[House Report 106-444]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    106-444

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   PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3196, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, 
    EXPORT FINANCING AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 2000

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  November 3, 1999.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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 Mr. Diaz-Balart, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 359]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 359, by nonrecord vote, report the same to the 
House with the recommendation that the resolution be adopted.

                  Summary of Provisions of Resolution

    The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 3196, 
the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs 
Appropriations Bill, 2000, under a structured rule. The rule 
provides one hour of debate in the House divided equally 
between the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Appropriations.
    The rule provides that the bill shall be considered as read 
for amendment. The rule further provides that the amendment 
printed in this report shall be in order without intervention 
of any point of order or demand for division of the question, 
shall be considered as read, and shall be separately debatable 
for the time specified in the report equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent. Finally, the rule 
provides one motion to recommit, with or without instructions.

 Summary of Amendment to be Offered by Representative Young of Florida 
                    and Made in Order Under the Rule

    The amendment would appropriate a total of $1,825 million 
associated with the President's request for implementation of 
the Wye River Accord, including: $1.2 billion in military 
support for Israel; $400 million in economic support and 
assistance for the West Bank/Gaza; $200 million in support for 
Jordan, including $50 million in economic support and 
assistance and $150 million for military support; and $25 
million in military support for Egypt.
    The amendment would have no net impact on the deficit in 
fy2000, since the outlays are offset by a reduction of $407 
million in early disbursal for Israel's regular military 
assistance of $1.920 billion; this reduction in early disbursal 
would have no impact on the total appropriation of $1.920 
billion for Israel contained under the military assistance 
account in the regular bill. The funding is designated as an 
emergency due to the need to account for the budget authority 
in the amendment. The amendment also continues current policy 
that provides 26.3% of Israel's military assistance for 
procurement of goods and services in Israel. The appropriation 
for Egypt is provided in lieu of the request of the 
Administration to provide a separate ``interest bearing'' 
account for Egyptian military assistance; the Administration's 
proposal would have generated $470 million in new outlays. The 
practical effect of the appropriation of $25 million is to 
provide Egypt with approximately the same level of funding they 
would have received from an interest bearing account. This 
amendment fully funds the request of the President for the Wye 
River Accord. The amendment also provides an additional $150 
million for the International Development Association; an 
additional $50 million for the African Development Fund; and 
$16 million for the Inter-American Investment Corporation, in 
order to address needs in Latin America and Africa, and 
elsewhere in the world.
    Text of amendment made in order under this rule:

  An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Young of Florida, or a 
                   Designee, Debatable for 20 Minutes

    On page 162, after line 25 insert the following:

      TITLE VI--INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS


                     BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE


                  Funds Appropriated to the President


                  other bilateral economic assistance

                         economic support fund

    For an additional amount for ``Economic Support Fund'' for 
assistance for Jordan and for the West Bank and Gaza, 
$450,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2002: 
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress 
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of 
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, 
as amended: Provided further, That the entire amount provided 
shall be available only to the extent that an official budget 
request that includes designation of the entire amount as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.

                          MILITARY ASSISTANCE


                  Funds Appropriated to the President


                   foreign military financing program

    For an additional amount for ``Foreign Military Financing 
Program'', $1,375,000,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2002, of which $1,200,000,000 shall be for grants only for 
Israel, $25,000,000 shall be for grants only for Egypt, and 
$150,000,000 shall be for grants only for Jordan: Provided, 
That funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
nonrepayable, notwithstanding section 23 of the Arms Export 
Control Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to 
make timely payment for defense articles and services: Provided 
further, That to the extent that the Government of Israel 
requests that funds be used for such purposes, grants made 
available for Israel by this paragraph shall, as agreed by 
Israel and the United States, be available for advanced weapons 
systems, of which not to exceed 26.3 percent shall be available 
for the procurement in Israel of defense articles and defense 
services, including research and development: Provided further, 
That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an 
emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the 
Balanced Budget andEmergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as 
amended: Provided further, That the entire amount provided shall be 
available only to the extent that an official budget request that 
includes designation of the entire amount as an emergency requirement 
pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the 
President to the Congress; Provided further, That notwithstanding any 
other provision of this Act, not to exceed $1,513,000,000 of the funds 
appropriated for Israel under this heading in title III shall be 
disbursed within 30 days of enactment of this Act.

                    MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE


                  Funds Appropriated to the President


                  international financial institutions

       contribution to the international development association

    For an additional amount for ``Contribution to the 
International Development Association'', $150,000,000 to remain 
available until expended.

        contibution to the inter-american investment corporation

    For payment to the Inter-American Investment Corporation, 
by the Secretary of the Treasury, $16,000,000, for the United 
States share of the increase in subscriptions to capital stock, 
to remain available until expended.

              contribution to the african development fund

    For an additional amount for ``Contribution to the African 
Development Fund'', $50,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                                  
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