minimum rate necessary to make timely payment for projects 
     and activities: Provided further, That funds made available 
     under this heading shall remain available until September 30, 
     2001.


          assistance for eastern europe and the baltic states

       (a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support for East 
     European Democracy

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     (SEED) Act of 1989, $535,000,000, to remain available until 
     September 30, 2001, which shall be available, notwithstanding 
     any other provision of law, for assistance and for related 
     programs for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States: Provided, 
     That of the funds appropriated under this heading not less 
     than $150,000,000 should be made available for assistance for 
     Kosova: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
     under this heading and the headings ``International Narcotics 
     Control and Law Enforcement'' and ``Economic Support Fund'', 
     not to exceed $130,000,000 shall be made available for Bosnia 
     and Herzegovina: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     made available under this heading for Kosova shall be made 
     available until the Secretary of State certifies that the 
     resources pledged by the United States at the upcoming Kosova 
     donors conference and similar pledging conferences shall not 
     exceed 15 percent of the total resources pledged by all 
     donors: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
     available under this heading for Kosova shall be made 
     available for large scale physical infrastructure 
     reconstruction.
       (b) Funds appropriated under this heading or in prior 
     appropriations Acts that are or have been made available for 
     an Enterprise Fund may be deposited by such Fund in interest-
     bearing accounts prior to the Fund's disbursement of such 
     funds for program purposes. The Fund may retain for such 
     program purposes any interest earned on such deposits without 
     returning such interest to the Treasury of the United States 
     and without further appropriation by the Congress. Funds made 
     available for Enterprise Funds shall be expended at the 
     minimum rate necessary to make timely payment for projects 
     and activities.
       (c) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
     considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available the 
     administrative authorities contained in that Act for the use 
     of economic assistance.
       (d) None of the funds appropriated under this heading may 
     be made available for new housing construction or repair or 
     reconstruction of existing housing in Bosnia and Herzegovina 
     unless directly related to the efforts of United States 
     troops to promote peace in said country.
       (e) With regard to funds appropriated under this heading 
     for the economic revitalization program in Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina, and local currencies generated by such funds 
     (including the conversion of funds appropriated under this 
     heading into currency used by Bosnia and Herzegovina as local 
     currency and local currency returned or repaid under such 
     program) the Administrator of the Agency for International 
     Development shall provide written approval for grants and 
     loans prior to the obligation and expenditure of funds for 
     such purposes, and prior to the use of funds that have been 
     returned or repaid to any lending facility or grantee.
       (f) The provisions of section 532 of this Act shall apply 
     to funds made available under subsection (e) and to funds 
     appropriated under this heading.
       (g) The President is authorized to withhold funds 
     appropriated under this heading made available for economic 
     revitalization programs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, if he 
     determines and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations 
     that the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has not 
     complied with article III of annex 1-A of the General 
     Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina 
     concerning the withdrawal of foreign forces, and that 
     intelligence cooperation on training, investigations, and 
     related activities between Iranian officials and Bosnian 
     officials has not been terminated.


    assistance for the independent states of the former soviet union

       (a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     chapter 11 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     and the FREEDOM Support Act, for assistance for the 
     Independent States of the former Soviet Union and for related 
     programs, $735,000,000, to remain available until September 
     30, 2001: Provided, That the provisions of such chapter shall 
     apply to funds appropriated by this paragraph: Provided 
     further, That such sums as may be necessary may be 
     transferred to the Export-Import Bank of the United States 
     for the cost of any financing under the Export-Import Bank 
     Act of 1945 for activities for the Independent States: 
     Provided further, That of the funds made available for the 
     Southern Caucasus region, 15 percent should be used for 
     confidence-building measures and other activities in 
     furtherance of the peaceful resolution of the regional 
     conflicts, especially those in the vicinity of Abkhazia and 
     Nagorno-Karabagh: Provided further, That of the amounts 
     appropriated under this heading not less than $20,000,000 
     shall be made available solely for the Russian Far East: 
     Provided further, That of the funds made available under this 
     heading $10,000,000 shall be made available for salaries and 
     expenses to carry out the Russian Leadership Program enacted 
     on May 21, 1999 (113 Stat. 93 et seq.).
       (b) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 
     than $180,000,000 should be made available for assistance for 
     Ukraine.
       (c) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 
     than 12.92 percent shall be made available for assistance for 
     Georgia.
       (d) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 
     than 12.2 percent shall be made available for assistance for 
     Armenia.
       (e) Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall not apply 
     to--
       (1) activities to support democracy or assistance under 
     title V of the FREEDOM Support Act and section 1424 of Public 
     Law 104-201;
       (2) any assistance provided by the Trade and Development 
     Agency under section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421);
       (3) any activity carried out by a member of the United 
     States and Foreign Commercial Service while acting within his 
     or her official capacity;
       (4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee, or other 
     assistance provided by the Overseas Private Investment 
     Corporation under title IV of chapter 2 of part I of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2191 et seq.);
       (5) any financing provided under the Export-Import Bank Act 
     of 1945; or
       (6) humanitarian assistance.
       (f) Of the funds made available under this heading for 
     nuclear safety activities, not to exceed 9 percent of the 
     funds provided for any single project may be used to pay for 
     management costs incurred by a United States national lab in 
     administering said project.
       (g) Not more than 25 percent of the funds appropriated 
     under this heading may be made available for assistance for 
     any country in the region.
       (h) Of the funds appropriated under title II of this Act 
     not less than $12,000,000 should be made available for 
     assistance for Mongolia of which not less than $6,000,000 
     should be made available from funds appropriated under this 
     heading: Provided, That funds made available for assistance 
     for Mongolia may be made available in accordance with the 
     purposes and utilizing the authorities provided in chapter 11 
     of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
       (i)(1) Of the funds appropriated under this heading that 
     are allocated for assistance for the Government of the 
     Russian Federation, 50 percent shall be withheld from 
     obligation until the President determines and certifies in 
     writing to the Committees on Appropriations that the 
     Government of the Russian Federation 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.
       (2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to--
       (A) assistance to combat infectious diseases and child 
     survival activities; and
       (B) activities authorized under title V (Nonproliferation 
     and Disarmament Programs and Activities) of the FREEDOM 
     Support Act.
       (j) None of the funds appropriated under this heading may 
     be made available for the Government of the Russian 
     Federation, until the Secretary of State certifies to the 
     Committees on Appropriations that: (1) Russian armed and 
     peacekeeping forces deployed in Kosova have not established a 
     separate sector of operational control; and (2) any Russian 
     armed forces deployed in Kosova are operating under NATO 
     unified command and control arrangements.

                           Independent Agency


                              peace corps

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
     Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), $235,000,000, including the 
     purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for 
     administrative purposes for use outside of the United States: 
     Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under this 
     heading shall be used to pay for abortions: Provided further, 
     That funds appropriated under this heading shall remain 
     available until September 30, 2001.

                          Department of State


          international narcotics control and law enforcement

       For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $285,000,000, of which 
     $21,000,000 shall become available for obligation on 
     September 30, 2000, and remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That of this amount not less than $10,000,000 
     should be made available for Law Enforcement Training and 
     Demand Reduction: Provided further, That any funds made 
     available under this heading for anti-crime programs and 
     activities shall be made available subject to the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 
     Provided further, That during fiscal year 2000, the 
     Department of State may also use the authority of section 608 
     of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, without regard to its 
     restrictions, to receive excess property from an agency of 
     the United States Government for the purpose of providing it 
     to a foreign country under chapter 8 of part I of that Act 
     subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations.


                    migration and refugee assistance

       For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to 
     enable the Secretary of State to provide, as authorized by 
     law, a contribution to the International Committee of the Red 
     Cross, assistance to refugees, including contributions to the 
     International Organization for Migration and the United 
     Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and other activities 
     to meet refugee and migration needs; salaries and expenses of 
     personnel and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service 
     Act of 1980; allowances as authorized by sections 5921 
     through 5925 of title 5, United States Code; purchase and 
     hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized 
     by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, $625,000,000, 
     of which $21,000,000 shall become available for obligation on 
     September 30, 2000, and remain available until expended: 
     Provided, That not more than $13,800,000 shall be available 
     for administrative expenses: Provided further, That not less 
     than $60,000,000 shall be made available for refugees from 
     the former Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and other refugees 
     resettling in Israel.


     united states emergency refugee and migration assistance fund

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 
     1962, as amended (22 U.S.C. 260(c)), $12,500,000, to remain 
     available until expended: Provided, That the funds made 
     available under this heading are appropriated notwithstanding 
     the provisions contained in

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     section 2(c)(2) of the Act which would limit the amount of 
     funds which could be appropriated for this purpose.


    nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and related programs

       For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-terrorism 
     and related programs and activities, $181,600,000, to carry 
     out the provisions of chapter 8 of part II of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 for anti-terrorism assistance, section 
     504 of the FREEDOM Support Act for the Nonproliferation and 
     Disarmament Fund, section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act 
     or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for demining 
     activities, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, and related 
     activities, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     including activities implemented through nongovernmental and 
     international organizations, section 301 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 for a voluntary contribution to the 
     International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and a voluntary 
     contribution to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development 
     Organization (KEDO), and for a United States contribution to 
     the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory 
     Commission: Provided, That the Secretary of State shall 
     inform the Committees on Appropriations at least 20 days 
     prior to the obligation of funds for the Comprehensive 
     Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory Commission: Provided 
     further, That of this amount not to exceed $15,000,000, to 
     remain available until expended, may be made available for 
     the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund, notwithstanding 
     any other provision of law, to promote bilateral and 
     multilateral activities relating to nonproliferation and 
     disarmament: Provided further, That such funds may also be 
     used for such countries other than the Independent States of 
     the former Soviet Union and international organizations when 
     it is in the national security interest of the United States 
     to do so: Provided further, That such funds shall be subject 
     to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations: Provided further, That funds appropriated 
     under this heading may be made available for the 
     International Atomic Energy Agency only if the Secretary of 
     State determines (and so reports to the Congress) that Israel 
     is not being denied its right to participate in the 
     activities of that Agency: Provided further, That of the 
     funds appropriated under this heading, $35,000,000 should be 
     made available for demining, clearance of unexploded 
     ordnance, and related activities: Provided further, That of 
     the funds made available for demining and related activities, 
     not to exceed $500,000, in addition to funds otherwise 
     available for such purposes, may be used for administrative 
     expenses related to the operation and management of the 
     demining program.

                       Department of the Treasury


               International Affairs Technical Assistance

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relating 
     to international affairs technical assistance activities), 
     $1,500,000, to remain available until expended, which shall 
     be available nowithstanding and other provision of law.


                           debt restructuring

       For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying 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 up to 
     $1,000,000 for 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 
     Agricultural 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 Appropriations Act, 
     1989 (Public Law 100-461), $33,000,000, to remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That any limitation of subsection 
     (e) of section 411 of the Agricultural 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 appropriated under this 
     heading: Provided further, That the authority provided by 
     section 572 of Public Law 100-461 may be exercised only with 
     respect to countries that are eligible to borrow from the 
     International Development Association, but not from the 
     International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, 
     commonly referred to as ``IDA-only'' countries.

                     TITLE III--MILITARY ASSISTANCE

                  Funds Appropriated to the President


             international military education and training

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     $50,000,000, of which up to $1,000,000 may remain available 
     until expended: Provided, That the civilian personnel for 
     whom military education and training may be provided under 
     this heading may include civilians who are not members of a 
     government whose participation would contribute to improved 
     civil-military relations, civilian control of the military, 
     or respect for human rights: Provided further, That funds 
     appropriated under this heading for grant financed military 
     education and training for Indonesia and Guatemala may only 
     be available for expanded international military education 
     and training and funds made available for Guatemala may only 
     be provided through the regular notification procedures of 
     the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That none 
     of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made 
     available to support grant financed military education and 
     training at the School of the Americas unless the Secretary 
     of Defense certifies that the instruction and training 
     provided by the School of the Americas is fully consistent 
     with training and doctrine, particularly with respect to the 
     observance of human rights, provided by the Department of 
     Defense to United States military students at Department of 
     Defense institutions whose primary purpose is to train United 
     States military personnel: Provided further, That the 
     Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations, no later than January 15, 2000, a report 
     detailing the training activities of the School of the 
     Americas and a general assessment regarding the performance 
     of its graduates during 1997 and 1998.


                   foreign military financing program

       For expenses necessary for grants to enable the President 
     to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms Export 
     Control Act, $3,420,000,000: Provided, That of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading, not less than $1,920,000,000 
     shall be available for grants only for Israel, and not less 
     than $1,300,000,000 shall be made available for grants only 
     for Egypt: Provided further, That the funds appropriated by 
     this paragraph for Israel shall be disbursed within 30 days 
     of the enactment of this Act or by October 31, 1999, 
     whichever is later: Provided further, That to the extent that 
     the Government of Israel requests that funds be used for such 
     purposes, grants made available for Israel by this paragraph 
     shall, as agreed by Israel and the United States, be 
     available for advanced weapons systems, of which not less 
     than 26.3 percent shall be available for the procurement in 
     Israel of defense articles and defense services, including 
     research and development: Provided further, That of the funds 
     appropriated by this paragraph, not less than $75,000,000 
     should be available for assistance for Jordan: Provided 
     further, That of the funds appropriated by this paragraph, 
     not less than $7,000,000 shall be made available for 
     assistance for Tunisia: Provided further, That during fiscal 
     year 2000, the President is authorized to, and shall, direct 
     the draw-downs of defense articles from the stocks of the 
     Department of Defense, defense services of the Department of 
     Defense, and military education and training of an aggregate 
     value of not less than $4,000,000 under the authority of this 
     proviso for Tunisia for the purposes of part II of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and any amount so directed 
     shall count toward meeting the earmark in the preceding 
     proviso: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated by 
     this paragraph up to $1,000,000 should be made available for 
     assistance for Ecuador and shall be subject to the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: 
     Provided further, That funds appropriated by this paragraph 
     shall be nonrepayable notwithstanding any requirement in 
     section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act: Provided further, 
     That funds made available under this paragraph shall be 
     obligated upon apportionment in accordance with paragraph 
     (5)(C) of title 31, United States Code, section 1501(a).
       None of the funds made available under this heading shall 
     be available to finance the procurement of defense articles, 
     defense services, or design and construction services that 
     are not sold by the United States Government under the Arms 
     Export Control Act unless the foreign country proposing to 
     make such procurements has first signed an agreement with the 
     United States Government specifying the conditions under 
     which such procurements may be financed with such funds: 
     Provided, That all country and funding level increases in 
     allocations shall be submitted through the regular 
     notification procedures of section 515 of this Act: Provided 
     further, That none of the funds appropriated under this 
     heading shall be available for assistance for Sudan and 
     Liberia: Provided further, That funds made available under 
     this heading may be used, notwithstanding any other provision 
     of law, for demining, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, 
     and related activities, and may include activities 
     implemented through nongovernmental and international 
     organizations: Provided further, That none of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading shall be available for 
     assistance for Guatemala: Provided further, That only those 
     countries for which assistance was justified for the 
     ``Foreign Military Sales Financing Program'' in the fiscal 
     year 1989 congressional presentation for security assistance 
     programs may utilize funds made available under this heading 
     for procurement of defense articles, defense services or 
     design and construction services that are not sold by the 
     United States Government under the Arms Export Control Act: 
     Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading 
     shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make 
     timely payment for defense articles and services: Provided 
     further, That not more than $30,495,000 of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading may be obligated for 
     necessary expenses, including the purchase of passenger motor 
     vehicles for replacement only for use outside of the United 
     States, for the general costs of administering military 
     assistance and sales: Provided further, That not more than 
     $330,000,000 of funds realized pursuant to section 
     21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act may be obligated 
     for expenses incurred by the Department of Defense during 
     fiscal year 2000 pursuant to section 43(b) of the Arms Export 
     Control Act, except that this limitation may be exceeded only 
     through the regular notification procedures of the Committees 
     on Appropriations: Provided further, That not later than 45 
     days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
     Secretary

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     of Defense shall report to the Committees on Appropriations 
     regarding the appropriate host institution to support and 
     advance the efforts of the Defense Institute for 
     International and Legal Studies in both legal and political 
     education: Provided further, That none of the funds made 
     available under this heading shall be available for any non-
     NATO country participating in the Partnership for Peace 
     Program except through the regular notification procedures of 
     the Committees on Appropriations.


                        peacekeeping operations

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     $78,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
     under this heading shall be obligated or expended except as 
     provided through the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations.

               TITLE IV--MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE


                  funds appropriated to the president

                  international financial institutions

                      global environment facility

       For the United States contribution for the Global 
     Environment Facility, $35,800,000, to the International Bank 
     for Reconstruction and Development as trustee for the Global 
     Environment Facility, by the Secretary of the Treasury, to 
     remain available until expended.


       contribution to the international development association

       For payment to the International Development Association by 
     the Secretary of the Treasury, $625,000,000, to remain 
     available until expended.


      contribution to the multilateral investment guarantee agency

       For payment to the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency 
     by the Secretary of the Treasury, $4,000,000, for the United 
     States paid-in share of the increase in capital stock, to 
     remain available until expended.


                     limitation on callable capital

       The United States Governor of the Multilateral Investment 
     Guarantee Agency may subscribe without fiscal year limitation 
     for the callable capital portion of the United States share 
     of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed $20,000,000.


          contribution to the inter-american development bank

       For payment to the Inter-American Development Bank by the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, for the United States share of the 
     paid-in share portion of the increase in capital stock, 
     $25,610,667.


              limitation on callable capital subscriptions

       The United States Governor of the Inter-American 
     Development Bank may subscribe without fiscal year limitation 
     to the callable capital portion of the United States share of 
     such capital stock in an amount not to exceed $1,503,718,910.


               contribution to the asian development bank

       For payment to the Asian Development Bank by the Secretary 
     of the Treasury for the United States share of the paid-in 
     portion of the increase in capital stock, $13,728,263, to 
     remain available until expended.


              limitation on callable capital subscriptions

       The United States Governor of the Asian Development Bank 
     may subscribe without fiscal year limitation to the callable 
     capital portion of the United States share of such capital 
     stock in an amount not to exceed $672,745,205.


               CONTRIBUTION TO THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

       For the United States contribution by the Secretary of the 
     Treasury to the increase in resources of the Asian 
     Development Fund, as authorized by the Asia Development Bank 
     Act, as amended, $77,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended, for contributions previously due.


              contribution to the african development fund

       For the United States contribution by the Secretary of the 
     Treasury to the increase in resources of the African 
     Development Fund, $77,000,000, to remain available until 
     expended.


              CONTRIBUTION TO THE AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK

       For payment to the African Development Bank by the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, $1,000,000 for the United States 
     paid-in share of the increase in capital stock, to remain 
     available until expended.


              limitation on callable capital subscriptions

       The United States Governor to the African Development Bank 
     may subscribe without fiscal year limitation to the callable 
     capital portion of the United States share of such capital 
     stock in an amount not to exceed $16,000,000.


  contribution to the european bank for reconstruction and development

       For payment to the European Bank for Reconstruction and 
     Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, $35,778,717, 
     for the United States share of the paid-in portion of the 
     increase in capital stock, to remain available until 
     expended.


              limitation on callable capital subscriptions

       The United States Governor of the European Bank for 
     Reconstruction and Development may subscribe without fiscal 
     year limitation to the callable capital portion of the United 
     States share of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed 
     $123,237,803.

                International Organizations and Programs

       For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
     section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and of 
     section 2 of the United Nations Environment Program 
     Participation Act of 1973, $170,000,000: Provided, That none 
     of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made 
     available for the United Nations Fund for Science and 
     Technology: Provided further, That not less than $5,000,000 
     should be made available to the World Food Program: Provided 
     further, That none of the funds appropriated under this 
     heading may be made available to the Korean Peninsula Energy 
     Development Organization (KEDO) or the International Atomic 
     Energy Agency (IAEA).

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS


             obligations during last month of availability

       Sec. 501. Except for the appropriations entitled 
     ``International Disaster Assistance'', and ``United States 
     Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund'', not more 
     than 15 percent of any appropriation item made available by 
     this Act shall be obligated during the last month of 
     availability.


     prohibition of bilateral funding for international financial 
                              institutions

       Sec. 502. Notwithstanding section 614 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961, none of the funds contained in title 
     II of this Act may be used to carry out the provisions of 
     section 209(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: 
     Provided, That none of the funds appropriated by title II of 
     this Act may be transferred by the Agency for International 
     Development directly to an international financial 
     institution (as defined in section 533 of this Act) for the 
     purpose of repaying a foreign country's loan obligations to 
     such institution.


                    limitation on residence expenses

       Sec. 503. Of the funds appropriated or made available 
     pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $126,500 shall be for 
     official residence expenses of the Agency for International 
     Development during the current fiscal year: Provided, That 
     appropriate steps shall be taken to assure that, to the 
     maximum extent possible, United States-owned foreign 
     currencies are utilized in lieu of dollars.


                         limitation on expenses

       Sec. 504. Of the funds appropriated or made available 
     pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $5,000 shall be for 
     entertainment expenses of the Agency for International 
     Development during the current fiscal year.


               limitation on representational allowances

       Sec. 505. Of the funds appropriated or made available 
     pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $95,000 shall be 
     available for representation allowances for the Agency for 
     International Development during the current fiscal year: 
     Provided, That appropriate steps shall be taken to assure 
     that, to the maximum extent possible, United States-owned 
     foreign currencies are utilized in lieu of dollars: Provided 
     further, That of the funds made available by this Act for 
     general costs of administering military assistance and sales 
     under the heading ``Foreign Military Financing Program'', not 
     to exceed $2,000 shall be available for entertainment 
     expenses and not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for 
     representation allowances: Provided further, That of the 
     funds made available by this Act under the heading 
     ``International Military Education and Training'', not to 
     exceed $50,000 shall be available for entertainment 
     allowances: Provided further, That of the funds made 
     available by this Act for the Inter-American Foundation, not 
     to exceed $2,000 shall be available for entertainment and 
     representation allowances: Provided further, That of the 
     funds made available by this Act for the Peace Corps, not to 
     exceed a total of $4,000 shall be available for entertainment 
     expenses: Provided further, That of the funds made available 
     by this Act under the heading ``Trade and Development 
     Agency'', not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for 
     representation and entertainment allowances.


                 prohibition on financing nuclear goods

       Sec. 506. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
     (other than funds for ``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, 
     Demining and Related Programs'') pursuant to this Act, for 
     carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be used, 
     except for purposes of nuclear safety, to finance the export 
     of nuclear equipment, fuel, or technology.


        prohibition against direct funding for certain countries

       Sec. 507. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended 
     to finance directly any assistance or reparations to Cuba, 
     Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Sudan, or Syria: Provided, 
     That for purposes of this section, the prohibition on 
     obligations or expenditures shall include direct loans, 
     credits, insurance and guarantees of the Export-Import Bank 
     or its agents.


                             military coups

       Sec. 508. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended 
     to finance directly any assistance to any country whose duly 
     elected head of government is deposed by military coup or 
     decree: Provided, That assistance may be resumed to such 
     country if the President determines and reports to the 
     Committees on Appropriations that subsequent to the 
     termination of assistance a democratically elected government 
     has taken office.


                       transfers between accounts

       Sec. 509. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be obligated under an appropriation account to which they 
     were not appropriated, except for transfers specifically 
     provided for in this Act, unless the President, prior to the 
     exercise of any authority contained in the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 to transfer funds, consults with and provides a 
     written policy justification to the Committees on 
     Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
     Senate.


                  deobligation/reobligation authority

       Sec. 510. (a) Amounts certified pursuant to section 1311 of 
     the Supplemental Appropriations

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     Act, 1955, as having been obligated against appropriations 
     heretofore made under the authority of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 for the same general purpose as any of the 
     headings under title II of this Act are, if deobligated, 
     hereby continued available for the same period as the 
     respective appropriations under such headings or until 
     September 30, 2000, whichever is later, and for the same 
     general purpose, and for countries within the same region as 
     originally obligated: Provided, That the Appropriations 
     Committees of both Houses of the Congress are notified 15 
     days in advance of the reobligation of such funds in 
     accordance with regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations.
       (b) Obligated balances of funds appropriated to carry out 
     section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act as of the end of 
     the fiscal year immediately preceding the current fiscal year 
     are, if deobligated, hereby continued available during the 
     current fiscal year for the same purpose under any authority 
     applicable to such appropriations under this Act: Provided, 
     That the authority of this subsection may not be used in 
     fiscal year 2000.


                         availability of funds

       Sec. 511. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall remain available for obligation after the 
     expiration of the current fiscal year unless expressly so 
     provided in this Act: Provided, That funds appropriated for 
     the purposes of chapters 1, 8, and 11 of part I, section 667, 
     and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961, as amended, and funds provided under the heading 
     ``Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States'', 
     shall remain available until expended if such funds are 
     initially obligated before the expiration of their respective 
     periods of availability contained in this Act: Provided 
     further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     Act, any funds made available for the purposes of chapter 1 
     of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 which are allocated or obligated for cash 
     disbursements in order to address balance of payments or 
     economic policy reform objectives, shall remain available 
     until expended: Provided further, That the report required by 
     section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall 
     designate for each country, to the extent known at the time 
     of submission of such report, those funds allocated for cash 
     disbursement for balance of payment and economic policy 
     reform purposes.


            limitation on assistance to countries in default

       Sec. 512. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall be used to furnish assistance to any country which 
     is in default during a period in excess of one calendar year 
     in payment to the United States of principal or interest on 
     any loan made to such country by the United States pursuant 
     to a program for which funds are appropriated under this Act: 
     Provided, That this section and section 620(q) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds made 
     available for any narcotics-related assistance for Colombia, 
     Bolivia, and Peru authorized by the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 or the Arms Export Control Act.


                           commerce and trade

       Sec. 513. (a) None of the funds appropriated or made 
     available pursuant to this Act for direct assistance and none 
     of the funds otherwise made available pursuant to this Act to 
     the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas Private Investment 
     Corporation shall be obligated or expended to finance any 
     loan, any assistance or any other financial commitments for 
     establishing or expanding production of any commodity for 
     export by any country other than the United States, if the 
     commodity is likely to be in surplus on world markets at the 
     time the resulting productive capacity is expected to become 
     operative and if the assistance will cause substantial injury 
     to United States producers of the same, similar, or competing 
     commodity: Provided, That such prohibition shall not apply to 
     the Export-Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of 
     Directors the benefits to industry and employment in the 
     United States are likely to outweigh the injury to United 
     States producers of the same, similar, or competing 
     commodity, and the Chairman of the Board so notifies the 
     Committees on Appropriations.
       (b) None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act 
     to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing or breeding 
     feasibility study, variety improvement or introduction, 
     consultancy, publication, conference, or training in 
     connection with the growth or production in a foreign country 
     of an agricultural commodity for export which would compete 
     with a similar commodity grown or produced in the United 
     States: Provided, That this subsection shall not prohibit--
       (1) activities designed to increase food security in 
     developing countries where such activities will not have a 
     significant impact in the export of agricultural commodities 
     of the United States; or
       (2) research activities intended primarily to benefit 
     American producers.


