[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 13]
[Senate]
[Pages 17700-17714]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 1150. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Biden (for himself and Ms. Mikulski)) 
proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the 
bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State 
and international broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for 
the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other 
purposes; as follows:

       On page 94, between lines 17 and 18, insert following new 
     section:

     SEC. 815. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO VIOLENCE AGAINST 
                   WOMEN.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Article 4 of the Declaration on the Elimination of 
     Violence Against Women adopted by the United Nations General 
     Assembly in Resolution 48/104 on December 20, 1993, proclaims 
     that ``States should condemn violence against women and 
     should not invoke any custom, tradition or religious 
     consideration to avoid their obligations with respect to its 
     elimination.''.
       (2) Paragraph 124 of chapter IV of the Platform for Action, 
     which was adopted along with the Beijing Declaration by the 
     Fourth World Conference on Women on September 15, 1995, 
     states that actions to be taken by governments include 
     condemning violence against women and refraining from 
     invoking any custom, tradition, or religious consideration as 
     a means to avoid the obligations of such governments with 
     respect to the elimination of violence against women as such 
     obligations are referred to in the Declaration on the 
     Elimination of Violence against Women.
       (3) The United States has supported the Declaration on the 
     Elimination of Violence Against Women and the Beijing 
     Declaration and Platform for Action.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     the United States should continue to condemn violence against 
     women and should urge states to refrain from invoking any 
     custom, tradition, or practices in the name of religion or 
     culture as a means to avoid obligations regarding the 
     elimination of violence against women as referred to in 
     Article 4 of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence 
     against Women.
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  SA 1151. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Breaux) proposed an amendment to 
amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to 
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international 
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps 
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 94, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following 
     new section:

     SEC. 815. AUTHORIZATION FOR PASSENGER CARRIER USE BY THE 
                   CHIEF OF PROTOCOL.

       Section 1344(b)(4) of title 31, United States Code, is 
     amended by inserting ``the Chief of Protocol of the United 
     States,'' after ``abroad,''.
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  SA 1152. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Coleman) proposed an amendment to 
amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to 
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international 
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps 
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle A of title XXI, add the following 
     new section:

     SEC. 2113. REAUTHORIZATION OF RELIEF FOR TORTURE VICTIMS.

       (a) Authorization of Appropriations for Foreign Treatment 
     Centers for Victims of Torture.--
       (1) Authorization of appropriations.--Section 4(b)(1) of 
     the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 2152 note) 
     is amended to read as follows:
       ``(1) Authorization of appropriations.--Of the amounts 
     authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2004 pursuant 
     to chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) there is authorized to be 
     appropriated to the President to carry out section 130 of 
     such Act $11,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.''.
       (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
     shall take effect October 1, 2003.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations for the United States 
     Contribution to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims 
     of Torture.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for 
     fiscal year 2004 pursuant to chapter 3 of part I of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2221 et seq.), 
     there is authorized to be appropriated to the President for a 
     voluntary contribution to the United Nations Voluntary Fund 
     for Victims of Torture $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.
       (c) Authorization of Appropriations for Domestic Treatment 
     Centers for Victims of Torture.--
       (1) Authorization of appropriations.--Section 5(b)(1) of 
     the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 2152 note) 
     is amended to read as follows:
       ``(1) Authorization of appropriations.--Of the amounts 
     authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Health 
     and Human Services for fiscal year 2004, there is authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out subsection (a) $20,000,000 
     for fiscal year 2004.''.
       (2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1) 
     shall take effect October 1, 2003.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1153. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Daschle) proposed an amendment to 
amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to 
authorize appropriation for the Department of State and international 
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps 
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the end of title VIII, insert the following new section:

     SEC. 815. ANNUAL REPORT ON SAUDI ARABIA'S COOPERATION IN THE 
                   WAR ON TERRORISM.

       (a) Requirement for Report.--Not later than May 1, 2004, 
     and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report on the 
     cooperation of the Government of Saudi Arabia in the war on 
     terrorism.
       (b) Content.--Each report shall include--
       (1) a description of the efforts of the Government of Saudi 
     Arabia to combat terrorism and to counter efforts to foment 
     intolerance in Saudi Arabia;
       (2) an assessment of the cooperation of the Government of 
     Saudi Arabia with United States antiterrorism efforts, 
     including--
       (A) efforts of law enforcement in Saudi Arabia to disrupt 
     suspected terrorist networks and apprehend suspected 
     terrorists; and
       (B) diplomatic and law enforcement efforts of Saudi Arabia 
     to stop the financing of terrorists and terrorist 
     organizations; and
       (3) an assessment of the efforts of the Government of Saudi 
     Arabia to investigate terrorist attacks against citizens of 
     the United States, including--
       (A) a description of the status of efforts to investigate 
     such attacks; and
       (B) a list of individuals convicted in Saudi Arabia of 
     committing such attacks.
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  SA 1154. Mr. LUGAR (for Mrs. Feinstein) proposed an amendment to 
amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to 
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international 
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps 
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 94, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following 
     new section:

     SEC. 815. ANNUAL REPORT ON SMALL ARMS PROGRAMS.

       Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to 
     the appropriate congressional committees a report--
       (1) describing the activities undertaken, and the progress 
     made, by the Department or other agencies and entities of the 
     United States Government in prompting other states to 
     cooperate in programs on the stockpile management, security, 
     and destruction of small arms and light weapons;
       (2) listing each state that refuses to cooperate in 
     programs on the stockpile management, security, and 
     destruction of small

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     arms and light weapons, and describing to what degree the 
     failure to cooperate affects the national security of such 
     state, its neighbors, and the United States; and
       (3) recommending incentives and penalties that may be used 
     by the United States Government to prompt states to comply 
     with programs on the stockpile management, security, and 
     destruction of small arms and light weapons.
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  SA 1155. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Biden (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein and 
Mr. Akaka)) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. 
Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations for the 
Department of State and international broadcasting activities for 
fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through 
2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle B of title XXII, add the following:

     SEC. 2241. TRANSFERS OF SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS.

       (a) Exports Under the Arms Export Control Act.--
       (1) Letters of offer.--Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export 
     Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(b)(1)) is amended by inserting 
     after ``such certification).'' in the fourth sentence the 
     following: ``Each numbered certification regarding the 
     proposed export of firearms listed in category I of the 
     United States Munitions List shall include, with regard to 
     the proposed export, a summary of the views of the office in 
     the Department of State that has responsibility for programs 
     relating to the collection and destruction of excess small 
     arms and light weapons, together with a summary of any 
     provision of the letter of offer or any related arrangement 
     for the recipient State to dispose of firearms that would 
     become excess as a result of the proposed export.''.
       (2) Licenses.--Section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 2776(c)) is amended by inserting after the second 
     sentence the following: ``Each numbered certification 
     regarding the proposed export of firearms listed in category 
     I of the United States Munitions List shall include, with 
     regard to the proposed export, a summary of the views of the 
     office in the Department of State that has responsibility for 
     programs relating to the collection and destruction of excess 
     small arms and light weapons, together with a summary of any 
     provision of the license or any related arrangement for the 
     recipient State to dispose of firearms that would become 
     excess as a result of the proposed export.''
       (b) Transfers Under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.--
     Subsection 516(f)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 
     (22 U.S.C. 2321j(f)(2)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (C);
       (2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); 
     and
       (3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new 
     subparagraph:
       ``(D) for any proposed transfer of firearms listed in 
     category I of the United States Munitions List that would 
     require a license for international export under section 36 
     of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776)--
       ``(i) with regard to the proposed transfer, the views of 
     the office in the Department of State that has responsibility 
     for programs relating to the collection and destruction of 
     excess small arms and light weapons; and
       ``(ii) a summary of any provision under the transfer or any 
     related arrangement for the recipient State to dispose of 
     firearms that would become excess as a result of the proposed 
     transfer; and''.
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  SA 1156. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Leahy) proposed an amendment to amendment 
SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize 
appropriations for the Department of State and international 
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps 
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place insert:

     SEC.  . REPORT.

       Not later than 120 days after enactment, the Secretary, in 
     consultation with the Administrator of the United States 
     Agency for International Development and the Secretary of the 
     Treasury, shall submit a report to the appropriate 
     congressional committees describing the progress the United 
     States is making towards meeting the objectives set forth in 
     paragraph 1 of S. Res. 368 (107th Congress) and paragraph 1 
     of H. Res. 604 (107th Congress), including adopting a global 
     strategy to deal with the international coffee crisis and 
     measures to support and complement multilateral efforts to 
     respond to the international coffee crisis.
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  SA 1157. Mr. LUGAR (for himself and Mr. Biden) proposed an amendment 
to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to 
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international 
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps 
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

       Strike section 2512.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1158. Mr. LUGAR proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136 
proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations 
for the Department of State and international broadcasting activities 
for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 
through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 182, line 16, insert ``AND THE UNITED KINGDOM'' 
     after ``AUSTRALIA''.
       On page 182, beginning on line 22, strike ``The 
     requirements'' through ``into force.'' on page 183, line 4, 
     and insert the following:
       ``(A) Australia.--Subject to the provisions of section 
     2233(c) of the Foreign Affairs Act, Fiscal Year 2004, the 
     requirements for a bilateral agreement described in paragraph 
     (2)(A) of this subsection shall not apply to such a bilateral 
     agreement between the United States Government and the 
     Government of Australia with respect to transfers or changes 
     in end use within Australia of defense items that will remain 
     subject to the licensing requirements of this Act after the 
     agreement enters into force.
       ``(B) United kingdom.--Subject to the provisions of section 
     2233(c) of the Foreign Affairs Act, Fiscal Year 2004, the 
     requirements for a bilateral agreement described in 
     paragraphs (1)(A)(ii), (2)(A)(i) and (2)(A)(ii) of this 
     subsection shall not apply to the bilateral agreement between 
     the United States Government and the Government of the United 
     Kingdom for an exemption from the licensing requirements of 
     this Act, or any other form of agreement between the United 
     States Government and the Government of the United Kingdom to 
     gain an exemption from the licensing requirements of this 
     Act.''.
       On page 183, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following:
       (c) Certification on Nonconforming Agreements.--Not later 
     than 14 days before the activation of an exemption from the 
     licensing requirements of the Arms Export Control Act 
     pursuant to any bilateral agreement made with the United 
     Kingdom or Australia for that purpose that does not conform 
     to the requirements applicable to such an agreement under 
     section 38(j) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 
     2778)(j), the President shall certify to the appropriate 
     congressional committees that--
       (1) the nonconforming agreement is in the national interest 
     of the United States;
       (2) the nonconforming agreement does not in any way 
     adversely affect the ability of the licensing regime under 
     the Arms Export Control Act to provide consistent and 
     adequate controls for items not exempt under such agreement 
     from the licensing regime;
       (3) the nonconforming agreement will not in any way 
     adversely affect--
       (A) the abilities of the Secretary to ensure, pursuant to 
     section 2 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2752), 
     effective controls over the sales, finances, leases, 
     cooperative projects, and exports that are regulated under 
     such Act; or
       (B) any of the duties or requirements of the Secretary 
     under such Act; and
       (4) the nonconforming agreement will serve as an effective 
     nonproliferation and export control tool.
       (d) Report on Issues Raised in Consultations Pursuant to 
     Bilateral Agreements With Australia and United Kingdom.--Not 
     later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 
     Act and annually thereafter, the President shall submit to 
     the appropriate congressional committees a report on any 
     issues raised during the previous year in consultations 
     conducted under the terms of the bilateral agreement with 
     Australia, or under the terms of the bilateral agreement or 
     any other form of an agreement with the United Kingdom, for 
     exemption from the licensing requirements of the Arms Export 
     Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.). Each report shall 
     contain detailed information--
       (1) on any notifications or consultations between the 
     United States and the United Kingdom under the terms of the 
     agreement with the United Kingdom, or between the United 
     States and Australia under the terms of the agreement with 
     Australia, concerning the modification, deletion, or addition 
     of defense items on the United States Munitions List, the 
     United Kingdom Military List, or the Australian Defense and 
     Strategic Goods List;
       (2) listing all United Kingdom or Australia persons and 
     entities that have been designated as qualified persons 
     eligible to receive United States origin defense items exempt 
     from the licensing requirements of the Arms Export Control 
     Act under the terms of such agreements, and listing any 
     modification, deletion, or addition to such lists, pursuant 
     to the requirements of the agreement with the United Kingdom 
     or the agreement with Australia;
       (3) on any consultations or steps taken pursuant to the 
     agreement with the United Kingdom or the agreement with 
     Australia concerning cooperation and consultation with either 
     government on the effectiveness

