[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 12]
[Senate]
[Pages 16381-16387]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                           TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

  SA 1270. Mr. INHOFE submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 3057, making appropriations for foreign 
operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 326, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following:


     annual report on the international committee on the red cross

       Sec. 6113. (a) Annual Report Required.--Not later than 180 
     days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 
     annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall, with the 
     concurrence of the Secretary of Defense and the Attorney 
     General, submit to Congress the activities and management of 
     the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) meeting 
     the requirements set forth in subsection (b).
       (b) Elements of Reports.--(1) Each report under subsection 
     (a) shall include, for the one-year period ending on the date 
     of such report, the following:
       (A) A description of the financial contributions of the 
     United States, and of any other country, to the International 
     Committee of the Red Cross.
       (B) A detailed description of the allocations of the funds 
     available to the International Committee of the Red Cross to 
     international relief activities and international 
     humanitarian law activities as defined by the International 
     Committee.
       (C) A description of how United States contributions to the 
     International Committee of the Red Cross are allocated to the 
     activities described in subparagraph (B) and to other 
     activities.
       (D) The nationality of each Assembly member, Assembly 
     Council member, and Directorate member of the International 
     Committee of the Red Cross, and the annual salary of each.
       (E) A description of any activities of the International 
     Committee of the Red Cross to determine the status of United 
     States prisoners of war (POWs) or missing in action (MIAs) 
     who remain unaccounted for.
       (F) A description of the efforts of the International 
     Committee of the Red Cross to assist United States prisoners 
     of war.
       (G) A description of any expression of concern by the 
     Department of State, or any other department or agency of the 
     Executive Branch, that the International Committee of the Red 
     Cross, or any organization or employee of the International 
     Committee, exceeded the mandate of the International 
     Committee, violated established principles or practices of 
     the International Committee, interpreted differently from the 
     United States any international law or treaty to which the 
     United States is a state-party, or engaged in advocacy work 
     that exceeded the mandate of the International Committee.
       (2) The first report under subsection (a) shall include, in 
     addition to the matters specified in paragraph (1) the 
     following:
       (A) The matters specified in subparagraphs (A) and (G) of 
     paragraph (1) for the period beginning on January 1, 1990, 
     and ending on the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (B) The matters specified in subparagraph (E) of paragraph 
     (1) for the period beginning on January 1, 1947, and ending 
     on the date of the enactment of this Act.
       (C) The matters specified in subparagraph (F) of paragraph 
     (1) during each of the Korean conflict, the Vietnam era, and 
     the Persian Gulf War.
       (c) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``Korean 
     conflict'', ``Vietnam era'', and ``Persian Gulf War'' have 
     the meaning given such terms in section 101 of title 38, 
     United States Code.
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  SA 1271. Mr. CHAMBLISS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 3057, making appropriations for foreign 
operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 326, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following:


      GOVERNMENTS THAT HAVE FAILED TO PERMIT CERTAIN EXTRADITIONS

       Sec. 6113. None of the funds made available in this Act for 
     the Department of State, other than funds made available in 
     title III under the heading ``international narcotics control 
     and law enforcement'', may be used to provide assistance to 
     any country whose government has notified the Department of 
     State of its refusal to extradite to the United States an 
     individual, or has not within a reasonable period of time 
     responded to a request for extradition to the United States 
     of an individual, charged with committing a criminal offense 
     in the United States for which the maximum penalty is life 
     imprisonment without the possibility of parole, or a lesser 
     term of imprisonment, regardless of the individual's 
     citizenship status.
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  SA 1272. Mr. NELSON of Florida submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3057, making appropriations for 
foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 139, line 3, strike the period and insert the 
     following: ``: Provided further, That $1,000,000 of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading shall be made available to 
     the Hemispheric Program, of which not less than $500,000 
     shall be made available for a series of multinational 
     initiatives to combat the threat to the Western Hemisphere of 
     Latin American-based gangs.''
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  SA 1273. Mr. GRASSLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 3057, making appropriations for foreign 
operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 326 between lines 10 and 11 insert the following:


                           EXPORT-IMPORT BANK

       Sec. 6113. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used by the Export-Import Bank of the United States to 
     approve or administer a loan, guarantee, or insurance policy, 
     or an application for a loan, guarantee, or insurance policy, 
     for the development, or for the increase in capacity, of an 
     ethanol dehydration plant in Trinidad and Tobago.
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  SA 1274. Mr. SESSIONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 3057, making appropriations for foreign 
operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 326, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following:
       Sec. 6113. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
     be obligated or expended to support, provide, or approve any 
     loan in excess of $600,000,000 for the renovation of the 
     United Nations headquarters building located in New York, New 
     York.
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  SA 1275. Mr. SESSIONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 3057, making appropriations for foreign 
operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

         ``RESTRICTIONS ON CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS

       Sec. 6002. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
     be made available to pay any contribution of the United 
     States to the United Nations if the United Nations implements 
     or imposes any taxation on any United States persons.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1276. Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Brownback (for himself and Mr. 
Kennedy)) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 3057, making 
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other 
purposes; as follows:

       On page 326, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following:


                          VIETNAMESE REFUGEES

       Sec. 6113. Section 594(a) of the Foreign Operations, Export 
     Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2005 
     (enacted as division D of Public Law 10809447; 118 Stat. 
     3038) is amended by striking ``and 2005'' and inserting 
     ``through 2007''.
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  SA 1277. Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Leahy) proposed an amendment to the 
bill H.R. 3057, making appropriations for foreign operations, export 
financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2006, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 173, line 6, after the colon, insert following:

[[Page 16382]]

       Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this 
     heading, not less than $1,000,000 should be made available 
     for a United States contribution to the Extractive Industries 
     Transparency Initiative Trust Fund:
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  SA 1278. Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Brownback) proposed an amendment to 
the bill H.R. 3057, making appropriations for foreign operations, 
export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 169, lines 23 and 24, after ``programs'', insert 
     the following: ``, not less than $50,000,000 should be used 
     for education programs''.
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  SA 1279. Mrs. FEINSTEIN submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by her to the bill H.R. 3057, making appropriations for 
foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 326, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following:


                    NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY

       Sec. 6113. Congress--
       (1) reaffirms its support for the objectives of the Nuclear 
     Non-Proliferation Treaty and expresses its support for all 
     appropriate measures to strengthen the Treaty and to attain 
     its objectives; and
       (2) calls on all parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation 
     Treaty--
       (A) to insist on strict compliance with the non-
     proliferation obligations of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation 
     Treaty and to undertake effective enforcement measures 
     against states that are in violation of their Article I or 
     Article II obligations under the Treaty;
       (B) to agree to establish more effective controls on 
     enrichment and reprocessing technologies that can be used to 
     produce materials for nuclear weapons;
       (C) to expand the ability of the International Atomic 
     Energy Agency to inspect and monitor compliance with 
     safeguard agreements and standards to which all states should 
     adhere through existing authority and the additional 
     protocols signed by the states party to the Nuclear Non-
     Proliferation Treaty;
       (D) to demonstrate the international community's unified 
     opposition to a nuclear weapons program in Iran by--
       (i) supporting the efforts of the United States and the 
     European Union to prevent the Government of Iran from 
     acquiring a nuclear weapons capability; and
       (ii) using all appropriate diplomatic means at their 
     disposal to convince the Government of Iran to abandon its 
     uranium enrichment program;
       (E) to strongly support the ongoing United States 
     diplomatic efforts in the context of the six-party talks that 
     seek the verifiable and irreversible disarmament of North 
     Korea's nuclear weapons programs and to use all appropriate 
     diplomatic means to achieve this result;
       (F) to pursue diplomacy designed to address the underlying 
     regional security problems in Northeast Asia, South Asia, and 
     the Middle East, which would facilitate non-proliferation and 
     disarmament efforts in those regions;
       (G) to accelerate programs to safeguard and eliminate 
     nuclear weapons-usable material to the highest standards to 
     prevent access by terrorists and governments;
       (H) to halt the use of highly enriched uranium in civilian 
     reactors;
       (I) to strengthen national and international export 
     controls and relevant security measures as required by United 
     Nations Security Council Resolution 1540;
       (J) to agree that no state may withdraw from the Nuclear 
     Non-Proliferation Treaty and escape responsibility for prior 
     violations of the Treaty or retain access to controlled 
     materials and equipment acquired for ``peaceful'' purposes;
       (K) to accelerate implementation of disarmament obligations 
     and commitments under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 
     for the purpose of reducing the world's stockpiles of nuclear 
     weapons and weapons-grade fissile material; and
       (L) to strengthen and expand support for the Proliferation 
     Security Initiative.
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  SA 1280. Mr. SUNUNU (for himself and Mr. Chafee) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3057, making 
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 171, beginning on line 2, strike ``35,000,000'' and 
     all that follows through ``$4,000,000'' on line 4 and insert 
     ``$40,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading 
     shall be made available for assistance for Lebanon, of which 
     not less than $6,000,000''.
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  SA 1281. Mr. SMITH (for himself and Mr. Nelson of Florida) submitted 
an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3057, 
making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and 
related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 326, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following:
       Sec. 6113. (a) The Senate makes the following findings:
       (1) On July 28, 1945, the Senate approved the resolution 
     advising and consenting to the ratification of the Charter of 
     the United Nations by a vote of 89 to 2.
       (2) Recent events, including the United Nations oil-for-
     food scandal and sexual misconduct by United Nations 
     peacekeepers, have led to declining public confidence in the 
     United Nations.
       (3) There is broad international agreement that the United 
     Nations must reform its existing policies, practices, and 
     institutions in order to better manage the interests of its 
     191 members and address the current threats to international 
     peace and security.
       (4) The future direction of the United Nations has recently 
     been addressed in the report of the Secretary-General's High-
     level Panel on Threats, Challenges and Change, issued on 
     December 2, 2004, the report of the Secretary-General 
     entitled ``In Larger Freedom: Toward Development, Security 
     and Human Rights for All'', issued on March 21, 2005, and the 
     report of the congressionally mandated Task Force on the 
     United Nations, convened by the United States Institute of 
     Peace (USIP), entitled ``American Interests and UN Reform'', 
     issued on June 15, 2005.
       (5) These reports call for comprehensive reform of the 
     United Nations, including overhauling basic management 
     practices and building a more transparent, accountable, 
     efficient, and effective organization.
       (6) These reports highlight the deficiencies in the United 
     Nations human rights bodies, in particular the practice of 
     allowing countries that have violated human rights to sit on 
     United Nations bodies that were established to monitor, 
     promote, and enforce human rights.
       (7) These reports highlight many serious problems with the 
     United Nations peacekeeping operations that need to be 
     addressed.
       (8) These reports discuss the question of United Nations 
     Security Council reform in an attempt to increase the 
     effectiveness and credibility of the Security Council and to 
     enhance its capacity and willingness to act in the face of 
     threats.
       (9) The USIP Task Force emphasized the importance that any 
     reform of the United Nations Security Council must enhance 
     its effectiveness and not in any way detract from the 
     Security Council's efficiency and ability to act in 
     accordance with the Charter of the United Nations.
       (10) The United Nations has an important role to play in 
     providing a forum for countries to discuss issues and resolve 
     differences and to address the pressing humanitarian issues 
     of the day.
       (b) The Senate--
       (1) declares that a credible, effective, and reformed 
     United Nations can play an important role in helping promote 
     global peace and security;
       (2) reaffirms that reform of the United Nations Security 
     Council would necessitate a revision of the Charter of the 
     United Nations, which would constitute a treaty revision 
     requiring an affirmative vote in the Senate by a two-thirds 
     majority;
       (3) states that the United Nations and its subsidiary 
     bodies and agencies must be reformed, refocused, and made 
     more efficient, and must become more transparent and more 
     accountable;
       (4) declares that oversight of the United Nations must be 
     improved, that the management systems and budgeting processes 
     of the institution must be updated and modified, and that 
     protections for whistleblowers employed by the United Nations 
     must be implemented;
       (5) states that the United Nations Human Rights Commission 
     should be abolished and replaced by a United Nations Human 
     Rights Council or other body composed of governments that are 
     committed to upholding human rights;
       (6) declares that the reforms described above must be 
     implemented before the Senate will consider changes to the 
     Charter of the United Nations that require the advice and 
     consent of the Senate; and
       (7) urges the Secretary of State--
       (A) to provide the Senate the Secretary of State's 
     recommendations for reform of the United Nations; and
       (B) to consult fully and regularly with the Senate as 
     deliberations on United Nations reform progress.
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  SA 1282. Mr. LUGAR (for himself and Mr. Leahy) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3057, making 
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:


[[Page 16383]]

       On page 326, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following:

            TITLE VII--MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANK REFORM

     SEC. 7001. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 
     Financial Services of the House of Representatives.
       (2) Multilateral development bank.--The term ``multilateral 
     development bank'' has the meaning given that term in section 
     1622 of the International Financial Institutions Act (22 
     U.S.C. 262p-5).

     SEC. 7002. ANTICORRUPTION PROPOSALS AND REPORT.

       (a) Proposals.--Not later than September 1, 2006, the 
     Secretary of the Treasury shall develop proposals, including 
     establishing one or more trusts and a set-aside of loans or 
     grants, to establish a mechanism to assist poor countries in 
     investigations, prosecutions, prevention of fraud and 
     corruption, and other actions regarding fraud and corruption 
     related to a project or program funded by a multilateral 
     development bank.
       (b) Report.--Not later than September 1, 2006, the 
     Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a report on the proposals required by subsection 
     (a).

     SEC. 7003. PROMOTION OF POLICY GOALS AT MULTILATERAL 
                   DEVELOPMENT BANKS.

       Title XV of the International Financial Institutions Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 262o et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

     ``SEC. 1505. PROMOTION OF POLICY GOALS.

       ``The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
     States Executive Director at each multilateral development 
     bank to use the voice and vote of the United States to inform 
     each such bank and the executive directors of each such bank 
     of the goals of the United States and to ensure that each 
     such bank accomplishes the goals set out in section 1504 of 
     this Act and the following:
       ``(1) Requires the bank's employees, officers, and 
     consultants to make an annual disclosure of financial 
     interests and income of any such person and any other 
     potential source of conflicts of interest.
       ``(2) Links project and program design and results to staff 
     performance appraisals, salaries, and bonuses.
       ``(3) Implements whistleblower and witness protection 
     matching that afforded by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (15 
     U.S.C. 7201 et seq.), the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
     U.S.C. App.), and the best practices promoted or required by 
     all international conventions against corruption for internal 
     and lawful public disclosures by the bank's employees and 
     others affected by such bank's operations of misconduct that 
     undermines the bank's mission, and for retaliation in 
     connection with such disclosures.
       ``(4) Implements disclosure programs for firms and 
     individuals participating in projects financed by such bank 
     that are consistent with such programs of the Department of 
     Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency.
       ``(5) Ensures that all loan, credit, guarantee, and grant 
     documents and other agreements with borrowers include 
     provisions for the financial resources and conditionality 
     necessary to ensure that a person or country that obtains 
     financial support from a bank complies with applicable bank 
     policies and national and international laws in carrying out 
     the terms and conditions of such documents and agreements, 
     including bank policies and national and international laws 
     pertaining to the comprehensive assessment and transparency 
     of the activities related to access to information, public 
     health, safety, and environmental protection.
       ``(6) Implements clear procedures setting forth the 
     circumstances under which a person will be barred from 
     receiving a loan, contract, grant, or credit from such bank, 
     shall make such procedures available to the public, and makes 
     the identity of such person available to the public.
       ``(7) Coordinates policies across international 
     institutions on issues including debarment, cross-debarment, 
     procurement, and consultant guidelines, and fiduciary 
     standards so that a person that is debarred by one such bank 
     is subject to a rebuttable presumption of ineligibility to 
     conduct business with any other such bank during the 
     specified ineligibility period.
       ``(8) Requires each borrower, grantee, or contractor, and 
     subsidiaries thereof, to sign a contract to comply with a 
     code of conduct that embodies the relevant standards of 
     section 104 of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (15 
     U.S.C. 78dd-2) and the international conventions against 
     bribery and corruption.
       ``(9) Maintains independent offices of Inspector and 
     Auditor General which report directly to such bank's board of 
     directors and an audit committee with its own additional 
     experts who are independent of management, or access to such 
     experts, to assist it in ensuring quality control.
       ``(10) Implements an internationally recognized internal 
     controls framework supported by adequate staffing, 
     supervision, and technical systems, and subject to external 
     auditor attestations of internal controls, meeting 
     operational objectives, and complying with bank policies.
       ``(11) Ensures independent forensic audits where fraud or 
     other corruption in such bank or its operations, projects, or 
     programs is suspected.
       ``(12) Evaluates publicly, in cooperation with other 
     development bodies, the interim and final results of project 
     and non-project lending and grants on the basis of Millennium 
     Development Goals, the goals of the Organisation for Economic 
     Co-operation and Development related to development, and 
     other established international development goals.
       ``(13) Requires that each candidate for adjustment or 
     budget support loans demonstrate transparent budgetary and 
     procurement processes including legislative and public 
     scrutiny prior to loan or contract agreement.
       ``(14) Requires that before approving any natural resource 
     extraction proposal the affected countries disclose 
     accurately and audit independently all payments and revenues 
     in connection with such extraction or derived from such 
     extraction.
       ``(15) Requires each project where compensation is to be 
     provided to persons adversely impacted by the project include 
     impartial and responsive mechanism to receive and resolve 
     complaints.''.