                          surplus commodities

       Sec. 514. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
     United States Executive Directors of the International Bank 
     for Reconstruction and Development, the International 
     Development Association, the International Finance 
     Corporation, the Inter-American Development Bank, the 
     International Monetary Fund, the Asian Development Bank, the 
     Inter-American Investment Corporation, the North American 
     Development Bank, the European Bank for Reconstruction and 
     Development, the African Development Bank, and the African 
     Development Fund to use the voice and vote of the United 
     States to oppose any assistance by these institutions, using 
     funds appropriated or made available pursuant to this Act, 
     for the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral 
     for export, if it is in surplus on world markets and if the 
     assistance will cause substantial injury to United States 
     producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity.


                       notification requirements

       Sec. 515. (a) For the purposes of providing the executive 
     branch with the necessary administrative flexibility, none of 
     the funds made available under this Act for ``Child Survival 
     and Disease Programs Fund'', ``Development Assistance'', 
     ``International Organizations and Programs'', ``Trade and 
     Development Agency'', ``International Narcotics Control and 
     Law Enforcement'', ``Assistance for Eastern Europe and the 
     Baltic States'', ``Assistance for the Independent States of 
     the Former Soviet Union'', ``Economic Support Fund'', 
     ``Peacekeeping Operations'', ``Operating Expenses of the 
     Agency for International Development'', ``Operating Expenses 
     of the Agency for International Development Office of 
     Inspector General'', ``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, 
     Demining and Related Programs'', ``Foreign Military Financing 
     Program'', ``International Military Education and Training'', 
     ``Peace Corps'', and ``Migration and Refugee Assistance'', 
     shall be available for obligation for activities, programs, 
     projects, type of materiel assistance, countries, or other 
     operations not justified or in excess of the amount justified 
     to the Appropriations Committees for obligation under any of 
     these specific headings unless the Appropriations Committees 
     of both Houses of Congress are previously notified 15 days in 
     advance: Provided, That the President shall not enter into 
     any commitment of funds appropriated for the purposes of 
     section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act for the provision 
     of major defense equipment, other than conventional 
     ammunition, or other major defense items defined to be 
     aircraft, ships, missiles, or combat vehicles, not previously 
     justified to Congress or 20 percent in excess of the 
     quantities justified to Congress unless the Committees on 
     Appropriations are notified 15 days in advance of such 
     commitment: Provided further, That this section shall not 
     apply to any reprogramming for an activity, program, or 
     project under chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 of less than 10 percent of the amount previously 
     justified to the Congress for obligation for such activity, 
     program, or project for the current fiscal year: Provided 
     further, That the requirements of this section or any similar 
     provision of this Act or any other Act, including any prior 
     Act requiring notification in accordance with the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, 
     may be waived if failure to do so would pose a substantial 
     risk to human health or welfare: Provided further, That in 
     case of any such waiver, notification to the Congress, or the 
     appropriate congressional committees, shall be provided as 
     early as practicable, but in no event later than 3 days after 
     taking the action to which such notification requirement was 
     applicable, in the context of the circumstances necessitating 
     such waiver: Provided further, That any notification provided 
     pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an explanation of the 
     emergency circumstances.
       (b) Drawdowns made pursuant to section 506(a)(2) of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be subject to the 
     regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.


limitation on availability of funds for international organizations and 
                                programs

       Sec. 516. Subject to the regular notification procedures of 
     the Committees on Appropriations, funds appropriated under 
     this Act or any previously enacted Act making appropriations 
     for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
     programs, which are returned or not made available for 
     organizations and programs because of the implementation of 
     section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall 
     remain available for obligation until September 30, 2001.


             independent states of the former soviet union

       Sec. 517. (a) None of the funds appropriated under the 
     heading ``Assistance for the Independent States of the Former 
     Soviet Union'' shall be made available for assistance for a 
     government of an Independent State of the former Soviet 
     Union--
       (1) unless that government is making progress in 
     implementing comprehensive economic reforms based on market 
     principles, private ownership, respect for commercial 
     contracts, and equitable treatment of foreign private 
     investment; and
       (2) if that government applies or transfers United States 
     assistance to any entity for the purpose of expropriating or 
     seizing ownership or control of assets, investments, or 
     ventures.

     Assistance may be furnished without regard to this subsection 
     if the President determines that to do so is in the national 
     interest.
       (b) None of the funds appropriated under the heading 
     ``Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 
     Union'' shall be made available for assistance for a 
     government of an Independent State of the former Soviet Union 
     if that government directs any action in violation of the 
     territorial integrity or national sovereignty of any other 
     Independent State of the former Soviet Union, such as those 
     violations included in the Helsinki Final Act: Provided, That 
     such funds may be made available without regard to the 
     restriction in this subsection if the President determines 
     that to do so is in the national security interest of the 
     United States.
       (c) None of the funds appropriated under the heading 
     ``Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 
     Union'' shall be made available for any state to enhance its 
     military capability: Provided, That this restriction does not 
     apply to demilitarization, demining or nonproliferation 
     programs.
       (d) Funds appropriated under the heading ``Assistance for 
     the Independent States of the

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     Former Soviet Union'' shall be subject to the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
       (e) Funds made available in this Act for assistance for the 
     Independent States of the former Soviet Union shall be 
     subject to the provisions of section 117 (relating to 
     environment and natural resources) of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961.
       (f) Funds appropriated in this or prior appropriations Acts 
     that are or have been made available for an Enterprise Fund 
     in the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union may be 
     deposited by such Fund in interest-bearing accounts prior to 
     the disbursement of such funds by the Fund for program 
     purposes. The Fund may retain for such program purposes any 
     interest earned on such deposits without returning such 
     interest to the Treasury of the United States and without 
     further appropriation by the Congress. Funds made available 
     for Enterprise Funds shall be expended at the minimum rate 
     necessary to make timely payment for projects and activities.
       (g) In issuing new task orders, entering into contracts, or 
     making grants, with funds appropriated in this Act or prior 
     appropriations Acts under the headings ``Assistance for the 
     New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union'' and 
     ``Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet 
     Union'', for projects or activities that have as one of their 
     primary purposes the fostering of private sector development, 
     the Coordinator for United States Assistance to the New 
     Independent States and the implementing agency shall 
     encourage the participation of and give significant weight to 
     contractors and grantees who propose investing a significant 
     amount of their own resources (including volunteer services 
     and in-kind contributions) in such projects and activities.


   prohibition on funding for abortions and involuntary sterilization

       Sec. 518. None of the funds made available to carry out 
     part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may 
     be used to pay for the performance of abortions as a method 
     of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to 
     practice abortions. None of the funds made available to carry 
     out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, 
     may be used to pay for the performance of involuntary 
     sterilization as a method of family planning or to coerce or 
     provide any financial incentive to any person to undergo 
     sterilizations. None of the funds made available to carry out 
     part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may 
     be used to pay for any biomedical research which relates in 
     whole or in part, to methods of, or the performance of, 
     abortions or involuntary sterilization as a means of family 
     planning. None of the funds made available to carry out part 
     I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be 
     obligated or expended for any country or organization if the 
     President certifies that the use of these funds by any such 
     country or organization would violate any of the above 
     provisions related to abortions and involuntary 
     sterilizations: Provided, That none of the funds made 
     available under this Act may be used to lobby for or against 
     abortion.


                 export financing transfer authorities

       Sec. 519. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation 
     other than for administrative expenses made available for 
     fiscal year 2000, for programs under title I of this Act may 
     be transferred between such appropriations for use for any of 
     the purposes, programs, and activities for which the funds in 
     such receiving account may be used, but no such 
     appropriation, except as otherwise specifically provided, 
     shall be increased by more than 25 percent by any such 
     transfer: Provided, That the exercise of such authority shall 
     be subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations.


                   special notification requirements

       Sec. 520. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall 
     be obligated or expended for Colombia, Haiti, Liberia, 
     Pakistan, Panama, Serbia, Sudan, or the Democratic Republic 
     of Congo except as provided through the regular notification 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.


              definition of program, project, and activity

       Sec. 521. For the purpose of this Act, ``program, project, 
     and activity'' shall be defined at the appropriations Act 
     account level and shall include all appropriations and 
     authorizations Acts earmarks, ceilings, and limitations with 
     the exception that for the following accounts: Economic 
     Support Fund and Foreign Military Financing Program, 
     ``program, project, and activity'' shall also be considered 
     to include country, regional, and central program level 
     funding within each such account; for the development 
     assistance accounts of the Agency for International 
     Development ``program, project, and activity'' shall also be 
     considered to include central program level funding, either 
     as: (1) justified to the Congress; or (2) allocated by the 
     executive branch in accordance with a report, to be provided 
     to the Committees on Appropriations within 30 days of the 
     enactment of this Act, as required by section 653(a) of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.


            child survival and disease prevention activities

       Sec. 522. Up to $10,000,000 of the funds made available by 
     this Act for assistance under the heading ``Child Survival 
     and Disease Programs Fund'', may be used to reimburse United 
     States Government agencies, agencies of State governments, 
     institutions of higher learning, and private and voluntary 
     organizations for the full cost of individuals (including for 
     the personal services of such individuals) detailed or 
     assigned to, or contracted by, as the case may be, the Agency 
     for International Development for the purpose of carrying out 
     child survival, basic education, and infectious disease 
     activities: Provided, That up to $1,500,000 of the funds made 
     available by this Act for assistance under the heading 
     ``Development Assistance'' may be used to reimburse such 
     agencies, institutions, and organizations for such costs of 
     such individuals carrying out other development assistance 
     activities: Provided further, That funds appropriated by this 
     Act that are made available for child survival activities or 
     disease programs including activities relating to research 
     on, and the prevention, treatment and control of, Acquired 
     Immune Deficiency Syndrome may be made available 
     notwithstanding any provision of law that restricts 
     assistance to foreign countries: Provided further, That funds 
     appropriated under title II of this Act may be made available 
     pursuant to section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     if a primary purpose of the assistance is for child survival 
     and related programs: Provided further, That funds 
     appropriated by this Act that are made available for family 
     planning activities may be made available notwithstanding 
     section 512 of this Act and section 620(q) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961.


       prohibition against indirect funding to certain countries

       Sec. 523. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated to finance 
     indirectly any assistance or reparations to Cuba, Iraq, 
     Libya, Iran, Syria, North Korea, or the People's Republic of 
     China, unless the President of the United States certifies 
     that the withholding of these funds is contrary to the 
     national interest of the United States.


                NOTIFICATION ON EXCESS DEFENSE EQUIPMENT

       Sec. 524. Prior to providing excess Department of Defense 
     articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of Defense shall 
     notify the Committees on Appropriations to the same extent 
     and under the same conditions as are other committees 
     pursuant to subsection (f) of that section: Provided, That 
     before issuing a letter of offer to sell excess defense 
     articles under the Arms Export Control Act, the Department of 
     Defense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in 
     accordance with the regular notification procedures of such 
     Committees: Provided further, That such Committees shall also 
     be informed of the original acquisition cost of such defense 
     articles.


                       AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENT

       Sec. 525. Funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated 
     and expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91-672 
     and section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act 
     of 1956.


                           democracy in china

       Sec. 526. Notwithstanding any other provision of law that 
     restricts assistance to foreign countries, funds appropriated 
     by this Act for ``Economic Support Fund'' may be made 
     available to provide general support and grants for 
     nongovernmental organizations located outside the People's 
     Republic of China that have as their primary purpose 
     fostering democracy in that country, and for activities of 
     nongovernmental organizations located outside the People's 
     Republic of China to foster democracy in that country: 
     Provided, That none of the funds made available for 
     activities to foster democracy in the People's Republic of 
     China may be made available for assistance to the government 
     of that country: Provided further, That funds made available 
     pursuant to the authority of this section shall be subject to 
     the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations: Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
     other provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign 
     countries, of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
     heading ``Economic Support Fund'', $1,000,000 shall be made 
     available to the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human 
     Rights for a project to disseminate information and support 
     research about the People's Republic of China, and related 
     activities.


       PROHIBITION ON BILATERAL ASSISTANCE TO TERRORIST COUNTRIES

       Sec. 527. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     funds appropriated for bilateral assistance under any heading 
     of this Act and funds appropriated under any such heading in 
     a provision of law enacted prior to enactment of this Act, 
     shall not be made available to any country which the 
     President determines--
       (1) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any individual or 
     group which has committed an act of international terrorism; 
     or
       (2) otherwise supports international terrorism.
       (b) The President may waive the application of subsection 
     (a) to a country if the President determines that national 
     security or humanitarian reasons justify such waiver. The 
     President shall publish each waiver in the Federal Register 
     and, at least 15 days before the waiver takes effect, shall 
     notify the Committees on Appropriations of the waiver 
     (including the justification for the waiver) in accordance 
     with the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.


                 COMMERCIAL LEASING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES

       Sec. 528. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and 
     subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations, the authority of section 23(a) 
     of the Arms Export Control Act may be used to provide 
     financing to Israel, Egypt and NATO and major non-NATO allies 
     for the procurement by leasing (including leasing with an 
     option to purchase) of defense articles from United States 
     commercial suppliers, not including Major Defense Equipment 
     (other than helicopters and other types of aircraft having 
     possible civilian application), if the President determines 
     that there are compelling foreign policy or national security 
     reasons for

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     those defense articles being provided by commercial lease 
     rather than by government-to-government sale under such Act.


                         COMPETITIVE INSURANCE

       Sec. 529. All Agency for International Development 
     contracts and solicitations, and subcontracts entered into 
     under such contracts, shall include a clause requiring that 
     United States insurance companies have a fair opportunity to 
     bid for insurance when such insurance is necessary or 
     appropriate.


                  STINGERS IN THE PERSIAN GULF REGION

       Sec. 530. Except as provided in section 581 of the Foreign 
     Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
     Appropriations Act, 1990, the United States may not sell or 
     otherwise make available any Stingers to any country 
     bordering the Persian Gulf under the Arms Export Control Act 
     or chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961.


                          DEBT-FOR-DEVELOPMENT

       Sec. 531. In order to enhance the continued participation 
     of nongovernmental organizations in economic assistance 
     activities under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     including endowments, debt-for-development and debt-for-
     nature exchanges, a nongovernmental organization which is a 
     grantee or contractor of the Agency for International 
     Development may place in interest bearing accounts funds made 
     available under this Act or prior Acts or local currencies 
     which accrue to that organization as a result of economic 
     assistance provided under title II of this Act and any 
     interest earned on such investment shall be used for the 
     purpose for which the assistance was provided to that 
     organization.


                           SEPARATE ACCOUNTS

       Sec. 532. (a) Separate Accounts for Local Currencies.--(1) 
     If assistance is furnished to the government of a foreign 
     country under chapters 1 and 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 
     part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 under 
     agreements which result in the generation of local currencies 
     of that country, the Administrator of the Agency for 
     International Development shall--
       (A) require that local currencies be deposited in a 
     separate account established by that government;
       (B) enter into an agreement with that government which sets 
     forth--
       (i) the amount of the local currencies to be generated; and
       (ii) the terms and conditions under which the currencies so 
     deposited may be utilized, consistent with this section; and
       (C) establish by agreement with that government the 
     responsibilities of the Agency for International Development 
     and that government to monitor and account for deposits into 
     and disbursements from the separate account.
       (2) Uses of Local Currencies.--As may be agreed upon with 
     the foreign government, local currencies deposited in a 
     separate account pursuant to subsection (a), or an equivalent 
     amount of local currencies, shall be used only--
       (A) to carry out chapters 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 
     part II (as the case may be), for such purposes as--
       (i) project and sector assistance activities; or
       (ii) debt and deficit financing; or
       (B) for the administrative requirements of the United 
     States Government.
       (3) Programming Accountability.--The Agency for 
     International Development shall take all necessary steps to 
     ensure that the equivalent of the local currencies disbursed 
     pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate account 
     established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used for the 
     purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection (a)(2).
       (4) Termination of Assistance Programs.--Upon termination 
     of assistance to a country under chapters 1 or 10 of part I 
     or chapter 4 of part II (as the case may be), any 
     unencumbered balances of funds which remain in a separate 
     account established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be 
     disposed of for such purposes as may be agreed to by the 
     government of that country and the United States Government.
       (5) Reporting Requirement.--The Administrator of the Agency 
     for International Development shall report on an annual basis 
     as part of the justification documents submitted to the 
     Committees on Appropriations on the use of local currencies 
     for the administrative requirements of the United States 
     Government as authorized in subsection (a)(2)(B), and such 
     report shall include the amount of local currency (and United 
     States dollar equivalent) used and/or to be used for such 
     purpose in each applicable country.
       (b) Separate Accounts for Cash Transfers.--(1) If 
     assistance is made available to the government of a foreign 
     country, under chapters 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of 
     part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash 
     transfer assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that 
     country shall be required to maintain such funds in a 
     separate account and not commingle them with any other funds.
       (2) Applicability of Other Provisions of Law.--Such funds 
     may be obligated and expended notwithstanding provisions of 
     law which are inconsistent with the nature of this assistance 
     including provisions which are referenced in the Joint 
     Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference 
     accompanying House Joint Resolution 648 (H. Report No. 98-
     1159).
       (3) Notification.--At least 15 days prior to obligating any 
     such cash transfer or nonproject sector assistance, the 
     President shall submit a notification through the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, 
     which shall include a detailed description of how the funds 
     proposed to be made available will be used, with a discussion 
     of the United States interests that will be served by the 
     assistance (including, as appropriate, a description of the 
     economic policy reforms that will be promoted by such 
     assistance).
       (4) Exemption.--Nonproject sector assistance funds may be 
     exempt from the requirements of subsection (b)(1) only 
     through the notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.


  compensation for united states executive directors to international 
                         financial institutions

       Sec. 533. (a) No funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
     as payment to any international financial institution while 
     the United States Executive Director to such institution is 
     compensated by the institution at a rate which, together with 
     whatever compensation such Director receives from the United 
     States, is in excess of the rate provided for an individual 
     occupying a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule 
     under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, or while 
     any alternate United States Director to such institution is 
     compensated by the institution at a rate in excess of the 
     rate provided for an individual occupying a position at level 
     V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, 
     United States Code.
       (b) For purposes of this section, ``international financial 
     institutions'' are: the International Bank for Reconstruction 
     and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the 
     Asian Development Bank, the Asian Development Fund, the 
     African Development Bank, the African Development Fund, the 
     International Monetary Fund, the North American Development 
     Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and 
     Development.


         compliance with united nations sanctions against iraq

       Sec. 534. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available pursuant to this Act to carry out the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (including title IV of chapter 2 of 
     part I, relating to the Overseas Private Investment 
     Corporation) or the Arms Export Control Act may be used to 
     provide assistance to any country that is not in compliance 
     with the United Nations Security Council sanctions against 
     Iraq unless the President determines and so certifies to the 
     Congress that--
       (1) such assistance is in the national interest of the 
     United States;
       (2) such assistance will directly benefit the needy people 
     in that country; or
       (3) the assistance to be provided will be humanitarian 
     assistance for foreign nationals who have fled Iraq and 
     Kuwait.


 authorities for the peace corps, international fund for agricultural 
    development, inter-american foundation and african development 
                               foundation

       Sec. 535. (a) Unless expressly provided to the contrary, 
     provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions 
     contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropriations 
     for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
     programs, shall not be construed to prohibit activities 
     authorized by or conducted under the Peace Corps Act, the 
     Inter-American Foundation Act or the African Development 
     Foundation Act. The agency shall promptly report to the 
     Committees on Appropriations whenever it is conducting 
     activities or is proposing to conduct activities in a country 
     for which assistance is prohibited.
       (b) Unless expressly provided to the contrary, limitations 
     on the availability of funds for ``International 
     Organizations and Programs'' in this or any other Act, 
     including prior appropriations Acts, shall not be construed 
     to be applicable to the International Fund for Agricultural 
     Development.


                  impact on jobs in the united states

       Sec. 536. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     obligated or expended to provide--
       (a) any financial incentive to a business enterprise 
     currently located in the United States for the purpose of 
     inducing such an enterprise to relocate outside the United 
     States if such incentive or inducement is likely to reduce 
     the number of employees of such business enterprise in the 
     United States because United States production is being 
     replaced by such enterprise outside the United States;
       (b) assistance for the purpose of establishing or 
     developing in a foreign country any export processing zone or 
     designated area in which the tax, tariff, labor, environment, 
     and safety laws of that country do not apply, in part or in 
     whole, to activities carried out within that zone or area, 
     unless the President determines and certifies that such 
     assistance is not likely to cause a loss of jobs within the 
     United States; or
       (c) assistance for any project or activity that contributes 
     to the violation of internationally recognized workers 
     rights, as defined in section 502(a)(4) of the Trade Act of 
     1974, of workers in the recipient country, including any 
     designated zone or area in that country: Provided, That in 
     recognition that the application of this subsection should be 
     commensurate with the level of development of the recipient 
     country and sector, the provisions of this subsection shall 
     not preclude assistance for the informal sector in such 
     country, micro and small-scale enterprise, and smallholder 
     agriculture.


                     funding prohibition for serbia

       Sec. 537. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     made available for assistance for the Republic of Serbia: 
     Provided, That this restriction shall not apply to assistance 
     for Kosova or Montenegro, or to assistance to promote 
     democratization.


                          special authorities

       Sec. 538. (a) Funds appropriated in titles I and II of this 
     Act that are made available for Afghanistan, Lebanon, 
     Montenegro, and for victims of war, displaced children, 
     displaced Burmese, humanitarian assistance for Romania, and 
     humanitarian assistance for the peoples of Kosova, may be 
     made available notwithstanding any other provision of law: 
     Provided, That any

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     such funds that are made available for Cambodia shall be 
     subject to the provisions of section 531(e) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 and section 906 of the International 
     Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985.
       (b) Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the 
     provisions of sections 103 through 106 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 may be used, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, for the purpose of supporting tropical 
     forestry and biodiversity conservation activities and, 
     subject to the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations, energy programs aimed at 
     reducing greenhouse gas emissions: Provided, That such 
     assistance shall be subject to sections 116, 502B, and 620A 
     of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
       (c) The Agency for International Development may employ 
     personal services contractors, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, for the purpose of administering programs 
     for the West Bank and Gaza.
       (d)(1) Waiver.--The President may waive the provisions of 
     section 1003 of Public Law 100-204 if the President 
     determines and certifies in writing to the Speaker of the 
     House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the 
     Senate that it is important to the national security 
     interests of the United States.
       (2) Period of Application of Waiver.--Any waiver pursuant 
     to paragraph (1) shall be effective for no more than a period 
     of 6 months at a time and shall not apply beyond 12 months 
     after enactment of this Act.


        policy on terminating the arab league boycott of israel

       Sec. 539. It is the sense of the Congress that--
       (1) the Arab League countries should immediately and 
     publicly renounce the primary boycott of Israel and the 
     secondary and tertiary boycott of American firms that have 
     commercial ties with Israel;
       (2) the decision by the Arab League in 1997 to reinstate 
     the boycott against Israel was deeply troubling and 
     disappointing;
       (3) the Arab League should immediately rescind its decision 
     on the boycott and its members should develop normal 
     relations with their neighbor Israel; and
       (4) the President should--
       (A) take more concrete steps to encourage vigorously Arab 
     League countries to renounce publicly the primary boycotts of 
     Israel and the secondary and tertiary boycotts of American 
     firms that have commercial relations with Israel as a 
     confidence-building measure;
       (B) take into consideration the participation of any 
     recipient country in the primary boycott of Israel and the 
     secondary and tertiary boycotts of American firms that have 
     commercial relations with Israel when determining whether to 
     sell weapons to said country;
       (C) report to Congress on the specific steps being taken by 
     the President to bring about a public renunciation of the 
     Arab primary boycott of Israel and the secondary and tertiary 
     boycotts of American firms that have commercial relations 
     with Israel and to expand the process of normalizing ties 
     between Arab League countries and Israel; and
       (D) encourage the allies and trading partners of the United 
     States to enact laws prohibiting businesses from complying 
     with the boycott and penalizing businesses that do comply.


                       anti-narcotics activities

       Sec. 540. Of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act for ``Economic Support Fund'', 
     assistance may be provided to strengthen the administration 
     of justice in countries in Latin America and the Caribbean 
     and in other regions consistent with the provisions of 
     section 534(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, except 
     that programs to enhance protection of participants in 
     judicial cases may be conducted notwithstanding section 660 
     of that Act. Funds made available pursuant to this section 
     may be made available notwithstanding section 534(c) and the 
     second and third sentences of section 534(e) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961.


                       eligibility for assistance

       Sec. 541. (a) Assistance Through Nongovernmental 
     Organizations.--Restrictions contained in this or any other 
     Act with respect to assistance for a country shall not be 
     construed to restrict assistance in support of programs of 
     nongovernmental organizations from funds appropriated by this 
     Act to carry out the provisions of chapters 1, 10, and 11 of 
     part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961, and from funds appropriated under the heading 
     ``Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States'': 
     Provided, That the President shall take into consideration, 
     in any case in which a restriction on assistance would be 
     applicable but for this subsection, whether assistance in 
     support of programs of nongovernmental organizations is in 
     the national interest of the United States: Provided further, 
     That before using the authority of this subsection to furnish 
     assistance in support of programs of nongovernmental 
     organizations, the President shall notify the Committees on 
     Appropriations under the regular notification procedures of 
     those committees, including a description of the program to 
     be assisted, the assistance to be provided, and the reasons 
     for furnishing such assistance: Provided further, That 
     nothing in this subsection shall be construed to alter any 
     existing statutory prohibitions against abortion or 
     involuntary sterilizations contained in this or any other 
     Act.
       (b) Public Law 480.--During fiscal year 2000, restrictions 
     contained in this or any other Act with respect to assistance 
     for a country shall not be construed to restrict assistance 
     under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 
     of 1954: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated to 
     carry out title I of such Act and made available pursuant to 
     this subsection may be obligated or expended except as 
     provided through the regular notification procedures of the 
     Committees on Appropriations.
       (c) Exception.--This section shall not apply--
       (1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act or any comparable provision of law prohibiting assistance 
     to countries that support international terrorism; or
       (2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of law prohibiting 
     assistance to countries that violate internationally 
     recognized human rights.


