[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 67 (Thursday, May 25, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4491-S4492]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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      FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001

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                        HELMS AMENDMENT NO. 3172

  Mr. HELMS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to 
the bill (S. 2522) making appropriations for foreign operations, export 
financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2001, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 140, between lines 19 and 20, insert the following:

     SEC. __. SUPPORT BY THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION FOR SERBIA.

       (a) Findings.--Congress finds that--
       (1) General Dragolub Ojdanic, Minister of Defense of the 
     Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) and an 
     indicted war criminal, visited Moscow from May 7 through May 
     12, 2000, as a guest of the Government of the Russian 
     Federation, attended the inauguration of President Vladimir 
     Putin, and held talks with Russian Defense Minister Igor 
     Sergeyev and Army Chief of Staff Anatoly Kvashnin;
       (2) General Ojdanic was military Chief of Staff of the 
     Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo war and has 
     been indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the 
     Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for crimes against humanity and 
     violations of the laws

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     and customs of war for alleged atrocities against Albanians 
     in Kosovo;
       (3) international warrants have been issued by the 
     International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia for 
     General Ojdanic's arrest and extradition to the Hague;
       (4) the Government of the Russian Federation, a permanent 
     member of the United Nations Security Council which 
     established the International Criminal Tribunal for the 
     Former Yugoslavia, has an obligation to arrest General 
     Ojdanic and extradite him to the Hague;
       (5) on May 16, 2000, Russian Minister of Economics Andrei 
     Shapovalyants announced that his government has provided the 
     Serbian regime of Slobodan Milosevic $102,000,000 of a 
     $150,000,000 loan it had reactivated and will sell the 
     Government of Serbia $32,000,000 of oil despite the fact that 
     the international community has imposed economic sanctions 
     against the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 
     and the Government of Serbia;
       (6) the Government of the Russian Federation is providing 
     the Milosevic regime such assistance while it is seeking debt 
     relief from the international community and loans from the 
     International Monetary Fund, and while it is receiving corn 
     and grain as food aid from the United States;
       (7) the hospitality provided to General Ojdanic 
     demonstrates that the Government of the Russian Federation 
     rejects the indictments brought by the International Criminal 
     Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia against him and other 
     officials, including Slobodan Milosevic, for alleged 
     atrocities committed during the Kosovo war; and
       (8) the relationship between the Government of the Russian 
     Federation and the Governments of the Federal Republic of 
     Yugoslavia and Serbia only encourages the regime of Slobodan 
     Milosevic to foment instability in the Balkans and thereby 
     jeopardizes the safety and security of American military and 
     civilian personnel and raises questions about Russia's 
     commitment to its responsibilities as a member of the North 
     American Treaty Organization-led peacekeeping mission in 
     Kosovo.
       (b) Actions.--
       (1) Fifteen days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
     the President shall submit a report to Congress detailing all 
     loans, financial assistance, and energy sales the Government 
     of the Russian Federation or entities acting on its behalf 
     has provided since June 1999, and intends to provide to the 
     Government of Serbia or the government of the Federal 
     Republic of Yugoslavia or any entities under the control of 
     the Governments of Serbia or the Federal Republic of 
     Yugoslavia.
       (2) If that report determines that the Government of the 
     Russian Federation or other entities acting on its behalf has 
     provided or intends to provide the governments of Serbia or 
     the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia or any entity under their 
     control any loans or economic assistance and oil sales, then 
     the following shall apply:
       (A) The Secretary of State shall reduce assistance 
     obligated to the Russian Federation by an amount equal in 
     value to the loans, financial assistance, and energy sales 
     the Government of the Russian Federation has provided and 
     intends to provide to the Governments of Serbia and the 
     Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
       (B)(i) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the 
     United States executive directors of the international 
     financial institutions to oppose, and vote against, any 
     extension by those institutions of any financial assistance 
     (including any technical assistance or grant) of any kind to 
     the Government of the Russian Federation except for loans and 
     assistance that serve basic human needs.
       (ii) In this subparagraph, 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) The United States shall suspend existing programs to 
     the Russia Federation provided by the Export-Import Bank and 
     the Overseas Private Investment Corporation and any 
     consideration of any new loans, guarantees, and other forms 
     of assistance by the Export-Import Bank or Overseas Private 
     Investment Corporation to Russia.
       (D) The President of the United States should instruct his 
     representatives to negotiations on Russia's international 
     debt to oppose further forgiveness, restructuring, and 
     rescheduling of that debt, including that being considered 
     under the ``Comprehensive'' Paris Club negotiations.

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