     SEC. 7004. CONTRIBUTIONS TO MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS.

       (a) World Bank.--The International Development Association 
     Act (22 U.S.C. 284 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
     the following new section:

     ``SEC. 23. FOURTEENTH REPLENISHMENT.

       ``(a) Contribution Authority.--
       ``(1) In general.--The United States Governor of the 
     Association is authorized to contribute on behalf of the 
     United States $950,000,000 to the fourteenth replenishment of 
     the resources of the Association.
       ``(2) Subject to appropriations.--Any commitment to make 
     the contribution authorized by paragraph (1) shall be 
     effective only to such extent or in such amounts as are 
     provided in advance in appropriations Acts.
       ``(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the 
     contribution authorized by subsection (a), there are 
     authorized to be appropriated $950,000,000 for payment by the 
     Secretary of the Treasury.''.
       (b) African Development Bank Fund.--The African Development 
     Fund Act (22 U.S.C. 290g et seq.) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following new section:

     ``SEC. 218. TENTH REPLENISHMENT.

       ``(a) Contribution Authority.--
       ``(1) In general.--The United States Governor of the Fund 
     is authorized to contribute on behalf of the United States 
     $135,000,000 to the tenth replenishment of the resources of 
     the Fund.
       ``(2) Subject to appropriations.--Any commitment to make 
     the contribution authorized by paragraph (1) shall be 
     effective only to such extent or in such amounts as are 
     provided in advance in appropriations Acts.
       ``(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the 
     contribution authorized by subsection (a), there are 
     authorized to be appropriated $135,000,000 for payment by the 
     Secretary of the Treasury.''.
       (c) Asian Development Fund of the Asian Development Bank.--
     The Asian Development Bank Act (22 U.S.C. 285 et seq.) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following new section:

     ``SEC. 32. EIGHTH REPLENISHMENT.

       ``(a) Contribution Authority.--
       ``(1) In general.--The United States Governor of the Bank 
     is authorized to contribute on behalf of the United States 
     $154,000,000 to the eighth replenishment of the resources of 
     the Fund.
       ``(2) Subject to appropriations.--Any commitment to make 
     the contribution authorized by paragraph (1) shall be 
     effective only to such extent or in such amounts as are 
     provided in advance in appropriations Acts.
       ``(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the 
     contribution authorized by subsection (a), there are 
     authorized to be appropriated $154,000,000 for payment by the 
     Secretary of the Treasury.''.

     SEC. 7005. ANNUAL REPORTS.

       (a) Initial Report.--Not later than September 1, 2006, the 
     Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a report to the 
     appropriate congressional committees that describes--
       (1) the actions taken by the United States Executive 
     Director at each multilateral development bank to implement 
     the policy goals described in this Act and the amendments 
     made by this Act, and to implement the policy goals described 
     in title XIII of the International Financial Institutions Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 262m et seq.); and
       (2) any recommendations of the Secretary for any other 
     actions that should be taken to implement such goals.
       (b) Updates.--The Secretary shall submit to the appropriate 
     congressional committees an annual update of the report 
     required by subsection (a) for each of the fiscal years 2007, 
     2008, and 2009.
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  SA 1283. Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Brownback (for himself, Mr. Leahy, 
and Mr. McConnell) submitted an

[[Page 16384]]

amendment intended to be proposed by Mr. McConnell to the bill H.R. 
3057, making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, 
and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and 
for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 326, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following:


              FORCED REPATRIATION OF REFUGEES IN CAMBODIA

       Sec. __. It is the sense of the Senate that--
       (1) the United States Government is deeply concerned with 
     reports of the planned repatriation to Vietnam of 107 
     Montagnard refugees by the Government of Cambodia;
       (2) the United States Government strongly condemns any 
     forcible repatriation of refugees by the Government of 
     Cambodia; and
       (3) these refugees should be provided unobstructed legal 
     assistance from an independent organization in connection 
     with their appeals for fair review of their refugee claims, 
     and all such claims should be credibly and thoroughly 
     reviewed by the Office of the United Nations High 
     Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva.
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  SA 1284. Mr. NELSON of Florida (for himself, Mr. DeWine, and Mr. 
Martinez) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill H.R. 3057, making appropriations for foreign operations, export 
financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2006, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the 
table; as follows:

       On page 326, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following:

     SEC. 6113. HAITI.