                                earmarks

       Sec. 542. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act which are 
     earmarked may be reprogrammed for other programs within the 
     same account notwithstanding the earmark if compliance with 
     the earmark is made impossible by operation of any provision 
     of this or any other Act or, with respect to a country with 
     which the United States has an agreement providing the United 
     States with base rights or base access in that country, if 
     the President determines that the recipient for which funds 
     are earmarked has significantly reduced its military or 
     economic cooperation with the United States since enactment 
     of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related 
     Programs Appropriations Act, 1991; however, before exercising 
     the authority of this subsection with regard to a base rights 
     or base access country which has significantly reduced its 
     military or economic cooperation with the United States, the 
     President shall consult with, and shall provide a written 
     policy justification to the Committees on Appropriations: 
     Provided, That any such reprogramming shall be subject to the 
     regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations: Provided further, That assistance that is 
     reprogrammed pursuant to this subsection shall be made 
     available under the same terms and conditions as originally 
     provided.
       (b) In addition to the authority contained in subsection 
     (a), the original period of availability of funds 
     appropriated by this Act and administered by the Agency for 
     International Development that are earmarked for particular 
     programs or activities by this or any other Act shall be 
     extended for an additional fiscal year if the Administrator 
     of such agency determines and reports promptly to the 
     Committees on Appropriations that the termination of 
     assistance to a country or a significant change in 
     circumstances makes it unlikely that such earmarked funds can 
     be obligated during the original period of availability: 
     Provided, That such earmarked funds that are continued 
     available for an additional fiscal year shall be obligated 
     only for the purpose of such earmark.


                         ceilings and earmarks

       Sec. 543. Ceilings and earmarks contained in this Act shall 
     not be applicable to funds or authorities appropriated or 
     otherwise made available by any subsequent Act unless such 
     Act specifically so directs. Earmarks or minimum funding 
     requirements contained in any other Act shall not be 
     applicable to funds appropriated by this Act.


                 prohibition on publicity or propaganda

       Sec. 544. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
     Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within 
     the United States not authorized before the date of the 
     enactment of this Act by the Congress: Provided, That not to 
     exceed $750,000 may be made available to carry out the 
     provisions of section 316 of Public Law 96-533.


            purchase of american-made equipment and products

       Sec. 545. (a) To the maximum extent possible, assistance 
     provided under this Act should make full use of American 
     resources, including commodities, products, and services.
       (b) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest 
     extent practicable, all agriculture commodities, equipment 
     and products purchased with funds made available in this Act 
     should be American-made.
       (c) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into 
     any contract with, any entity using funds made available in 
     this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest 
     extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice 
     describing the statement made in subsection (b) by the 
     Congress.
       (d) The Secretary of the Treasury shall report to Congress 
     annually on the efforts of the heads of each Federal agency 
     and the United States directors of international financial 
     institutions (as referenced in section 514) in complying with 
     this sense of Congress.


           prohibition of payments to united nations members

       Sec. 546. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
     pursuant to this Act for carrying out the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961, may be used to pay in whole or in part any 
     assessments, arrearages, or dues of any member of the United 
     Nations or, from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
     chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
     the costs for participation of another country's delegation 
     at international conferences held under the auspices of 
     multilateral or international organizations.


                          consulting services

       Sec. 547. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
     Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, 
     pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
     shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures 
     are a matter of public record and available for public 
     inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing 
     law, or under existing Executive order pursuant to existing 
     law.


             private voluntary organizations--documentation

       Sec. 548. None of the funds appropriated or made available 
     pursuant to this Act shall be

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     available to a private voluntary organization which fails to 
     provide upon timely request any document, file, or record 
     necessary to the auditing requirements of the Agency for 
     International Development.


  Prohibition on Assistance to Foreign Governments that Export Lethal 
   Military Equipment to Countries Supporting International Terrorism

       Sec. 549. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 
     made available by this Act may be available to any foreign 
     government which provides lethal military equipment to a 
     country the government of which the Secretary of State has 
     determined is a terrorist government for purposes of section 
     40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act. The prohibition under 
     this section with respect to a foreign government shall 
     terminate 12 months after that government ceases to provide 
     such military equipment. This section applies with respect to 
     lethal military equipment provided under a contract entered 
     into after October 1, 1997.
       (b) Assistance restricted by subsection (a) or any other 
     similar provision of law, may be furnished if the President 
     determines that furnishing such assistance is important to 
     the national interests of the United States.
       (c) Whenever the waiver of subsection (b) is exercised, the 
     President shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a report with respect to the furnishing of such 
     assistance. Any such report shall include a detailed 
     explanation of the assistance to be provided, including the 
     estimated dollar amount of such assistance, and an 
     explanation of how the assistance furthers United States 
     national interests.


 withholding of assistance for parking fines owed by foreign countries

       Sec. 550. (a) In General.--Of the funds made available for 
     a foreign country under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961, an amount equivalent to 110 percent of the total 
     unpaid fully adjudicated parking fines and penalties owed to 
     the District of Columbia by such country as of the date of 
     the enactment of this Act shall be withheld from obligation 
     for such country until the Secretary of State certifies and 
     reports in writing to the appropriate congressional 
     committees that such fines and penalties are fully paid to 
     the government of the District of Columbia.
       (b) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of 
     the Senate and the Committee on International Relations and 
     the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
     Representatives.


    limitation on assistance for the plo for the west bank and gaza

       Sec. 551. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     obligated for assistance for the Palestine Liberation 
     Organization for the West Bank and Gaza unless the President 
     has exercised the authority under section 604(a) of the 
     Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 (title VI of 
     Public Law 104-107) or any other legislation to suspend or 
     make inapplicable section 307 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961 and that suspension is still in effect: Provided, 
     That if the President fails to make the certification under 
     section 604(b)(2) of the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act 
     of 1995 or to suspend the prohibition under other 
     legislation, funds appropriated by this Act may not be 
     obligated for assistance for the Palestine Liberation 
     Organization for the West Bank and Gaza.


                     war crimes tribunals drawdown

       Sec. 552. If the President determines that doing so will 
     contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding genocide 
     or other violations of international humanitarian law, the 
     President may direct a drawdown pursuant to section 552(c) of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, of up to 
     $30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United 
     Nations War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to the 
     former Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security Council or 
     such other tribunals or commissions as the Council may 
     establish to deal with such violations, without regard to the 
     ceiling limitation contained in paragraph (2) thereof: 
     Provided, That the determination required under this section 
     shall be in lieu of any determinations otherwise required 
     under section 552(c): Provided further, That 60 days after 
     the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days 
     thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to 
     the Committees on Appropriations describing the steps the 
     United States Government is taking to collect information 
     regarding allegations of genocide or other violations of 
     international law in the former Yugoslavia and to furnish 
     that information to the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal 
     for the former Yugoslavia: Provided further, That the 
     drawdown made under this section for any tribunal shall not 
     be construed as an endorsement or precedent for the 
     establishment of any standing or permanent international 
     criminal tribunal or court: Provided further, That funds made 
     available for tribunals other than Yugoslavia or Rwanda shall 
     be made available subject to the regular notification 
     procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.


                               landmines

       Sec. 553. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     demining equipment available to the Agency for International 
     Development and the Department of State and used in support 
     of the clearance of landmines and unexploded ordnance for 
     humanitarian purposes may be disposed of on a grant basis in 
     foreign countries, subject to such terms and conditions as 
     the President may prescribe: Provided, That section 1365(c) 
     of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
     1993 (Public Law 102-484; 22 U.S.C., 2778 note) is amended by 
     striking out ``During the five-year period beginning on 
     October 23, 1992'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``During the 
     eleven-year period beginning on October 23, 1992''.


           restrictions concerning the palestinian authority

       Sec. 554. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be 
     obligated or expended to create in any part of Jerusalem a 
     new office of any department or agency of the United States 
     Government for the purpose of conducting official United 
     States Government business with the Palestinian Authority 
     over Gaza and Jericho or any successor Palestinian governing 
     entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of 
     Principles: Provided, That this restriction shall not apply 
     to the acquisition of additional space for the existing 
     Consulate General in Jerusalem: Provided further, That 
     meetings between officers and employees of the United States 
     and officials of the Palestinian Authority, or any successor 
     Palestinian governing entity provided for in the Israel-PLO 
     Declaration of Principles, for the purpose of conducting 
     official United States Government business with such 
     authority should continue to take place in locations other 
     than Jerusalem. As has been true in the past, officers and 
     employees of the United States Government may continue to 
     meet in Jerusalem on other subjects with Palestinians 
     (including those who now occupy positions in the Palestinian 
     Authority), have social contacts, and have incidental 
     discussions.


               prohibition of payment of certain expenses

       Sec. 555. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act under the heading ``International 
     Military Education and Training'' or ``Foreign Military 
     Financing Program'' for Informational Program activities may 
     be obligated or expended to pay for--
       (1) alcoholic beverages;
       (2) food (other than food provided at a military 
     installation) not provided in conjunction with Informational 
     Program trips where students do not stay at a military 
     installation; or
       (3) entertainment expenses for activities that are 
     substantially of a recreational character, including entrance 
     fees at sporting events and amusement parks.


           competitive pricing for sales of defense articles

       Sec. 556. Direct costs associated with meeting a foreign 
     customer's additional or unique requirements will continue to 
     be allowable under contracts under section 22(d) of the Arms 
     Export Control Act. Loadings applicable to such direct costs 
     shall be permitted at the same rates applicable to 
     procurement of like items purchased by the Department of 
     Defense for its own use.


                  special debt relief for the poorest

       Sec. 557. (a) Authority To Reduce Debt.--The President may 
     reduce amounts owed to the United States (or any agency of 
     the United States) by an eligible country as a result of--
       (1) guarantees issued under sections 221 and 222 of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961;
       (2) credits extended or guarantees issued under the Arms 
     Export Control Act; or
       (3) any obligation or portion of such obligation for a 
     Latin American country, to pay for purchases of United States 
     agricultural commodities guaranteed by the Commodity Credit 
     Corporation under export credit guarantee programs authorized 
     pursuant to section 5(f) of the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     Charter Act of June 29, 1948, as amended, section 4(b) of the 
     Food for Peace Act of 1966, as amended (Public Law 89-808), 
     or section 202 of the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, as 
     amended (Public Law 95-501).
       (b) Limitations.--
       (1) The authority provided by subsection (a) may be 
     exercised only to implement multilateral official debt relief 
     ad referendum agreements, commonly referred to as ``Paris 
     Club Agreed Minutes''.
       (2) The authority provided by subsection (a) may be 
     exercised only in such amounts or to such extent as is 
     provided in advance by appropriations Acts.
       (3) The authority provided by subsection (a) may be 
     exercised only with respect to countries with heavy debt 
     burdens that are eligible to borrow from the International 
     Development Association, but not from the International Bank 
     for Reconstruction and Development, commonly referred to as 
     ``IDA-only'' countries.
       (c) Conditions.--The authority provided by subsection (a) 
     may be exercised only with respect to a country whose 
     government--
       (1) does not have an excessive level of military 
     expenditures;
       (2) has not repeatedly provided support for acts of 
     international terrorism;
       (3) is not failing to cooperate on international narcotics 
     control matters;
       (4) (including its military or other security forces) does 
     not engage in a consistent pattern of gross violations of 
     internationally recognized human rights; and
       (5) is not ineligible for assistance because of the 
     application of section 527 of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995.
       (d) Availability of Funds.--The authority provided by 
     subsection (a) may be used only with regard to funds 
     appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Debt 
     Restructuring''.
       (e) Certain Prohibitions Inapplicable.--A reduction of debt 
     pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be considered assistance 
     for purposes of any provision of law limiting assistance to a 
     country. The authority provided by subsection (a) may be 
     exercised notwithstanding section 620(r) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961.


             authority to engage in debt buybacks or sales

       Sec. 558. (a) Loans Eligible for Sale, Reduction, or 
     Cancellation.--
       (1) Authority to sell, reduce, or cancel certain loans.--
     Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President 
     may, in accordance with this section, sell to any eligible 
     purchaser any concessional loan or portion thereof

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     made before January 1, 1995, pursuant to the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961, to the government of any eligible 
     country as defined in section 702(6) of that Act or on 
     receipt of payment from an eligible purchaser, reduce or 
     cancel such loan or portion thereof, only for the purpose of 
     facilitating--
       (A) debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-development swaps, or 
     debt-for-nature swaps; or
       (B) a debt buyback by an eligible country of its own 
     qualified debt, only if the eligible country uses an 
     additional amount of the local currency of the eligible 
     country, equal to not less than 40 percent of the price paid 
     for such debt by such eligible country, or the difference 
     between the price paid for such debt and the face value of 
     such debt, to support activities that link conservation and 
     sustainable use of natural resources with local community 
     development, and child survival and other child development, 
     in a manner consistent with sections 707 through 710 of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, if the sale, reduction, or 
     cancellation would not contravene any term or condition of 
     any prior agreement relating to such loan.
       (2) Terms and conditions.--Notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, the President shall, in accordance with 
     this section, establish the terms and conditions under which 
     loans may be sold, reduced, or canceled pursuant to this 
     section.
       (3) Administration.--The Facility, as defined in section 
     702(8) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall notify 
     the administrator of the agency primarily responsible for 
     administering part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 of 
     purchasers that the President has determined to be eligible, 
     and shall direct such agency to carry out the sale, 
     reduction, or cancellation of a loan pursuant to this 
     section. Such agency shall make an adjustment in its accounts 
     to reflect the sale, reduction, or cancellation.
       (4) Limitation.--The authorities of this subsection shall 
     be available only to the extent that appropriations for the 
     cost of the modification, as defined in section 502 of the 
     Congressional Budget Act of 1974, are made in advance.
       (b) Deposit of Proceeds.--The proceeds from the sale, 
     reduction, or cancellation of any loan sold, reduced, or 
     canceled pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the 
     United States Government account or accounts established for 
     the repayment of such loan.
       (c) Eligible Purchasers.--A loan may be sold pursuant to 
     subsection (a)(1)(A) only to a purchaser who presents plans 
     satisfactory to the President for using the loan for the 
     purpose of engaging in debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-
     development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps.
       (d) Debtor Consultations.--Before the sale to any eligible 
     purchaser, or any reduction or cancellation pursuant to this 
     section, of any loan made to an eligible country, the 
     President should consult with the country concerning the 
     amount of loans to be sold, reduced, or canceled and their 
     uses for debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-development swaps, 
     or debt-for-nature swaps.
       (e) Availability of Funds.--The authority provided by 
     subsection (a) may be used only with regard to funds 
     appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Debt 
     Restructuring''.


                          assistance for haiti

       Sec. 559. (a) Policy.--In providing assistance to Haiti, 
     the President should place a priority on the following areas:
       (1) aggressive action to support the Haitian National 
     Police, including support for efforts by 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) support for a program designed to develop an indigenous 
     human rights monitoring capacity;
       (4) steps to facilitate the continued privatization of 
     state-owned enterprises;
       (5) a sustainable agricultural development program; and
       (6) establishment of an economic development fund for Haiti 
     to provide long-term, low interest loans to United States 
     investors and businesses that have a demonstrated commitment 
     to, and expertise in, doing business in Haiti, in particular 
     those businesses present in Haiti prior to the 1994 United 
     Nations embargo.
       (b) Report.--Beginning 6 months after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, and 6 months thereafter until 
     September 30, 2001, 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 with regard to--
       (1) the status of each of the governmental institutions 
     envisioned in the 1987 Haitian Constitution, including an 
     assessment of the extent to which officials in such 
     institutions hold their 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 the 
     extent to which the Government of Haiti has completed all 
     required incorporating documents, the transfer of assets, and 
     the eviction of unauthorized occupants from such facilities;
       (3) the status of efforts to re-sign and implement the 
     lapsed bilateral Repatriation Agreement and an assessment of 
     the extent to which 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 the progress that has been made in 
     bringing to justice the persons responsible for these 
     extrajudicial or political killings in Haiti; and
       (B) an assessment of the extent to which 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 actions taken by the Government of 
     Haiti 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 October 1997;
       (7) an assessment of the extent to which domestic capacity 
     to conduct free, fair, democratic, and administratively sound 
     elections has been developed in Haiti; and
       (8) an assessment of the extent to which 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.
       (c) Equitable Allocation of Funds.--Not more than 17 
     percent of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out 
     the provisions of sections 103 through 106 and chapter 4 of 
     part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, that are made 
     available for Latin America and the Caribbean region may be 
     made available, through bilateral and Latin America and the 
     Caribbean regional programs, to provide assistance for any 
     country in such region.


  requirement for disclosure of foreign aid in report of secretary of 
                                 state

       Sec. 560. (a) Foreign Aid Reporting Requirement.--In 
     addition to the voting practices of a foreign country, the 
     report required to be submitted to Congress under section 
     406(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, fiscal 
     years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 2414a), shall include a side-
     by-side comparison of individual countries' overall support 
     for the United States at the United Nations and the amount of 
     United States assistance provided to such country in fiscal 
     year 1999.
       (b) United States Assistance.--For purposes of this 
     section, the term ``United States assistance'' has the 
     meaning given the term in section 481(e)(4) of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291(e)(4)).


   restrictions on voluntary contributions to united nations agencies

       Sec. 561. (a) Prohibition on Voluntary Contributions for 
     the United Nations.--None of the funds appropriated by this 
     Act may be made available to pay any voluntary contribution 
     of the United States to the United Nations (including the 
     United Nations Development Program) if the United Nations 
     implements or imposes any taxation on any United States 
     persons.
       (b) Certification Required for Disbursement of Funds.--None 
     of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available 
     to pay any voluntary contribution of the United States to the 
     United Nations (including the United Nations Development 
     Program) unless the President certifies to the Congress 15 
     days in advance of such payment that the United Nations is 
     not engaged in any effort to implement or impose any taxation 
     on United States persons in order to raise revenue for the 
     United Nations or any of its specialized agencies.
       (c) Definitions.--As used in this section the term ``United 
     States person'' refers to--
       (1) a natural person who is a citizen or national of the 
     United States; or
       (2) a corporation, partnership, or other legal entity 
     organized under the United States or any State, territory, 
     possession, or district of the United States.


                                 HAITI

       Sec. 562. The Government of Haiti shall be eligible to 
     purchase defense articles and services under the Arms Export 
     Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), for the civilian-led 
     Haitian National Police and Coast Guard: Provided, That the 
     authority provided by this section shall be subject to the 
     regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations.


         limitation on assistance to the palestinian authority

       Sec. 563. (a) Prohibition of Funds.--None of the funds 
     appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of 
     chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     may be obligated or expended with respect to providing funds 
     to the Palestinian Authority.
       (b) Waiver.--The prohibition included in subsection (a) 
     shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to the 
     Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro 
     tempore of the Senate that waiving such prohibition is 
     important to the national security interests of the United 
     States.
       (c) Period of Application of Waiver.--Any waiver pursuant 
     to subsection (b) shall be effective for no more than a 
     period of 6 months at a time and shall not apply beyond 12 
     months after the enactment of this Act.


              limitation on assistance to security forces

       Sec. 564. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
     be provided to any unit of the security forces of a foreign 
     country if the Secretary of State has credible evidence that 
     such unit has committed gross violations of human rights, 
     unless the Secretary determines and reports to the Committees 
     on Appropriations that the government of such country is 
     taking effective measures to bring the responsible members

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     of the security forces unit to justice: Provided, That 
     nothing in this section shall be construed to withhold funds 
     made available by this Act from any unit of the security 
     forces of a foreign country not credibly alleged to be 
     involved in gross violations of human rights: Provided 
     further, That in the event that funds are withheld from any 
     unit pursuant to this section, the Secretary of State shall 
     promptly inform the foreign government of the basis for such 
     action and shall, to the maximum extent practicable, assist 
     the foreign government in taking effective measures to bring 
     the responsible members of the security forces to justice.


      limitations on transfer of military equipment to east timor

       Sec. 565. In any agreement for the sale, transfer, or 
     licensing of any lethal equipment or helicopter for Indonesia 
     entered into by the United States pursuant to the authority 
     of this Act or any other Act, the agreement shall state that 
     the items will not be used in East Timor.


restrictions on assistance to countries providing sanctuary to indicted 
                             war criminals

       Sec. 566. (a) Bilateral Assistance.--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 municipality 
     described in subsection (e).
       (b) 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 (e).
       (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 entity described in subsection (e), the 
     Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary 
     of State, shall provide to the Committee on Appropriations 
     and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the 
     Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Banking and 
     Financial Services of the House of Representatives 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.
       (3) Definition.--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.
       (c) Exceptions.--
       (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), subsections (a) 
     and (b) shall not apply to the provision of--
       (A) humanitarian assistance;
       (B) democratization assistance;
       (C) assistance for cross border physical infrastructure 
     projects involving activities in both a sanctioned country, 
     entity, or municipality and a nonsanctioned contiguous 
     country, entity, or municipality, if the project is primarily 
     located in and primarily benefits the nonsanctioned country, 
     entity, or municipality and if the portion of the project 
     located in the sanctioned country, entity, or municipality is 
     necessary only to complete the project;
       (D) small-scale assistance projects or activities requested 
     by United States Armed Forces that promote good relations 
     between such forces and the officials and citizens of the 
     areas in the United States SFOR sector of Bosnia;
       (E) implementation of the Brcko Arbitral Decision;
       (F) lending by the international financial institutions to 
     a country or entity to support common monetary and fiscal 
     policies at the national level as contemplated by the Dayton 
     Agreement;
       (G) direct lending to a non-sanctioned entity, or lending 
     passed on by the national government to a non-sanctioned 
     entity; or
       (H) assistance to the International Police Task Force for 
     the training of a civilian police force.
        (2) Notification.--Every 60 days the Secretary of State, 
     in consultation with the Administrator of the Agency for 
     International Development, shall publish in the Federal 
     Register and/or in a comparable publicly accessible document 
     or Internet site, a listing and justification of any 
     assistance that is obligated within that period of time for 
     any country, entity, or municipality described in subsection 
     (e), including a description of the purpose of the 
     assistance, project and its location, by municipality.
       (d) Further Limitations.--Notwithstanding subsection (c)--
       (1) 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 municipality described in subsection (e), for a 
     program, project, or activity in which a publicly indicted 
     war criminal is known to have any financial or material 
     interest; and
       (2) no assistance (other than emergency foods or medical 
     assistance or demining assistance) may be made available by 
     this Act, or any prior Act making appropriations for foreign 
     operations, export financing and related programs for any 
     program, project, or activity in a community within any 
     country, entity or municipality described in subsection (e) 
     if competent authorities within that community are not 
     complying with the provisions of Article IX and Annex 4, 
     Article II, paragraph 8 of the Dayton Agreement relating to 
     war crimes and the Tribunal.
       (e) Sanctioned Country, Entity, or Municipality.--A 
     sanctioned country, entity, or municipality described in this 
     section is one whose competent authorities have failed, as 
     determined by the Secretary of State, to take necessary and 
     significant steps to apprehend and transfer to the Tribunal 
     all persons who have been publicly indicted by the Tribunal.
       (f) Special Rule.--Subject to subsection (d), subsections 
     (a) and (b) shall not apply to the provision of assistance to 
     an entity that is not a sanctioned entity, notwithstanding 
     that such entity may be within a sanctioned country, if the 
     Secretary of State determines and so reports to the 
     appropriate congressional committees that providing 
     assistance to that entity would promote peace and 
     internationally recognized human rights by encouraging that 
     entity to cooperate fully with the Tribunal.
       (g) Current Record of War Criminals and Sanctioned 
     Countries, Entities, and Municipalities.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of State shall establish and 
     maintain a current record of the location, including the 
     municipality, if known, of publicly indicted war criminals 
     and a current record of sanctioned countries, entities, and 
     municipalities.
       (2) Information of the dci and the secretary of defense.--
     The Director of Central Intelligence and the Secretary of 
     Defense should collect and provide to the Secretary of State 
     information concerning the location, including the 
     municipality, of publicly indicted war criminals.
       (3) Information of the tribunal.--The Secretary of State 
     shall request that the Tribunal and other international 
     organizations and governments provide the Secretary of State 
     information concerning the location, including the 
     municipality, of publicly indicted war criminals and 
     concerning country, entity and municipality authorities known 
     to have obstructed the work of the Tribunal.
       (4) Report.--Beginning 30 days after the date of the 
     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 
     municipality, if known, of publicly indicted war criminals, 
     on country, entity and municipality authorities known to have 
     obstructed the work of the Tribunal, and on sanctioned 
     countries, entities, and municipalities.
       (5) 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 a report submitted to the committee in 
     classified and unclassified form.
       (h) Waiver.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of State may waive the 
     application of subsection (a) or subsection (b) with respect 
     to specified bilateral programs or international financial 
     institution projects or programs in a sanctioned country, 
     entity, or municipality upon providing a written 
     determination 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 that 
     such assistance directly supports the implementation of the 
     Dayton Agreement and its Annexes, which include the 
     obligation to apprehend and transfer indicted war criminals 
     to the Tribunal.
       (2) Report.--Not later than 15 days after the date of any 
     written determination under paragraph (1) the Secretary of 
     State 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 
     regarding the status of efforts to secure the voluntary 
     surrender or apprehension and transfer of persons indicted by 
     the Tribunal, in accordance with the Dayton Agreement, and 
     outlining obstacles to achieving this goal.
       (3) Assistance programs and projects affected.--Any waiver 
     made pursuant to this subsection shall be effective only with 
     respect to a specified bilateral program or multilateral 
     assistance project or program identified in the determination 
     of the Secretary of State to Congress.
       (i) Termination of Sanctions.--The sanctions imposed 
     pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) with respect to a country 
     or entity shall cease to apply only if the Secretary of State 
     determines and certifies to Congress that the authorities of 
     that country, entity, or municipality have apprehended and 
     transferred to the Tribunal all persons who have been 
     publicly indicted by the Tribunal.
       (j) Definitions.--As used in this section--
       (1) Country.--The term ``country'' means Bosnia-
     Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia.
       (2) Entity.--The term ``entity'' refers to the Federation 
     of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosova, Montenegro, and the 
     Republika Srpska.
       (3) 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.
       (4) Tribunal.--The term ``Tribunal'' means the 
     International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.
       (k) Role of Human Rights Organizations and Government 
     Agencies.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary of 
     State, the Administrator of the Agency for International 
     Development, and the executive directors of the international 
     financial institutions shall consult with representatives of 
     human rights organizations and all government agencies with 
     relevant information to help prevent publicly indicted war 
     criminals from benefiting from any financial or technical 
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     any country or entity described in subsection (e).