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     of the defense trade control systems of such government;
       (4) on all special provisions and procedures undertaken 
     pursuant to--
       (A) the agreement with the United Kingdom with respect to 
     the handling of United States origin defense items exempt 
     from the licensing requirements of the Arms Export Control 
     Act by persons and entities qualified to receive such items 
     in the United Kingdom; and
       (B) the agreement with Australia with respect to the 
     handling of United States origin defense items exempt from 
     the licensing requirements of the Arms Export Control Act by 
     persons and entities qualified to receive such items in 
     Australia;
       (5) on any understandings, including the text of such 
     understandings, between the United States and the United 
     Kingdom concerning retransfer of United States origin defense 
     items made pursuant to the agreement with the United Kingdom 
     or any other form of agreement with the United Kingdom to 
     gain exemption from the licensing requirements of the Arms 
     Export Control Act;
       (6) on consultations with the Government of the United 
     Kingdom or the Government of Australia concerning the legal 
     enforcement of these agreements;
       (7) on any United States origin defense item for which the 
     United States did not seek re-export or transfer 
     authorization under the terms of the Memorandum of 
     Understanding between the United States and the United 
     Kingdom, and on any United States origin defense item for 
     which the United States did not require re-export 
     authorization under the terms of the agreement with 
     Australia; and
       (8) on any disagreement the Government of Australia or the 
     Government of the United Kingdom may have with the United 
     States Government concerning any aspect of the bilateral 
     agreements between such country and the United States, and on 
     any disagreement with the Government of the United Kingdom 
     concerning any aspect of any other form of agreement with the 
     United Kingdom to gain exemption from the licensing 
     requirements of the Arms Export Control Act.
       (e) Special Reports on Unauthorized End-Use or Diversion.--
     The Secretary shall notify the appropriate congressional 
     committees not later than 30 days after receiving any 
     credible information regarding the unauthorized end-use or 
     diversion of United States exports made pursuant to any 
     agreement with a country to gain exemption from the licensing 
     requirements of the Arms Export Control Act. Such 
     notification may be made in classified or unclassified form 
     and shall include--
       (1) a description of the good or service;
       (2) the United States origin of the good or service;
       (3) the authorized recipient of the good or service;
       (4) a detailed description of the unauthorized end-use or 
     diversion of the good or service, including any knowledge by 
     the United States exporter of such unauthorized end-use or 
     diversion;
       (5) any enforcement action taken by the Government of the 
     United States; and
       (6) any enforcement action taken by the government of the 
     recipient nation.
       (f) Appropriate Congressional Committees.--In this section, 
     the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the 
     Committee on International Relations of the House of 
     Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
     Senate.
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  SA 1159. Mr. LUGAR proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136 
proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations 
for the Department of State and international broadcasting activities 
for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 
through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

       In section 2403(2)(B), strike ``and'' after the semicolon.
       In section 2403(2)(C), strike the period and insert ``; 
     and''.
       In section 2403(2), add at the end the following:
       (D) is determined by the United States Government not to 
     have an offensive biological weapons program.
       In section 2403(3), strike ``who is eligible to receive'' 
     and all that follows and insert ``who--
       (A) is eligible to receive a visa under the provisions of 
     the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.); 
     and
       (B) is not currently or previously affiliated with or 
     employed by a laboratory or entity determined by the United 
     States Government to be involved in offensive biological 
     weapons activities.
       In section 2408(b)(3), strike ``and'' after the semicolon.
       In section 2408(b)(4), strike ``(4)'' and insert ``(5)''.
       In section 2408(b), insert after paragraph (3) the 
     following:
       (4) necessary to secure and monitor pathogen collections 
     containing select agents; and
       In section 2408(e), insert ``monitor,'' after ``secure,''.
       In section 2413(c), strike ``90 days'' and insert ``120 
     days''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1160. Mr. LUGAR (for himself and Mr. Biden) proposed an amendment 
to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to 
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international 
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps 
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

       Strike section 205.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1161. Mr. LUGAR (for himself and Mr. Biden) proposed an amendment 
to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to 
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international 
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps 
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

       Strike section 205.
       At the end of title III, add the following:

     SEC. 313. CLARIFICATION OF FOREIGN SERVICE GRIEVANCE BOARD 
                   PROCEDURES.

       Section 1106(8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
     U.S.C. 4136(8)) is amended in the first sentence--
       (1) by inserting ``the involuntary separation of the 
     grievant (other than an involuntary separation for cause 
     under section 610(a)),'' after ``considering''; and
       (2) by striking ``the grievant or'' and inserting ``the 
     grievant, or''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1162. Mr. LUGAR (for himself and Mr. Biden) proposed an amendment 
to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to 
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international 
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps 
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the end of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 815. MODIFICATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ON UNITED 
                   STATES PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN THE ANTINARCOTICS 
                   CAMPAIGN IN COLOMBIA.

       Section 3204(f) of the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2000 
     (division B of Public Law 106-246; 114 Stat. 577) is 
     amended--
       (1) in the heading, by striking ``Bimonthly'' and inserting 
     ``Quarterly'';
       (2) by striking ``60 days'' and inserting ``90 days''; and
       (3) by striking ``to Congress'' and inserting ``appropriate 
     committees of Congress (as that term is defined in section 
     3207(b)(1) of this Act)''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1163. Mr. LUGAR proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136 
proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations 
for the Department of State and international broadcasting activities 
for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 
through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

       Strike section 2239.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1164. Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. 
Bingaman, and Mr. Leahy) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136 
proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations 
for the Department of State and international broadcasting activities 
for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 
through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

         At the end of subtitle A of title XXI, add the following 
     new section:

     SEC. 2113. SUPPORT REGARDING RURAL DEVELOPMENT CRISIS IN 
                   MEXICO.

         (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress 
     that--
         (1) the United States should continue working closely 
     with the Government of Mexico to help minimize the impact of 
     the current rural development crisis in Mexico; and
         (2) that crisis creates a humanitarian, economic, and 
     security imperative for the United States Government to 
     support additional programs focused on the underfunded rural 
     communities of Mexico.
         (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated to the President for fiscal year 2004, 
     $100,000,000 for programs in Mexico that promote the 
     following:
         (1) Micro credit lending.
         (2) Small business and entrepreneurial development.
         (3) Small farms and farmers that have been impacted by 
     the collapse of coffee prices.
         (4) Strengthening the system of private property 
     ownership in the rural communities.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1165. Mr. ALLEN (for himself, Mr. Harkin, and Mr. Nickles) 
submitted an

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amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. 
Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations for the 
Department of State and international broadcasting activities for 
fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through 
2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the end of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 815. CLARIFICATION OF BLOCKED ASSETS FOR PURPOSES OF 
                   TERRORISM RISK INSURANCE ACT OF 2002.

       (a) Clarification.--Section 201(d)(2)(A) of the Terrorism 
     Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-297; 116 Stat. 
     2339; 28 U.S.C. 1610 note) is amended by inserting before the 
     semicolon the following: ``, any asset or property that in 
     any respect is subject to any prohibition, restriction, 
     regulation, or license pursuant to chapter V of title 31, 
     Code of Federal Regulations (including parts 515, 535, 550, 
     560, 575, 595, 596, and 597 of such title), or any other 
     asset or property of a terrorist party''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall take effect on the date of the enactment of the 
     Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, to which such amendment 
     relates.
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  SA 1166. Mr. LEAHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to 
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international 
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps 
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 250, line 4, insert the following before the semi-
     colon: and the sustainable use of natural resources
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1167. Ms. CANTWELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to 
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international 
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps 
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title VIII of division A, add the following:

     SEC. 815. COUNTING TIME SPENT ABROAD AS SPOUSE OF ARMED 
                   FORCES MEMBER FOR NATURALIZATION.

       (a) In General.--Section 319(a) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1430) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following: ``For purposes of this subsection, if an 
     applicant resides abroad in marital union with a citizen 
     spouse who, during the entire period of such residence, is 
     serving honorably in the Armed Forces of the United States, 
     such period of residence abroad shall be considered residence 
     and physical presence by both spouses in the United States 
     and in the State and district in which the applicant files 
     the application.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
     shall apply to residence abroad occurring on or after June 1, 
     1998.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1168. Ms. CANTWELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to 
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international 
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps 
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. NORTHERN BORDER PROSECUTION INITIATIVE.

       (a) Initiative Required.--From amounts made available to 
     carry out this section, the Attorney General, acting through 
     the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the 
     Office of Justice Programs, shall carry out a program, to be 
     known as the Northern Border Prosecution Initiative, to 
     provide funds to reimburse eligible northern border entities 
     for costs incurred by those entities for handling case 
     dispositions of criminal cases that are federally initiated 
     but federally declined-referred. This program shall be 
     modeled after the Southwestern Border Prosecution Initiative 
     and shall serve as a partner program to that initiative to 
     reimburse local jurisdictions for processing Federal cases.
       (b) Provision and Allocation of Funds.--Funds provided 
     under the program shall be provided in the form of direct 
     reimbursements and shall be allocated in a manner consistent 
     with the manner under which funds are allocated under the 
     Southwestern Border Prosecution Initiative.
       (c) Use of Funds.--Funds provided to an eligible northern 
     border entity may be used by the entity for any lawful 
     purpose, including the following purposes:
       (1) Prosecution and related costs.
       (2) Court costs.
       (3) Costs of courtroom technology.
       (4) Costs of constructing holding spaces.
       (5) Costs of administrative staff.
       (6) Costs of defense counsel for indigent defendants.
       (7) Detention costs, including pre-trial and post-trial 
     detention.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) The term ``eligible northern border entity'' means--
       (A) the States of Alaska, Idaho, Maine, Michigan, 
     Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, 
     Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin; or
       (B) any unit of local government within a State referred to 
     in subparagraph (A).
       (2) The term ``federally initiated'' means, with respect to 
     a criminal case, that the case results from a criminal 
     investigation or an arrest involving Federal law enforcement 
     authorities for a potential violation of Federal criminal 
     law, including investigations resulting from 
     multijurisdictional task forces.
       (3) The term ``federally declined-referred'' means, with 
     respect to a criminal case, that a decision has been made in 
     that case by a United States Attorney or a Federal law 
     enforcement agency during a Federal investigation to no 
     longer pursue Federal criminal charges against a defendant 
     and to refer of the investigation to a State or local 
     jurisdiction for possible prosecution. The term includes a 
     decision made on an individualized case-by-case basis as well 
     as a decision made pursuant to a general policy or practice 
     or pursuant to prosecutorial discretion.
       (4) The term ``case disposition'', for purposes of the 
     Northern Border Prosecution Initiative, refers to the time 
     between the arrest of a suspect and the resolution of the 
     criminal charges through a county or State judicial or 
     prosecutorial process. Disposition does not include 
     incarceration time for sentenced offenders, or time spent by 
     prosecutors on judicial appeals.
       (e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this section $28,000,000 for 
     fiscal year 2004 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
     years thereafter.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1169. Ms. CANTWELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to 
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international 
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps 
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title VIII of division A, add the following:

     SEC. 815. INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE BROKERS.

       (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the 
     ``International Marriage Broker Control Act of 2003''.
       (b) Limit on Concurrent Petitions for Fiance(e) Visas.--
     Section 214(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
     U.S.C. 1184(d)) is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``A visa''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) A United States citizen or a legal permanent resident 
     may not file more than 1 concurrent application for a visa 
     under section 101(a)(15)(K)(i) in any 1-year period.''.
       (c) International Marriage Brokers.--Section 652 of the 
     Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997 (8 U.S.C. 
     1375), is amended to read as follows:

     ``SEC. 652. INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE BROKERS.