       (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
       (1) Haiti is plagued by chronic political instability, 
     economic and political crises, and significant social 
     challenges.
       (2) The United States has a political and economic interest 
     and a humanitarian, and moral responsibility, in assisting 
     the Government and people of Haiti in resolving the country's 
     problems and challenges.
       (3) The situation in Haiti is increasingly a cause for 
     alarm and concern, and a sustained, coherent, and active 
     approach by the United States Government is needed to make 
     progress toward resolving Haiti's political and economic 
     crises.
       (4) Elections are scheduled to begin this fall, but only a 
     fraction of registration sites are open and only 200,000 of 
     4,500,000 million eligible voters are registered as of July.
       (5) The country remains insecure because of the slow pace 
     of disarmament and the impunity with which armed groups 
     operate in Port-au-Prince and the country side.
       (6) The presence and effectiveness of the United States 
     Embassy is greatly reduced by the ordered departure of all 
     non-essential personnel due to continuing insecurity and 
     threats to Embassy personnel.
       (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate 
     that the Secretary of State should personally devote 
     substantial attention and effort to supporting a successful 
     election process in Haiti.
       (c) Report.--Not later than 60 days after the date of the 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to 
     the Congress a report that describes United States policy to 
     establish security in Haiti and support successful elections 
     in Haiti. The report shall include the following:
       (1) The plan for the reconstruction of Haiti for fiscal 
     year 2006.
       (2) A description of the activities that have been and will 
     be carried out by the United States, for the following 
     purposes:
       (A) To establish democracy and rule of law in Haiti, in a 
     manner that is consistent with the Constitution of Haiti and 
     international requirements described in resolutions of the 
     United Nations, the Organization of American States, or other 
     international organizations.
       (B) To promote, in collaboration with the interim Haitian 
     Government, the registration of eligible voters in Haiti, the 
     training of election workers and elected officials, and free 
     and fair elections that are monitored by international 
     observers.
       (C) To assist in the disarmament, demobilization, and 
     reintegration of illegally armed forces, in coordination with 
     the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) 
     and the Organization of American States.
       (D) To assist in the reform and training of the Haitian 
     National Police, in coordination with MINUSTAH and the 
     Organization of American States, to include vetting, human 
     rights, and weapons monitoring programs that adhere to 
     internationally accepted norms.
       (E) To rebuild Haiti's judicial capacity to allow it to try 
     cases in a swift, fair, and transparent manner by training 
     judges, prosecutors, and court clerks.
       (F) To combat the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or the 
     acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in Haiti.
       (G) To promote economic development in Haiti through 
     assistance to critical sectors such as health and education, 
     and for job creation, including through support for the Haiti 
     Economic Recovery Opportunity Act.
       (H) To encourage other countries and international 
     organizations to provide assistance to Haiti, fulfilling the 
     pledges for over $1,200,000,000 billion that were made at the 
     July 2004 donor's conference and to provide additional funds.
       (I) To ensure that MINUSTAH is rapidly staffed up to the 
     authorized levels of military and civilian personnel, and 
     remains in Haiti for a period of time sufficient to 
     adequately retrain the Haitian National Police.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1285. Mr. NELSON of Florida (for himself and Mr. Coleman) 
submitted an amendment to the bill H.R. 3057, making appropriations for 
foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       On page 326, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following:


                               VENEZUELA

       Sec. 6113. Of the funds appropriated under the heading 
     ``Economic Support Fund'' up to $2,000,000 shall be used for 
     democracy programs in Venezuela administered through grants 
     by the National Endowment for Democracy.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1286. Mr. VITTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 3057, making appropriations for foreign 
operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 326, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following:


                      SECOND AMENDMENT PROTECTION

       Sec. 6113. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may 
     be made available to the United Nations, if the United 
     Nations takes any action to restrict, attempt to restrict, or 
     otherwise adversely infringe upon the rights of individuals 
     in the United States to possess a firearm or ammunition, 
     including the imposition of a tax that will interfere with 
     the right to own a firearm or ammunition.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1287. Mr. VITTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill H.R. 3057, making appropriations for foreign 
operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:
       Sec. __. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
     be used to send or otherwise pay for the attendance of more 
     than 50 employees of a Federal department or agency at any 
     single conference occurring outside the United States.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1288. Mr. SESSIONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 3057, making appropriations for foreign 
operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 326, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following:


CAPTURE, DETENTION, AND INTERROGATION OF TERRORISTS AT GUANTANAMO BAY, 
                                  CUBA

       Sec. 6113. (a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
       (1) Usama bin Laden declared war on the United States in 
     1996.
       (2) International terrorists, including al Qaida and its 
     affiliated terrorists, have repeatedly attacked the United 
     States and its coalition partners throughout the world and 
     have killed and wounded thousands of innocent United States 
     citizens and citizens from these coalition partners.
       (3) The United States is exercising its rights to self-
     defense and to protect United States citizens both at home 
     and abroad by waging war alongside its coalition partners 
     against al Qaida and affiliated terrorists.
       (4) International terrorists continue to pose an 
     extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign 
     policy of the United States and its coalition partners.
       (5) International terrorists continue to commit and plan 
     terrorist attacks around the world against the United States 
     and its coalition partners;.
       (6) In order to protect the United States and its citizens, 
     the United States must identify terrorists and those 
     individuals who support them, disrupt their activities, and 
     eliminate their ability to conduct or support attacks against 
     the United States, its citizens, and its coalition partners.
       (7) Identifying, disrupting, and eliminating terrorist 
     threats against the United States requires effective 
     gathering, dissemination, and analysis of timely 
     intelligence.
       (8) The collection of information from detainees at 
     Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, by the United States has improved the 
     security of the United States and its coalition partners and 
     is essential in fighting the Global War on Terrorism.

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       (9) The loss of interrogation-derived information would 
     have a disastrous effect on the United States' intelligence 
     collection and counterterrorism efforts and would constitute 
     a damaging reversal in the Global War on Terrorism.
       (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
       (1) the capture, detention, and interrogation of 
     international terrorists are essential to the successful 
     prosecution of the Global War on Terrorism and to the defense 
     of the United States, its citizens, and its coalition 
     partners from future terrorist attacks;
       (2) the detention and lawful, humane interrogation by the 
     United States of detainees at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is 
     essential to the defense of the United States and its 
     coalition partners and to the successful prosecution of the 
     Global War on Terrorism; and
       (3) the detention facilities and interrogations at 
     Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, plays an essential role in the security 
     of the United States and should not be closed or ended while 
     the United States is waging the Global War of Terrorism.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1289. Mr. SESSIONS submitted an amendment intended to be proposed 
by him to the bill H.R. 3057, making appropriations for foreign 
operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; which was ordered to 
lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 326, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following 
     new section:


         STATEMENT OF POLICY RELATING TO INTERNATIONAL TAXATION

       Sec. 6113. (a) Policy.--It is the policy of the United 
     States to use the voice, vote, and influence of the United 
     States to vigorously oppose any international or global tax 
     that is or may be considered or promoted by the United 
     Nations, its specialized or affiliated agencies, its Member 
     States, or United Nations recognized nongovernmental 
     organizations.
       (b) Effort.--United States representatives at the United 
     Nations shall--
       (1) use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States 
     to vigorously oppose any effort by the United Nations or any 
     of its specialized or affiliated 15 agencies to fund, 
     approve, advocate, or promote any proposal concerning the 
     imposition of a tax or fee on any United States person in 
     order to raise revenue for the United Nations or any such 
     agency; and
       (2) declare that a United States person shall not be 
     subject to any international tax and shall not be required to 
     pay such tax if such tax is levied against such person.
       (c) Exception.--The policy described in subsection (a) 
     shall not apply to fees for publications or other kinds of 
     fees that are not tantamount to a tax on a United States 
     person.
       (d) Person Defined.--For purposes of this section, the term 
     ``person'' has the meaning given such term in section 
     7701(a)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 
     7701(a)(1)).
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1290. Mr. CORZINE (for himself, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
Brownback, and Mr. Obama) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 3057, 
making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and 
related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for 
other purposes; as follows:

       On page 326, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following:


                           TRANSFER OF FUNDS

       Sec. 6113. Of the funds appropriated in title III under the 
     heading ``conflict response fund'', $50,000,000 shall be 
     transferred to, and merged with, the funds appropriated in 
     title IV under the heading ``foreign military financing 
     program'' and made available to provide assistance to support 
     the African Union Mission in Sudan.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1291. Mr. CORZINE (for himself, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Durbin, Mr. 
Brownback, and Mr. Obama) submitted an amendment intended to be 
proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3057, making appropriations for 
foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; which 
was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 191, line 21, after ``That'' insert ``of the funds 
     appropriated under this heading, not less than $50,000,000 
     shall be made available for assistance to support the African 
     Union Mission in Sudan: Provided further, That''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1292. Mr. STEVENS (for himself and Mr. Inouye) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3057, making 
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

             Sec. __. For amounts appropriated in this Act

       (a) Under the heading ``Center for Middle Eastern-Western 
     Dialogue'' in title I of this Act strike ``$2,000,000'' and 
     insert in lieu thereof ``$7,000,000.''
       (b) Under the heading ``International Organizations and 
     Programs'' in title V of this Act strike ``$330,000,000'' and 
     insert in lieu thereof ``$325,000,000.''
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1293. Mr. LUGAR (for himself and Mr. Leahy) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3057, making 
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 326, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following:

            TITLE VII--MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANK REFORM

     SEC. 7001. DEFINITIONS.

       In this title:
       (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
     ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee 
     on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 
     Financial Services of the House of Representatives.
       (2) Multilateral development bank.--The term ``multilateral 
     development bank'' has the meaning given that term in section 
     1622 of the International Financial Institutions Act (22 
     U.S.C. 262p-5).