    To Prohibit Foreign Assistance to the Government of the Russian 
   Federation should it enact laws which would discriminate against 
          minority religious faiths in the Russian Federation

       Sec. 567. None of the funds appropriated under this Act may 
     be made available for the Government of the Russian 
     Federation, after 180 days from the date of the enactment of 
     this Act, unless the President determines and certifies in 
     writing to the Committees on Appropriations and the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations of the Senate that the Government of the 
     Russian Federation has implemented no statute, executive 
     order, regulation or similar government action that would 
     discriminate, or would have as its principal effect 
     discrimination, against religious groups or religious 
     communities in the Russian Federation in violation of 
     accepted international agreements on human rights and 
     religious freedoms to which the Russian Federation is a 
     party.


                        Greenhouse Gas Emissions

       Sec. 568. (a) Funds made available in this Act to support 
     programs or activities the primary purpose of which is 
     promoting or assisting country participation in the Kyoto 
     Protocol to the Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) 
     shall only be made available subject to the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
       (b) The President shall provide a detailed account of all 
     Federal agency obligations and expenditures for climate 
     change programs and activities, domestic and international 
     obligations for such activities in fiscal year 2000, and any 
     plan for programs thereafter related to the implementation or 
     the furtherance of protocols pursuant to, or related to 
     negotiations to amend the FCCC in conjunction with the 
     President's submission of the Budget of the United States 
     Government for Fiscal Year 2001: Provided, That such report 
     shall include an accounting of expenditures by agency with 
     each agency identifying climate change activities and 
     associated costs by line item as presented in the President's 
     Budget Appendix: Provided further, That such report shall 
     identify with regard to the Agency for International 
     Development, obligations and expenditures by country or 
     central program and activity.


         EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR CERTAIN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

       Sec. 569. Section 105 of Public Law 104-164 (110 Stat. 
     1427) is amended by striking ``1996 and 1997'' and inserting 
     ``1999 and 2000''.


       AID TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

       Sec. 570. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be provided to the Central 
     Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo.


                     assistance for the middle east

       Sec. 571. Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the 
     headings ``Economic Support Fund'', ``Foreign Military 
     Financing Program'', ``International Military Education and 
     Training'', ``Peacekeeping Operations'', for refugees 
     resettling in Israel under the heading ``Migration and 
     Refugee Assistance'', and for assistance for Israel to carry 
     out provisions of chapter 8 of part II of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 under the heading ``Nonproliferation, 
     Anti-Terrorism, Demining and Related Programs'', not more 
     than a total of $5,321,150,000 may be made available for 
     Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza, the 
     Israel-Lebanon Monitoring Group, the Multinational Force and 
     Observers, the Middle East Regional Democracy Fund, Middle 
     East Regional Cooperation, and Middle East Multilateral 
     Working Groups: Provided, That any funds that were 
     appropriated under such headings in prior fiscal years and 
     that were at the time of the enactment of this Act obligated 
     or allocated for other recipients may not during fiscal year 
     2000 be made available for activities that, if funded under 
     this Act, would be required to count against this ceiling: 
     Provided further, That funds may be made available 
     notwithstanding the requirements of this section if the 
     President determines and certifies to the Committees on 
     Appropriations that it is important to the national security 
     interest of the United States to do so and any such 
     additional funds shall only be provided through the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.


                      enterprise fund restrictions

       Sec. 572. Prior to the distribution of any assets resulting 
     from any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of an 
     Enterprise Fund, in whole or in part, the President shall 
     submit to the Committees on Appropriations, in accordance 
     with the regular notification procedures of the Committees on 
     Appropriations, a plan for the distribution of the assets of 
     the Enterprise Fund.


                                cambodia

       Sec. 573. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury should instruct 
     the United States executive directors of the international 
     financial institutions to use the voice and vote of the 
     United States to oppose loans to the Central Government of 
     Cambodia, except loans to support basic human needs.
       (b) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made 
     available for assistance for the Central Government of 
     Cambodia.


                           customs assistance

       Sec. 574. Section 660(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 is amended by--
       (1) striking the period at the end of paragraph (6) and in 
     lieu thereof inserting a semicolon; and
       (2) adding the following new paragraph:
       ``(7) with respect to assistance provided to customs 
     authorities and personnel, including training, technical 
     assistance and equipment, for customs law enforcement and the 
     improvement of customs laws, systems and procedures.''.


                    FOREIGN MILITARY TRAINING REPORT

       Sec. 575. (a) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
     State shall jointly provide to the Congress by March 1, 2000, 
     a report on all military training provided to foreign 
     military personnel (excluding sales, and excluding training 
     provided to the military personnel of countries belonging to 
     the North Atlantic Treaty Organization) under programs 
     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.


            korean peninsula energy development organization

       Sec. 576. (a) Of the funds made available under the heading 
     ``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related 
     Programs'', not to exceed $35,000,000 may be made available 
     for the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization 
     (hereafter referred to in this section as ``KEDO''), 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, only for the 
     administrative expenses and heavy fuel oil costs associated 
     with the Agreed Framework.
       (b) Of the funds made available for KEDO, up to $15,000,000 
     may be made available prior to June 1, 2000, if, 30 days 
     prior to such obligation of funds, the President certifies 
     and so reports to Congress that--
       (1) the parties to the Agreed Framework have taken and 
     continue to take demonstrable steps to implement the Joint 
     Declaration on Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in 
     which the Government of North Korea has committed not to 
     test, manufacture, produce, receive, possess, store, deploy, 
     or use nuclear weapons, and not to possess nuclear 
     reprocessing or uranium enrichment facilities;
       (2) the parties to the Agreed Framework have taken and 
     continue to take demonstrable steps to pursue the North-South 
     dialogue;
       (3) North Korea is complying with all provisions of the 
     Agreed Framework;
       (4) North Korea has not diverted assistance provided by the 
     United States for purposes for which it was not intended; and
       (5) North Korea is not seeking to develop or acquire the 
     capability to enrich uranium, or any additional capability to 
     reprocess spent nuclear fuel.
       (c) Of the funds made available for KEDO, up to $20,000,000 
     may be made available on or after June 1, 2000, if, 30 days 
     prior to such obligation of funds, the President certifies 
     and so reports to Congress that--
       (1) the effort to can and safely store all spent fuel from 
     North Korea's graphite-moderated nuclear reactors has been 
     successfully concluded;
       (2) North Korea is complying with its obligations under the 
     agreement regarding access to suspect underground 
     construction;
       (3) North Korea has terminated its nuclear weapons program, 
     including all efforts to acquire, develop, test, produce, or 
     deploy such weapons; and
       (4) the United States has made and is continuing to make 
     significant progress on eliminating the North Korean 
     ballistic missile threat, including further missile tests and 
     its ballistic missile exports.
       (d) The President may waive the certification requirements 
     of subsections (b) and (c) if the President determines that 
     it is vital to the national security interests of the United 
     States and provides written policy justifications to the 
     appropriate congressional committees prior to his exercise of 
     such waiver. No funds may be obligated for KEDO until 30 days 
     after submission to Congress of such waiver.
       (e) The Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a report (to be submitted with the 
     annual presentation for appropriations) providing a full and 
     detailed accounting of the fiscal year 2001 request for the 
     United States contribution to KEDO, the expected operating 
     budget of the KEDO, to include unpaid debt, proposed annual 
     costs associated with heavy fuel oil purchases, and the 
     amount of funds pledged by other donor nations and 
     organizations to support KEDO activities on a per country 
     basis, and other related activities.


                     African Development Foundation

       Sec. 577. Funds made available to grantees of the African 
     Development Foundation may be invested pending expenditure 
     for project purposes when authorized by the President of the 
     Foundation: Provided, 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

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     Appropriations in advance of exercising such waiver 
     authority.


 PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION

       Sec. 578. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be used to provide equipment, 
     technical support, consulting services, or any other form of 
     assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation.


 Voluntary Separation Incentives for Employees of the U.S. Agency for 
                       International Development

       Sec. 579. (a) Definitions.--For the purposes of this 
     section--
       (1) the term ``agency'' means the United States Agency for 
     International Development;
       (2) the term ``Administrator'' means the Administrator, 
     United States Agency for International Development; and
       (3) the term ``employee'' means an employee (as defined by 
     section 2105 of title 5, United States Code) who is employed 
     by the agency, is serving under an appointment without time 
     limitation, and has been currently employed for a continuous 
     period of at least 3 years, but does not include--
       (A) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter III of chapter 
     83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, or another 
     retirement system for employees of the agency;
       (B) an employee having a disability on the basis of which 
     such employee is or would be eligible for disability 
     retirement under the applicable retirement system referred to 
     in subparagraph (A);
       (C) an employee who is to be separated involuntarily for 
     misconduct or unacceptable performance, and to whom specific 
     notice has been given with respect to that separation;
       (D) an employee who has previously received any voluntary 
     separation incentive payment by the Government of the United 
     States under this section or any other authority and has not 
     repaid such payment;
       (E) an employee covered by statutory reemployment rights 
     who is on transfer to another organization; or
       (F) any employee who, during the 24-month period preceding 
     the date of separation, received a recruitment or relocation 
     bonus under section 5753 of title 5, United States Code, or 
     who, within the 12-month period preceding the date of 
     separation, received a retention allowance under section 5754 
     of such title 5.
       (b) Agency Strategic Plan.--
       (1) In general.--The Administrator, before obligating any 
     resources for voluntary separation incentive payments under 
     this section, shall submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations and the Office of Management and Budget a 
     strategic plan outlining the intended use of such incentive 
     payments and a proposed organizational chart for the agency 
     once such incentive payments have been completed.
       (2) Contents.--The agency's plan shall include--
       (A) the positions and functions to be reduced or 
     eliminated, identified by organizational unit, geographic 
     location, occupational category and grade level;
       (B) the number and amounts of voluntary separation 
     incentive payments to be offered;
       (C) a description of how the agency will operate without 
     the eliminated positions and functions; and
       (D) the time period during which incentives may be paid.
       (3) Approval.--The Director of the Office of Management and 
     Budget shall review the agency's plan and approve or 
     disapprove the plan and may make appropriate modifications in 
     the plan with respect to the coverage of incentives as 
     described under paragraph (2)(A), and with respect to the 
     matters described in paragraphs (2) (B) through (D).
       (c) Authority To Provide Voluntary Separation Incentive 
     Payments.--
       (1) In general.--A voluntary separation incentive payment 
     under this section may be paid by the agency to employees of 
     such agency and only to the extent necessary to eliminate the 
     positions and functions identified by the strategic plan.
       (2) Amount and treatment of payments.--A voluntary 
     separation incentive payment under this section--
       (A) shall be paid in a lump sum after the employee's 
     separation;
       (B) shall be paid from appropriations or funds available 
     for the payment of the basic pay of the employees;
       (C) shall be equal to the lesser of--
       (i) an amount equal to the amount the employee would be 
     entitled to receive under section 5595(c) of title 5, United 
     States Code, if the employee were entitled to payment under 
     such section; or
       (ii) an amount determined by the agency head not to exceed 
     $25,000;
       (D) may not be made except in the case of any employee who 
     voluntarily separates (whether by retirement or resignation) 
     on or before December 31, 2000;
       (E) shall not be a basis for payment, and shall not be 
     included in the computation, of any other type of Government 
     benefit; and
       (F) shall not be taken into account in determining the 
     amount of any severance pay to which the employee may be 
     entitled under section 5595 of title 5, United States Code, 
     based on any other separation.
       (d) Additional Agency Contributions to the Retirement 
     Fund.--
       (1) In general.--In addition to any other payments which it 
     is required to make under subchapter III of chapter 83 or 
     chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, the agency shall 
     remit to the Office of Personnel Management for deposit in 
     the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Civil 
     Service Retirement and Disability Fund an amount equal to 15 
     percent of the final basic pay of each employee of the agency 
     who is covered under subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 
     84 of title 5, United States Code, to whom a voluntary 
     separation incentive has been paid under this section.
       (2) Definition.--For the purpose of paragraph (1), the term 
     ``final basic pay'', with respect to an employee, means the 
     total amount of basic pay which would be payable for a year 
     of service by such employee, computed using the employee's 
     final rate of basic pay, and, if last serving on other than a 
     full-time basis, with appropriate adjustment therefor.
       (e) Effect of Subsequent Employment With the Government.--
       (1) An individual who has received a voluntary separation 
     incentive payment under this section and accepts any 
     employment for compensation with the Government of the United 
     States, or who works for any agency of the Government of the 
     United States through a personal services contract, within 5 
     years after the date of the separation on which the payment 
     is based shall be required to pay, prior to the individual's 
     first day of employment, the entire amount of the incentive 
     payment to the agency that paid the incentive payment.
       (2) If the employment under paragraph (1) is with an 
     Executive agency (as defined by section 105 of title 5, 
     United States Code), the United States Postal Service, or the 
     Postal Rate Commission, the Director of the Office of 
     Personnel Management may, at the request of the head of the 
     agency, waive the repayment if the individual involved 
     possesses unique abilities and is the only qualified 
     applicant available for the position.
       (3) If the employment under paragraph (1) is with an entity 
     in the legislative branch, the head of the entity or the 
     appointing official may waive the repayment if the individual 
     involved possesses unique abilities and is the only qualified 
     applicant available for the position.
       (4) If the employment under paragraph (1) is with the 
     judicial branch, the Director of the Administrative Office of 
     the United States Courts may waive the repayment if the 
     individual involved possesses unique abilities and is the 
     only qualified applicant for the position.
       (f) Reduction of Agency Employment Levels.--
       (1) In general.--The total number of funded employee 
     positions in the agency shall be reduced by one position for 
     each vacancy created by the separation of any employee who 
     has received, or is due to receive, a voluntary separation 
     incentive payment under this section. For the purposes of 
     this subsection, positions shall be counted on a full-time-
     equivalent basis.
       (2) Enforcement.--The President, through the Office of 
     Management and Budget, shall monitor the agency and take any 
     action necessary to ensure that the requirements of this 
     subsection are met.
       (g) Regulations.--The Office of Personnel Management may 
     prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to implement 
     this section.


                            iraq opposition

       Sec. 580. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of 
     the funds appropriated under the heading ``Economic Support 
     Fund'', $10,000,000 shall be made available to support 
     efforts to bring about political transition in Iraq, of which 
     not less than $8,000,000 shall be made available only to 
     Iraqi opposition groups designated under the Iraq Liberation 
     Act (Public Law 105-338) for political, economic, 
     humanitarian, and other activities of such groups, and not 
     more than $2,000,000 may be made available for groups and 
     activities seeking the prosecution of Saddam Hussein and 
     other Iraqi government officials for war crimes.


         agency for international development budget submission

       Sec. 581. Beginning with the fiscal year 2001 budget, the 
     Agency for International Development shall submit to the 
     Committees on Appropriations a detailed budget for each 
     fiscal year. The Agency shall submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations a proposed budget format no later than October 
     31, 1999, or 30 days after the enactment of this Act, 
     whichever occurs later. The proposed format shall include how 
     the Agency's budget submission will address: estimated levels 
     of obligations for the current fiscal year and actual levels 
     for the two previous fiscal years; the President's request 
     for new budget authority and estimated carryover obligational 
     authority for the budget year; the disaggregation of budget 
     data by program and activity for each bureau, field mission, 
     and central office; and staff levels identified by program.


                  AMERICAN CHURCHWOMEN IN EL SALVADOR

       Sec. 582. (a) Information relevant to the December 2, 1980 
     murders of four American churchwomen in El Salvador shall be 
     made public to the fullest extent possible.
       (b) The Secretary of State and the Department of State are 
     to be commended for fully releasing information regarding the 
     murders.
       (c) The President shall order all Federal agencies and 
     departments that possess relevant information to make every 
     effort to declassify and release to the victims' families 
     relevant information as expeditiously as possible.
       (d) In making determinations concerning the 
     declassification and release of relevant information, the 
     Federal agencies and departments shall presume in favor of 
     releasing, rather than of withholding, such information.
       (e) Not later than 45 days after the date of the enactment 
     of this Act, the Attorney General shall provide a report to 
     the Committees on Appropriations describing in detail the 
     circumstances under which individuals involved in the murders 
     or the cover-up of the murders obtained residence in the 
     United States.


                             kyoto protocol

       Sec. 583. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall 
     be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, decrees, or 
     orders for the purpose of

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     implementation, or in preparation for implementation, of the 
     Kyoto Protocol, which was adopted on December 11, 1997, in 
     Kyoto, Japan, at the Third Conference of the Parties to the 
     United States Framework Convention on Climate Change, which 
     has not been submitted to the Senate for advice and consent 
     to ratification pursuant to article II, section 2, clause 2, 
     of the United States Constitution, and which has not entered 
     into force pursuant to article 25 of the Protocol.


ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO STOCKPILING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR 
                           FOREIGN COUNTRIES

       Sec. 584. (a) Value of Additions to Stockpiles.--Section 
     514(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
     2321h(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking the following: 
     ``$50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1996 and 1997, 
     $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1998, and'' and inserting in lieu 
     thereof before the period at the end, the following: ``and 
     $60,000,000 for fiscal year 2000''.
       (b) Requirements Relating to the Republic of Korea and 
     Thailand.--Section 514(b)(2)(B) of such Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2321h(b)(2)(B)) is amended by striking the following: ``Of 
     the amount specified in subparagraph (A) for each of the 
     fiscal years 1996 and 1997, not more than $40,000,000 may be 
     made available for stockpiles in the Republic of Korea and 
     not more than $10,000,000 may be made available for 
     stockpiles in Thailand. Of the amount specified in 
     subparagraph (A) for fiscal year 1998, not more than 
     $40,000,000 may be made available for stockpiles in the 
     Republic of Korea and not more than $20,000,000 may be made 
     available for stockpiles in Thailand.''; and at the end 
     inserting the following sentence: ``Of the amount specified 
     in subparagraph (A) for fiscal year 2000, not more than 
     $40,000,000 may be made available for stockpiles in the 
     Republic of Korea and not more than $20,000,000 may be made 
     available for stockpiles in Thailand.''.


                       RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM

       Sec. 585. Section 3011 of the 1999 Emergency Supplemental 
     Appropriations Act (Public Law 106-31; 113 Stat. 93) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``fiscal year 1999'' in subsections (a)(1), 
     (b)(4)(B), (d)(3), and (h)(1)(A) and inserting ``fiscal years 
     1999 and 2000''; and
       (2) by striking ``2000'' in subsection (a)(2), (e)(1), and 
     (h)(1)(B) and inserting ``2001''.


               abolition of the Inter-American Foundation

       Sec. 586. (a) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
     the Office of Management and Budget.
       (2) Foundation.--The term ``Foundation'' means the Inter-
     American Foundation.
       (3) Function.--The term ``function'' means any duty, 
     obligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, 
     privilege, activity, or program.
       (b) Abolition of Inter-American Foundation.--During fiscal 
     year 2000, the President is authorized to abolish the Inter-
     American Foundation. The provisions of this section shall 
     only be effective upon the effective date of the abolition of 
     the Inter-American Foundation.
       (c) Termination of Functions.--
       (1) Except as provided in subsection (d)(2), there are 
     terminated upon the abolition of the Foundation all functions 
     vested in, or exercised by, the Foundation or any official 
     thereof, under any statute, reorganization plan, Executive 
     order, or other provisions of law, as of the day before the 
     effective date of this section.
       (2) Repeal.--Section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1969 (22 U.S.C. 6290f) is repealed upon the effective date 
     specified in subsection (j).
       (3) Final disposition of funds.--Upon the date of 
     transmittal to Congress of the certification described in 
     subsection (d)(4), all unexpended balances of appropriations 
     of the Foundation shall be deposited in the miscellaneous 
     receipts account of the Treasury of the United States.
       (d) Responsibilities of the Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget.--
       (1) In general.--The Director of the Office of Management 
     and Budget shall be responsible for--
       (A) the administration and wind-up of any outstanding 
     obligation of the Federal Government under any contract or 
     agreement entered into by the Foundation before the date of 
     the enactment of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, 
     and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2000, except that 
     the authority of this subparagraph does not include the 
     renewal or extension of any such contract or agreement; and
       (B) taking such other actions as may be necessary to wind-
     up any outstanding affairs of the Foundation.
       (2) Transfer of functions to the director.--There are 
     transferred to the Director such functions of the Foundation 
     under any statute, reorganization plan, Executive order, or 
     other provision of law, as of the day before the date of the 
     enactment of this section, as may be necessary to carry out 
     the responsibilities of the Director under paragraph (1).
       (3) Authorities of the director.--For purposes of 
     performing the functions of the Director under paragraph (1) 
     and subject to the availability of appropriations, the 
     Director may--
       (A) enter into contracts;
       (B) employ experts and consultants in accordance with 
     section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, at rates for 
     individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the 
     rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule; and
       (C) utilize, on a reimbursable basis, the services, 
     facilities, and personnel of other Federal agencies.
       (4) Certification required.--Whenever the Director 
     determines that the responsibilities described in paragraph 
     (1) have been fully discharged, the Director shall so certify 
     to the appropriate congressional committees.
       (e) Report to Congress.--The Director of the Office of 
     Management and Budget shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees a detailed report in writing 
     regarding all matters relating to the abolition and 
     termination of the Foundation. The report shall be submitted 
     not later than 90 days after the termination of the 
     Foundation.
       (f) Transfer and Allocation of Appropriations.--Except as 
     otherwise provided in this section, the assets, liabilities 
     (including contingent liabilities arising from suits 
     continued with a substitution or addition of parties under 
     subsection (g)(3)), contracts, property, records, and 
     unexpended balance of appropriations, authorizations, 
     allocations, and other funds employed, held, used, arising 
     from, available to, or to be made available in connection 
     with the functions, terminated by subsection (c)(1) or 
     transferred by subsection (d)(2) shall be transferred to the 
     Director for purposes of carrying out the responsibilities 
     described in subsection (d)(1).
       (g) Savings Provisions.--
       (1) Continuing legal force and effect.--All orders, 
     determinations, rules, regulations, permits, agreements, 
     grants, contracts, certificates, licenses, registrations, 
     privileges, and other administrative actions--
       (A) that have been issued, made, granted, or allowed to 
     become effective by the Foundation in the performance of 
     functions that are terminated or transferred under this 
     section; and
       (B) that are in effect as of the date of the abolition of 
     the Foundation, or were final before such date and are to 
     become effective on or after such date,

     shall continue in effect according to their terms until 
     modified, terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked in 
     accordance with law by the President, the Director, or other 
     authorized official, a court of competent jurisdiction, or by 
     operation of law.
       (2) No effect on judicial or administrative proceedings.--
     Except as otherwise provided in this section--
       (A) the provisions of this section shall not affect suits 
     commenced prior to the date of abolition of the Foundation; 
     and
       (B) in all such suits, proceedings shall be had, appeals 
     taken, and judgments rendered in the same manner and effect 
     as if this section had not been enacted.
       (3) Nonabatement of proceedings.--No suit, action, or other 
     proceeding commenced by or against any officer in the 
     official capacity of such individual as an officer of the 
     Foundation shall abate by reason of the enactment of this 
     section. No cause of action by or against the Foundation, or 
     by or against any officer thereof in the official capacity of 
     such officer, shall abate by reason of the enactment of this 
     section.
       (4) Continuation of proceeding with substitution of 
     parties.--If, before the date of the abolition of the 
     Foundation, the Foundation, or officer thereof in the 
     official capacity of such officer, is a party to a suit, then 
     effective on such date such suit shall be continued with the 
     Director substituted or added as a party.
       (5) Reviewability of orders and actions under transferred 
     functions.--Orders and actions of the Director in the 
     exercise of functions terminated or transferred under this 
     section shall be subject to judicial review to the same 
     extent and in the same manner as if such orders and actions 
     had been taken by the Foundation immediately preceding their 
     termination or transfer. Any statutory requirements relating 
     to notice, hearings, action upon the record, or 
     administrative review that apply to any function transferred 
     by this section shall apply to the exercise of such function 
     by the Director.
       (h) Conforming Amendments.--
       (1) African development foundation.--Section 502 of the 
     International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 
     1980 (22 U.S.C. 290h) is amended--
       (A) by inserting ``and'' at the end of paragraph (2);
       (B) by striking the semicolon at the end of paragraph (3) 
     and inserting a period; and
       (C) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5).
       (2) Social progress trust fund agreement.--Section 36 of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1973 is amended--
       (A) in subsection (a)--
       (i) by striking ``provide for'' and all that follows 
     through ``(2) utilization'' and inserting ``provide for the 
     utilization''; and
       (ii) by striking ``member countries;'' and all that follows 
     through ``paragraph (2)'' and inserting ``member 
     countries.'';
       (B) in subsection (b), by striking ``transfer or'';
       (C) by striking subsection (c);
       (D) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c); and
       (E) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated), by striking 
     ``transfer or''.
       (3) Foreign assistance act of 1961.--Section 222A(d) of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2182a(d)) is 
     repealed.
       (i) Definition.--In this section, 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.
       (j) Effective Dates.--The repeal made by subsection (c)(2) 
     and the amendments made by subsection (h) shall take effect 
     upon the date of transmittal to Congress of the certification 
     described in subsection (d)(4).


                       west bank and gaza program

       Sec. 587. For fiscal year 2000, 30 days prior to the 
     initial obligation of funds for the bilateral West Bank and 
     Gaza Program, the Secretary of State shall certify to the 
     appropriate committees of Congress that procedures have been 
     established to assure the Comptroller General of the United 
     States will have access to appropriate United States 
     financial information in order to

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     review the uses of United States assistance for the Program 
     funded under the heading ``Economic Support Fund'' for the 
     West Bank and Gaza.


                        HUMAN RIGHTS ASSISTANCE

       Sec. 588. Of the funds made available under the heading 
     ``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'', not 
     less than $500,000 should be provided to the Colombia 
     Attorney General's Human Rights Unit, not less than $500,000 
     should be made available to support the activities of 
     Colombian nongovernmental organizations involved in human 
     rights monitoring, not less than $250,000 should be provided 
     to the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to 
     assist the Government of Colombia in strengthening its human 
     rights policies and programs, not less than $1,000,000 should 
     be made available for personnel and other resources to 
     enhance United States Embassy monitoring of assistance to the 
     Colombian security forces and responding to reports of human 
     rights violations, and not less than $5,000,000 should be 
     made available for administration of justice programs 
     including support for the Colombia Attorney General's 
     Technical Investigations Unit.