       ``(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
       ``(1) There is a substantial international marriage broker 
     business worldwide. A 1999 study by the Immigration and 
     Naturalization Service estimated that in 1999 there were at 
     least 200 such companies operating in the United States, and 
     that as many as 4,000 to 6,000 persons in the United States, 
     almost all male, find foreign spouses through for-profit 
     international marriage brokers each year.
       ``(2) Aliens seeking to enter the United States to marry 
     citizens of the United States currently lack the ability to 
     access and fully verify personal history information about 
     their prospective American spouses.
       ``(3) Persons applying for fiance(e) visas to enter the 
     United States are required to undergo a criminal background 
     information investigation prior to the issuance of a visa. 
     However, no corresponding requirement exists to inform those 
     seeking fiance(e) visas of any history of violence by the 
     prospective United States spouse.
       ``(4) Many individuals entering the United States on 
     fiance(e) visas for the purpose of marrying a person in the 
     United States are unaware of United States laws regarding 
     domestic violence, including protections for immigrant 
     victims of domestic violence, prohibitions on involuntary 
     servitude, protections from automatic deportation, and the 
     role of police and the courts in providing assistance to 
     victims of domestic violence.
       ``(5) Evidence indicates that a disproportionate number of 
     women from foreign countries who meet their American husbands

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     through international marriage brokers become victims of 
     domestic violence.
       ``(b) Definitions.--In this section:
       ``(1) Client.--The term `client' means a United States 
     citizen or legal permanent resident who makes a payment or 
     incurs a debt in order to utilize the services of an 
     international marriage broker.
       ``(2) Crime of violence.--The term `crime of violence' has 
     the same meaning given the term in section 16 of title 18, 
     United States Code.
       ``(3) Domestic violence.--The term `domestic violence' 
     means any crime of violence, or other act forming the basis 
     for past or outstanding protective orders, restraining 
     orders, no-contact orders, convictions, arrests, or police 
     reports, committed against a person by--
       ``(A) a current or former spouse of the person;
       ``(B) an individual with whom the person shares a child in 
     common;
       ``(C) an individual who is cohabiting with or has cohabited 
     with the person;
       ``(D) an individual similarly situated to a spouse of the 
     person under the domestic or family violence laws of the 
     jurisdiction where the offense occurs; or
       ``(E) any other individual;
     if the person is protected from that individual's acts under 
     the domestic or family violence laws of the United States or 
     any State, Indian tribal government, or unit of local 
     government.
       ``(4) Foreign national client.--The term `foreign national 
     client' means an alien residing outside the United States who 
     utilizes the services of an international marriage broker.
       ``(5) International marriage broker.--
       ``(A) In general.--The term `international marriage broker' 
     means a corporation, partnership, business, individual, or 
     other legal entity, whether or not organized under any law of 
     the United States, that charges fees for providing dating, 
     matrimonial, social referrals, or matching services between 
     United States citizens or legal permanent residents and 
     nonresident aliens by providing information that would permit 
     an individual to contact a person, including--
       ``(i) providing the name, telephone number, address, 
     electronic mail address, or voicemail of that person; or
       ``(ii) providing an opportunity for an in-person meeting.
       ``(B) Exceptions.--Such term does not include--
       ``(i) a traditional matchmaking organization of a religious 
     nature that operates on a nonprofit basis and otherwise 
     operates in compliance with the laws of the countries of the 
     foreign national clients of such organization and the laws of 
     the United States; or
       ``(ii) an entity that provides dating services between 
     United States citizens and aliens, but not as its principal 
     business, and charges comparable rates to clients regardless 
     of the gender or country of residence of the client.
       ``(6) Personal contact information.--
       ``(A) In general.--The term `personal contact information' 
     means information that would permit an individual to contact 
     a person, including--
       ``(i) the name, address, phone number, electronic mail 
     address, or voice message mailbox of that person; and
       ``(ii) the provision of an opportunity for an in-person 
     meeting.
       ``(B) Exception.--Such term does not include a photograph 
     or general information about the background or interests of a 
     person.
       ``(c) Obligations of International Marriage Broker With 
     Respect to Informed Consent.--An international marriage 
     broker shall not provide any personal contact information 
     about any foreign national client, not including photographs, 
     to any person unless and until the international marriage 
     broker has--
       ``(1) provided the foreign national client with information 
     in the native language of the foreign national client that 
     explains the rights of victims of domestic violence in the 
     United States, including the right to petition for residence 
     independent of, and without the knowledge, consent, or 
     cooperation of, the spouse; and
       ``(2) received from the foreign national client a signed 
     consent to the release of personal contact information.
       ``(d) Mandatory Collection of Information.--
       ``(1) In general.--Each international marriage broker shall 
     require each client to provide the information listed in 
     paragraph (2), in writing and signed by the client (including 
     by electronic writing and electronic signature), to the 
     international marriage broker prior to referring any personal 
     contact information about any foreign national client to the 
     client.
       ``(2) Information.--The information required to be provided 
     in accordance with paragraph (1) is as follows:
       ``(A) Any arrest, charge, or conviction record for 
     homicide, rape, assault, sexual assault, kidnap, or child 
     abuse or neglect.
       ``(B) Any history of a court ordered restriction on 
     physical contact with another person, including any temporary 
     or permanent restraining order or civil protection order.
       ``(C) Marital history, including if the person is currently 
     married, if the person has previously been married and how 
     many times, and how previous marriages were terminated and 
     the date of termination.
       ``(e) Additional Obligations of the International Marriage 
     Broker.--An international marriage broker shall not provide 
     any personal contact information about any foreign national 
     client, unless and until--
       ``(1) the client has been informed that the client will be 
     subject to a criminal background check should they petition 
     for a visa under section 101(a)(15)(K)(i) of the Im-
     migration Nationality Act (8 U.S.C 1101(a)(15)(K)(i)); and
       ``(2) the foreign national client has been provided a copy 
     of the information required under subsection (d).
       ``(f) Civil Penalty.--
       ``(1) Violation.--An international marriage broker that the 
     Director of Homeland Security determines has violated any 
     provision of this section or subsection (g) of the 
     International Marriage Broker Control Act of 2003 shall be 
     subject, in addition to any other penalties that may be 
     prescribed by law, to a civil penalty of not more than 
     $20,000 for each such violation.
       ``(2) Procedures for imposition of penalty.--A penalty 
     imposed under paragraph (1) may be imposed only after notice 
     and an opportunity for an agency hearing on the record in 
     accordance with sections 554 through 557 of title 5, United 
     States Code.
       ``(g) Criminal Penalty.--An international marriage broker 
     that, within the special maritime and territorial 
     jurisdiction of the United States, violates any provision of 
     this section or subsection (g) of the International Marriage 
     Broker Control Act of 2003 shall be fined in accordance with 
     title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned for not less than 
     1 year and not more than 5 years, or both.
       ``(h) Study and Report.--
       ``(1) Study.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
     enactment of the International Marriage Broker Control Act of 
     2003, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Director 
     of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services within 
     the Department of Homeland Security, shall conduct a study--
       ``(A) regarding the extent of compliance with this section 
     and subsection (g) of the International Marriage Broker 
     Control Act of 2003;
       ``(B) that assesses information gathered under this section 
     and subsection (g) of the International Marriage Broker 
     Control Act of 2003 from clients and petitioners by 
     international marriage brokers and the Bureau of Citizenship 
     and Immigration Services; and
       ``(C) that describes, based on the information gathered, 
     the extent to which persons with a history of violence are 
     using the services of international marriage brokers and the 
     extent to which such persons are providing accurate 
     information to international marriage brokers in accordance 
     with this section and subsection (g) of the International 
     Marriage Broker Control Act of 2003.
       ``(2) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date of 
     enactment of the International Marriage Broker Control Act of 
     2003, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a 
     report to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and 
     the House of Representatives setting forth the results of the 
     study conducted pursuant to paragraph (1).''.
       (d) Criminal Background Check.--Section 214(d) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(d)), as 
     amended by subsection (b), is further amended by adding at 
     the end the following:
       ``(3) A petitioner for a visa under section 
     101(a)(15)(K)(i) shall undergo a national criminal background 
     check prior to the petition being approved by the Secretary 
     of Homeland Security, and the results of the background check 
     shall be included in the petition forwarded to the consular 
     office under that section.''.
       (e) Changes in Consular Processing of Fiance(e) Visa 
     Applications.--
       (1) In general.--During the consular interview for purposes 
     of the issuance of a visa under section 101(a)(15)(K)(i) of 
     the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
     1101(a)(15)(K)(i)), a consular officer shall disclose to the 
     alien applicant information in writing in the native language 
     of the alien concerning--
       (A) the illegality of domestic violence in the United 
     States and the availability of resources for victims of 
     domestic violence (including aliens), including protective 
     orders, crisis hotlines, free legal advice, and shelters;
       (B) the requirement that international marriage brokers 
     provide foreign national clients with responses of clients to 
     questions regarding the client's domestic violence history 
     and marital history and inform the foreign national client 
     that this information may not be accurate;
       (C) the right of an alien who is or whose children are 
     subjected to domestic violence or extreme cruelty by a United 
     States citizen spouse or legal permanent resident spouse, to 
     self-petition for legal permanent immigration status under 
     the Violence Against Women Act independently of, and without 
     the knowledge, consent, or cooperation of, such United States 
     citizen spouse or legal permanent resident spouse; and
       (D) any information regarding the client that was--

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       (i) provided to the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration 
     Services within the Department of Homeland Security pursuant 
     to subsection (g); and
       (ii) contained in the background check conducted in 
     accordance with section 214(d)(3) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act, as added by subsection (d), relating to any 
     conviction for a crime of violence, act of domestic violence, 
     or child abuse or neglect.
       (2) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``client'', 
     ``domestic violence'', ``foreign national client'', and 
     ``international marriage brokers'' have the same meaning 
     given such terms in section 652 of the Omnibus Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 1997 (8 U.S.C.1375).
       (f) Interagency Task Force To Monitor and Combat 
     Trafficking.--Section 105 of the Victims of Trafficking and 
     Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (d)(2), by inserting ``and the role of 
     international marriage brokers (as defined in section 652 of 
     the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997 (8 U.S.C. 
     1375))'' after ``public corruption''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(f) Meetings.--The Task Force shall meet not less than 2 
     times in a calendar year.''.
       (g) Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services.--The 
     Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services within the 
     Department of Homeland Security shall require that 
     information described in section 652(c) of the Omnibus 
     Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997 (8 U.S.C. 1375(c)), as 
     amended by subsection (b), be provided to the Bureau of 
     Citizenship and Immigration Services by the client (as 
     defined in section 652 of the Omnibus Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 1997 (8 U.S.C.1375)) in writing and 
     signed under penalty of perjury as part of any visa petition 
     under section 214(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     (8 U.S.C. 1184(d)).
       (h) Good Faith Marriages.--The fact that an alien who is in 
     the United States on a visa under section 101(a)(15)(K)(i) of 
     the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
     1101(a)(15)(K)(i)) is aware of the criminal background of a 
     client (as defined in section 652 of the Omnibus Consolidated 
     Appropriations Act, 1997 (8 U.S.C.1375)) cannot be used as 
     evidence that the marriage was not entered into in good 
     faith.
       (i) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Section 214(d) of 
     the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(d)) is 
     amended by striking ``Attorney General'' each place that term 
     appears and inserting ``Secretary of Homeland Security''.
       (j) Preemption.--Nothing in this section, or the amendments 
     made by this section, shall preempt any state law that 
     provides additional protection for aliens who are utilizing 
     the services of an international marriage broker (as defined 
     in section 652 of the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations 
     Act, 1997 (8 U.S.C.1375)).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1170. Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
Daschle, Mr. Sarbanes, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Reed, Ms. Cantwell, Mr. 
Dayton, and Mr. Harkin) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136 
proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations 
for the Department of State and international broadcasting activities 
for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 
through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

       After title IX, add the following:

                  TITLE __--UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION

     SEC. __. ADDITIONAL WEEKS OF TEMPORARY EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT 
                   COMPENSATION FOR EXHAUSTEES.

       (a) Additional Weeks.--Section 203 of the Temporary 
     Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 
     107-147; 116 Stat. 28) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(d) Increased Amounts in Account for Certain 
     Exhaustees.--
       ``(1) In general.--In the case of an eligible exhaustee, 
     this Act shall be applied as follows:
       ``(A) Subsection (b)(1)(A) shall be applied by substituting 
     `100 percent' for `50 percent'.
       ``(B) Subsection (b)(1)(B) shall be applied by substituting 
     `26 times' for `13 times'.
       ``(C) Subsection (c)(1) shall be applied by substituting `7 
     times the individual's average weekly benefit amount for the 
     benefit year' for `the amount originally established in such 
     account (as determined under subsection (b)(1))'.
       ``(D) Section 208(b) shall be applied--
       ``(i) in paragraph (1), as if ``, including such 
     compensation payable by reason of amounts deposited in such 
     account after such date pursuant to the application of 
     subsection (c) of such section'' were inserted before the 
     period at the end;
       ``(ii) as if paragraph (2) had not been enacted; and
       ``(iii) in paragraph (3), by substituting ``the date that 
     is 21 weeks after the date of enactment of Energy Policy Act 
     of 2003'' for ``March 31, 2004''.
       ``(2) Eligible exhaustee defined.--For purposes of this 
     subsection, the term `eligible exhaustee' means an 
     individual--
       ``(A) to whom any temporary extended unemployment 
     compensation was payable for any week beginning before the 
     date of enactment of this subsection; and
       ``(B) who exhausted such individual's rights to such 
     compensation (by reason of the payment of all amounts in such 
     individual's temporary extended unemployment compensation 
     account, including amounts deposited in such account by 
     reason of subsection (c)) before such date of enactment.''.
       (b) Effective Date and Application.--
       (1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
     apply with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning on or 
     after the date of enactment this Act.
       (2) TEUC-X amounts deposited in account prior to date of 
     enactment deemed to be the additional teuc amounts provided 
     by this section.--In applying the amendment made by 
     subsection (a) under the Temporary Extended Unemployment 
     Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat. 26), 
     the Secretary of Labor shall deem any amounts deposited into 
     an eligible exhaustee's (as defined in section 203(d)(2) of 
     the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002, 
     as added by subsection (a)) temporary extended unemployment 
     compensation account by reason of section 203(c) of such Act 
     (commonly known as ``TEUC-X amounts'') prior to the date of 
     enactment of this Act to be amounts deposited in such account 
     by reason of section 203(b) of such Act, as amended by 
     subsection (a) (commonly known as ``TEUC amounts'').
       (3) Redetermination of eligibility for augmented amounts 
     for all eligible exhaustees.--The determination of whether 
     the eligible exhaustee's (as so defined) State was in an 
     extended benefit period under section 203(c) of such Act that 
     was made prior to the date of enactment of this Act shall be 
     disregarded and the determination under such section, as 
     amended by subsection (a) with respect to eligible exhaustees 
     (as so defined), shall be made as follows:
       (A) Eligible exhaustees who received and exhausted teuc-x 
     amounts.--In the case of an eligible exhaustee whose 
     temporary extended unemployment account was augmented under 
     such section 203(c) before the date of enactment of this Act, 
     the determination shall be made as of such date of enactment.
       (B) Eligible exhaustees who exhausted teuc amounts but were 
     not eligible for teuc-x amounts.--In the case of an eligible 
     exhaustee whose temporary extended unemployment account was 
     not augmented under such section 203(c) as of the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the determination shall be made at the 
     time that the individual's account established under section 
     203 of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act 
     of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat. 28), as amended by 
     subsection (a), is exhausted.