     SEC. 7002. ANTICORRUPTION PROPOSALS AND REPORT.

       (a) Proposals.--Not later than September 1, 2006, the 
     Secretary of the Treasury shall develop proposals, including 
     establishing one or more trusts and a set-aside of loans or 
     grants, to establish a mechanism to assist poor countries in 
     investigations, prosecutions, prevention of fraud and 
     corruption, and other actions regarding fraud and corruption 
     related to a project or program funded by a multilateral 
     development bank.
       (b) Report.--Not later than September 1, 2006, the 
     Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional 
     committees a report on the proposals required by subsection 
     (a).

     SEC. 7003. PROMOTION OF POLICY GOALS AT MULTILATERAL 
                   DEVELOPMENT BANKS.

       Title XV of the International Financial Institutions Act 
     (22 U.S.C. 262o et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following:

     ``SEC. 1505. PROMOTION OF POLICY GOALS.

       ``The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United 
     States Executive Director at each multilateral development 
     bank to use the voice and vote of the United States to inform 
     each such bank and the executive directors of each such bank 
     of the goals of the United States and to ensure that each 
     such bank accomplishes the goals set out in section 1504 of 
     this Act and the following:
       ``(1) Requires the bank's employees, officers, and 
     consultants to make an annual disclosure of financial 
     interests and income of any such person and any other 
     potential source of conflicts of interest.
       ``(2) Links project and program design and results to staff 
     performance appraisals, salaries, and bonuses.
       ``(3) Implements whistleblower and witness protection 
     matching that afforded by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (15 
     U.S.C. 7201 et seq.), the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 
     U.S.C. App.), and the best practices promoted or required by 
     all international conventions against corruption for internal 
     and lawful public disclosures by the bank's employees and 
     others affected by such bank's operations of misconduct that 
     undermines the bank's mission, and for retaliation in 
     connection with such disclosures.
       ``(4) Implements disclosure programs for firms and 
     individuals participating in projects financed by such bank 
     that are consistent with such programs of the Department of 
     Defense and the Environmental Protection Agency.
       ``(5) Ensures that all loan, credit, guarantee, and grant 
     documents and other agreements with borrowers include 
     provisions for the financial resources and conditionality 
     necessary to ensure that a person or country that obtains 
     financial support from a bank complies with applicable bank 
     policies and national and international laws in carrying out 
     the terms and conditions of such documents and agreements, 
     including bank policies and national and international laws 
     pertaining to the comprehensive assessment and transparency 
     of the activities related to access to information, public 
     health, safety, and environmental protection.
       ``(6) Implements clear procedures setting forth the 
     circumstances under which a person will be barred from 
     receiving a loan, contract, grant, or credit from such bank, 
     shall make such procedures available to the public, and makes 
     the identity of such person available to the public.
       ``(7) Coordinates policies across international 
     institutions on issues including debarment, cross-debarment, 
     procurement, and consultant guidelines, and fiduciary 
     standards so that a person that is debarred by one such bank 
     is subject to a rebuttable presumption of ineligibility to 
     conduct business with any other such bank during the 
     specified ineligibility period.

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       ``(8) Requires each borrower, grantee, or contractor, and 
     subsidiaries thereof, to sign a contract to comply with a 
     code of conduct that embodies the relevant standards of 
     section 104 of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 (15 
     U.S.C. 78dd-2) and the international conventions against 
     bribery and corruption.
       ``(9) Maintains independent offices of Inspector and 
     Auditor General which report directly to such bank's board of 
     directors and an audit committee with its own additional 
     experts who are independent of management, or access to such 
     experts, to assist it in ensuring quality control.
       ``(10) Implements an internationally recognized internal 
     controls framework supported by adequate staffing, 
     supervision, and technical systems, and subject to external 
     auditor attestations of internal controls, meeting 
     operational objectives, and complying with bank policies.
       ``(11) Ensures independent forensic audits where fraud or 
     other corruption in such bank or its operations, projects, or 
     programs is suspected.
       ``(12) Evaluates publicly, in cooperation with other 
     development bodies, the interim and final results of project 
     and non-project lending and grants on the basis of Millennium 
     Development Goals, the goals of the Organisation for Economic 
     Co-operation and Development related to development, and 
     other established international development goals.
       ``(13) Requires that each candidate for adjustment or 
     budget support loans demonstrate transparent budgetary and 
     procurement processes including legislative and public 
     scrutiny prior to loan or contract agreement.
       ``(14) Requires that before approving any natural resource 
     extraction proposal the affected countries disclose 
     accurately and audit independently all payments and revenues 
     in connection with such extraction or derived from such 
     extraction.
       ``(15) Requires each project where compensation is to be 
     provided to persons adversely impacted by the project include 
     impartial and responsive mechanism to receive and resolve 
     complaints.''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1294. Mr. DORGAN (for himself and Mr. Wyden) proposed an amendment 
to the bill H.R. 3057, making appropriations for foreign operations, 
export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 227, beginning on line 13, strike ``headings 
     `Foreign Military Financing Program' and `Broadcasting to 
     Cuba''' and insert ``heading `Foreign Military Financing 
     Program'''.
       On page 326, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following:


             PROHIBITION ON TELEVISION BROADCASTING TO CUBA

       Sec. 6113. (a) None of the funds appropriated under this 
     Act may be made available to provide television broadcasting 
     to Cuba.
       (b) The amount appropriated by title III under the heading 
     ``peace corps'' is hereby increased by $21,100,000.
       (c) The amount appropriated by title I to the Broadcasting 
     Board of Governors under the heading ``broadcasting to cuba'' 
     is hereby reduced by $21,100,000.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1295. Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Leahy) proposed an amendment to the 
bill H.R. 3057, making appropriations for foreign operations, export 
financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2006, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 289, line 10, after the semi-colon, insert the 
     following:
       (3) at the direction of the President of Indonesia, the 
     Armed Forces are cooperating with civilian judicial 
     authorities and with international efforts to resolve cases 
     of gross violations of human rights in East Timor and 
     elsewhere; and (4)
       On page 289, line 10, strike ``and''.
       On page 289, line II strike ``(3)''.
       On page 302, line 11, after ``may'' insert: ``only''
       On page 289, line 12, after ''Navy'' insert ``,''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1296. Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Brownback (for himself, Mr. Coburn, 
Mr. Inhofe, and Ms. Landrieu)) proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 
3057, making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, 
and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and 
for other purposes; as follows:

       At the appropriate place in the bill, insert:


                                MALARIA

       Sec. __. Of the funds appropriated under the heading 
     ``Child Survival and Health Programs Fund'', not less than 
     $105,000,000 should be made available for programs and 
     activities to combat malaria: Provided, That such funds 
     should be made available in accordance with best public 
     health practices, and considerable support should be provided 
     for the purchase of commodities and equipment including: (1) 
     insecticides for indoor residual spraying that are proven to 
     reduce the transmission of malaria; (2) pharmaceuticals that 
     are proven effective treatments to combat malaria; (3) long-
     lasting insecticide-treated nets used to combat malaria; and 
     (4) other activities to strengthen the public health capacity 
     of malaria-affected countries: Provided further, That not 
     later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
     and every 90 days thereafter until September 30, 2006, the 
     Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
     Development shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
     a report describing in detail expenditures to combat malaria 
     during fiscal year 2006.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1297. Mr. McCONNELL (for Mrs. Feinstein) proposed an amendment to 
the bill H.R. 3057, making appropriations for foreign operations, 
export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 326, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following:


                      REPORT ON SMALL ARMS PROGRAMS

       Sec. __. Not later than 180 days after the date of 
     enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to 
     the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on 
     Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on 
     International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations 
     of the House of Representatives a report--
       (1) describing the activities undertaken, and the progress 
     made, by the Department of State or other agencies and 
     entities of the United States Government to encourage 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 arms and light weapons; and
       (3) recommending incentives and penalties that may be used 
     by the United States Government to encourage states to comply 
     with programs on the stockpile management, security, and 
     destruction of small arms and light weapons.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1298. Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Sununu (for himself and Mr. Chafee)) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 
3057, making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, 
and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and 
for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 171, line 2, strike ``35,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$40,000,000''.
       On page 171, line 4, strike ``$4,000,000'' and insert 
     ``$6,000,000''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1299. Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Kennedy (for himself and Mr. Biden)) 
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 
3057, making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, 
and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and 
for other purposes; as follows:

       On page 326, between lines 10 and 11, insert the following:


                       DEMOCRACY PROGRAMS IN IRAQ

       Sec. __. Of the amount appropriated under the heading 
     ``economic support fund''--
       (1) $28,000,000 should be made available for fiscal year 
     2006 to the International Republican Institute to support, in 
     consultation with the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and 
     Labor of the Department of State, democracy building programs 
     in Iraq in the areas of governance, elections, political 
     parties, civil society, and women's rights; and
       (2) $28,000,000 should be made available for fiscal year 
     2006 to the National Democratic Institute to support, in 
     consultation with the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and 
     Labor of the Department of State, democracy building programs 
     in Iraq in the areas of governance, elections, political 
     parties, civil society, and women's rights.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1300. Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Stevens (for himself and Mr. Inouye)) 
proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 3057, making appropriations for 
foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other purposes; as 
follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. FOR AMOUNTS APPROPRIATED IN THIS ACT.

       (a) Under the heading ``Center for Middle Eastern-Western 
     Dialogue'' in title I of this Act strike ``$2,000,000'' and 
     insert in lieu thereof ``$7,000,000.''
       (b) Under the heading ``Embassy Security, Construction, and 
     Maintenance'' in title I of this Act strike ``$603,800,000 
     and insert in lieu thereof ``$598,800,000.''

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                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1301. Mr. BIDEN (for himself and Mr. Lugar) submitted an amendment 
intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 3057, making 
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for other 
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       On page 169, line 4, strike ``$3,036,375,000'' and insert 
     ``$3,031,375,000''.
       On page 190, line 5, strike ``$440,100,000'' and insert 
     ``$445,100,000''.
       On page 190, line 19, insert ``that should be not less than 
     $19,350,000'' after ``Commission''.
                                 ______
                                 
  SA 1302. Mr. FRIST (for Mr. Coleman) proposed an amendment to the 
resolution S. Res. 31, expressing the sense of the Senate that the week 
of August 7, 2005, be designated as ``National Health Center Week'' in 
order to raise awareness of health services provided by community, 
migrant, public housing, and homeless health centers, and for other 
purposes; as follows:

       On page 4 strike lines 1 through 4 and insert:
       ``(2) calls upon the people of the United States to observe 
     the week with appropriate ceremonies and activities''

                          ____________________