                    SELF-DETERMINATION IN EAST TIMOR

       Sec. 589. (a) Multilateral Economic Assistance.--Except as 
     provided in subsection (c), the Secretary of the Treasury 
     should instruct the United States executive directors to the 
     international financial institutions to oppose, and vote 
     against, any extension by those institutions of any financial 
     assistance (including any technical assistance or grant) to 
     the Government of Indonesia.
       (b) Bilateral Assistance and Licenses.--Except as provided 
     in subsection (c)--
       (1) none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act or any prior Foreign Operations 
     Appropriations Act may be made available for assistance for 
     the Government of Indonesia.
       (2) none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act or any prior Foreign Operations 
     Appropriations Act may be made available for licensing 
     exports of defense articles or services for Indonesia under 
     section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act.
       (c) Exceptions.--
       (1) Subsection (a) shall not apply to the provision of 
     assistance to meet basic human needs for Indonesia or East 
     Timor.
       (2) Subsection (b) shall not apply to the provision of 
     funds appropriated or otherwise made available to carry out 
     chapter 1 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961, or humanitarian assistance, for the 
     Government of Indonesia or East Timor, except that such funds 
     shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
     the Committees on Appropriations.
       (d) Conditions for Termination.--The measures described in 
     subsections (a) and (b) shall apply until the President 
     determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional 
     committees that the Government of Indonesia and the 
     Indonesian armed forces have--
       (1) ended the violence by units of the Indonesian armed 
     forces and by anti-independence militias;
       (2) enabled displaced persons and refugees to return home;
       (3) ensured freedom of movement in East Timor, including by 
     humanitarian organizations;
       (4) enabled UNAMET to fulfill its mandate, without threat 
     or intimidation to its personnel;
       (5) withdrawn from East Timor in accordance with a United 
     Nations-supervised process of transferring sovereignty to an 
     independent East Timor;
       (6) cooperated fully with efforts to investigate and 
     prosecute members of the Indonesian armed forces and anti-
     independence militias responsible for human rights violations 
     in East Timor; and
       (7) cooperated fully with efforts to implement the results 
     of the August 30, 1999, vote on East Timor's political 
     status.


                         man and the biosphere

       Sec. 590. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
     available by this Act may be provided for the United Nations 
     Man and the Biosphere Program or the United Nations World 
     Heritage Fund for programs in the United States.


               IMMUNITY OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA

       Sec. 591. (a) Subject to subsection (b), the Federal 
     Republic of Yugoslavia shall be deemed to be a state sponsor 
     of terrorism for the purposes of 28 U.S.C. 1605(a)(7).
       (b) This section shall not apply to Montenegro or Kosova.
       (c) This section shall become null and void when the 
     President certifies in writing to the Congress that the 
     Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (other than Montenegro and 
     Kosova) has completed a democratic reform process that 
     results in 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.
       (d) The certification provided for in subsection (c) shall 
     not affect the continuation of litigation commenced against 
     the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia prior to its fulfillment 
     of the conditions in subsection (c).


  United States Assistance Policy for Opposition-Controlled Areas of 
                                 Sudan

       Sec. 592. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     the President, acting through appropriate federal agencies, 
     may provide food assistance to groups engaged in the 
     protection of civilian populations from attacks by regular 
     government of Sudan forces, associated militias, or other 
     paramilitary groups supported by the government of Sudan. 
     Such assistance may only be provided in a way that: (1) does 
     not endanger, compromise or otherwise reduce the United 
     States' support for unilateral, multilateral or private 
     humanitarian operations or the beneficiaries of those 
     operations; or (2) compromise any ongoing or future people-
     to-people reconciliation efforts. Any such assistance shall 
     be provided separate from and not in proximity to current 
     humanitarian efforts, both within Operation Lifeline Sudan or 
     outside of Operation Lifeline Sudan, or any other current or 
     future humanitarian operations which serve noncombatants. In 
     considering eligibility of potential recipients, the 
     President shall determine that the group respects human 
     rights, democratic principles, and the integrity of ongoing 
     humanitarian operations, and cease such assistance if the 
     determination can no longer be made.
       (b) Not later than February 1, 2000, the President shall 
     submit to the Committees on Appropriations a report on United 
     States bilateral assistance to opposition-controlled areas of 
     Sudan. Such report shall include--
       (1) an accounting of United States bilateral assistance to 
     opposition-controlled areas of Sudan, provided in fiscal 
     years 1997, 1998, 1999, and proposed for fiscal year 2000, 
     and the goals and objectives of such assistance;
       (2) the policy implications and costs, including logistics 
     and administrative costs, associated with providing 
     humanitarian assistance, including food, directly to National 
     Democratic Alliance participants and the Sudanese People's 
     Liberation Movement operating outside of the United Nations' 
     Operation Lifeline Sudan structure, and the United States 
     agencies best suited to administer these activities; and
       (3) the policy implications of increasing substantially the 
     amount of development assistance for democracy promotion, 
     civil administration, judiciary, and infrastructure support 
     in opposition-controlled areas of Sudan and the obstacles to 
     administering a development assistance program in this 
     region.


                 consultations on arms sales to taiwan

       Sec. 593. 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.


                             authorizations

       Sec. 594. 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; and (2) contribute on behalf of the 
     United States to the eighth replenishment of the resources of 
     the African Development Fund and 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; and $2,410,000,000 for the International 
     Development Association.


                          working capital fund

       Sec. 595. Section 635 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 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 nonpersonal services, equipment 
     and supplies for: (A) International Cooperative 
     Administrative Support Services, and (B) rebates from the use 
     of United States Government credit cards.
       ``(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 of 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.''.


                     silk road strategy act of 1999

       Sec. 596. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as 
     the ``Silk Road Strategy Act of 1999''.
       (b) Amendment of the Foreign Assistance of 1961.--Part I of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) 
     is amended by adding at the end the following new chapter:

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 ``CHAPTER 12--SUPPORT FOR THE ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE OF 
          THE COUNTRIES OF THE SOUTH CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA

     ``SEC. 499. UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE TO PROMOTE 
                   RECONCILIATION AND RECOVERY FROM REGIONAL 
                   CONFLICTS.

       ``(a) Purpose of Assistance.--The purposes of assistance 
     under this section include--
       ``(1) the creation of the basis for reconciliation between 
     belligerents;
       ``(2) the promotion of economic development in areas of the 
     countries of the South Caucasus and Central Asia impacted by 
     civil conflict and war; and
       ``(3) the encouragement of broad regional cooperation among 
     countries of the South Caucasus and Central Asia that have 
     been destabilized by internal conflicts.
       ``(b) Authorization for Assistance.--
       ``(1) In general.--To carry out the purposes of subsection 
     (a), the President is authorized to provide humanitarian 
     assistance and economic reconstruction assistance for the 
     countries of the South Caucasus and Central Asia to support 
     the activities described in subsection (c).
       ``(2) Definition of humanitarian assistance.--In this 
     subsection, the term `humanitarian assistance' means 
     assistance to meet humanitarian needs, including needs for 
     food, medicine, medical supplies and equipment, education, 
     and clothing.
       ``(c) Activities Supported.--Activities that may be 
     supported by assistance under subsection (b) include--
       ``(1) providing for the humanitarian needs of victims of 
     the conflicts;
       ``(2) facilitating the return of refugees and internally 
     displaced persons to their homes; and
       ``(3) assisting in the reconstruction of residential and 
     economic infrastructure destroyed by war.

     ``SEC. 499A. ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.

       ``(a) Purpose of Assistance.--The purpose of assistance 
     under this section is to foster economic growth and 
     development, including the conditions necessary for regional 
     economic cooperation, in the South Caucasus and Central Asia.
       ``(b) Authorization for Assistance.--To carry out the 
     purpose of subsection (a), the President is authorized to 
     provide assistance for the countries of the South Caucasus 
     and Central Asia to support the activities described in 
     subsection (c).
       ``(c) Activities Supported.--In addition to the activities 
     described in section 498, activities supported by assistance 
     under subsection (b) should support the development of the 
     structures and means necessary for the growth of private 
     sector economies based upon market principles.

     ``SEC. 499B. DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE.

       ``(a) Purpose of Programs.--The purposes of programs under 
     this section include--
       ``(1) to develop the physical infrastructure necessary for 
     regional cooperation among the countries of the South 
     Caucasus and Central Asia; and
       ``(2) to encourage closer economic relations and to 
     facilitate the removal of impediments to cross-border 
     commerce among those countries and the United States and 
     other developed nations.
       ``(b) Authorization for Programs.--To carry out the 
     purposes of subsection (a), the following types of programs 
     for the countries of the South Caucasus and Central Asia may 
     be used to support the activities described in subsection 
     (c):
       ``(1) Activities by the Export-Import Bank to complete the 
     review process for eligibility for financing under the 
     Export-Import Bank Act of 1945.
       ``(2) The provision of insurance, reinsurance, financing, 
     or other assistance by the Overseas Private Investment 
     Corporation.
       ``(3) Assistance under section 661 of this Act (relating to 
     the Trade and Development Agency).
       ``(c) Activities Supported.--Activities that may be 
     supported by programs under subsection (b) include promoting 
     actively the participation of United States companies and 
     investors in the planning, financing, and construction of 
     infrastructure for communications, transportation, including 
     air transportation, and energy and trade including highways, 
     railroads, port facilities, shipping, banking, insurance, 
     telecommunications networks, and gas and oil pipelines.

     ``SEC. 499C. BORDER CONTROL ASSISTANCE.

       ``(a) Purpose of Assistance.--The purpose of assistance 
     under this section includes the assistance of the countries 
     of the South Caucasus and Central Asia to secure their 
     borders and implement effective controls necessary to prevent 
     the trafficking of illegal narcotics and the proliferation of 
     technology and materials related to weapons of mass 
     destruction (as defined in section 2332a(c)(2) of title 18, 
     United States Code), and to contain and inhibit transnational 
     organized criminal activities.
       ``(b) Authorization for Assistance.--To carry out the 
     purpose of subsection (a), the President is authorized to 
     provide assistance to the countries of the South Caucasus and 
     Central Asia to support the activities described in 
     subsection (c).
       ``(c) Activities Supported.--Activities that may be 
     supported by assistance under subsection (b) include 
     assisting those countries of the South Caucasus and Central 
     Asia in developing capabilities to maintain national border 
     guards, coast guard, and customs controls.

     ``SEC. 499D. STRENGTHENING DEMOCRACY, TOLERANCE, AND THE 
                   DEVELOPMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY.

       ``(a) Purpose of Assistance.--The purpose of assistance 
     under this section is to promote institutions of democratic 
     government and to create the conditions for the growth of 
     pluralistic societies, including religious tolerance and 
     respect for internationally recognized human rights.
       ``(b) Authorization for Assistance.--To carry out the 
     purpose of subsection (a), the President is authorized to 
     provide the following types of assistance to the countries of 
     the South Caucasus and Central Asia:
       ``(1) Assistance for democracy building, including programs 
     to strengthen parliamentary institutions and practices.
       ``(2) Assistance for the development of nongovernmental 
     organizations.
       ``(3) Assistance for development of independent media.
       ``(4) Assistance for the development of the rule of law, a 
     strong independent judiciary, and transparency in political 
     practice and commercial transactions.
       ``(5) International exchanges and advanced professional 
     training programs in skill areas central to the development 
     of civil society.
       ``(6) Assistance to promote increased adherence to civil 
     and political rights under section 116(e) of this Act.
       ``(c) Activities Supported.--Activities that may be 
     supported by assistance under subsection (b) include 
     activities that are designed to advance progress toward the 
     development of democracy.

     ``SEC. 499E. ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES.

       ``(a) Assistance Through Governments and Nongovernmental 
     Organizations.--Assistance under this chapter may be provided 
     to governments or through nongovernmental organizations.
       ``(b) Use of Economic Support Funds.--Except as otherwise 
     provided, any funds that have been allocated under chapter 4 
     of part II for assistance for the independent states of the 
     former Soviet Union may be used in accordance with the 
     provisions of this chapter.
       ``(c) Terms and Conditions.--Assistance under this chapter 
     shall be provided on such terms and conditions as the 
     President may determine.
       ``(d) Available Authorities.--The authority in this chapter 
     to provide assistance for the countries of the South Caucasus 
     and Central Asia is in addition to the authority to provide 
     such assistance under the FREEDOM Support Act (22 U.S.C. 5801 
     et seq.) or any other Act, and the authorities applicable to 
     the provision of assistance under chapter 11 may be used to 
     provide assistance under this chapter.

     ``SEC. 499F. DEFINITIONS.

       ``In this chapter:
       ``(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     `appropriate congressional committees' means the Committee on 
     Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 
     International Relations of the House of Representatives.
       ``(2) Countries of the south caucasus and central asia.--
     The term `countries of the South Caucasus and Central Asia' 
     means Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, 
     Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.''.
       (c) Conforming Amendments.--Section 102(a) of the FREEDOM 
     Support Act (Public Law 102-511) is amended in paragraphs (2) 
     and (4) by striking each place it appears ``this Act)'' and 
     inserting ``this Act and chapter 12 of part I of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961)''.
       (d) Annual Report.--Section 104 of the FREEDOM Support Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 5814) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (3);
       (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (4) and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
       ``(5) with respect to the countries of the South Caucasus 
     and Central Asia--
       ``(A) an identification of the progress made by the United 
     States in accomplishing the policy described in section 3 of 
     the Silk Road Strategy Act of 1999;
       ``(B) an evaluation of the degree to which the assistance 
     authorized by chapter 12 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 has accomplished the purposes identified in that 
     chapter;
       ``(C) a description of the progress being made by the 
     United States to resolve trade disputes registered with and 
     raised by the United States embassies in each country, and to 
     negotiate a bilateral agreement relating to the protection of 
     United States direct investment in, and other business 
     interests with, each country; and
       ``(D) recommendations of any additional initiatives that 
     should be undertaken by the United States to implement the 
     policy and purposes contained in the Silk Road Strategy Act 
     of 1999.''.


               Country Reports on Human Rights Practices

       Sec. 597. Section 116 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     is amended by adding the following new subsection:
       ``(f)(1) The report required by subsection (d) shall 
     include--
       ``(A) a list of foreign states where trafficking in 
     persons, especially women and children, originates, passes 
     through, or is a destination; and
       ``(B) an assessment of the efforts by the governments of 
     the states described in paragraph (A) to combat trafficking. 
     Such an assessment shall address--
       ``(i) whether government authorities in each such state 
     tolerate or are involved in trafficking activities;
       ``(ii) which government authorities in each such state are 
     involved in anti-trafficking activities;
       ``(iii) what steps the government of each such state has 
     taken to prohibit government officials and other individuals 
     from participating in trafficking, including the 
     investigation, prosecution, and conviction of individuals 
     involved in trafficking;

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       ``(iv) what steps the government of each such state has 
     taken to assist trafficking victims;
       ``(v) whether the government of each such state is 
     cooperating with governments of other countries to extradite 
     traffickers when requested;
       ``(vi) whether the government of each such state is 
     assisting in international investigations of transnational 
     trafficking networks; and
       ``(vii) whether the government of each such state refrains 
     from prosecuting trafficking victims or refrains from other 
     discriminatory treatment towards victims.
       ``(2) In compiling data and assessing trafficking for the 
     purposes of paragraph (1), United States Diplomatic Mission 
     personnel shall consult with human rights and other 
     appropriate nongovernmental organizations.
       ``(3) For purposes of this subsection--
       ``(A) the term `trafficking' means the use of deception, 
     coercion, debt bondage, the threat of force, or the abuse of 
     authority to recruit, transport within or across borders, 
     purchase, sell, transfer, receive, or harbor a person for the 
     purposes of placing or holding such person, whether for pay 
     or not, in involuntary servitude, slavery or slavery-like 
     conditions, or in forced, bonded, or coerced labor;
       ``(B) the term `victim of trafficking' means any person 
     subjected to the treatment described in subparagraph (A).''.


                           OPIC MARITIME FUND

       Sec. 598. It is the sense of the Congress that the Overseas 
     Private Investment Corporation shall within one year from the 
     date of the enactment of this Act select a fund manager for 
     the purpose of creating a maritime fund with total 
     capitalization of up to $200,000,000. This fund shall 
     leverage United States commercial maritime expertise to 
     support international maritime projects.


                        SANCTIONS AGAINST SERBIA

       Sec. 599. (a) Continuation of Executive Branch Sanctions.--
     The sanctions listed in subsection (b) shall remain in effect 
     for fiscal year 2000, unless the President submits to the 
     Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations in the 
     Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and International 
     Relations of the House of Representatives a certification 
     described in subsection (c).
       (b) Applicable Sanctions.--
       (1) 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 the government of Serbia.
       (2) The Secretary of State should instruct the United 
     States Ambassador to the Organization for Security and 
     Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to block any consensus to allow 
     the participation of Serbia in the OSCE or any organization 
     affiliated with the OSCE.
       (3) The Secretary of State should instruct the United 
     States Representative to the United Nations to vote against 
     any resolution in the United Nations Security Council to 
     admit Serbia to the United Nations or any organization 
     affiliated with the United Nations, to veto any resolution to 
     allow Serbia to assume the United Nations' membership of the 
     former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and to take 
     action to prevent Serbia from assuming the seat formerly 
     occupied by the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
       (4) The Secretary of State should instruct the United 
     States Permanent Representative on the Council of the North 
     Atlantic Treaty Organization to oppose the extension of the 
     Partnership for Peace program or any other organization 
     affiliated with NATO to Serbia.
       (5) The Secretary of State should instruct the United 
     States Representatives to the Southeast European Cooperative 
     Initiative (SECI) to oppose and to work to prevent the 
     extension of SECI membership to Serbia.
       (c) Certification.--A certification described in this 
     subsection is a certification that--
       (1) the representatives of the successor states to the 
     Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia have successfully 
     negotiated the division of assets and liabilities and all 
     other succession issues following the dissolution of the 
     Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia;
       (2) the government of Serbia is fully complying with its 
     obligations as a signatory to the General Framework Agreement 
     for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina;
       (3) the government of Serbia is fully cooperating with and 
     providing unrestricted access to the International Criminal 
     Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, including surrendering 
     persons indicted for war crimes who are within the 
     jurisdiction of the territory of Serbia, and with the 
     investigations concerning the commission of war crimes and 
     crimes against humanity in Kosova;
       (4) the government of Serbia is implementing internal 
     democratic reforms; and
       (5) Serbian federal governmental officials, and 
     representatives of the ethnic Albanian community in Kosova 
     have agreed on, signed, and begun implementation of a 
     negotiated settlement on the future status of Kosova.
       (d) Statement of Policy.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that the United States should not restore full diplomatic 
     relations with Serbia until the President submits to the 
     Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations in the 
     Senate and the Committees on Appropriations and International 
     Relations in the House of Representatives the certification 
     described in subsection (c).
       (e) Exemption of Montenegro and Kosova.--The sanctions 
     described in subsection (b) shall not apply to Montenegro or 
     Kosova.
       (f) Definition.--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.
       (g) Waiver Authority.--The President may waive the 
     application in whole or in part, of any sanction described in 
     subsection (b) if the President certifies to the Congress 
     that the President has determined that the waiver is 
     necessary to meet emergency humanitarian needs.


                         CLEAN COAL TECHNOLOGY

       Sec. 599A. (a) Findings.--The Congress finds as follows:
       (1) The United States is the world leader in the 
     development of environmental technologies, particularly clean 
     coal technology.
       (2) Severe pollution problems affecting people in 
     developing countries, and the serious health problems that 
     result from such pollution, can be effectively addressed 
     through the application of United States technology.
       (3) During the next century, developing countries, 
     particularly countries in Asia such as China and India, will 
     dramatically increase their consumption of electricity, and 
     low quality coal will be a major source of fuel for power 
     generation.
       (4) Without the use of modern clean coal technology, the 
     resultant pollution will cause enormous health and 
     environmental problems leading to diminished economic growth 
     in developing countries and, thus, diminished United States 
     exports to those growing markets.
       (b) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United 
     States to promote the export of United States clean coal 
     technology. In furtherance of that policy, the Secretary of 
     State, the Secretary of the Treasury (acting through the 
     United States executive directors to international financial 
     institutions), the Secretary of Energy, and the Administrator 
     of the United States Agency for International Development 
     (USAID) should, as appropriate, vigorously promote the use of 
     United States clean coal technology in environmental and 
     energy infrastructure programs, projects and activities. 
     Programs, projects and activities for which the use of such 
     technology should be considered include reconstruction 
     assistance for the Balkans, activities carried out by the 
     Global Environment Facility, and activities funded from 
     USAID's Development Credit Authority.


  Restriction on United States Assistance for Certain Reconstruction 
                     Efforts in the Balkans Region

       Sec. 599B. (a) 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 should to the maximum extent 
     practicable be used for the procurement of articles and 
     services of United States origin.
       (b) 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'' includes Serbia, Montenegro and 
     Kosova.


            contributions to united nations population fund

       Sec. 599C. (1) Limitations on Amount of Contribution.--Of 
     the amounts made available under ``International 
     Organizations and Programs'', not more than $25,000,000 for 
     fiscal year 2000 shall be available for the United Nations 
     Population Fund (hereinafter in this subsection referred to 
     as the ``UNFPA'').
       (2) Prohibition on Use of Funds in China.--None of the 
     funds made available under ``International Organizations and 
     Programs'' may be made available for the UNFPA for a country 
     program in the People's Republic of China.
       (3) Conditions on Availability of Funds.--Amounts made 
     available under ``International Organizations and Programs'' 
     for fiscal year 2000 for the UNFPA may not be made available 
     to UNFPA unless--
       (A) the UNFPA maintains amounts made available to the UNFPA 
     under this section in an account separate from other accounts 
     of the UNFPA;
       (B) the UNFPA does not commingle amounts made available to 
     the UNFPA under this section with other sums; and
       (C) the UNFPA does not fund abortions.
       (4) Report to the Congress and Withholding of Funds.--
       (A) Not later than February 15, 2000, the Secretary of 
     State shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
     committees indicating the amount of funds that the United 
     Nations Population Fund is budgeting for the year in which 
     the report is submitted for a country program in the People's 
     Republic of China.
       (B) If a report under subparagraph (A) indicates that the 
     United Nations Population Fund plans to spend funds for a 
     country program in the People's Republic of China in the year 
     covered by the report, then the amount of such funds that the 
     UNFPA plans to spend in the People's Republic of China shall 
     be deducted from the funds made available to the UNFPA after 
     March 1 for obligation for the remainder of the fiscal year 
     in which the report is submitted.


                 authorization for population planning

       Sec. 599D. (a) Not to exceed $385,000,000 of the funds 
     appropriated in title II of this Act may be available for 
     population planning activities or other population 
     assistance.
       (b) Such funds may be apportioned only on a monthly basis, 
     and such monthly apportionments may not exceed 8.34 percent 
     of the total available for such activities.
       This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Operations, Export 
     Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2000''.
       And the Senate agree to the same.

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     Sonny Callahan,
     John Edward Porter,
     Frank Wolf,
     Ron Packard,
     Joe Knollenberg,
     Jack Kingston,
     Jerry Lewis,
     Roy Blunt,
     Bill Young,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Mitch McConnell,
     Arlen Specter,
     Judd Gregg,
     Richard Shelby,
     Robert F. Bennett,
     Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
     C.S. Bond,
     Ted Stevens,
     Daniel K. Inouye,
     Frank Lautenberg,
     B.A. Mikulski,
     Robert Byrd,
                               Managers on the Part of the Senate.

       JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE

       The managers on the part of the House and Senate at the 
     conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the 
     amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2606) ``making 
     appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and 
     related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
     2000'', submit the following joint statement to the House and 
     Senate in explanation of the effects of the action agreed 
     upon by the managers and recommended in the accompanying 
     conference report:

               TITLE I--EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE

     Export-Import Bank of the United States Subsidy Appropriation

       The conference agreement appropriates $759,000,000 for the 
     subsidy appropriation of the Export-Import Bank as proposed 
     by the House instead of $785,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.
       The conference agreement includes a provision extending 
     until March 1, 2000, the existing authority for the Board of 
     the Export-Import Bank to conduct business with a reduced 
     quorum. During this period none of the funds provided under 
     this heading may be obligated for any loan, loan guarantee, 
     or insurance agreement in excess of $10,000,000 unless the 
     Committees are advised in writing 20 days prior to each such 
     proposed obligation.

       Overseas Private Investment Corporation Non-Credit Account

       The conference agreement provides $35,000,000 for 
     administrative expenses of the Overseas Private Investment 
     Corporation (OPIC) as proposed by the House instead of 
     $31,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.

        Overseas Private Investment Corporation Program Account

       The conference agreement provides $24,000,000 for program 
     expenses of OPIC as proposed by the Senate instead of 
     $20,500,000 as proposed by the House.
       The managers have included language allowing OPIC to use 
     the authorities of Section 234(g) of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 as proposed by the House, instead of repealing 
     said subsection as proposed by the Senate. The conference 
     agreement also includes a general provision urging OPIC to 
     establish within one year of enactment a maritime fund for 
     the purpose of leveraging United States commercial maritime 
     expertise to support international maritime projects.