     SEC. __. TEMPORARY AVAILABILITY OF EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT 
                   BENEFITS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT 
                   INSURANCE ACT FOR EMPLOYEES WITH LESS THAN 10 
                   YEARS OF SERVICE.

       Section 2(c)(2) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act 
     (45 U.S.C. 352(c)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:
       ``(D) Temporary availability of extended unemployment 
     benefits for employees with less than 10 years of service.--
       ``(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), in the case of 
     an employee who has less than 10 years of service (as so 
     defined), with respect to extended unemployment benefits, 
     this paragraph shall apply to such an employee in the same 
     manner as this paragraph applies to an employee who has 10 or 
     more years of service (as so defined).
       ``(ii) Application.--Clause (i) shall apply to--

       ``(I) an employee who received normal benefits for days of 
     unemployment under this Act during the period beginning on 
     July 1, 2002, and ending on December 31, 2003; and
       ``(II) days of unemployment beginning on or after the date 
     of enactment of the this subparagraph.''.

                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1171. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Leahy) proposed an amendment to amendment 
SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize 
appropriations for the Department of State and international 
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps 
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 250, line 4, insert the following before the semi-
     colon: and the sustainable use of natural resources
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1172. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Santorum (for himself and Mr. Biden) 
proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the 
bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State 
and international broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for 
the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other 
purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

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     SEC. __. TECHNICAL CORRECTION RELATING TO THE ENHANCED HIPC 
                   INITIATIVE.

       Section 1625(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the International Financial 
     Institutions Act (as added by section 501 of the United 
     States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria 
     Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-25)) is amended by striking 
     ``subparagraph (A)'' and inserting ``clause (i)''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1173. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Kyl) proposed an amendment to amendment 
SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize 
appropriations for the Department of State and international 
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps 
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 90, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following 
     new section:

     SEC. 815. REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT ON THE ROLE OF NORTH KOREA 
                   IN THE TRAFFICKING OF ILLEGAL NARCOTICS.

       (a) Requirement.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
     the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report that describes 
     the role of North Korea, since January 1, 2000, in the 
     trafficking of illegal narcotics.
       (b) Classified Report.--If the President submits the report 
     in a classified form, the President shall also submit an 
     unclassified version of the report.
       (c) Content.--The report shall--
       (1) address each aspect of North Korea's role in the 
     trafficking of illegal narcotics, including any role in the 
     cultivation, sale, or transshipment of such narcotics;
       (2) identify the origin and destination of all narcotics 
     that are transshipped through North Korea;
       (3) provide an estimate of the total amount of income 
     received by the Government of North Korea each year as a 
     result of such trafficking and the currencies in which such 
     income is received;
       (4) describe the role of North Korean government officials 
     and military personnel in such trafficking, including any use 
     of diplomatic channels to facilitate such trafficking; and
       (5) include an assessment of whether the leadership of the 
     Government of North Korea is aware and approves of such 
     trafficking activities in North Korea.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1174. Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Leahy, Mr. 
Durbin, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Harkin, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. 
Corzine, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Levin, Mr. Sarbanes, and Mr. 
Lieberman) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. 
Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations for the 
Department of State and international broadcasting activities for 
fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through 
2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 94, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following 
     new section:

     SEC. 815. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON FUNDING FOR COMBATTING AIDS 
                   GLOBALLY.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) With the President's support, Congress overwhelmingly 
     and expeditiously approved the United States Leadership 
     Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003 
     (Public Law 108-25; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), indicating the 
     gravity with which Congress considers the pandemic of HIV and 
     AIDS infection.
       (2) The Act, which was supported and signed into law by the 
     President, authorized the appropriation of a total 
     $15,000,000,000 for fiscal years 2004 through 2008. 
     Specifically, the Act authorized $3,000,000,000 to be 
     appropriated in fiscal year 2004 for HIV/AIDS and related 
     programs, of which up to $1,000,000,000 was authorized to be 
     made available for the United States contributions to the 
     Global Fund.
       (3) In contrast to the amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated in the Act, the President's budget for fiscal 
     year 2004, includes only $1,900,000,000 for HIV/AIDS and 
     related programs, of which only $200,000,000 is for the 
     United States contribution to the Global Fund.
       (4) Approximately 5,000 people contract HIV each day.
       (5) In Africa, more than 17,000,000 people have died from 
     AIDS, another 28,000,000 are infected with HIV, including 
     1,500,000 infected children, and 11,000,000 children have 
     been orphaned by AIDS.
       (6) The United Nations Development Programme Annual Report 
     for 2003 states, ``HIV/AIDS is a catastrophe for economic 
     stability [and] may be the world's most serious development 
     crisis.''.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that 
     Congress, when considering appropriations Acts for fiscal 
     year 2004, should fully appropriate all the amounts 
     authorized for appropriation in the Act, even to the extent 
     that appropriating such amounts will require Congress to 
     appropriate amounts over and above the funding levels 
     contained in the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for 
     Fiscal Year 2004 (H.Con.Res. 95, 108th Congress, 1st 
     session).
       (c) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Act.--The term ``Act'' means the United States 
     Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 
     2003 (Public Law 108-25; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.).
       (2) Global fund.--The term ``Global Fund'' means the 
     public-private partnership known as the Global Fund to Fight 
     AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria established pursuant to 
     Article 80 of the Swiss Civil Code.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1175. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to 
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international 
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps 
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 815. CONDITIONS ON ANY SUSPENSION OF IMMIGRATION 
                   PROCESSING OF ALIEN ORPHANS.

       (a) Requirements of the Department of Homeland Security.--
     The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the 
     Secretary of State, shall notify each House of Congress upon 
     suspending the processing of petitions for classification of 
     nationals of a country as alien orphans in accordance with 
     subsection (h). The notification shall set forth the 
     following:
       (1) Explanation.--Information, to the extent available, 
     supporting the suspension, including the following:
       (A) Failure to obtain birth parent consent.--Information 
     indicating that in recent cases the consent of a birth parent 
     to termination of parental rights or to the adoption was not 
     obtained.
       (B) Fraud, duress, or improper inducement.--Information 
     indicating that in recent cases the consent of a birth parent 
     to termination of parental rights or to the adoption was 
     obtained as a result of fraud, duress, or improper 
     inducement.
       (C) Improper relinquishment.--Information indicating that 
     in recent cases birth parents have relinquished their 
     children in return for improper reward.
       (D) Inadequate sending country adoption process.--
     Information indicating that the system utilized by the 
     sending country for the arrangement of international 
     adoptions of alien orphans who are nationals of the sending 
     country is inadequate and, as a result, the processing of 
     cases according to the requirements of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) is compromised.
       (E) Department of state inability to process.--Information 
     indicating that the system of the Department of State in that 
     country for the processing of petitions for the 
     classification of nationals of that sending country as alien 
     orphans is insufficient, and as a result, the Department of 
     State is unable to make an informed determination under 
     section 101(b)(1)(F) of the Immigration and Nationality Act 
     (8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)(F)).
       (F) Department of homeland security inability to process.--
     Information indicating that the system of the Department of 
     Homeland Security in that country for the processing of 
     petitions for the classification of nationals of that sending 
     country as alien orphans is insufficient, and as a result, 
     the Department of Homeland Security is unable to make an 
     informed determination under section 101(b)(1)(F) of the 
     Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)(F)).
       (G) Combination of conditions.--Information indicating that 
     a combination of the conditions listed in this paragraph 
     exist, such that the Department of State or the Department of 
     Homeland Security is unable to make an informed determination 
     under section 101(b)(1)(F) of the Immigration and Nationality 
     Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)(F)).
       (H) Other conditions.--Information indicating such other 
     conditions that justify a suspension of orphan processing, as 
     appropriate.
       (2) Summary of prior action.--Whenever applicable, a 
     summary of recent actions taken in the sending country and 
     information regarding previous efforts to address conditions 
     articulated in paragraph (1).
       (3) Plan.--To the extent possible, a plan that includes--
       (A) ways to remedy the circumstance or circumstances 
     described in paragraph (1) justifying the suspension;
       (B) a process to notify United States citizens who might be 
     affected by the suspension; and
       (C) a good faith estimate--
       (i) of the time needed to remedy the circumstance or 
     circumstances described in paragraph (1); and
       (ii) that recognizes and addresses the degree to which 
     resolution of the circumstance or circumstances described in 
     paragraph (1) depend upon the cooperation of the sending 
     country.
       (b) Exemptions From Suspension.--The Secretary of Homeland 
     Security shall give

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     consideration to exempting from the suspension those 
     adoptions involving extraordinary humanitarian concerns in 
     accordance with section 212(d)(5)(A) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(d)(5)(A)).
       (c) Ongoing Consultation.--Not later than 180 days after a 
     suspension takes effect after the date of enactment of this 
     Act, and every 180 days until the suspension is terminated, 
     the Secretary of Homeland Security shall inform Congress that 
     the circumstance or circumstances justifying the suspension 
     still exist.
       (d) Transition Provision.--Not later than 30 days after the 
     date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland 
     Security shall submit to Congress, for each country for which 
     a suspension is in effect on the date of enactment of this 
     Act, a report containing a summary of the evidence, plan, and 
     estimate described in subsection (a).
       (e) Statutory Construction.--Nothing in this section shall 
     be construed to require the inclusion of information that--
       (1) reasonably could be expected to adversely affect or 
     compromise a civil or criminal enforcement proceeding or 
     investigation; or
       (2) would disclose techniques and procedures for law 
     enforcement investigations or prosecutions.
       (f) Limitation.--Under no circumstances shall a suspension 
     issued under this section be longer than 18 months.
       (g) Requirements of the Department of State.--Neither the 
     Secretary of State nor any other official of the Department 
     of State shall urge a foreign government to suspend the 
     processing of international adoptions by United States 
     citizens unless the Secretary of State provides notice in 
     writing to each House of Congress, in accordance with 
     subsection (h), of the intention of the Secretary of State to 
     take such action.
       (h) Submission of Notices to Congress.--The submission of a 
     notice under subsection (a) or a notice under subsection (g) 
     is satisfied if the notice, as appropriate, is submitted on 
     the day the action is to be taken.
       (i) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Alien orphan.--The term ``alien orphan'' means an alien 
     child described in subparagraph (F) or (G) of section 
     101(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 
     1101(b)(1) (F) or (G)).
       (2) Sending country.--The term ``sending country'' means 
     the country with legal authority to process the adoption of 
     the child in question.
       (3) Suspension.--The term ``suspension'' means, with 
     respect to a country, the decision by the Secretary of 
     Homeland Security to suspend the processing of petitions for 
     classification of alien orphans who are natives of that 
     country.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1176. Mr. FRIST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to 
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international 
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps 
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 815. VISA WAIVER PROGRAM.