                  Funds Appropriated to the President

                      Trade and Development Agency

       The conference agreement appropriates $44,000,000 for the 
     Trade and Development Agency as proposed by the House instead 
     of $43,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                TITLE II--BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  Agency for International Development


                Child Survival and Disease Programs Fund

       The conference agreement appropriates $715,000,000 for the 
     Child Survival and Disease Programs Fund instead of 
     $685,000,000 as proposed by the House. The Senate bill 
     contained no provision on this matter, but included funds for 
     these activities under ``Development Assistance''. The 
     managers agree with and endorse House report language 
     regarding the use of funds appropriated under this heading, 
     including $110,000,000 for a grant to UNICEF for programs 
     consistent with the purpose of the Child Survival and Disease 
     Programs Fund. The grant for UNICEF does not preclude AID 
     from providing additional funding for specific UNICEF 
     projects as may be applicable. The managers have been assured 
     that the success of the polio eradication program is likely 
     to result in a significantly lower requirement for this 
     effort in future years. The managers have included 
     $35,000,000 for a special initiative to fight HIV/AIDS in 
     Africa. This is in addition to the $145,000,000 provided in 
     this Fund and elsewhere in the bill for ongoing HIV/AIDS 
     programs and at least $10,000,000 designated for children 
     affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
       In implementing programs, projects, and activities to 
     combat infectious diseases, including long-standing programs 
     relating to malaria and measles, as well as the more recent 
     emphasis on HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis, surveillance, and 
     anti-microbial resistance, the conferees expect AID to 
     continue to consult closely with the Appropriations 
     Committees, the Centers for Disease Control, the National 
     Institutes of Health, and other relevant agencies involved in 
     international health issues. In addition to the increase for 
     HIV/AIDs, funding for AID's other infectious disease programs 
     should exceed the fiscal year 1999 level. The managers also 
     direct AID to provide the Committees with a detailed report 
     not later than February 15, 2000, on the programs, projects, 
     and activities undertaken by the Child Survival and Disease 
     Programs Fund during fiscal year 1999.
       The managers are concerned about the growing crisis in 
     Africa associated with the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Every day, 
     5,500 Africans die as a result of AIDS and an additional 
     11,000 people are newly infected with HIV. Half of the newly 
     infected are under the age of 25. During the next few years, 
     some estimates conclude that infant mortality will double, 
     child mortality will triple and in many nations, life 
     expectancy will have been reduced by twenty years as a result 
     of HIV.
       AIDS is more than a health issue. It has grave consequences 
     for the economic development and political stability of 
     countries throughout Africa. The managers are therefore 
     providing an additional $35,000,000 for activities in Africa 
     to prevent new infections, to provide basic care and 
     treatment of people with HIV/AIDS, and to support children 
     orphaned by HIV/AIDS.
       The global health threat from tuberculosis is another 
     priority for the funds provided in this Act. Because of 
     difficulties encountered in implementing tuberculosis 
     language accompanying last year's Act, the managers welcome 
     AID's proposal to allocate $3,000,000 in fiscal year 2000 to 
     tuberculosis control programs in Mexico, with an emphasis on 
     cost-sharing with Mexico on programs that focus on Mexico's 
     border states.
       The managers are aware that significant new private 
     resources are now available to augment AID's immunization 
     programs, and commend the partners in this effort. 
     Consequently, the managers direct that core child survival 
     activities focus on effective interventions to reduce infant 
     mortality during the first month of life through activities 
     that focus on the health and nutrition needs of pregnant 
     women and new mothers, a vital aspect of child survival that 
     has not yet attracted sufficient private funds. The managers 
     also support expansion of core child survival programs in 
     Africa.
       The managers will consider the use of not more than three 
     percent of the amount provided for the Child Survival and 
     Disease Programs Fund in countries funded under SEED and 
     FREEDOM Support Act authorities. In particular, the managers 
     urge AID to provide up to $2,000,000 to support non-
     governmental organizations that work with older orphans, 
     including those with cognitive disabilities and mild mental 
     retardation, to teach life and job skills. The conference 
     agreement also continues existing limitations on the use of 
     the Fund for non-project assistance.
       The managers note that Morehouse School of Medicine is 
     establishing an International Center for Health and 
     Development. This center will be dedicated to forming local 
     and international partnerships to address the health problems 
     that are devastating Africa today. The conferees encourage 
     AID to provide assistance for these efforts.

                         Development Assistance


                     (including transfer of funds)

       The conference agreement appropriates $1,228,000,000 for 
     ``Development Assistance'' instead of $1,201,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $1,928,500,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The Senate included funding for the ``Child Survival 
     and Disease Programs Fund'' under its ``Development 
     Assistance'' account.
       The conference agreement appropriates up to $5,000,000 for 
     the Inter-American Foundation from funds made available under 
     this heading and up to $14,400,000 directly to the African 
     Development Foundation, as proposed in the House bill. The 
     Senate amendment provided authority to transfer funds from 
     this account to the Inter-American Foundation, but did not 
     specify an amount. Also, the Senate amendment provided 
     $12,500,000 for the African Development Foundation. Section 
     586 of the conference agreement provides the President with 
     the authority to abolish the Inter-American Foundation during 
     fiscal year 2000. The managers note that the funding level 
     provided for the Inter-American Foundation is sufficient for 
     meeting existing grant, contract, and lease obligations and 
     to wind up any other outstanding affairs of the Foundation.
       The conference agreement continues current law regarding 
     certain requirements on quotas and numerical targets for 
     family planning providers participating in voluntary family 
     planning projects that are funded through the Development 
     Assistance account, as included in the House bill. The Senate 
     amendment did not address this matter.
       The conference agreement also includes House language 
     providing that $2,500,000 may be transferred from this 
     account to the ``International Organizations and Programs'' 
     account for a contribution to the International Fund for 
     Agricultural Development (IFAD). The Senate amendment 
     included similar language. The managers recognize the need 
     for the type of expertise IFAD offers; therefore, the 
     managers affirm the House and Senate support for continued

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     United States contributions to IFAD. The Administration is 
     expected to consult with the Appropriations Committees 
     regarding IFAD's future resource requirements.
       The conference agreement continues current law which 
     prohibits funds from being made available for any activity in 
     contravention to the Convention on International Trade in 
     Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna (CITES) as proposed by 
     the House. The Senate bill did not address this matter.
       The conference agreement includes language from the Senate 
     amendment not in the House bill that provides not to exceed 
     $25,000, in addition to funds otherwise made available for 
     such purposes, to monitor and provide oversight for 
     assistance programs for displaced and orphan children and 
     victims of war.
       The conference agreement does not include bill language in 
     the Senate amendment mandating a specific sum for the 
     International Law Institute. The managers continue to be 
     concerned by the lack of adherence to the rule of law in the 
     Independent States. Therefore, the managers direct that 
     $250,000 shall be made available to the International Law 
     Institute to continue its training and support of lawyers and 
     judges in the Independent States.
       The conference agreement provides that not less than 
     $500,000 should be made available for support of the United 
     States Telecommunications Training Institute. The Senate 
     amendment included bill language mandating that such funds be 
     made available for this purpose. The House bill did not 
     address this matter.
       The conference agreement includes language similar to a 
     provision in the Senate amendment that requires that not less 
     than 50 percent of the funds made available for the 
     Microenterprise Initiative should be made available for loans 
     of $300 or less for very poor people, particularly women, or 
     for institutional support of organizations primarily engaged 
     in making such loans. The House bill contained a similar 
     provision which continued existing law.


                              agriculture

       The conference agreement does not contain language from the 
     Senate amendment regarding the minimum level of funding for 
     agriculture programs. However, the managers remain concerned 
     about the decline in AID funding for international 
     agriculture activities and recommend at least $305,000,000 be 
     provided for such programs in fiscal year 2000. Further, the 
     managers note that both the House and Senate Committee 
     reports signal the deep concern for the level of funding 
     provided for international agricultural development. In 
     addition, the managers support the language in the House 
     report regarding funding levels for the Collaborative 
     Research Support Programs (CRSPs). Prior to the submission of 
     the report required by section 653 of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act, AID is directed to consult with the Committee on 
     Appropriations regarding the proposed allocation of sector 
     resources, including those intended for agriculture and for 
     the CRSPs.


                  aid global programs and biodiversity

       The managers note the positive role AID's central offices 
     and mechanisms can serve in providing policy and technical 
     support in critical areas such as economic growth, energy, 
     agriculture, biodiversity, democracy and women in 
     development. The managers endorse House report language on 
     global issues such as these, and encourage AID to adequately 
     fund these central offices and mechanisms. To ensure that the 
     Committees' priorities are addressed in a timely manner, the 
     managers direct AID to provide, within 30 days of enactment 
     of this Act, a brief written report to the Appropriations 
     Committees on its planned fiscal year 2000 allocation of 
     funds to the central offices in the Global Bureau.
       The conference agreement does not include a Senate 
     provision regarding the proportion of funds utilized in 
     support of biodiversity. The managers continue to believe 
     that protecting biodiversity and tropical forests in 
     developing countries is critical to the global environment 
     and U.S. economic prosperity, especially for the agricultural 
     and pharmaceutical industries. The managers note the House 
     and Senate Committee reports which recognize the slight 
     increase in AID biodiversity funding in fiscal year 1999, but 
     remain concerned that the proportion of development 
     assistance allocated for biodiversity activities remains less 
     than the amount provided five years ago. Therefore, the 
     managers direct AID to restore overall biodiversity funding 
     as well as funding to the Office of Environment and Natural 
     Resources to levels that reflect the proportion of funding of 
     development assistance provided in fiscal year 1995.


                          education in africa

       The managers recognizing that providing increased 
     educational opportunities, including at the doctoral level, 
     is a key component of development efforts in Africa. The 
     managers are aware of AID's minority-serving institution 
     initiative and commend the agency for engaging Historically 
     Black Colleges and Universities in its program for Africa. 
     Consistent with these efforts, the managers encourage AID to 
     consider up to $700,000 for the implementation of a distance 
     education doctoral degree initiative in collaboration with an 
     HBCU that can offer advanced training in the areas of 
     educational leadership, pharmacy, environmental sciences and 
     engineering.


                 american schools and hospitals abroad

       The conference agreement does not contain Senate language 
     requiring that not less than $15,000,000 shall be available 
     only for the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad (ASHA) 
     program. However, the managers direct the Agency for 
     International Development to fully uphold its commitment to 
     the Appropriations Committees to obligate at least 
     $15,000,000 for the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad 
     program in fiscal year 2000. It is the intention of the 
     managers that the increase in funding for the Lebanon country 
     program (addressed below under the heading ``Lebanon'') 
     should not result in a decrease in funding that has been 
     traditionally allocated to Lebanese educational institutions 
     through the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad program 
     provided under ``Development Assistance''.


                     patrick leahy war victims fund

       The conferees direct $12,000,000 for medical, orthopedic, 
     and related rehabilitative and preventive assistance for war 
     victims, particularly those who have been severely disabled 
     from landmines and other unexploded ordnance. Of this amount, 
     up to $10,000,000 is to be funded from the ``Development 
     Assistance'' account and the ``Economic Support Fund''. The 
     balance should be funded from Office of Transition 
     Initiatives resources, and with funds from the demining 
     budget of the ``Nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining 
     and related programs'' account.
       The managers note the great needs, especially for children, 
     in Sierra Leone for medical, orthopedic, and related 
     rehabilitative services as a result of civil war. The 
     managers direct that not less than $500,000 from this account 
     be used to continue the work of UNICEF and private voluntary 
     organizations with experience in addressing such needs.
       As in previous years, the managers expect that any such 
     programs to assist war victims should be designed and 
     implemented in consultation with AID's manager of the Leahy 
     War Victims Fund.

                                 Cyprus

       The conference agreement includes language from the Senate 
     amendment that provides that not less than $15,000,000 shall 
     be made available for Cyprus to be used only for 
     scholarships, administrative support of the scholarship 
     program, bicommunal projects, and measures aimed at 
     reunification of the island and designed to reduce tensions 
     and promote peace and cooperation between the two communities 
     on Cyprus. Funds are to be derived from ``Development 
     Assistance'' and ``Economic Support Fund''. The House bill 
     did not contain a provision on this matter.

                                Lebanon

       The conference agreement includes language similar to that 
     from the Senate amendment that provides that not less than 
     $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated under ``Development 
     Assistance'' and ``Economic Support Fund'' should be made 
     available for Lebanon to be used, among other purposes, 
     for scholarship and direct support of the American 
     educational instutitions in Lebanon. The Senate language 
     is identical to the conference agreement, except it would 
     have required the allocation of these funds. The House 
     bill did not address this matter.
       The increase of $3,000,000 for Lebanon is being provided 
     for the direct support of the American educational 
     institutions in that country. It is the intention of the 
     managers that the increase in funding for the Lebanon country 
     program should not result in a decrease in funding that has 
     been traditionally allocated to Lebanese educational 
     institutions through the American Schools and Hospitals 
     Abroad program provided under ``Development Assistance''.

                                 Burma

       The conference agreement includes language similar to that 
     from the Senate amendment that provides that, of the funds 
     made available under ``Development Assistance'' and 
     ``Economic Support Fund'', not less than $6,500,000 shall be 
     made available to support democracy activities in Burma, 
     democracy and humanitarian activities along the Burma-
     Thailand border, and for Burmese student groups and other 
     organizations located outside Burma. These funds are to be 
     made available notwithstanding any other provision of law and 
     shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of 
     the Committees on Appropriations, as proposed by the Senate. 
     Language proposed by the Senate that would have allocated not 
     less than $800,000 of these funds for certain specified 
     activities is not included, not is language providing that 
     funds made available under this heading shall be subject to 
     consultation and guidelines provided by the leadership of the 
     Burmese government elected in 1990.
       The House bill did not address this matter.

                                Cambodia

       The conference agreement does not include language proposed 
     by the Senate that would have prohibited funds for the 
     Central Government of Cambodia until the Secretary of State 
     determines and reports to the Committees 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 
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     civilian control, and a neutral and accountable police force. 
     The funding restriction proposed by the Senate would not have 
     applied to demining and other humanitarian programs.
       The House did not address this matter under title II. The 
     House provision on Cambodia, section 573 of the House bill, 
     is included in modified form in the conference report under 
     title V.

                             Southeast Asia

       The conference agreement does not include reservations of 
     specific minimum funding allocations for Indonesia as 
     proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not address these 
     matters.
       The managers support the highest possible level of 
     assistance to support the economic recovery of the 
     Philippines, Thailand, and Indonesia from the Asian financial 
     crisis. Effective support for private investment, better 
     governance, and less corruption in these countries should be 
     given a higher priority in development assistance and 
     Economic Support Fund allocation decisions. The Accelerated 
     Economic Recovery in Asia and US-Asia Environmental 
     Partnership programs should be augmented by specific efforts 
     to retain existing major United States private sector 
     investments in the region, especially in the infrastructure 
     sector. The renewed security relationship between the 
     Philippines and the United States provides additional 
     justification for increased support to that country.
       The managers recognize that humanitarian and economic 
     assistance from many nations will be needed to enable East 
     Timor to recover from the violence and destruction 
     perpetrated by anti-independence forces following the 
     referendum of August 30, 1999. The recovery of East Timor 
     will also depend on the cooperation of its Indonesian 
     neighbors. The managers encourage the Executive branch to use 
     funds provided in this Act for the United States contribution 
     to the recovery of East Timor.
       The managers suggest a modest program of assistance for the 
     people of Vietnam, mostly for humanitarian activities. The 
     managers urge AID to work with the U.S. Embassy to support a 
     safety awareness campaign in Vietnam to reverse the increase 
     in preventable accidents, especially those affecting 
     children.
       The managers continue to be concerned about the status of 
     religious groups in Vietnam. The Secretary of State is 
     requested to report to the Committees not later than six 
     months after enactment of this Act on the extent to which the 
     Socialist Republic of Vietnam is facilitating the following: 
     (1) The operation of independent churches; (2) the return 
     of church properties confiscated since 1974; (3) visits to 
     the Supreme Patriarch of the Unified Buddhist Church of 
     Vietnam by a delegation of American religious leaders and 
     medical doctors; and (4) participation of democracy and 
     human rights advocates in United States education and 
     cultural exchange programs.

                           Conservation Fund

       The conference agreement does not include a provision from 
     the Senate amendment mandating $500,000 from ``Development 
     Assistance'' for the Charles Darwin Research Station and the 
     Charles Darwin Foundation. The House bill did not address 
     this matter.
       The managers direct that $500,000 be provided from 
     ``Development Assistance'' for research, training, and 
     related activities to support conservation efforts in the 
     Galapagos. Because AID has made plans to sustain a commitment 
     to the Galapagos, the managers expect fiscal year 2000 to be 
     the final year for congressional mandates.

                          Conflict Resolution

       The conference agreement does not include Senate language 
     earmarking $1,000,000 from ``Economic Support Fund'', 
     ``Development Assistance'', and ``Assistance for Eastern 
     Europe and the Baltic States'' accounts to support conflict 
     resolution programs. However, the managers urge the State 
     Department and AID to support such programs where 
     appropriate. The managers especially commend Seeds of Peace, 
     a widely respected organization which promotes understanding 
     between Arab and Israeli teenagers, and Turkish and Greek 
     Cypriot teenagers, and direct the Agency for International 
     Development to provide up to $861,000 to Seeds of Peace in 
     fiscal year 2000.

                  Private and Voluntary Organizations

       The conference agreement includes language from the House 
     bill providing that funds appropriated for development 
     assistance should be available to private and voluntary 
     organizations at a level which is at least equivalent to the 
     level provided in fiscal year 1995. The Senate amendment 
     included similar language.

                   International Disaster Assistance

       The conference agreement appropriates $175,880,000 for 
     ``International Disaster Assistance'' instead of $200,880,000 
     as proposed by the House and $175,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate. The managers note that Congress provided $388,000,000 
     for this account in fiscal year 1999, including $188,000,000 
     in emergency supplemental funds, and that AID expects to 
     carry-over into fiscal year 2000 the unobligated fiscal year 
     1999 balances. Further, the managers note that Section 492(b) 
     of the Foreign Assistance Act provides the President with the 
     authority to obligate up to $50,000,000 from other assistance 
     accounts in order to provide disaster assistance, if 
     necessary.
       The conference agreement requires greater accountability on 
     disaster assistance funds utilized in support of AID's Office 
     of Transition Initiatives (OTI). OTI activities have been 
     effective in many countries, but the managers are 
     increasingly concerned that scarce emergency disaster aid may 
     be unavailable due to longer-term OTI commitments. Therefore, 
     the conference agreement requires that AID submit a report to 
     the Appropriations Committees not less than five days prior 
     to initiating on OTI program in a country in which OTI did 
     not operate in fiscal year 1999. The managers believe this 
     reporting requirement will help ensure that the 
     Appropriations Committees receive timely information 
     regarding the nature of OTI programs so they can better 
     evaluate these transition activities in the future.
       The managers note that OTI may utilize funds from other 
     development and economic accounts in addition to the Disaster 
     Assistance account and expect AID to report on the country 
     allocations of all funds under OTI management in the annual 
     report required under section 653 of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act beginning in fiscal year 2000.

         Micro and Small Enterprise Development Program Account

       The conference agreement continues existing law regarding 
     the level of guarantees provided in support of micro and 
     small enterprise activities. The Senate amendment proposed 
     making the guarantee level permanent law.

             Urban and Environmental Credit Program Account

       The conference agreement provides $1,500,000 in subsidy 
     budget authority for the Urban and Environmental Credit 
     program as proposed by the Senate amendment. The House bill 
     provided no subsidy budget authority. In addition, the 
     conference agreement appropriates $5,000,000 for 
     administrative expenses as proposed by the House, instead of 
     $4,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

              Development Credit authority Program Account

       The conference agreement provides up to $3,000,000 for the 
     cost of loans and loan guarantees for AID's Development 
     Credit Authority (DCA) from funds transferred from existing 
     development and economic accounts administered by AID. Up to 
     $500,000 of this amount may be transferred to and merged with 
     AID's ``Operating Expenses'' account. The managers urge that 
     programs in the Russian Far East be given priority. The House 
     bill did not provide authority for a development credit 
     program. The Senate amendment provided $7,500,000 for this 
     purpose.
       The managers recognize the serious effort made by the 
     Administration during the past two fiscal years to guarantee 
     the financial integrity of the DCA, including the 
     establishment of a credit review board to approve individual 
     DCA loan and loan guarantee projects. However, the managers 
     continue to be concerned about the larger development policy 
     implications of AID conducting new loan and guarantee 
     programs. Given the significant problems developing nations 
     have experienced in repaying existing U.S. loans and the 
     subsequent rescheduling and cancellation of these debts, the 
     managers urge caution in extending new loans and guarantees.

     Operating Expenses of the Agency for International Development

       The conference agreement appropriates $495,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate, instead of $479,950,000 as proposed 
     by the House. The conference agreement does not include 
     language proposed by the Senate to extend the availability of 
     these funds until September 30, 2001. Also, the conference 
     agreement does not provide $1,500,000 from Operating Expenses 
     for the purchase of land in northern India as proposed by the 
     Senate. The House bill contained no similar provision.
       The conference agreement prohibits the use of funds in this 
     account to finance the construction or long-term lease of 
     offices for use by AID unless the administrator of AID 
     reports in writing to the Appropriations Committees at least 
     15 days prior to the obligation of funds for such purposes. 
     This reporting requirement applies only when the total cost 
     of construction (including architect and engineering 
     services), purchase, or lease commitment, exceeds $1,000,000. 
     The House bill and the Senate amendment contained similar 
     provisions.

                  Other Bilateral Economic Assistance

                         Economic Support Fund

       The conference agreement appropriates $2,177,000,000 
     instead of $2,227,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $2,195,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. In addition, it 
     provides not less than $960,000,000 for Israel and not less 
     than $735,000,000 for Egypt as proposed by the Senate instead 
     of not to exceed $960,000,000 for Israel and not to exceed 
     $735,000,000 for Egypt as proposed by the House. The 
     conference agreement also includes language providing that 
     not less than $200,000,000 of the funds appropriated for 
     Egypt shall be used for Commodity Import Program assistance 
     as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not address 
     this matter.
       The conference agreement also includes language providing 
     that not less than $150,000,000 should be provided for Jordan 
     as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not address 
     this matter.

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       The conference agreement also includes Senate language 
     providing that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     not to exceed $11,000,000 may be used to support victims of 
     and programs related to the Holocaust. The House did not 
     address this matter.
       The conference agreement does not include language from the 
     Senate amendment, not in the House bill, that would have 
     prohibited funds appropriated under this heading from being 
     made available to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development 
     Organization.
       The conference agreement also includes language that, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, $1,000,000 shall 
     be made available to nongovernmental organizations located 
     outside of the People's Republic of China to support 
     activities which preserve cultural traditions and promote 
     sustainable development and environmental conservation in 
     Tibetan communities in that country. The managers are aware 
     of the important work of the Bridge Fund in this regard, and 
     strongly support funding for this organization.
       Senate language under this heading that authorized 
     $10,000,000 for activities for Iraqi opposition groups is 
     addressed under title V of the conference report.
       The managers direct that $5,000,000 in funding from this 
     account be used to support the activities authorized under 
     the Irish Peace Process Cultural and Training Program Act of 
     1998 (Public Law 105-319).
       The conference agreement does not include an additional 
     $50,000,000 for Jordan (above a base level of $150,000,000), 
     as requested by the President and provided in the House bill, 
     in connection with funding for implementation of the Wye 
     River accord. It is the intention of the managers that the 
     Appropriations Committees of the House and Senate will 
     address this matter when Congress takes action on all funds 
     requested for implementation of the Wye River accords. The 
     managers strongly support funding for Jordan, both in this 
     account and under ``Foreign Military Financing Program'', and 
     are committed to seeking to provide the full budget request 
     for Jordan at the appropriate time.

                     International Fund for Ireland

       The conference agreement appropriates $19,600,000 for the 
     International Fund for Ireland, as proposed by the House. The 
     Senate amendment did not address this matter.
       The conferees encourage the International Fund for Ireland 
     (IFI) to consider direct funding of locally-based 
     organizations dedicated to attracting investment to their 
     municipalities and regions. In doing so, the conferees 
     believe the IFI will further its goals of increasing domestic 
     and international interest in continued cooperation and 
     stability.

          Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States

       The conference agreement appropriates $535,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $393,000,000 as proposed by 
     the House.
       The conference agreement also includes language stating 
     that $150,000,000 should be provided for Kosova. The Senate 
     amendment had provided for six country earmarks which are not 
     included in the conference agreement. The House bill did not 
     address this matter.
       The conference agreement also includes language that 
     prohibits funds for Kosova until the Secretary of State 
     certifies that the resources pledged by the United States at 
     the upcoming Kosova donors conference and similar pledging 
     conferences shall not exceed 15 percent of the total 
     resources pledged by all donors. In addition, language has 
     been included stating that funds for Kosova shall not be made 
     available for large scale physical infrastructure 
     reconstruction.
       In addition, the conference report includes Senate language 
     that provides no more than $130,000,000 for Bosnia and 
     Herzegovina from the funds appropriated under this account 
     and under ``International Narcotics and Law Enforcement'' and 
     ``Economic Support Fund''. The House bill did not address 
     this matter.
       The conference agreement also includes House language 
     prohibiting funds from being used for new housing 
     construction or repair or reconstruction of existing housing 
     in Bosnia and Herzegovina unless directly related to the 
     efforts of United States troops to promote peace in said 
     country. The Senate amendment did not address this matter.
       The conference agreement also includes language from the 
     House bill that applies the provisions of section 532 
     (``Separate Accounts'') to all funds provided under this 
     heading, rather than just to funds made available for Bosnia 
     and Herzegovina as proposed by the Senate. In addition, it 
     includes language proposed by the House that authorizes the 
     President to withhold funds for economic reconstruction 
     programs in Bosnia and Herzegovina if he certifies that the 
     Bosnian Federation is not complying with requirements in the 
     Dayton Peace Accord to remove foreign forces, and has not 
     terminated intelligence cooperation with Iranian officials. 
     The Senate amendment did not address this matter.


                     romanian children and orphans

       The managers direct that up to $4,400,000 be provided for 
     emergency aid for the child victims of the present economic 
     crisis in Romania. The program should be administered 
     through, or in close coordination with, the Romanian 
     Department of Child Protection. It should focus on 
     supplemental food support and maintenance, support for in-
     home foster care, and supplemental support for special needs 
     residential care.

    Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union

       The conference agreement appropriates $735,000,000 instead 
     of $725,000,000 as proposed by the House and $780,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The word ``New'' is deleted from the 
     heading, as proposed by the House. The managers have included 
     a ceiling on management costs for nuclear safety activities 
     as proposed by the Senate and a limitation of 25 percent on 
     the percentage of funds that may be allocated for any single 
     country as proposed by the House.
       The managers also encourage the Coordinator and AID to move 
     as rapidly as possible to implement programs that focus on 
     the social transition in the region as it affects ordinary 
     citizens, to reward reform-oriented countries such as Moldova 
     and Kyrgystan, and to accelerate the focus on regional 
     efforts in reform-oriented secondary cities in Russia, 
     Ukraine, and Kazakhstan.


                              russia-iran

       The conference agreement continues the current restrictions 
     on assistance to the Government of the Russian Federation as 
     long as Russian enterprises and institutes continue to 
     collaborate with Iran to increase Iranian capability to 
     develop and deploy nuclear and ballistic missile technology. 
     The managers agree that assistance to combat infectious 
     diseases, child survival and non-proliferation activities, 
     support for regional and municipal governments, and 
     partnerships between United States hospitals, universities, 
     judicial training institutions and environmental 
     organizations and counterparts in Russia should not be 
     affected by this subsection.


                            russian far east

       The conference agreement includes new language providing 
     not less than $20,000,000 for the Russian Far East. This 
     matter was not addressed in the House bill or the Senate 
     amendment. Under the heading ``Development Credit Authority'' 
     in title II, the managers also directed that additional funds 
     be made available to stimulate ventures in the Russian Far 
     East led by American firms with expertise in primary 
     industries, including natural resource development, 
     telecommunications and basic infrastructure, finance, and 
     consumer goods.


                        southern caucasus region

       The managers support regional cooperation efforts among the 
     countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia, including 
     United States efforts through the Caucasus Cooperation Forum. 
     To further regional cooperation, the conference agreement 
     continues the current six exemptions from the statutory 
     restrictions on assistance to the Government of Azerbaijan. 
     The managers include a requirement that 15 percent of the 
     funds available for the Southern Caucasus region be used 
     for confidence-building measures and other activities 
     related to the resolution of regional conflicts instead of 
     17.5 percent as proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement includes a provision that not less 
     than 12.92 percent of the funds under this heading be made 
     available for Georgia and not less than 12.2 percent for 
     Armenia. Similar language was proposed by the Senate but not 
     included in the House bill. The managers are concerned that 
     little progress has been made to improve conditions in the 
     regions of Armenia affected by the 1988 earthquake. The 
     conferees direct the Coordinator and AID to allocate up to 
     $15,000,000 to support recovery and economic reconstruction 
     initiatives in the regions most severely affected. In 
     addition, at least $25,000,000 of the funds made available 
     for Georgia should be obligated for border security and law 
     enforcement training.
       The managers continue to support funding of the judicial 
     reform initiatives in Georgia, but are aware of concerns 
     regarding the legal rights of Loren Wille, an American 
     working for Catholic Relief Services who was recently 
     arrested in Georgia. The conferees urge the State Department 
     to use the influence of the United States to ensure fairness 
     and transparency in the treatment of Mr. Wille, and request a 
     report from the Department no later than December 1, 1999, on 
     the extent to which Mr. Wille's rights have been respected 
     during the Georgian judicial process.


                                ukraine

       The managers include bill language that $180,000,000 should 
     be made available for Ukraine instead of a mandatory 
     $210,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. In the event that 
     October, 1999, Presidential elections in Ukraine produce a 
     reform government, the managers would expect the Coordinator 
     and AID to allocate additional funds for Ukraine. The 
     managers recommend $25,000,000 for nuclear safety programs in 
     Ukraine and up to $10,000,000 for regional initiatives that 
     include industrial study tours, technology business 
     incubators, and community based telecommunications projects. 
     The conference agreement does not include any provision 
     withholding funds for Ukraine as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement does not include Senate language 
     regarding the destruction of stockpiles of landmines in 
     Ukraine. However, the managers strongly support the 
     elimination of some 10 million mines stockpiled in Ukraine 
     and Moldova that could otherwise be exported to areas of 
     conflict and cause egregious harm to innocent civilians. The 
     managers intend and expect that of the funds made available 
     in this Act for Ukraine and Modova, $5,000,000 will be 
     contributed to

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     a multinational effort to destroy these landmines and similar 
     munitions.


                       russian leadership program

       The conference agreement includes new language providing an 
     additional $10,000,000 to carry out the Russian Leadership 
     Program enacted on May 21, 1999. The statutory authority is 
     modified to extend the pilot program administered by the 
     Library of Congress for 1 year and to postpone transfer of 
     the program to the Executive branch by 1 year.


                            russian orphans

       The conferees strongly support AID's new strategy for 
     addressing the needs of Russian orphans and concur with the 
     House report language on this matter. The managers are 
     concerned about the immediate needs of orphans in some of the 
     most economically disadvantaged parts of the Russian 
     Federation, such as Magadan. The conferees encourage AID to 
     supplement its orphan strategy by identifying reform-minded 
     and committed orphanage and child welfare officials in those 
     regions and developing a program to improve the basic 
     conditions of orphans there.


                           medical assistance

       The conference agreement does not include a Senate earmark 
     for Carelift International. However, the managers are aware 
     that large amounts of used high-technology medical equipment 
     no longer needed by American hospitals can be put to good use 
     in the former Soviet Union and other regions unable to afford 
     high-technology medical equipment. Carelift International and 
     other organizations provide such equipment and provide 
     training on its proper use and maintenance. The conferees 
     expect AID to support such private initiatives in its social 
     transition strategy for the independent states and Central 
     Europe and direct that $3,000,000 be made available to 
     Carelift International upon receipt of a detailed proposal.


                                mongolia

       The conference agreement retains authority for funds 
     provided under this heading to be used in Mongolia. The 
     amount provided for Mongolia from this heading is $6,000,000. 
     The remainder of the amount requested is to be made available 
     from other accounts in title II of this Act.

                           Independent Agency

                              Peace Corps

       The Conference agreement appropriates $235,000,000 instead 
     of $240,000,000 as proposed by the House and $220,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.

                          Department of State

          International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement

       The Conference agreement appropriates $285,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House for International Narcotics Control and 
     Law Enforcement. The Senate amendment proposed $215,000,000.
       The conference agreement does not include the ceiling of 
     $20,000,000 on anti-crime activities within the account. 
     However, the agreement does require that all anti-crime 
     programs are subject to the regular notification procedures 
     of the Committees on Appropriations.
       The conference agreement contains House language allowing 
     the Department of State to utilize section 608 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act to receive excess property from other U.S. 
     federal agencies for use in a foreign country. The Senate 
     amendment did not address this matter.
       The conference agreement provides that not less than 
     $10,000,000 should be available for Law Enforcement Training 
     and Demand Reduction, which is similar to the Senate 
     amendment. The House did not address this matter. The 
     managers urge up to $4,000,000 of this amount be for demand 
     reduction programs.
       The conference agreement does not include a Senate 
     provision regarding the establishment and operation of the 
     International Law Enforcement Academy of the Western 
     Hemisphere at the deBremmond Training Center in Roswell, New 
     Mexico, deleting this language without prejudice. The House 
     included no similar bill language. The managers are aware of 
     recent State Department commitments to Congress regarding 
     this proposal. The managers expect the Department of State to 
     resolve this matter to the satisfaction of the Committees. 
     The managers direct the Department of State to provide the 
     Committees on Appropriations, not later than 45 days after 
     enactment of this Act, a report on the proposed training 
     program at the deBremmond Training Center during fiscal year 
     2000.
       The conference agreement does not contain a Senate 
     amendment providing not less than $10,000,000 for 
     mycoherbicide counter drug research and development. The 
     House did not address this matter. However, the managers 
     recognize that the development of plant pathogens which are 
     capable of destroying illicit drug crops, including opium 
     poppy, coca and marijuana, offer a potential weapon for 
     United States counter-narcotics efforts. The managers 
     understand that all current funding requirements have been 
     met for fiscal years 1999 and 2000. Consistent with the 
     position taken in the fiscal year 1999 Supplemental 
     appropriations conference report, the managers recommend that 
     the responsibility for this funding should be assumed by the 
     Office of the National Drug Control Policy to support any 
     additional future needs for counterdrug research and 
     development for the following: mycoherbicide product research 
     and development; narcotic crop eradication technologies; 
     narcotic plant identification and biotechnology; worldwide 
     narcotic crop identification; and alternative crop research 
     and development.
       The managers affirm House and Senate report language 
     regarding counter-narcotics programs and encourage the 
     Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics 
     Control and Law Enforcement to develop a comprehensive 
     proposal to upgrade helicopter lift capability for anti-drug 
     operations in Latin America.
       The managers are concerned about the deteriorating 
     conditions in Colombia. In 1998, 308,000 Colombians were 
     internally displaced and during the past decade 35,000 
     Colombians have been killed in the violence between 
     government forces, paramilitaries, and the FARC and ELN. The 
     managers commend President Pastrana for his efforts to end 
     this protracted conflict. The managers encourage the 
     Department of State and other Executive agencies to continue 
     their efforts to assist President Pastrana and the Colombian 
     government toward a peaceful resolution of this conflict.
       Given the instability in the region, the managers have been 
     concerned by the consistently low levels of support during 
     the past several years provided to the Government of Ecuador 
     in its efforts to stem the flow of drugs transiting through 
     Ecuador from both Colombia and Peru. Therefore, the managers 
     direct the State Department Bureau on International Narcotics 
     and Law Enforcement to provide a report, 60 days after the 
     date of enactment, on its revised plans to assist Ecuador in 
     improving its counter-narcotics efforts.
       Because of budgetary limitations, $21,000,000 of the amount 
     provided under this heading and $21,000,000 provided under 
     the heading ``Migration and Refugee Assistance'' is withheld 
     from obligation until September 30, 2000. Both programs were 
     augmented by sizable supplemental appropriations during 
     fiscal year 1999.

                    Migration and Refugee Assistance

       The conference agreement appropriates $625,000,000, instead 
     of $640,000,000 as proposed by the House bill and 
     $610,000,000 as proposed in the Senate amendment. The 
     conference agreement makes available $13,800,000, as proposed 
     in the House bill, for administrative expenses. The Senate 
     amendment proposed $13,500,000. The managers note that more 
     than $160,000,000 remains in this account from previous 
     appropriations acts.
       The conference agreement also includes Senate language, not 
     included in the House bill, that provides not less than 
     $60,000,000 for refugees from the former Soviet Union and 
     Eastern Europe and other refugees resettling in Israel.

     United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund

       The conference agreement appropriates $12,500,000 instead 
     of $30,000,000 as proposed by the House and $20,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate. The managers note that more than 
     $70,000,000 remains available in this account.

    Nonproliferation, Anti-Terrorism, Demining and Related Programs

       The conference agreement appropriates $181,600,000 instead 
     of $181,630,000 as proposed by the House and $175,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement also includes language proposed by 
     the House, that was not in the Senate amendment, that 
     authorizes a United States contribution to the Comprehensive 
     Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory Commission, and requires 
     that the Secretary of State must inform the Committees on 
     Appropriations at least 20 days prior to the obligation of 
     funds for such Commission.
       The conference agreement includes language proposed by the 
     Senate, that was not in the House bill, that provides that 
     $35,000,000 should be used for demining, clearance of 
     unexploded ordnance and related activities, and that not to 
     exceed $500,000 may be used for related administrative 
     expenses.
       The conference agreement does not include language from the 
     Senate amendment that limited funding for the contribution to 
     the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to $40,000,000.
       Funding limitations affecting the Korean Peninsula Economic 
     Development Organization (KEDO) are addressed under title V 
     of this statement and accompanying conference report.
       The managers intend that funds appropriated under this 
     heading be allocated as follows:

                        [In thousands of dollars]
------------------------------------------------------------------------
                Program                   House      Senate   Conference
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund.     15,000     15,000      15,000
Export control asst...................      5,000      5,000      10,170
IAEA contribution.....................     43,000     40,000      43,000
CTBT Preparatory Commission...........     20,000     20,000      20,000
    Prepaid in fy 1999................     -4,370  .........      -4,370
KEDO..................................     35,000     40,000      35,000
Anti-terrorism asst...................     33,000     20,000      27,800
Demining..............................     35,000     35,000      35,000
                                       ---------------------------------
      New budget authority............    181,630    175,000     181,600
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                       Department of the Treasury


               international affairs technical assistance

       Both the House and the Senate provided $1,500,000 for the 
     international affairs technical assistance program of the 
     Department

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     of the Treasury. The managers encourage the Administration to 
     meet the requested level for this program by transferring 
     funds to the Department of the Treasury from other funds 
     appropriated in title II of this Act.


                           debt restructuring

       The conference agreement appropriates $33,000,000 for debt 
     restructuring as proposed by the House instead of $43,000,000 
     as proposed by the Senate. The managers include funding for 
     bilateral debt restructuring and implementation of title V of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act only.

                     TITLE III--MILITARY ASSISTANCE

             International Military Education and Training

       The conference agreement appropriates $50,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate instead of $45,000,000 as proposed by 
     the House. It also provides that up to $1,000,000 may remain 
     available until expended as proposed by the House; the Senate 
     amendment did not address this matter.
       The conference agreement also includes language proposed by 
     the House that limits Guatemala and Indonesia to Expanded 
     IMET only, and provides for regular notification procedures 
     for funds allocated for Guatemala as proposed by the House. 
     The Senate amendment would have limited Guatemala to Expanded 
     IMET only, but did not address funding for Indonesia and did 
     not require notification for Guatemala.
       The conference agreement also includes language from the 
     House bill providing that funding for the School of the 
     Americas is contingent upon a certification by the Secretary 
     of Defense that the instruction provided by the School is 
     fully consistent with training provided by the Department of 
     Defense to United States military training students at U.S. 
     military institutions. It also includes House language 
     requiring a report by the Secretary of Defense on training 
     activities at the School of the Americas during 1997 and 
     1998.
       The Senate amendment did not address these matters.

                   Foreign Military Financing Program

       The conference agreement appropriates $3,420,000,000 
     instead of $3,470,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
     $3,410,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. In addition, it 
     includes language proposed by the Senate that provides not 
     less than $1,920,000,000 for grants for Israel and not less 
     than $1,300,000,000 for grants for Egypt instead of not to 
     exceed $1,920,000,000 for Israel and not to exceed 
     $1,300,000,000 for Egypt as proposed by the House.
       The conference agreement also includes language similar to 
     that proposed by the Senate providing that not less than 26.3 
     percent of the funds made available for Israel shall be 
     available for procurement in Israel. The House bill included 
     language stating that not to exceed $505,000,000 should be 
     made available for such procurement.
       The conference agreement also includes House language 
     providing that no Partnership for Peace funds may be made 
     available to a non-NATO country except through the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. 
     The Senate amendment did not address this matter.
       The conference agreement does not include language proposed 
     by the Senate that would have allowed direct loans to be 
     converted to grants, and grants to direct loans. The House 
     bill did not address this matter.
       The conference agreement provides not less than $3,000,000 
     in grant assistance for Tunisia and directs the drawdown of 
     not less than $4,000,000 in defense articles, defense 
     services, and military education and training. The Senate 
     amendment would have directed $10,000,000 for Tunisia. The 
     House bill did not address this matter.
       The conference agreement also includes language providing 
     up to $1,000,000 for Ecuador, subject to the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
       The conference agreement provides a ceiling of 430,495,000 
     for administrative expenses as proposed by the House instead 
     of $30,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
       The conference agreement also includes language directing 
     that, not later than forty-five days after enactment, the 
     Secretary of Defense shall report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations regarding an appropriate host institution to 
     support and advance the efforts of the Defense Institute for 
     International and Legal Studies in both legal and political 
     education. The Senate amendment would have provided not less 
     than $1,000,000 for the Defense Institute of International 
     Studies for various activities under ``International 
     Military Education and Training''. The House bill did not 
     address this matter.
       The conference agreement does not include an earmark of 
     $5,000,000 for the Philippines. However, the managers are 
     strongly supportive of efforts to increase defense 
     cooperation with that nation and are aware the Administration 
     is proposing to provide $1,000,000 in grant funds for the 
     Philippines in fiscal year 1999.

                        Peacekeeping Operations

       The conference agreement appropriates $78,000,000 instead 
     of $76,500,000 as proposed by the House and $80,000,000 as 
     proposed by the Senate.

               TITLE IV--MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

                  International Financial Institutions


                   global environment facility (gef)

       The conference agreement appropriates $35,800,000 for the 
     Global Environment Facility instead of $50,000,000 as 
     proposed by the House and $25,000,000 as proposed by the 
     Senate.


       contribution to the International Development Association

       The conference agreement appropriates $625,000,000 instead 
     of $776,600,000 as proposed by the Senate and $568,600,000 as 
     proposed by the House.


      contribution to the multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

       The conference agreement appropriates $4,000,000 for paid-
     in capital issued by the Multilateral Investment Guarantee 
     Agency instead of $10,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
     House bill did not include any appropriation for this 
     purpose. Approval for subscription to the appropriate amount 
     of callable capital is also included in the conference 
     agreement.


               contribution to the asian development fund

       The conference agreement appropriates $77,000,000 for the 
     Asian Development Fund instead of $50,000,000 as proposed by 
     the Senate and $100,000,000 as proposed by the House. The 
     entire amount is for contributions previously due.


              contribution to the african development fund

       The conference agreement appropriates $77,000,000 for the 
     African Development Fund instead of $108,000,000 as proposed 
     by the House. The Senate amendment did not include any 
     appropriation for this purpose.


              contribution to the African Development Bank

       The conference agreement appropriates $1,000,000 for paid-
     in capital issued by the African Development Bank instead of 
     $5,100,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not 
     include an appropriation for this purpose. Approval for 
     subscription to the appropriate amount of callable capital is 
     also included in the conference agreement.


                international Organizations and Programs

       The conference agreement provides $170,000,000 as proposed 
     by the Senate amendment. The House bill appropriated 
     $167,000,000.
       The conference agreement does not contain a provision in 
     the House bill regarding the Climate Stabilization Fund. The 
     Senate amendment did not address this matter.
       The conference agreement continues current law indicating 
     that $5,000,000 should be made available for the World Food 
     Program, which is similar to the Senate amendment. The House 
     bill did not address this matter.
       The managers note that the President's budget request for 
     fiscal year 2000 proposed a reduction in funding for the 
     United Nations Development Program. However, the managers are 
     encouraged by the initiatives being undertaken by the new 
     administrator of UNDP, and urge the Administration to 
     strongly support these efforts and to encourage other donors 
     to do the same.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

       (Note.--If House and Senate language is identical except 
     for a different section number or minor technical 
     differences, the section is not discussed in the Statement of 
     Managers.)
     Sec. 502. Prohibition of bilateral funding for international 
         institutions
       The conference agreement modifies existing law to prohibit 
     funds from title II of this Act to be transferred by AID 
     directly to an international financial institution for the 
     purpose of repaying a foreign country's loan obligations, as 
     proposed by the House. The Senate amendment made no change to 
     existing law.
     Sec. 509. Transfers between accounts
       The conference agreement deletes the requirement for the 
     President to notify the Appropriations Committees, through 
     their regular notification procedures, when exercising the 
     transfer authority provided under the section.
     Sec. 512. Limitation on assistance to countries in default.
       The conference agreement ends the exemption for Nicaragua, 
     Brazil, and Liberia from requirements under section 620(q) of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act and under this section regarding 
     default on loans made by the U.S. This language is the same 
     as the Senate amendment. The House bill retained the 
     exemption for these countries.
     Sec. 514. Surplus commodities
       The conference agreement deletes subsection (b) of the 
     House general provision, as proposed by the Senate. This 
     subsection would have required the Secretary of the Treasury 
     to direct the U.S. executive directors of the international 
     financial institutions to support the purchase of American 
     produced agricultural commodities.
     Sec. 515. Notification requirements
       The conference agreement deletes ``International Affairs 
     Technical Assistance'' from the notification requirements 
     under this section as proposed by the House.
     Sec. 520. Special notification requirements
       The conference agreement adds ``Panama'' as proposed by the 
     House bill to the list of countries subject to the special 
     notification procedures of this section. The conference 
     agreement does not include ``India'' as proposed in the 
     Senate amendment.

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     Sec. 522. Child survival and disease prevention activities
       The conference agreement modifies existing law to clarify 
     the intent of this section that allows AID to use $10,000,000 
     appropriated under the ``Child Survival and Disease Programs 
     Fund'' for technical experts from other government agencies, 
     universities, and other institutions. Since Congress 
     established a separate Child Survival and Disease Programs 
     account in 1996, the previous language has been obsolete. The 
     conference agreement is similar to the House provision, but 
     includes new language regarding the sue of up to $1,500,000 
     from the ``Development Assistance'' account for technical 
     experts.
     Sec. 526. Democracy in China
       The conference agreement contains language from the House 
     bill that authorizes the use of funds from ``Economic Support 
     Fund'' for the support of nongovernmental organizations 
     located outside of China for the support of democracy 
     activities, and requires notification on the use of this 
     authority. The Senate amendment did not address this matter.
       The conference agreement includes language that provides, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law that restricts 
     assistance to foreign countries, $1,000,000 from the Economic 
     Support Fund shall be made available to the Robert F. Kennedy 
     Memorial Center for Human Rights for a project to disseminate 
     information and support research about the People's Republic 
     of China.
     Sec. 537. Funding prohibition for Serbia
       The conference agreement includes House language that 
     prohibits assistance for Serbia, except for aid to Kosovo or 
     Montenegro or to promote democracy. The Senate amendment did 
     not address this matter.
     Sec. 538. Special authorities
       The conference agreement includes language proposed by the 
     House that allows for funding from appropriations under title 
     I for certain specified countries and activities, and for 
     Montenegro, notwithstanding any other provision of law. The 
     Senate amendment did not include these exemptions. It also 
     includes language not in the House bill but in the Senate 
     amendment that conditions assistance for Cambodia to the 
     provisions of section 531(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 and section 906 of the International Security and 
     Development Cooperation Act of 1985.
       The conference agreement also includes House language that 
     authorizes the President to waive for six months a provision 
     of Public Law 100-204, if he determines and certifies that 
     doing so is important to the national security interests of 
     the United States. The Senate amendment did not address this 
     matter.
     Sec. 539. Policy on terminating the Arab League boycott of 
         Israel
       The conference agreement contains House language on this 
     matter. The Senate amendment did not include subsections (2) 
     and (3) of the House general provision, dealing with the 
     decision by the Arab League to reinstate the boycott in 1997, 
     and calling on the League to immediately rescind its 
     decision; and deleted language from subsection (4)(C) 
     regarding a report on the specific steps that should be taken 
     by the President to ``expand the process of normalizing ties 
     between Arab League countries and Israel''.
     Sec. 540. Anti-narcotics activities
       The conference agreement contains House bill language 
     waiving certain provisions of section 534 of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act to allow for administration of justice 
     programs in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Senate 
     amendment contained a similar provision.
     Sec. 541. Eligibility for assistance
       The conference agreement includes language regarding 
     eligibility of assistance provided under this Act, as 
     proposed by the House bill. The conference agreement does not 
     include a modification, as proposed in the Senate amendment, 
     regarding the prohibition on assistance to countries that 
     violate internationally recognized human rights.
     Sec. 544. Prohibition on publicity or propaganda
       The conference agreement maintains current law limiting to 
     $750,000 the amount that may be made available to carry out 
     the provision of section 316 of Public Law 96-533 relating to 
     hunger and development education as proposed by the Senate 
     amendment. The House bill provided no funding limitation.
     Sec. 545. Purchase of American-made equipment and products
       The conference agreement includes language proposed in the 
     Senate amendment directing the Secretary of the Treasury to 
     report annually to Congress on compliance with this 
     provision.
     Sec. 546. Prohibition of payments to United Nations members
       The conference agreement modifies current law to prohibit 
     the use of certain funds to pay the cost for attendance for 
     another country's delegation at international conferences 
     held under the auspices of multilateral or international 
     organizations. This is similar to the House bill. The Senate 
     amendment included a similar provision.
     Sec. 549. Prohibition on assistance to foreign governments 
         that export lethal military equipment to countries 
         supporting international terrorism
       The conference agreement includes the Senate version of 
     this general provision, which is the same as House language 
     except that under subsection (a) the reference to ``any other 
     comparable provision of law'' is deleted and under 
     subsection (c) the word ``estimated'' is deleted.
     Sec. 552. War crimes tribunals drawdown
       The conference agreement includes Senate language that 
     authorizes a Presidential drawdown of up to $30,000,000 of 
     commodities and services for the United Nations War Crimes 
     Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia or similar tribunals or 
     commissions. It also specifies that such drawdowns are 
     subject to the notification process and that drawdowns made 
     under this section shall not be construed as an endorsement 
     or precedent for the establishment of any standing or 
     permanent international criminal tribunal or court. The House 
     bill included similar language, but would not have exempted 
     the tribunals for Yugoslavia and Rwanda from the notification 
     requirements of the provision as in the Senate amendment.
     Sec. 553. Landmines
       The conference agreement includes language that amends 
     section 1365(c) of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 1993 (Public Law 102-484) by extending until 
     October 23, 2003, the ban on the export of landmines.
     Sec. 556. Competitive pricing for sales of defense articles
       The conference agreement includes language from the Senate 
     amendment that provides that direct costs associated with 
     meeting a foreign customer's additional or unique 
     requirements will continue to be allowable under the Arms 
     Export Control Act. The House bill did not address this 
     matter.
     Sec. 559. Limitation on assistance for Haiti
       The conference agreement includes language similar to that 
     proposed by both Houses. It sunsets the required reports 
     after two years as proposed by the House and includes a 
     provision limiting the percentage of funds that can be 
     allocated to any single Latin American or Caribbean country. 
     The latter limitation is a separate general provision in 
     current law and in the House bill. The limitation was not 
     included in the Senate amendment.
     Sec. 563. Limitation on assistance to the Palestinian 
         Authority
       The conference agreement includes House language that 
     prohibits funds for the Palestinian Authority unless the 
     President certifies that waiving such prohibition is 
     important to the national security interests of the United 
     States. Such waiver shall apply no more than six months and 
     shall not apply beyond 12 months after enactment. The Senate 
     amendment did not address this matter.
     Sec. 565. Limitations on transfer of military equipment to 
         East Timor
       The conference agreement includes language from the Senate 
     amendment that requires that in any agreement for military 
     assistance or sales a statement shall be included that the 
     items will not be used in East Timor. The House language 
     included a proviso that stated nothing in this section shall 
     be construed to limit Indonesia's inherent right to self-
     defense as recognized under the UN charter and in 
     international law, and that military sales, assistance, or 
     lease agreements include the statement that the United States 
     ``expects'' that the military assistance will not be used in 
     East Timor.
       The conferees direct the Secretary of State, in 
     consultation with the Secretary of Defense and other 
     appropriate agencies, to submit a report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations not later than February 1, 2000, identifying 
     all Indonesian commanding officers and units deployed in East 
     Timor during 1999, and providing any available information 
     linking those officers and units to the violence prior to and 
     after the August 30, 1999 referendum in East Timor. Such 
     report may be provided in classified form, if appropriate.
     Sec. 566. Restrictions on assistance to countries providing 
         sanctuary to indicted war criminals
       The conference agreement includes language similar to that 
     of the House bill. It substitutes the word ``municipality'' 
     for ``canton'', includes a special rule that allows for 
     assistance to an entity that would otherwise be sanctioned 
     under the terms of this section, and imposes certain 
     recordkeeping requirements on the Secretary of State. The 
     Senate amendment would have made a number of technical and 
     substantive changes to the House bill, including: 
     establishment of a policy for support of the International 
     Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia; establishment of 
     a special rule exempting certain specified entities and 
     communities from sanctions under certain provisions of this 
     section; a requirement for public information regarding 
     certain assistance provided to the countries in the former 
     Yugoslavia; and a provision for certain exemptions by types 
     of assistance. The conference agreement defines 
     ``Montenegro'' and ``Kosova'' separately for purposes of 
     applying this provision of law.
     Sec. 568. Greenhouse gas emissions
       The conference agreement includes a modification of current 
     laws as proposed by the House, primarily to obtain more 
     detailed information from AID in an annual report submitted 
     by the President.