       (a) In General.--Section 217(c)(1) of the Immigration and 
     Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(c)(1)) is amended by adding at 
     the end the following: ``Poland shall be designated as a 
     program country under this subsection.''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made in subsection (a) 
     shall take effect 60 days after the date of enactment of this 
     Act.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1177. Mr. FRIST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to 
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international 
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps 
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 242, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following:

     SEC. 2522. COMMENDATION OF THE LEADERSHIP AND PEOPLE OF 
                   COLOMBIA ON THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF 
                   PLAN COLOMBIA.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) July 13, 2003, marks the third anniversary of the 
     passage of legislation providing initial United States 
     assistance for the Plan Colombia initiative.
       (2) In the preceding years, the Government of Colombia has 
     made significant progress in the eradication of the 
     production of illegal drugs.
       (3) Due to the efforts of the Government of Colombia--
       (A) the total area of coca cultivation in Colombia has 
     declined 59.9 percent from 163,289 hectares in 2000 to 
     102,071 at the end of 2002, with a further additional 65,000 
     hectares sprayed with herbicides in 2003;
       (B) Colombia has sprayed 3,300 hectares of poppy crop with 
     herbicides in 2002, and an additional 1,658 hectares in 2003; 
     and
       (C) between January 2002 and May 2003, the Government has 
     seized 100 tons of pure cocaine and 850 kilos of heroin with 
     a street value of approximately $3,000,000,000.
       (4) The armed forces of Colombia are better trained (with 
     60 percent more combat-ready troops than in 1999, including 
     three United States-trained counterdrug brigades and five 
     riverine brigades) and have established and equipped the Tres 
     Esquinas base for counterdrug operations in southern 
     Colombia.
       (5) The armed forces of Colombia are defeating the drug 
     traffickers and terrorists in Colombia, as demonstrated by 
     the capture, as of July 2003, of a total of 3,553 guerrillas 
     and 1,336 members of paramilitaries and the surrender of an 
     additional 1,138 members of illegal groups, the destruction 
     of more than 1,000 coca laboratories, the confiscation of 
     billions of gallons of solid and liquid chemicals used for 
     manufacturing cocaine, and the seizure of more than 4,000 
     weapons from guerrillas and drug traffickers.
       (6) The Government of Colombia has extradited 78 persons to 
     the United States to face trial on narcotics and terrorism 
     charges.
       (7) The Government of Colombia has made progress in 
     establishing law and order in Colombia, as demonstrated by 
     the facts that--
       (A) homicides have declined in Colombia by 20 percent 
     during the first months of 2003, as compared to the same 
     period in 2002; and
       (B) kidnappings have declined by 40 percent, during the 
     first months of 2003, as compared to the same period in 2002.
       (8) The Government of Colombia is training and equipping 
     during 2003, 78,000 new police officers who will be stationed 
     in hundreds of rural towns where there is little or no police 
     presence.
       (9) The Government of Colombia is showing its commitment to 
     fighting the scourge of illegal drugs by increasing defense 
     spending from 3.5 percent of its gross domestic product in 
     2002 to 5.8 percent of its gross domestic product by 2006, 
     and by enlarging its armed forces by 126,000 troops.
       (10) The Government of Colombia is actively providing 
     peasants with alternatives to coca development, including 
     encouraging 22,829 families to abandon coca production and 
     participate in development programs, supporting 24,549 
     hectares of legal crops with technical and agricultural 
     assistance, and completing 349 community and social 
     infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges, sewer 
     systems, water treatment facilities, schools, and health 
     clinics.
       (11) The Government of Colombia is providing humanitarian 
     assistance to internally displaced persons, including 
     providing aid to 774,601 persons, training 31,721 individuals 
     for new jobs, giving vocational and skill development 
     training to 10,106 individuals, providing health care for 
     360,946 persons, improving access to education for 92,172 
     children, and assisting 13,820 individuals in returning to 
     their homes.
       (12) The Government of Colombia is taking steps to protect 
     the human rights of the people of Colombia by establishing 
     the national early warning system, with 13 regional offices, 
     to prevent forced displacement and human rights violations, 
     and by providing protection for 2,731 human rights workers, 
     labor leaders, journalists, and local government officials.
       (13) The Government of Colombia is taking steps to ensure 
     military accountability--
       (A) by establishing in its armed forces a Judge Advocate 
     General center and Military Penal Justice Corps with United 
     States assistance;
       (B) by establishing human rights units under the Colombian 
     Attorney General's office, the armed forces, and the national 
     police; and
       (C) by implementing procedures to prevent United States 
     assistance from being distributed to any unit of the 
     Colombian armed forces that has engaged in human rights 
     violations.
       (14) The Government of Colombia is taking steps to ensure 
     the fair administration of justice in Colombia by 
     establishing 31 Casas de Justicia that have handled 1,600,000 
     cases by July 2003, by creating 19 oral trial courtrooms and 
     training 3,400 judges to administer justice, and by training 
     Colombian law enforcement personnel, judges, and prosecutors 
     in anti-corruption, money-laundering, and anti-kidnapping 
     measures.
       (15) It is in the national interests of the United States 
     to continue to support the efforts of President Alvaro Uribe 
     Velez of Colombia, and the Government and people of Colombia, 
     to stop narcotics trafficking, end terrorism, strengthen 
     democracy, and protect human rights.
       (b) Commendation.--The Senate--
       (1) commends President Alvaro Uribe Velez of Colombia and 
     the Government and the people of Colombia for their 
     successful implementation of Plan Colombia and for their 
     commitment to fighting illegal drugs and terrorism;
       (2) supports the efforts of President Uribe and the 
     Government and people of Colombia, and their commitment, to 
     preserve and strengthen democracy, protect human rights, and 
     provide economic opportunity in Colombia; and
       (3) commemorates, and observes the third anniversary of, 
     the enactment of legislation providing initial United States 
     assistance for the Plan Colombia initiative.

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                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1178. Mr. FRIST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to 
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international 
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps 
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 94, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following 
     new section:

     SEC. 815. UNITED STATES-RUSSIA INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP.

       (a) Authorization.--Congress is authorized to appoint 
     Members of Congress to meet annually with representatives of 
     the Federation Council of Russia for discussion of common 
     problems in the interest of relations between the United 
     States and Russia. The Members of Congress so appointed shall 
     be referred to as the ``United States group'' of the United 
     States-Russia Interparliamentary Group.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       (1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
     $75,000 for each fiscal year to assist in meeting the 
     expenses of the United States group.
       (2) Availability of funds.--Amounts appropriated pursuant 
     to this subsection are authorized to be available until 
     expended.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1179. Mr. FRIST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to 
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international 
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps 
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 94, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following 
     new section:

     SEC. 815. UNITED STATES-CHINA INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP.

       (a) Authorization.--Congress is authorized to appoint 
     Members of Congress to meet annually with representatives of 
     National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China 
     for discussion of common problems in the interest of 
     relations between the United States and China. The Members of 
     Congress so appointed shall be referred to as the ``United 
     States group'' of the United States-China Interparliamentary 
     Group.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       (1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
     $75,000 for each fiscal year to assist in meeting the 
     expenses of the United States group.
       (2) Availability of funds.--Amounts appropriated pursuant 
     to this subsection are authorized to be available until 
     expended.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1180. Mr. VOINOVICH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to 
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international 
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps 
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 94, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following 
     new section:

     SEC. 815. REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL 
                   RELIGIOUS FREEDOM TO INCLUDE INFORMATION ON 
                   ANTI-SEMITISM.

       Section 102(b)(1) of the International Religious Freedom 
     Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6412(b)(1)) is amended by adding at 
     the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(G) Acts of anti-semitism.--A description for each 
     foreign country of--
       ``(i) acts of anti-Semitic violence that occurred in that 
     country;
       ``(ii) the response of the government of that country to 
     such acts of violence;
       ``(iii) actions by the government of that country to enact 
     and enforce laws relating to the protection of the right to 
     religious freedom with respect to people of the Jewish faith;
       ``(iv) societal attitudes in that country toward people of 
     the Jewish faith; and
       ``(v) trends relating to such attitudes in that country.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1181. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to 
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international 
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps 
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 123, line 15, strike ``$475,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$521,600,000''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1182. Mr. LUGAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to 
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international 
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps 
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of section 2123, add the following:
       (d) Assistance for Pakistan.--
       (1) In general.--Of the funds authorized to be appropriated 
     to carry out chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 for fiscal year 2004, $200,000,000 may be made 
     available for assistance for Pakistan, of which up to 
     $200,000,000 may be made available for the costs, as defined 
     in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of 
     modifying direct loans and guarantees for Pakistan.
       (2) Treatment of certain assistance.--The amount made 
     available under paragraph (1) for the cost of modifying 
     direct loans and guarantees shall not be considered 
     assistance for purposes of any provision of law limiting 
     assistance to a country.
       (3) Limitation.--The authority provided by paragraph (1) 
     shall be subject to the requirements of section 634A of the 
     Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1183. Mr. LUGAR proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136 
proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations 
for the Department of State and international broadcasting activities 
for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 
through 2007, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       On page 31, between lines 23 and 24, insert the following:
       (c) For the purposes of the program authorized by 
     subsection (a), Congress consents to employees of a 
     designated country or designated entity continuing to receive 
     payment of salary and benefits from such designated country 
     or designated entity while they serve in offices of profit or 
     trust within the Department of State.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1184. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Frist) proposed an amendment to amendment 
SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize 
appropriations for the Department of State and international 
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps 
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 94, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following 
     new section:

     SEC. 815. UNITED STATES-RUSSIA INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP.

       (a) Authorization.--The United States Senate is authorized 
     to appoint Senators to meet annually with representatives of 
     the Federation Council of Russia for discussion of common 
     problems in the interest of relations between the United 
     States and Russia. The Senators so appointed shall be 
     referred to as the ``United States group'' of the United 
     States-Russia Interparliamentary Group.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       (1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
     $75,000 for each fiscal year to assist in meeting the 
     expenses of the United States group.
       (2) Availability of funds.--Amounts appropriated pursuant 
     to this subsection are authorized to be available until 
     expended.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1185. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Frist (for himself and Mr. Stevens)) 
proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the 
bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State 
and international broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for 
the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other 
purposes; as follows:

       On page 94, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following 
     new section:

     SEC. 815. UNITED STATES-CHINA INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP.

       (a) Authorization.--The United States Senate is authorized 
     to appoint Senators to meet annually with representatives of 
     National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China 
     for discussion of common problems in the interest of 
     relations between the United States and China. The Senators 
     so appointed shall be referred to as the ``United States 
     group'' of the United States-China Interparliamentary Group.
       (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--
       (1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated 
     $75,000 for each fiscal year to assist in meeting the 
     expenses of the United States group.
       (2) Availability of funds.--Amounts appropriated pursuant 
     to this subsection are authorized to be available until 
     expended.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1186. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Voinovich) proposed an amendment to 
amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr.

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Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations for the 
Department of State and international broadcasting activities for 
fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through 
2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 94, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following 
     new section:

     SEC. 815. REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL 
                   RELIGIOUS FREEDOM TO INCLUDE INFORMATION ON 
                   ANTI-SEMITISM.

       Section 102(b)(1) of the International Religious Freedom 
     Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6412(b)(1)) is amended by adding at 
     the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(G) Acts of anti-semitism.--A description for each 
     foreign country of--
       ``(i) acts of anti-Semitic violence that occurred in that 
     country;
       ``(ii) the response of the government of that country to 
     such acts of violence;
       ``(iii) actions by the government of that country to enact 
     and enforce laws relating to the protection of the right to 
     religious freedom with respect to people of the Jewish faith;
       ``(iv) societal attitudes in that country toward people of 
     the Jewish faith; and
       ``(v) trends relating to such attitudes in that country.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1187. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Akaka (for himself and Mr. Inouye)) 
proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the 
bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State 
and international broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for 
the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other 
purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC.   . AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND 
                   TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST.

       Of the amounts authorized in this Act under Section 102 for 
     United States Educational, Cultural, and Public Diplomacy 
     Programs up to $4 million is authorized to be appropriated, 
     in addition to such funds authorized under Section 102(a)(3) 
     in support of the Center for Cultural and Technical 
     Interchange Between East and West.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1188. Mrs. CLINTON (for Mr. Schumer (for himself and Mrs. 
Clinton)) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. 
Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations for the 
Department of State and international broadcasting activities for 
fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through 
2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following new section:

     SEC. __. PENALTY FOR UNPAID PROPERTY TAXES.