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     Sec. 569. Excess defense articles for certain European 
         countries
       The conference agreement includes language from the Senate 
     amendment that extends a provision of permanent law that 
     expired in 1997 through 2000. The law authorizes the 
     provision of excess defense articles to certain European 
     countries. The House bill did not address this matter.
     Sec. 570. Aid to the Government of the Democratic Republic of 
         Congo
       The conference agreement prohibits any assistance to the 
     central Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo as 
     proposed in the Senate amendment. The House bill included a 
     similar provision.
     Sec. 571. Assistance for the Middle East
       The conference agreement contains language similar to the 
     House bill that imposes a spending ceiling of $5,321,150,000 
     on specified assistance for the Middle East. The Senate 
     amendment did not address this matter.
     Sec. 572. Enterprise fund restrictions
       The conference agreement includes language in the House 
     bill that was not in the Senate amendment that requires that, 
     prior to the distribution of any assets resulting from any 
     liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of an Enterprise 
     Fund, in whole or in part, the President shall submit a plan 
     for the distribution of the assets of the Enterprise Fund to 
     the Committees on Appropriations in accordance with regular 
     notification procedures.
     Sec. 573. Cambodia
       The conference agreement includes language that prohibits 
     funds for the central Government of Cambodia and states that 
     the Secretary of Treasury should instruct the Executive 
     Directors of international financial institutions to use the 
     voice and vote of the United States to oppose loans to that 
     government. The House bill contained similar language, but 
     would have imposed the funding prohibition on all government 
     assistance. The Senate amendment would have required the 
     Secretary of the Treasury to instruct U.S. executive 
     directors of international financial institutions to use the 
     voice and vote of the U.S. to oppose loans to the Government 
     of Cambodia, except to support basic human needs, unless: (1) 
     Cambodia has held free and fair elections; (2) all political 
     candidates were permitted freedom of speech, assembly, and 
     equal access to the media; (3) the Central Election 
     Commission was comprised on representatives from all parties, 
     and (4) the Government had begun the prosecution of Khmer 
     Rouge leaders to include six named individuals. The Senate 
     also addressed this matter under title II.
       It is the intention of the managers that if the 
     Administration proposes to provide assistance to of through 
     provincial or municipal governments in Cambodia it will first 
     consult with the appropriate committees of the Congress prior 
     to the obligation of funds.
     Sec. 574. Customs assistance
       The conference agreement amends the Foreign Assistance Act 
     of 1961 regarding the prohibition on the use of certain 
     bilateral assistance for police training by allowing 
     assistance to foreign customs authorities and personnel, 
     including training, technical assistance, and equipment fro 
     customs law enforcement. The conference agreement is 
     identical to the Senate amendment. The House bill did not 
     address this matter.
       The managers expect this authority to be exercised to 
     support U.S. private sector trade and investment 
     opportunities.
     Sec. 575. Foreign military training report
       The conference agreement includes language similar to that 
     in the House bill requiring a joint report by the Secretary 
     of State and the Secretary of Defense on all overseas 
     military training (excluding military sales) provided to non-
     NATO foreign military personnel under programs administered 
     by the Departments of Defense and State during 1999 and 2000, 
     including those proposed for 2000. The language specifies the 
     scope of the report, and allows for a classified annex, if 
     deemed necessary and appropriate. The report shall be due no 
     later than March 1, 2000. The Senate amendment included 
     similar language, but did not provide for an exemption for 
     NATO countries.
     Sec. 576. Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization 
         (KEDO)
       The conference agreement includes language similar to that 
     in the House bill that up to $15,000,000 may be made 
     available for KEDO prior to June 1, 2000, if, 30 days prior 
     to such obligation of funds, the President certifies and so 
     reports to Congress that (1) the parties to the Agreed 
     Framework have taken and continue to take demonstrable steps 
     to implement the Joint Declaration on Denuclearization of 
     Korea; (2) the parties have taken and continue to take 
     demonstrable steps to pursue the North-South dialogue; (3) 
     North Korea is complying with all provisions of the Agreed 
     Framework; (4) North Korea has not diverted assistance for 
     purposes for which it was not intended; and (5) North Korea 
     is not seeking to develop or acquire the capability to enrich 
     uranium, or any additional capability to reprocess spent 
     nuclear fuel. In addition, up to $20,000,000 may be made 
     available for KEDO on or after June 1, 2000, if, 30 days 
     prior to the obligation of such funds, the President 
     certifies and so reports to Congress that (1) the effort to 
     can and safely store all spent fuel from North Korea's 
     nuclear reactors has been successfully concluded; (2) North 
     Korea is complying with its obligations regarding access to 
     suspect underground construction; (3) North Korea has 
     terminated its nuclear weapons program, including all efforts 
     to acquire, develop, test, produce, or deploy such weapons, 
     and (4) the United States has made and continues to make 
     significant progress on eliminating the North Korean 
     ballistic missile threat, including further missile tests and 
     its ballistic missile exports. The language allows for the 
     President to waive the certification requirements of this 
     section if he determines that it is vital to the national 
     security interests of the United States, 30 days after a 
     written submission to the appropriate congressional 
     committees. It also requires a report from the Secretary of 
     State on the fiscal year 2001 budget request for KEDO, with 
     certain specified information to be included in such report.
       The House bill contained identical language, except it did 
     not allow for the use of certain authorities of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act to provide for a reprogramming of funds above 
     the level of $35,000,000 specified for KEDO.
       The Senate amendment contained language similar to the 
     House bill. In addition, it required a report from the 
     Director of Central Intelligence on all relevant intelligence 
     bearing on North Korea's compliance with the above 
     provisions; specified the timing of the report; and specified 
     the types of intelligence covered by the report.
     Sec. 577. Africa Development Foundation
       The conference agreement provides that funds to grantees of 
     the Foundation may be invested pending expenditure and that 
     interest earned must be used for the same purpose for which 
     the grant was made. Further, this section allows the 
     Foundation's board of directors, in exceptional 
     circumstances, to waive the existing $250,000 project 
     limitation, subject to reporting to the Committees on 
     Appropriations. This section is identical to the House bill. 
     The Senate amendment included these same authorities within 
     its ``Development Assistance'' account.
     Sec. 578. Prohibition on assistance to the Palestinian 
         Broadcasting Corporation
       The conference agreement includes House language not in the 
     Senate amendment that provides that none of the funds made 
     available by this Act may be used to provide equipment, 
     technical support, consulting services, or any other form of 
     assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation.
     Sec. 579. Voluntary separation incentives for employees of 
         the U.S. Agency for International Development
       The conference agreement provides for the payment of 
     voluntary separation incentives to AID employees for the 
     purpose of eliminating positions and functions at AID. The 
     conference agreement is similar to the Senate amendment. The 
     House bill did not address this matter.
       The managers have included in this section a requirement 
     that the AID administrator submit to the Committees on 
     Appropriations, in addition to the Office of Management and 
     Budget, a strategic plan outlining the intended use of 
     incentive payments and a proposed organizational chart for 
     AID once such incentives payments have been completed. The 
     managers direct that AID consult regularly with the Committee 
     on Appropriations on the strategic plan prior to implementing 
     the separation program authorized by this section. Consistent 
     with the Administration's request, the managers expect this 
     authority to be used by AID to reduce its employment levels 
     in Washington, D.C.
     Sec. 580. Iraq opposition
       The conference report includes language similar to that in 
     the House bill and the Senate amendment that, notwithstanding 
     any other provision of law, $10,000,000 shall be made 
     available to support efforts to bring bout political 
     transition in Iraq, of which not less than $8,000,000 shall 
     be made available only to Iraqi opposition groups designated 
     under the Iraq Liberation Act (Public Law 105-338), for 
     political, economic, humanitarian, and other activities of 
     such groups. It also provides that not more than $2,000,000 
     of such funds may be made available for groups and activities 
     seeking the prosecution of Saddan Hussein and other Iraqi 
     government officials for war crimes.
       The conference agreement does not contain Senate language 
     providing $250,000 for the Iraq Foundation. However, the 
     conferees believe that the Foundation should receive funding 
     made available by this Act for activities associated with 
     pursuing war crimes.
     Sec. 581. Agency for International Development budget 
         submission
       The conference agreement instructs the Agency for 
     International Development to submit its 2001 budget in a 
     format more useful to the Committees as proposed by the 
     House. The Senate did not address this matter.
     Sec. 582 American churchwomen in El Salvador
       The conference agreement includes language regarding the 
     murder of four American churchwomen in El Salvador. The 
     conference agreement requires a report from the Attorney 
     General to the Committees on Appropriations and requires the 
     President to order all Federal agencies and departments that 
     possess relevant information to make every effort to 
     declassify and release that information to the victims' 
     families. The House bill and Senate amendment included 
     similar provisions.
     Sec. 583. Kyoto Protocol
       The conference agreement includes language regarding the 
     Kyoto Protocol to the

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     Framework Agreement on Global Climate Change as proposed by 
     the House. The Senate amendment did not address this matter.
     Sec. 584. Additional requirements relating to stockpiling of 
         defense articles for foreign countries
       The conference agreement includes language from the Senate 
     amendment not in the House bill that amends the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 to provide authority to increase the 
     war reserve stockpiles in Korea and Thailand by $60,000,000 
     for fiscal year 2000.
     Sec. 585. Russian leadership program
       The conference agreement includes new language amending the 
     statutory authority for the Russian Leadership Exchange 
     Program.
     Sec. 586. Abolition of the Inter--American Foundation
       The conference agreement provides authority from the 
     President to abolish the Inter-American Foundation and 
     terminate is functions. The House bill and Senate amendment 
     did not address this matter.
     Sec. 587. West Bank and Gaza program
       The conference agreement includes language that provides 
     that, 30 days prior to the initial obligation of funds for 
     the bilateral West Bank and Gaza Program, the Secretary of 
     State shall certify to the appropriate committees of Congress 
     that procedures have been established to assure the 
     Comptroller General at the United States will have access to 
     appropriate United States financial information in order to 
     review the uses of United States assistance for the programs 
     funded under ``Economic Support Fund'' for the West Bank and 
     Gaza Program.
       The Senate amendment included language that specified 
     requirements for auditing assistance that may be provided to 
     the Palestinian Authority. The House bill did not address 
     this matter.
     Sec. 588. Human rights assistance
       The conference agreement includes language providing 
     recommendations on the use of funds available from the 
     ``International Narcotics Control'' account. The language 
     states that not less than $500,000 should be provided to the 
     Colombia Attorney General's Human Rights Unit; not less than 
     $500,000 should be made available to support Colombian 
     nongovernmental organizations involved in human rights 
     monitoring, particularly to assist in protecting the physical 
     safety of their personnel; and not less than $250,000 should 
     be made available to the United Nations High Commissioner for 
     Human Rights for human rights assistance for the Colombian 
     government. Further, not less than $1,000,000 should be 
     provided for assistance to enhance U.S. embassy monitoring of 
     assistance to Colombian security forces and in responding to 
     reports of human rights violations. The conference agreement 
     also includes language that not less than $5,000,000 should 
     be made available for administration of justice programs, 
     including support for the Colombia Attorney General's 
     Technical Investigations Unit. The managers direct the 
     Department of State's Bureau for International Narcotics and 
     Law Enforcement Affairs to report to the Committees on 
     Appropriations not later than January 15, 2000, regarding its 
     plans to meet the requirements of this section.
     Sec. 589. East Timor self-determination
       The conference agreement includes new language on East 
     Timor self-determination instead of language in the Senate 
     amendment. The House did not address this matter. The 
     conference substitute limits certain security-related 
     assistance to Indonesia until the President certifies that 
     seven conditions relating to East Timor have been met. All 
     other assistance in the Act that the Administration may make 
     available for Indonesia is subject to the regular 
     notification procedures of the Committee.
     Sec. 590. Man and the Biosphere Program
       The conference agreement prohibits funds for the United 
     Nations Man and the Biosphere Program and the World Heritage 
     Fund for programs in the United States. This is similar to 
     the House bill. The Senate did not address this matter.
     Sec. 591. Immunity for the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
       The conference agreement includes language that provides 
     that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia shall be deemed to be 
     a state sponsor of terrorism for the purposes of 28 U.S.C. 
     1605(a)(7). The section shall not apply to Montenegro or 
     Kosova, and shall become null and void when the President 
     certifies in writing to the Congress that the Federal 
     Republic of Yugoslavia (other than Montenegro and Kosova) has 
     completed a democratic reform process that results in 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. However, the language 
     provides that the certification shall not affect the 
     continuation of ongoing litigation.
       The Senate amendment would have applied all sanctions 
     applicable to a terrorist state to the Federal Republic of 
     Yugoslavia. The House bill did not address this matter.
     Sec. 592. United States assistance policy for opposition-
         controlled areas of Sudan
       The conference agreement provides the President the 
     authority to provide food assistance to groups engaged in the 
     protection of civilian populations in opposition-controlled 
     areas of Sudan. In support of this effort, the managers urge 
     AID to provide up to $500,000 for the People-to-People peace 
     and reconciliation process designed to unite ethnic groups 
     and communities in southern Sudan. Further, the conference 
     agreement requires the President to submit to the Committees 
     on Appropriations a report on United States bilateral 
     assistance to opposition-controlled areas of Sudan. The 
     managers expect this report to be provided in both classified 
     and unclassified forms, if necessary. The report is to 
     include an accounting of U.S. assistance to opposition-
     controlled areas of Sudan in certain fiscal years and the 
     goals and objectives of such assistance. Further, the 
     President is to report on the policy implications, costs, and 
     sources of funds associated with providing humanitarian 
     assistance, including food, directly to National Democratic 
     Alliance participants and the U.S. agencies best suited to 
     administer these activities. Also, the President is to report 
     on the policy implications of increasing substantially the 
     amount of development assistance for certain activities in 
     opposition-controlled areas of Sudan, the identification (by 
     organization) of all proposed beneficiaries of 
     such assistance, and the obstacles to administering a 
     development assistance program in this region.
       The Senate amendment included three provisions relating to 
     U.S. assistance programs in opposition-controlled areas of 
     Sudan. The House bill did not address this matter.
     Sec. 593. Consultations on arms sales to Taiwan
       The conference agreement includes Senate language that 
     directs the Secretary of State to consult with the Congress 
     regarding a mechanism to provide for congressional input into 
     the nature or quantity of defense articles and services for 
     Taiwan. The House bill did not address this matter.
     Sec. 594. Authorizations
       the conference agreement authorizes appropriations for 
     various international financial institutions, as proposed in 
     the Senate amendment. The House did not address this matter.
     Sec. 595. Working capital fund
       The conference agreement provides AID limited authority to 
     create a working capital fund, without fiscal year 
     limitation, for expenses of the International Cooperative 
     Administrative Support Services (ICASS) and for rebates from 
     the use of U.S. government credit cards. The managers view 
     this fund as a pilot project, the long-term viability of 
     which will be evaluated during fiscal year 2000. Further, the 
     managers expect this activity to be undertaken primarily by 
     those AID missions in which AID has already determined that 
     it is best suited to serve as the ICASS provider. The 
     managers understand that creation of this Fund will allow AID 
     to receive an estimated $250,000 in credit card rebates in 
     fiscal year 2000, which are expected to be credited to its 
     ``Operating Expenses'' account.
       The managers expect AID to consult regularly with the 
     Appropriations Committees about the status of the working 
     capital fund and its effectiveness.
     Sec. 596. Silk Road Strategy Act of 1999
       The conference agreement is the same as the Senate 
     amendment regarding policy toward Central Asia, with the 
     addition of language relating to trade disputes.
     Sec. 597. Country reports on human rights practices
       The conference agreement includes language, similar to the 
     Senate amendment, which amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 
     1961 to require that the annual State Department ``Country 
     Reports on Human Rights Practices'' include a new section 
     regarding the trafficking in persons, especially women and 
     children. The House did not address this matter.
     Sec. 598. OPIC maritime fund
       The conference agreement expresses the sense of the 
     Congress that the Overseas Private Investment Corporation 
     shall within one year from the date of enactment of this Act 
     select a fund manager for the purpose of creating a maritime 
     fund with total capitalization of up to $200,000,000. This 
     fund shall leverage United States commercial maritime 
     expertise to support international maritime projects.
     Sec. 599. Sanctions against Serbia
       The conference report includes language similar to that in 
     the Senate amendment that requires that a number of specified 
     sanctions against Serbia remain in place until a 
     certification is issued by the President. The certification 
     requires that Serbia comply with a number of international 
     agreements, and provides an exemption for Montenegro and 
     Kosova for the sanctions imposed through international 
     financial institutions. It also allows for a waiver of all 
     sanctions if necessary to meet emergency humanitarian needs 
     or to achieve a negotiated settlement that is acceptable to 
     the parties.
       The House bill did not address this matter.
     Sec. 599A. Clean coal technology
       The conference agreement includes a section contained in 
     the Senate amendment making a number of Congressional 
     findings regarding clean coal technology. The House bill did 
     not address this matter.
     Sec. 599B. Restriction on United States assistance for 
         certain reconstruction efforts in the Balkans region
       The conference agreement includes language that provides 
     that funds made available by this Act for assistance for 
     reconstruction efforts in the Federal Republic of

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     Yugoslavia or any contiguous country should to the maximum 
     extent practicable be used for he procurement of articles and 
     services of United States origin. Under the terms of this 
     section, the term ``article'' means any agricultural 
     commodity, steel, communications equipment, farm machinery or 
     petrochemical refinery equipment.
       The Senate amendment would have prohibited the use of 
     reconstruction funds in this Act for the former Yugoslavia or 
     any contiguous country for the procurement of any article 
     purchased outside the United States, the recipient country, 
     or least developed countries, or any service provided by a 
     foreign person, subject to certain exceptions. The House bill 
     did not address this matter.
     Sec. 599C. United Nations Population Fund
       The conference agreement provides that, of amounts under 
     ``International Organizations and Programs'', not more than 
     $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2000 shall be available for the 
     United Nations Populations Fund (UNFPA) subject to certain 
     prohibitions and conditions. This section prohibits funds for 
     the UNFPA from being made available for a country program in 
     the People's Republic of China. Also, fiscal year 2000 funds 
     are prohibited for UNFPA unless (1) UNFPA maintains these 
     funds in an account separate from other UNFPA accounts (2) 
     UNFPA does not commingle these funds with other sums and (3) 
     UNFPA does not fund abortions.
       This section requires that the Secretary of State report to 
     Congress not later than February 15, 2000, indicating the 
     amount of funds that the UNFPA is budgeting for the year in 
     which the report is submitted for a country program in the 
     People's Republic of China. If this report indicates that the 
     UNFPA plans to spend funds for a country program in the 
     People's Republic of China in the year covered by the report, 
     then the amount of such funds that the UNFPA plans to spend 
     in China shall be deducted from the funds made available to 
     the UNFPA after March 1 for obligation for the remainder of 
     the fiscal year in which the report was submitted.
       This section is identical to the House bill. The Senate 
     amendment included similar language.
     Sec. 599D. Authorization for population planning
       The conference agreement includes language that provides a 
     limitation of $385,000,000 from funds appropriated in title 
     II of this Act for population planning activities or other 
     population assistance. In addition, such funds may be 
     apportioned only on a monthly basis at a rate not to exceed 
     8.34 percent per month. The Senate amendment contained 
     language under ``Development Assistance'' that provided for 
     not less than $435,000,000 for such activities.

                PROVISIONS NOT ADOPTED BY THE CONFEREES

                Distinguished Development Service Award

       The conference agreement does not include the section in 
     the Senate amendment regarding the distinguished development 
     service award. The House bill did not address this matter.

Withholding Assistance to Countries Violating United Nations Sanctions 
                             Against Libya

       The conference agreement deletes a House provision that 
     imposed a reduction in United States assistance of at least 5 
     percent when a country violates specified United Nations 
     sanctions against Libya. The Senate amendment did not address 
     this matter. The provision is no longer relevant, since the 
     United Nations has suspended the application of sanctions 
     against Libya.

 Limitation on Funds for Foreign Organizations that Perform or Promote 
                               Abortions

       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     contained in the House bill which would have restored, in 
     part, the ``Mexico City'' policy regarding restrictions on 
     U.S. assistance to foreign organizations that perform or 
     actively promote abortion, including lobbying or any other 
     effort to alter laws of any foreign country concerning 
     abortion. The Senate did not address this matter.

   Restriction on Population Planning Activities or other Population 
                               Assistance

       The conference agreement does not include a provision 
     contained in the House bill which would have prohibited funds 
     for population planning activities for foreign 
     nongovernmental organizations under certain conditions.

                 Sense of the Senate Regarding Colombia

       The conference agreement does not include a section 
     contained in the Senate amendment regarding Colombia.

    Assistance To Promote Democracy and Civil Society in Yugoslavia

       The conference agreement deletes language from the Senate 
     amendment that provided general authority to promote 
     democracy and civil society in Yugoslavia, including an 
     authorization of appropriations of $100,000,000; included a 
     prohibition on assistance to the Government of Serbia; and 
     included authority to provide assistance to the Government of 
     Montenegro subject to certain conditions. The House bill did 
     not address this matter.

Limitation on Use of Funds for Purchase of Products Not Made in America

       The conference agreement does not include language from the 
     House bill that prohibits funds from titles I, II, or III for 
     any foreign government if the funds are used to purchase 
     equipment or products made in a country other than the 
     foreign country itself or from the United States. The Senate 
     amendment did not address this matter.
       This issue is further addressed in section 545 of the 
     conference report, ``Purchase of American-Made Equipment and 
     Products''.

            Limitation on Assistance for School of Americas

       The conference agreement does not contain language from the 
     House bill that would have prohibited funding for the School 
     of the Americas located at Fort Benning, Georgia. The Senate 
     amendment did not address this matter.

            To Promote An International Arms Transfer Regime

       The conference agreement does not include language from the 
     Senate amendment that would have authorized the president to 
     continue and expand efforts through the United Nations and 
     other international fora to limit arms transfers worldwide, 
     and that specified the transfers that should be limited. The 
     Senate language would also have required a semiannual report 
     on progress in such negotiations to accomplish this goal. The 
     House bill did not address this matter.

   Sense of the Senate Regarding United States Commitments Under the 
               United States-North Korea Agreed Framework

       The conference agreement deletes Senate language that 
     expressed the Sense of the Senate regarding the Agreed 
     Framework and deliveries of heavy fuel oil to KEDO and North 
     Korea. The House bill did not address this matter.

   Sense of the Senate Regarding an International Conference on the 
                                Balkans

       The conference agreement deletes Senate language expressing 
     the Sense of the Senate regarding the need for an 
     international conference on the Balkans. The House bill did 
     not address this matter.

                    Accountability of Saddam Hussein

       The conference agreement deletes Senate language regarding 
     accountability for Saddam Hussein. The House bill did not 
     address this matter.
       The managers agree with the intent of the language of the 
     Senate amendment on the need for accountability on the part 
     of Saddam Hussein.

Sense of the Senate Regarding Assistance Provided to Lithuania, Latvia, 
                              and Estonia

       The conference agreement deletes Senate language that 
     expressed the Sense of the Senate that assistance to the 
     Baltic nations should not be interpreted as expressing the 
     will of the Senate to accelerate membership of those nations 
     into NATO.

 Sense of the Senate Regarding Assistance Under the Camp David Accords

       The conference agreement deletes Senate language expressing 
     the Sense of the Senate on assistance under the Camp David 
     accords. The House bill did not address this matter.

 Sense of Congress in Management of United States Interests in Ukraine

       The conference agreement deletes Senate language expressing 
     the Sense of the Congress in management of U.S. interests in 
     Ukraine. The House bill did not address this matter.

          Sense of the Senate on The Citizens Democracy Corps

       The conference agreement deletes Senate language expressing 
     the Sense of the Senate on the Citizens Democracy Corps. The 
     House bill did not address this matter.

    Control and Eliminate the International Problem of Tuberculosis

       The conference agreement deletes Senate language expressing 
     the Sense of the Senate on elimination of the international 
     problem of tuberculosis. The House bill did not address this 
     matter.

  Limitation on Assistance to the Government of the Russian Federation

       The conference agreement does not include language 
     contained in the House bill limiting assistance to the 
     government of the Russian Federation at $172,000,000. The 
     Senate amendment did not include a similar provision. This 
     matter is addressed in title II under the heading 
     ``Assistance to the Independent States of the Former Soviet 
     Union''.

                       Expanded Threat Reduction

       The conference agreement does not include two sections from 
     the Senate amendment regarding the Expanded Threat Reduction 
     Initiative. The House bill did not contain similar 
     provisions.


                   CONFERENCE TOTAL--WITH COMPARISONS

       The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
     fiscal year 2000 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
     with comparisons to the fiscal year 1999 amount, the 2000 
     budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2000 
     follow:

                       [In thousands of dollars]

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1999.......$33,330,393
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year14,615,535
House bill, fiscal year 2000.................................12,668,115
Senate bill, fiscal year 2000................................12,735,655
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2000.......................12,737,335
Conference agreement compared with:
  New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1999.....-20,593,058

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  Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal ye-1,878,200
  House bill, fiscal year 2000..................................+69,220
  Senate bill, fiscal year 2000..................................+1,680

     Sonny Callahan,
     John Edward Porter,
     Frank Wolf,
     Ron Packard,
     Joe Knollenberg,
     Jack Kingston,
     Jerry Lewis,
     Roy Blunt,
     Bill Young,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Mitch McConnell,
     Arlen Specter,
     Judd Gregg,
     Richard Shelby,
     Robert F. Bennett,
     Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
     C. S. Bond,
     Ted Stevens,
     Daniel K. Inouye,
     Frank Lautenberg,
     B. A. Mikulski,
     Robert Byrd,
     Managers on the Part of the Senate.

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