       (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), an amount equal 
     to 110 percent of the total amount of unpaid property taxes 
     owed by a foreign country to the District of Columbia and New 
     York, New York as reported by the District of Columbia and 
     New York, New York, respectively, shall be withheld from 
     obligation for such country from funds that are--
       (1) appropriated pursuant to an authorization of 
     appropriations in this Act; and
       (2) made available for such foreign country under part I of 
     the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.).
       (b) Payment.--Funds withheld from obligation for a country 
     under subsection (a)(2) shall be paid to the District of 
     Columbia or New York, New York, as appropriate, to satisfy 
     any judgment for unpaid property taxes against such foreign 
     country.
       (c) Certification.--The withholding of funds under 
     subsection (a) shall apply with respect to a foreign country 
     until the Secretary of State certifies to the designated 
     congressional committees that the total unpaid property taxes 
     owed by such country have been paid in full.
       (d) Definitions.--In this section:
       (1) Designated congressional committees.--The term 
     ``designated congressional committees'' means the Committees 
     of Foreign Relations and Appropriations of the Senate and the 
     Committees on International Relations and Appropriations of 
     the House of Representatives.
       (2) Judgment.--The term ``judgment'' means a judgment, 
     order, or decree, including a judgment rendered by default or 
     nonappearance of a party, entered in favor of the District of 
     Columbia or New York, New York in a court of the United 
     States or any State or subdivision thereof, arising from a 
     proceeding regarding unpaid property taxes.
       (3) Unpaid property taxes.--The term ``unpaid property 
     taxes'' means the amount of the unpaid taxes, and interest on 
     such taxes, that have accrued on real property under 
     applicable laws.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1189. Mr. DODD proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136 proposed 
by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations for the 
Department of State and international broadcasting activities for 
fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through 
2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 247, strike the period at the end of Section 
     3102(a) and add the following:

     ``, except that the Corporation is prohibited from providing 
     assistance to any entity for any project which is likely to--
       ``(i) cause the substantial loss of U.S. jobs, or the 
     displacement of U.S. production, or
       ``(ii) pose an unreasonable or major environmental, health, 
     or safety hazard.''
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1190. Mr. BIDEN (for himself, Mr. Levin, Mr. Daschle, and Mr. 
Kennedy) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. 
Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations for the 
Department of State and international broadcasting activities for 
fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through 
2007, and for other purposes, as follows:

       At the appropriate place insert:

     SEC.   . IN APPRECIATION OF OUR ARMED FORCES AND REGARDING 
                   RESTORING STABILITY AND SECURITY IN IRAQ.

       (a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) The United States, with the support of forces from 
     Great Britain and other countries, historically and 
     courageously liberated Iraq in three weeks;
       (2) Conditions on the ground in parts of Iraq continue to 
     pose a grave threat to American troops, thereby complicating 
     efforts to restore law and order and essential public 
     services for Iraqis and these efforts are further complicated 
     by the absence of effective communications with the Iraqi 
     people;
       (3) Ultimately, maintaining law and order in Iraq and 
     preserving its territorial integrity will require the 
     creation of a professionally trained Iraqi police force and a 
     reformed Iraqi military but that will take a significant 
     amount of time and in the meantime international armed forces 
     and police must assume these responsibilities;
       (4) Approximately 145,000 U.S. troops are currently 
     deployed in Iraq, meaning that American troops comprise 
     roughly 90% of Coalition forces, and even if, as the 
     Department of Defense has stated, an additional 10,000 
     international troops join the Coalition effort in Iraq by 
     September, Americans will still comprise roughly 85% of 
     Coalition forces;
       (5) Maintaining the existing force level in Iraq currently 
     requires $3.9 billion each month;
       (6) The Department of Defense has stated that it will 
     require one year to train a new Iraqi Army of 12,000 soldiers 
     and three years to train 40,000 soldiers;
       (7) The Coalition Provisional Authority has stated that it 
     will require at least one year to recruit and train a police 
     force of 40,000 officers capable of assuming minimal police 
     functions in Iraq, that it will require five years to recruit 
     and train a full force of 75,000 officers, and that at least 
     5500 additional international police are needed to train, 
     assist and jointly patrol with the existing Iraqi police 
     force;
       (8) President Bush has noted that ``The rise of Iraq, as an 
     example of moderation and democracy and prosperity, is a 
     massive and long-term undertaking,'' and it is clear that 
     increasing the number of troops and police from countries 
     other than the United States will reduce risks to American 
     soldiers and the financial cost to the United States;
       (9) Secretary Rumsfeld testified that ``We certainly want 
     assistance from NATO and from NATO countries'' and it is 
     clear that involving the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, 
     as is being done in Afghanistan and has been done in Kosovo 
     and Bosnia, allows the Coalition to maintain a robust 
     military presence while decreasing the exposure and risk to 
     American troops; and
       (10) Rebuilding Iraq's neglected infrastructure and economy 
     and administering Iraq--including providing basic services 
     and paying public sector salaries--is likely to require tens 
     of billions of dollars over several years and projected Iraqi 
     oil revenues will be insufficient to meet these costs.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
       (1) It is in the national security interests of the United 
     States to remain engaged in Iraq in order to ensure a 
     peaceful, stable, unified Iraq with a representative 
     government;
       (2) The President should request formally and expeditiously 
     that NATO raise a force for deployment in post-war Iraq 
     similar to what it has done in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Kosovo 
     and the Congress urges NATO allies and other nations to 
     provide troops and police to Coalition efforts in Iraq.
       (3) The President should call on the United Nations to urge 
     its member states to provide military forces and civilian 
     police to promote stability and security in Iraq and 
     resources to help rebuild and administer Iraq.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1191. Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Lieberman, Mr.

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Corzine, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Reid) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to 
the bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations for the Department of 
State and international broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 
and for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of title VIII, add the following:

     SEC. 815. SENSE OF SENATE ON EXECUTIVE BRANCH COOPERATION 
                   WITH THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TERRORIST 
                   ATTACKS UPON THE UNITED STATES.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
       (1) On November 15, 2002, Congress passed legislation by a 
     wide bipartisan margin to establish the National Commission 
     on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States to determine the 
     facts surrounding the attacks of September 11, 2001, and to 
     help the Nation prevent any future terrorist attacks. On 
     November 27, 2002, President Bush signed the legislation into 
     law as title VI of the Intelligence Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-306; 116 Stat. 2408; 6 
     U.S.C. 101 note).
       (2) There was broad bipartisan consensus that the work of 
     the Commission was of national importance and of particular 
     significance to the families of the victims of the attacks of 
     September 11, 2001.
       (3) The work of the Commission is essential to discovering 
     what weaknesses and vulnerabilities were exploited to 
     successfully perpetrate the deadly attacks of September 11, 
     2001.
       (4) The Commission is required to ``ascertain, evaluate, 
     and report on the evidence developed by all relevant 
     governmental agencies regarding the facts and circumstances 
     surrounding the attacks'' and to complete its work by May, 
     2004.
       (5) Both the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Commission 
     have recently announced that many of the relevant agencies--
     most notably the Department of Defense, the Department of 
     Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Central 
     Intelligence Agency--have failed to provide the bulk of the 
     documents the Commission has requested and some of those 
     agencies have prevented the Commission from conducting 
     independent interviews with officials who may have important 
     information about the tragic events of September 11, 2001.
       (6) Members of the Commission have also acknowledged that 
     if this cooperation is not forthcoming in the next several 
     weeks, the Commission will not be able to meet the May 2004 
     statutory deadline to conclude its investigation and report 
     its findings to Congress and the President.
       (b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) President Bush should immediately and publicly require 
     all executive branch agencies, especially the Department of 
     Defense, the Department of Justice, the Department of 
     Homeland Security, and the Central Intelligence Agency, to 
     provide their fullest and most timely cooperation to the 
     Commission, and permit the Commission unfettered access to 
     agency officials for interviews, so that the Commission can 
     complete its mission in the time allotted by law;
       (2) President Bush should require the Department of 
     Defense, the Department of Justice, the Department of 
     Homeland Security, and the Central Intelligence Agency to 
     submit to Congress and the President, by August 15, 2003, and 
     quarterly thereafter, a report on the actions taken by each 
     such department or agency to comply with the requests of the 
     Commission; and
       (3) the Commission should submit to Congress and the 
     President, by August 15, 2003, and quarterly thereafter, a 
     report assessing the compliance of each department and agency 
     referred to in paragraph (2) with the requests of the 
     Commission.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1192. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Ensign) proposed an amendment to 
amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to 
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international 
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps 
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

       Strike Section 401 and insert the following:

     SEC. 401. LIMITATION ON THE UNITED STATES SHARE OF 
                   ASSESSMENTS FOR UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING.

       (a) In General.--Section 404 of the Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 
     103-236) is amended by amending subparagraph (B), added by 
     Section 402 of P.L. 107-228 (FY 2003 Foreign Relations 
     Authorization Act), to amend subparagraph (iv) as follows and 
     add subparagraph (v) at the end:
       ``(iv) For assessments made during calendar year 2004, 27.1 
     percent.
       ``(v) For assessments made during calendar year 2005, 27.1 
     percent.''
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1193. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Warner (for himself and Mr. Stevens)) 
proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the 
bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State 
and international broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for 
the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other 
purposes; as follows:

       Strike section 206.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1194. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Frist) proposed an amendment to amendment 
SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize 
appropriations for the Department of State and international 
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps 
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 242, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following:

     SEC. 2522. COMMENDATION OF THE LEADERSHIP AND PEOPLE OF 
                   COLOMBIA ON THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF 
                   PLAN COLOMBIA.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) July 13, 2003, marks the third anniversary of the 
     enactment of legislation providing initial United States 
     assistance for the Plan Colombia initiative. Since then, the 
     United States has provided over $3 billion in support of Plan 
     Colombia.
       (2) During this period, the Government of Colombia, with 
     United States support, has made progress in the eradication 
     and seizure of illegal drugs.
       (3) According to reports--
       (A) the total area of coca cultivation in Colombia has 
     declined 59.9 percent from 163,289 hectares in 2000 to 
     102,071 at the end of 2002, with a further additional 65,000 
     hectares to be sprayed with herbicides in 2003;
       (B) 3,300 hectares of poppy crop have been sprayed with 
     herbicides in 2002, and an additional 1,658 hectares to be 
     sprayed in 2003; and
       (C) between January 2002 and May 2003, 100 tons of pure 
     cocaine and 850 kilos of heroin have been seized, with a 
     street value of approximately $3,000,000,000.
       (4) The armed forces of Colombia have 60 percent more 
     combat-ready troops than in 1999, including three United 
     States-trained counterdrug brigades and five riverine 
     brigades.
       (5) The armed forces of Colombia are taking steps against 
     the drug traffickers and terrorists in Colombia, as 
     demonstrated by the capture, as of July 2003, of some 3,553 
     guerrillas and 1,336 members of paramilitaries and the 
     surrender of an additional 1,138 members of illegal groups, 
     the destruction of more than 1,000 coca laboratories, the 
     confiscation of solid and liquid chemicals used for 
     manufacturing cocaine, and the seizure of weapons from 
     guerrillas and drug traffickers.
       (6) In the past several years, the Government of Colombia 
     has extradited 78 persons to the United States to face trial 
     on narcotics and terrorism charges.
       (7) The Government of Colombia is working to establish law 
     and order in Colombia--
       (A) homicides have reportedly declined in Colombia during 
     the first months of 2003, as compared to the same period in 
     2002; and
       (B) kidnappings have reportedly declined during the first 
     months of 2003, as compared to the same period in 2002.
       (8) The Government of Colombia is training and equipping 
     during 2003, thousands of new police officers who will be 
     stationed in hundreds of rural towns where there is little or 
     no police presence.
       (9) The Government of Colombia plans to increase defense 
     spending from 3.5 percent of its gross domestic product in 
     2002 to 5.8 percent of its gross domestic product by 2006, 
     and to enlarge its armed forces by 126,000 troops.
       (10) It is in the national interests of the United States 
     to continue to support the efforts of President Alvaro Uribe 
     Velez of Colombia, and the Government and people of Colombia, 
     to stop narcotics trafficking, end terrorism, strengthen 
     democracy, and protect human rights.
       (b) Commendation.--The Senate--
       (1) commends President Alvaro Uribe Velez of Colombia and 
     the Government and the people of Colombia on the third 
     anniversary of Plan Colombia and for their efforts in 
     fighting illegal drugs and terrorism; and
       (2) supports and encourages the efforts of President Uribe 
     and the Government and people of Colombia to preserve and 
     strengthen democracy, protect human rights, and provide 
     economic opportunity in Colombia.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1195. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. 
Lieberman, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Reid)) 
proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the 
bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State 
and international broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for 
the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other 
purposes; as follows:

       At the end of title VIII, add the following:

[[Page 17711]]



     SEC. 815. SENSE OF SENATE ON EXECUTIVE BRANCH COOPERATION 
                   WITH THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TERRORIST 
                   ATTACKS UPON THE UNITED STATES.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
       (1) On November 15, 2002, Congress passed legislation by a 
     wide bipartisan margin to establish the National Commission 
     on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States to determine the 
     facts surrounding the attacks of September 11, 2001, and to 
     help the Nation prevent any future terrorist attacks. On 
     November 27, 2002, President Bush signed the legislation into 
     law as title VI of the Intelligence Authorization Act for 
     Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-306; 116 Stat. 2408; 6 
     U.S.C. 101 note).
       (2) There was broad bipartisan consensus that the work of 
     the Commission was of national importance and of particular 
     significance to the families of the victims of the attacks of 
     September 11, 2001.
       (3) The work of the Commission is essential to discovering 
     what weaknesses and vulnerabilities were exploited to 
     successfully perpetrate the deadly attacks of September 11, 
     2001.
       (4) The Commission is required to ``ascertain, evaluate, 
     and report on the evidence developed by all relevant 
     governmental agencies regarding the facts and circumstances 
     surrounding the attacks'' and to complete its work by May, 
     2004.
       (5) Both the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Commission 
     have recently announced that many of the relevant agencies--
     most notably the Department of Defense, the Department of 
     Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Central 
     Intelligence Agency--have failed to provide the bulk of the 
     documents the Commission has requested and some of those 
     agencies have prevented the Commission from conducting 
     independent interviews with officials who may have important 
     information about the tragic events of September 11, 2001.
       (6) Members of the Commission have also acknowledged that 
     if this cooperation is not forthcoming in the next several 
     weeks, the Commission will not be able to meet the May 2004 
     statutory deadline to conclude its investigation and report 
     its findings to Congress and the President.
       (b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) President Bush should immediately and publicly require 
     all executive branch agencies, especially the Department of 
     Defense, the Department of Justice, the Department of 
     Homeland Security, and the Central Intelligence Agency, to 
     provide their fullest and most timely cooperation to the 
     Commission, and permit the Commission unfettered access to 
     agency officials for interviews, so that the Commission can 
     complete its mission in the time allotted by law;
       (2) the Department of Defense, the Department of Justice, 
     the Department of Homeland Security, and the Central 
     Intelligence Agency should submit to Congress, by August 15, 
     2003, and quarterly thereafter for the life of the 
     commission, a report on the actions taken by each such 
     department or agency to comply with the requests of the 
     Commission; and
       (3) the Commission should submit to Congress and the 
     President, by August 15, 2003, and quarterly thereafter, a 
     report assessing the compliance of each department and agency 
     referred to in paragraph (2) with the requests of the 
     Commission.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1196. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Durbin (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. 
Landrieu, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Corzine, and Mrs. Hutchison)) proposed an 
amendment to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 
925, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and 
international broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the 
Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; 
as follows:

       On page 250, line 19, strike ``Such'' and insert ``In 
     recognition of the essential role of women in developing 
     countries, the CEO shall ensure that such indicators where 
     appropriate, take into account and assess the role of women 
     and girls. The approved''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1197. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Roberts, Mr. 
Rockefeller, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Warner, Mr. Lott, Ms. Snowe, Mr. 
Chambliss, Mr. Hagel, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Levin, and Mr. Bond) 
proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the 
bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State 
and international broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for 
the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other 
purposes; as follows:

       On page 94, between lines 17 and 18 insert the following 
     new section:

     SEC. 815. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON AN INVESTIGATION INTO 
                   ASSERTIONS THAT IRAQ ATTEMPTED TO OBTAIN 
                   URANIUM FROM AFRICA.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) In the State of the Union address in January 2003, the 
     President asserted that ``[t]he British government has 
     learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant 
     quantities of uranium from Africa''.
       (2) It has been determined that the claim regarding the 
     efforts of Iraq to obtain uranium from Africa cannot be 
     substantiated.
       (3) In May 2003, the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the 
     Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate requested that 
     the Inspector General of the Department of State and the 
     Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency work 
     jointly to investigate the handling and characterization of 
     the underlying documents behind the assertions regarding the 
     efforts of Iraq to obtain uranium from Africa.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) Congress supports the thorough and expeditious joint 
     investigation by the Inspector General of the Department of 
     State and the Inspector General of Central Intelligence 
     Agency into the documents or other materials that the 
     President relied on to conclude that Iraq had attempted to 
     obtain uranium from Africa;
       (2) the findings and conclusions of the joint investigation 
     should be completed not later than September 12, 2003; and
       (3) such findings and conclusions should be unclassified to 
     the maximum extent possible, while fully protecting any 
     intelligence sources or methods.
       (4) the findings and conclusions of the joint investigation 
     should be sent to the House and Senate Select Committees on 
     Intelligence and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and 
     the House International Relations Committee.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1198. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Dorgan) proposed an amendment to 
amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to 
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international 
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps 
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC.  . EMERGENCY FOOD AID FOR HIV/AIDS VICTIMS.

       (a) Findings.--The Senate finds the following:
       (1) Whereas the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
     found that ``For persons living with HIV/AIDS, practicing 
     sound nutrition can play a key role in preventing 
     malnutrition and wasting syndrome, which can weaken an 
     already compromised immune system.''.
       (2) Whereas there are immediate needs for additional food 
     aid in sub-Saharan Africa where the World Food Program has 
     estimated that more than 40,000,000 people are at risk of 
     starvation.
       (3) Whereas prices of certain staple commodities have 
     increased by 30 percent over the past year, which was not 
     anticipated by the President's fiscal year 2004 budget 
     request.
       (4) The Commodity Credit Corporation has the legal 
     authority to finance up to $30,000,000,000 for ongoing 
     agriculture programs and $250,000,000 represents a use of 
     less than 1 percent of such authority to combat the worst 
     public health crisis in 500 years.
       (b) Commodity Credit Corporation.--
       (1) In general.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall 
     immediately use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the 
     Commodity Credit Corporation to provide an additional 
     $250,000,000 in fiscal year 2003 to carry out programs 
     authorized under title II of the Agricultural Trade 
     Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et 
     seq.) to assist in mitigating the effects of HIV/AIDS on 
     affected populations in sub-Saharan Africa and other 
     developing nations, and by September 30, 2003, the 
     Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
     Development shall enter into agreements with private 
     voluntary organizations, non-governmental organizations, and 
     other appropriate organizations for the provision of such 
     agricultural commodities through programs that--
       (A) provide nutritional assistance to individuals with HIV/
     AIDS and to children, households, and communities affected by 
     HIV/AIDS; and
       (B) generate funds from the sale of such commodities for 
     activities related to the prevention and treatment of HIV/
     AIDS, support service and care for HIV/AIDS infected 
     individuals and affected households, and the creation of 
     sustainable livelihoods among individuals in HIV/AIDS 
     affected communities, including income-generating and 
     business activities.
       (2) Requirement.--The food aid provided under this 
     subsection shall be in addition to any other food aid 
     acquired and provided by the Commodity Credit Corporation 
     prior to the date of enactment of this Act. Agricultural 
     commodities made available under this subsection may, 
     notwithstanding any other provision of law, be shipped in 
     fiscal years 2003 and 2004.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1199. Mr. BIDEN proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136 
proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925,

[[Page 17712]]

to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and 
international broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the 
Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; 
as follows:

       On page 131, after line 2, insert the following:
       ``(d) Clinton Scholars.--Of the amounts authorized to be 
     appropriated under section 532(a) of the Foreign Assistance 
     Act of 1961 (as amended by this act), $3,000,000 is 
     authorized to be appropriated for scholarships to 
     Palestinians who are future private and public sector leaders 
     and managers for Graduate-level education in the United 
     States. Such program shall be known as the ``Clinton 
     Scholarship Program.''
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1200. Mr. HARKIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 2657, making appropriations for the Legislative 
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other 
purposes; as follows:

       Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the 
     period from September 1 through September 30, 2003, the 
     Secretary of Education shall transfer to the Education for 
     the Disadvantaged account an amount not to exceed $4,353,368 
     from amounts that would otherwise lapse at the end of fiscal 
     year 2003 and that were originally made available under the 
     Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2003 or any 
     Department of Education Appropriations Act for a previous 
     fiscal year: Provided, That the funds transferred to the 
     Education for the Disadvantaged account shall be obligated by 
     September 30, 2003: Provided further, That the Secretary 
     shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
     of Congress of any such transfer.
       Provided further, Any amounts transferred to the Education 
     for the Disadvantaged account pursuant to the previous 
     paragraph shall be for carrying out subpart 2 of part A of 
     title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
     1965, and shall be allocated, notwithstanding any other 
     provision of law, only to those States that received funds 
     under that subpart for fiscal year 2003 that were less than 
     those States received under that subpart for fiscal year 
     2002: Provided further, That the Secretary of Education shall 
     use these additional funds to increase those States' 
     allocations under that subpart up to the amount they received 
     under that subpart for fiscal year 2002: Provided further, 
     that each such State shall use the funds appropriated under 
     this paragraph to ratably increase the amount of funds for 
     each eligible local educational agency in the State that 
     received less under that subpart in fiscal year 2003 than it 
     received under that subpart in fiscal year 2002: Provided 
     further, that the Secretary shall not take into account the 
     funds made available under this paragraph in determining 
     State allocations under any other program administered by the 
     Secretary in any fiscal year.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1201. Mr. REID (for Mrs. Feinstein) proposed an amendment to the 
bill H.R. 2657, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. __. (a) Additional Amount for Cooperative Forestry 
     Assistance.--The amount appropriated by title III of this Act 
     under the heading ``Department of the Interior, Bureau of 
     Land Management, Wildland Fire Management'' is hereby 
     increased by $25,000,000.
       (b) Availability of Amount.--Of the amount appropriated by 
     title III of this Act under the heading ``Department of the 
     Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Wildland Fire 
     Management'', as increased by subsection (a), $25,000,000 
     shall be available for emergency actions to reduce the threat 
     to human safety in areas declared under a State of Emergency 
     by the Governor of any State due to the danger of 
     catastrophic fire from dead and dying trees including--
       (1) clearing of evacuation routes;
       (2) clearing around emergency shelter locations;
       (3) clearing around emergency communication sites; and
       (4) clearing buffer zones around highly populous 
     communities in order to prevent fire sweeping though such 
     communities.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1202. Mr. SESSIONS proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2657, 
making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as follows:

       In title III, strike the following: ``Provided further, 
     That for an additional amount for `Corporation for National 
     and Community Service, National and Community Service 
     Programs Operating Expenses', for grants under the National 
     Service Trust program authorized under subtitle C of title I 
     of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (the `Act') 
     (42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) (relating to activities including 
     the AmeriCorps program) and for educational awards authorized 
     under subtitle D of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12601), 
     $100,000,000, with funds for grants to remain available until 
     September 30, 2004, and funds for educational awards to 
     remain available until expended:''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1203. Mrs. BOXER (for herself, Mr. Smith, and Ms. Collins) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 
925, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and 
international broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the 
Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; 
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of division A, add the following:

                     TITLE X--SYRIA ACCOUNTABILITY

     SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Syria Accountability Act 
     of 2003''.

     SEC. 1002. FINDINGS.

       Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 
     (September 28, 2001) mandates that all states ``refrain from 
     providing any form of support, active or passive, to entities 
     or persons involved in terrorist acts'', take ``the necessary 
     steps to prevent the commission of terrorist acts'', and 
     ``deny safe haven to those who finance, plan, support, or 
     commit terrorist acts''.
       (2) The Government of Syria is currently prohibited by 
     United States law from receiving United States assistance 
     because it is listed as a state sponsor of terrorism.
       (3) Although the Secretary of State lists Syria as a state 
     sponsor of terrorism and reports that Syria provides ``safe 
     haven and support to several terrorist groups'', fewer United 
     States sanctions apply with respect to Syria than with 
     respect to any other country that the Secretary lists as a 
     state sponsor of terrorism.
       (4) Terrorist groups, including Hizballah, Hamas, the 
     Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and the 
     Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General 
     Command, maintain offices, training camps, and other 
     facilities on Syrian territory and operate in areas of 
     Lebanon occupied by the Syrian armed forces and receive 
     supplies from Iran through Syria.
       (5) United Nations Security Council Resolution 520 
     (September 17, 1982) calls for ``strict respect of the 
     sovereignty, territorial integrity, unity and political 
     independence of Lebanon under the sole and exclusive 
     authority of the Government of Lebanon through the Lebanese 
     Army throughout Lebanon''.
       (6) More than 20,000 Syrian troops and security personnel 
     occupy much of the sovereign territory of Lebanon, thereby 
     exerting undue influence upon its government and undermining 
     its political independence.
       (7) Since 1990 the Senate and House of Representatives have 
     passed seven bills and resolutions calling for the withdrawal 
     of Syrian armed forces from Lebanon.
       (8) Large and increasing numbers of the Lebanese people 
     from across the political spectrum in Lebanon have mounted 
     peaceful and democratic calls for the withdrawal of the 
     Syrian Army from Lebanese soil.
       (9) Israel has withdrawn all of its armed forces from 
     Lebanon in accordance with United Nations Security Council 
     Resolution 425 (March 19, 1978), as certified by the United 
     Nations Secretary General.
       (10) Even in the face of this United Nations certification 
     that acknowledged Israel's full compliance with Resolution 
     425, Syria permits attacks by Hizballah and other militant 
     organizations on Israeli outposts at Shebaa Farms, under the 
     false guise that it remains Lebanese land. Syria also permits 
     attacks on civilian targets in Israel.
       (11) Syria will not allow Lebanon, a sovereign country, to 
     fulfill its obligation in accordance with Security Council 
     Resolution 425 to deploy its troops to southern Lebanon.
       (12) As a result, the Israeli-Lebanese border and much of 
     southern Lebanon is under the control of Hizballah, which 
     continues to attack Israeli positions and allows Iranian 
     Revolutionary Guards and other militant groups to operate 
     freely in the area, destabilizing the entire region.
       (13) The United States provides $40,000,000 in assistance 
     to the Lebanese people through private nongovernmental 
     organizations, $7,900,000 of which is provided to Lebanese-
     American educational institutions.
       (14) In the State of the Union address on January 29, 2002, 
     President George W. Bush declared that the United States will 
     ``work closely with our coalition to deny terrorists and 
     their state sponsors the materials, technology, and expertise 
     to make and deliver weapons of mass destruction''.
       (15) The Government of Syria continues to develop and 
     deploy short- and medium-range ballistic missiles.
       (16) The Government of Syria is pursuing the development 
     and production of biological and chemical weapons.
       (17) United Nations Security Council Resolution 661 (August 
     6, 1990) and subsequent relevant resolutions restrict the 
     sale of oil and other commodities by Iraq, except to the 
     extent authorized by other relevant resolutions.

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       (18) Syrian President Bashar Assad promised the Secretary 
     of State in February 2001 to end violations of Security 
     Council Resolution 661 but this pledge has not been 
     fulfilled.
       (19) In direct violation of United Nations Sanctions, Syria 
     has been importing 200,000 barrels of Iraqi oil on a daily 
     basis since 2000, which has provided Iraq with up to 
     $1,200,000,000 annually.
       (20) There are reports that Syria is pursuing the 
     development of chemical weapons, such as VX and Sarin, and is 
     harboring fugitive Iraqi officials.
       (21) On April 20, 2003, President Bush said there were 
     positive signs that Syria will cooperate on the issue of 
     harboring fugitive Iraqi officials.

     SEC. 1003. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

       It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the Government of Syria should immediately and 
     unconditionally halt support for terrorism, permanently and 
     openly declare its total renunciation of all forms of 
     terrorism, and close all terrorist offices and facilities in 
     Syria, including the offices of Hamas, Hizballah, the Popular 
     Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and the Popular Front 
     for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command;
       (2) in accordance with United Nations Security Council 
     Resolution 520 (September 17, 1982), which calls for the 
     strict respect for Lebanon's sovereignty and territorial 
     integrity, the Government of Syria should immediately declare 
     its commitment to completely withdraw its armed forces, 
     including military, paramilitary, and security forces, from 
     Lebanon, and set a firm schedule for such withdrawal;
       (3) the Government of Syria should halt the development and 
     deployment of short- and medium-range ballistic missiles and 
     cease the development and production of biological and 
     chemical weapons;
       (4) the Government of Syria should halt illegal imports and 
     transshipments of Iraqi oil and come into full compliance 
     with United Nations Security Council Resolution 661 and 
     subsequent relevant resolutions;
       (5) the Governments of Lebanon and Syria should enter into 
     serious unconditional bilateral negotiations with the 
     Government of Israel in order to realize a full and permanent 
     peace; and
       (6) the United States should continue to provide 
     humanitarian and educational assistance to the people of 
     Lebanon only through appropriate private, nongovernmental 
     organizations and appropriate international organizations, 
     until such time as the Government of Lebanon asserts 
     sovereignty and control over all of its territory and borders 
     and achieves full political independence, as called for in 
     United Nations Security Council Resolution 520.

     SEC. 1004. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

       It is the policy of the United States that--
       (1) Syria should bear responsibility for all attacks 
     committed by Hizballah and other terrorist groups with 
     offices or other facilities in Syria, or bases in areas of 
     Lebanon occupied by Syria;
       (2) the United States will work to deny Syria the ability 
     to support acts of international terrorism and efforts to 
     develop or acquire weapons of mass destruction;
       (3) the Secretary of State will continue to list Syria as a 
     state sponsor of terrorism until Syria ends its support for 
     terrorism, including its support of Hizballah and other 
     terrorist groups in Lebanon and its hosting of terrorist 
     groups in Damascus, and comes into full compliance with 
     United States law relating to terrorism and United Nations 
     Security Council Resolution 1373 (September 28, 2001);
       (4) the full restoration of Lebanon's sovereignty, 
     political independence, and territorial integrity is in the 
     national security interest of the United States;
       (5) Syria is in violation of United Nations Security 
     Council Resolution 520 (September 17, 1982) through its 
     continued occupation of Lebanese territory and its 
     encroachment upon its political independence;
       (6) Syria's obligation to withdraw from Lebanon is not 
     conditioned upon progress in the Israeli-Syrian or Israeli-
     Lebanese peace process but derives from Syria's obligation 
     under Security Council Resolution 520;
       (7) Syria's acquisition of weapons of mass destruction and 
     ballistic missile programs threaten the security of the 
     Middle East and the national interests of the United States;
       (8) Syria has violated United Nations Security Council 
     Resolution 661 (August 6, 1990) and subsequent relevant 
     resolutions by purchasing oil from Iraq; and
       (9) the United States will restrict assistance to Syria and 
     will oppose multilateral assistance for Syria until Syria 
     withdraws its armed forces from Lebanon, halts the 
     development and deployment of weapons of mass destruction and 
     ballistic missiles, and complies with Security Council 
     Resolution 661 and subsequent relevant resolutions.

     SEC. 1005. PENALTIES AND AUTHORIZATION.

       (a) Sanctions.--Unless the President makes the 
     certification described in subsection (d), the President 
     shall take the following actions:
       (1) Prohibit the export to Syria, and prohibit the issuance 
     of a license for the export to Syria, of--
       (A) any defense articles or defense services for which 
     special export controls are warranted under the Arms Export 
     Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), as identified on the 
     United States Munitions List maintained under section 121.1 
     of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations; and
       (B) any item identified on the Commerce Control List 
     maintained under part 774 of title 15, Code of Federal 
     Regulations.
       (2) Impose two or more of the following sanctions:
       (A) Prohibit the export of products of the United States 
     (other than food and medicine) to Syria.
       (B) Prohibit United States businesses from investing or 
     operating in Syria.
       (C) Restrict travel of Syrian diplomats assigned to 
     Washington, District of Columbia or the United Nations in New 
     York, New York, to a 25-mile radius of Washington or the 
     United Nations headquarters building, respectively.
       (D) Reduce United States diplomatic contacts with Syria 
     (other than those contacts required to protect United States 
     interests or carry out the purposes of this title).
       (E) Block transactions in any property in which the 
     Government of Syria has any interest, by any person, or with 
     respect to any property, subject to the jurisdiction of the 
     United States.
       (b) Waiver.--The President may waive the application of 
     paragraph (2) of subsection (a) if--
       (1) the President determines that it is in the national 
     security interest of the United States to do so; and
       (2) submits to the appropriate congressional committees a 
     report that contains the reasons for such determination.
       (c) Authority To Provide Assistance to Syria and Lebanon.--
     The President is authorized to provide assistance to Syria 
     and Lebanon under chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign 
     Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) (relating to 
     development assistance), if the President--
       (1) makes the certification described in subsection (d);
       (2) determines that substantial progress has been made in 
     negotiations aimed at achieving--
       (A) a peace agreement between Israel and Syria; and
       (B) a peace agreement between Israel and Lebanon; and
       (3) determines that the Government of Syria is strictly 
     respecting the sovereignty, territorial integrity, unity, and 
     political independence of Lebanon under the sole and 
     exclusive authority of the Government of Lebanon through the 
     Lebanese army throughout Lebanon, as required under paragraph 
     (4) of United Nations Security Council Resolution 520 (1982).
       (d) Certification.--The President shall transmit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a certification of any 
     determination made by the President that--
       (1) the Government of Syria does not--
       (A) provide support for international terrorist groups; and
       (B) allow terrorist groups, such as Hamas, Hizballah, the 
     Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and the 
     Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command 
     to maintain facilities in Syria;
       (2) the Government of Syria has withdrawn all Syrian 
     military, intelligence, and other security personnel from 
     Lebanon;
       (3) the Government of Syria has ceased the development and 
     deployment of ballistic missiles and has ceased the 
     development and production of biological and chemical 
     weapons; and
       (4) the Government of Syria is no longer in violation of 
     United Nations Security Council Resolution 661 or a 
     subsequent relevant United Nations resolution.

     SEC. 1006. REPORT.

       (a) Report.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, and every 12 months thereafter until 
     the President makes the certification described in section 
     1005(d), the Secretary of State shall submit to the 
     appropriate congressional committees a report on--
       (1) the progress made by the Government of Syria toward 
     meeting the conditions described in paragraphs (1) through 
     (4) of section 1005(d); and
       (2) any connection between individual terrorists and 
     terrorist groups that maintain offices, training camps, or 
     other facilities on Syrian territory, or operate in areas of 
     Lebanon occupied by the Syrian armed forces, and the attacks 
     against the United States that occurred on September 11, 
     2001, and other terrorist attacks on the United States or its 
     citizens, installations, or allies.
       (b) Form.--The report submitted under subsection (a) shall 
     be in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.
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  SA 1204. Mr. LEVIN (for himself and Ms. Stabenow) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2657, making 
appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on 
the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

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     SEC. __. FLOOD DAMAGE, UPPER PENINSULA, MICHIGAN.

       The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the 
     Secretary of the Army $10,000,000 for use by the Corps of 
     Engineers in remediating severe impacts on roads, bridges, 
     water control structures, and utility infrastructure and 
     remediating environmental and ecological damage to waterways 
     in the State of Michigan resulting from, and carrying out 
     such other projects as the Chief of Engineers considers 
     necessary and advisable to recover from, flooding in the 
     Upper Peninsula of that State in May 2003, to remain 
     available until expended.
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  SA 1205. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill H.R. 2657, making appropriations for the Legislative 
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

                       Corps of Engineers--Civil

                 flood control and coastal emergencies

       For an additional amount for Flood Control and Coastal 
     Emergencies, for emergency expenses for flood control, 
     hurricane, and shore protection activities, as authorized by 
     section 5 of the Act of August 18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n) 
     (commonly known as the ``Flood Control Act of 1941''), 
     $60,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
     That the entire amount made available under this heading is 
     designated by Congress as an emergency requirement under 
     section 502(c) of H. Con. Res. 95 (108th Cong.).
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  SA 1206. Mr. STEVENS (for himself and Ms. Landrieu) proposed an 
amendment to the bill H.R. 2657, making appropriations for the 
Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and 
for other purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       ``Provided further, That for an additional amount for 
     ``Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies,'' for emergency 
     expenses due to flood control, hurricane, and shore 
     protection activities, as authorized by section 5 of the 
     Flood Control Act of August 16, 1941, as amended (33 U.S.C. 
     701n), $10,000,000, to remain available until expended:''
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  SA 1207. Mrs. CLINTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill H.R. 2657, making appropriations for the Legislative 
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                          Farm Service Agency


                     EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM

       For an additional amount for the emergency conservation 
     program established under title IV of the Agricultural Credit 
     Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), $48,700,000: Provided, 
     That the entire amount made available under this heading 
     shall be available only to the extent that the President 
     submits to Congress an official budget request for a specific 
     dollar amount that includes designation of the entire amount 
     of the request as an emergency requirement for the purposes 
     of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
     1985 (2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.): Provided further, That the 
     entire amount made available under this heading is designated 
     by Congress as an emergency requirement under sections 
     251(b)(2)(A) and 252(e) of that Act (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A), 
     902(e)).
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  SA 1208. Mrs. CLINTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill H.R. 2657, making appropriations for the Legislative 
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                          Farm Service Agency


                     EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM

       For an additional amount for the emergency conservation 
     program established under title IV of the Agricultural Credit 
     Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), $25,000,000: Provided, 
     That the entire amount made available under this heading is 
     designated by Congress as an emergency requirement under 
     sections 251(b)(2)(A) and 252(e) of that Act (2 U.S.C. 
     901(b)(2)(A), 902(e)).
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  SA 1209. Mrs. CLINTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by her to the bill H.R. 2657, making appropriations for the Legislative 
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

                       DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

                          Farm Service Agency


                     EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM

       For an additional amount for the emergency conservation 
     program established under title IV of the Agricultural Credit 
     Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), $48,700,000: Provided, 
     That the entire amount made available under this heading is 
     designated by Congress as an emergency requirement under 
     sections 251(b)(2)(A) and 252(e) of that Act (2 U.S.C. 
     901(b)(2)(A), 902(e)).
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  SA 1210. Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. Ensign) proposed an amendment 
to the bill H.R. 2657, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; 
as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. MORMON CRICKET CONTROL.

       The Secretary of Agriculture shall use $20,000,000 of the 
     funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, to remain 
     available until expended, for the suppression and control of 
     the Mormon cricket infestation on public and private land in 
     Nevada, Utah, and Idaho, that amount to be expended in equal 
     amounts among the 3 States.

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