[House Report 106-997]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
106th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 106-997
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND
RELATED PROGRAMS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2001,
AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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October 24, 2000.--Ordered to be printed
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Mr. Callahan, from the committee of conference, submitted the following
CONFERENCE REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 4811]
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of
the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R.
4811) ``making appropriations for foreign operations, export
financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2001, and for other purposes'', having met, after
full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do
recommend to their respective Houses as follows:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the
amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an
amendment, as follows:
In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said
amendment, insert:
Section 101. (a) The provisions of H.R. 5526 of the 106th
Congress, as introduced on October 24, 2000, are hereby enacted
into law.
(b). In publishing the Act in slip form and in the United
States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112, of title 1,
United States Code, the Archivist of the United States shall
include after the date of approval at the end an appendix
setting forth the text of the bill referred to in subsection
(a) of this section.
And the Senate agree to the same.
Sonny Callahan,
John Edward Porter,
Frank R. Wolf,
Ron Packard,
Joe Knollenberg,
Jack Kingston,
Jerry Lewis,
Roger F. Wicker,
Bill Young,
Nancy Pelosi,
Nita M. Lowey,
Jesse Jackson, Jr.,
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick,
Martin Olav Sabo,
Dave Obey,
(except for cap adjustment),
Managers on the Part of the House.
Mitch McConnell,
Arlen Specter,
Judd Gregg,
Richard Shelby,
Robert F. Bennett,
Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
Kit Bond,
Ted Stevens,
Patrick Leahy,
Frank R. Lautenberg,
Tom Harkin,
Barbara A. Mikulski,
Patty Murray,
Robert C. Byrd,
Managers on the Part of the Senate.
JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE OF CONFERENCE
The managers on the part of the House and Senate at the
conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the
amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4811) ``making
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and
related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2001'', submit the following joint statement to the House and
Senate in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon
by the managers and recommended in the accompanying conference
report:
The conference agreement would enact the provisions of
H.R. 5526 as introduced on October 24, 2000. The text of that
bill follows:
A BILL Making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing,
and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and
for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I--EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE
export-import bank of the united states
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is authorized
to make such expenditures within the limits of funds and
borrowing authority available to such corporation, and in
accordance with law, and to make such contracts and commitments
without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided by
section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as may
be necessary in carrying out the program for the current fiscal
year for such corporation: Provided, That none of the funds
available during the current fiscal year may be used to make
expenditures, contracts, or commitments for the export of
nuclear equipment, fuel, or technology to any country other
than a nuclear-weapon state as defined in Article IX of the
Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons eligible to
receive economic or military assistance under this Act that has
detonated a nuclear explosive after the date of the enactment
of this Act.
subsidy appropriation
For the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, insurance,
and tied-aid grants as authorized by section 10 of the Export-
Import Bank Act of 1945, as amended, $865,000,000 to remain
available until September 30, 2004: Provided, That such costs,
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:
Provided further, That such sums shall remain available until
September 30, 2019 for the disbursement of direct loans, loan
guarantees, insurance and tied-aid grants obligated in fiscal
years 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004: Provided further, That none
of the funds appropriated by this Act or any prior Act
appropriating funds for foreign operations, export financing,
or related programs for tied-aid credits or grants may be used
for any other purpose except through the regular notification
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided
further, That funds appropriated by this paragraph are made
available notwithstanding section 2(b)(2) of the Export Import
Bank Act of 1945, in connection with the purchase or lease of
any product by any East European country, any Baltic State or
any agency or national thereof.
administrative expenses
For administrative expenses to carry out the direct and
guaranteed loan and insurance programs, including hire of
passenger motor vehicles and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, and not to exceed $30,000 for official reception and
representation expenses for members of the Board of Directors,
$62,000,000: Provided, That necessary expenses (including
special services performed on a contract or fee basis, but not
including other personal services) in connection with the
collection of moneys owed the Export-Import Bank, repossession
or sale of pledged collateral or other assets acquired by the
Export-Import Bank in satisfaction of moneys owed the Export-
Import Bank, or the investigation or appraisal of any property,
or the evaluation of the legal or technical aspects of any
transaction for which an application for a loan, guarantee or
insurance commitment has been made, shall be considered
nonadministrative expenses for the purposes of this heading:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding subsection (b) of
section 117 of the Export Enhancement Act of 1992, subsection
(a) thereof shall remain in effect until October 1, 2001.
overseas private investment corporation
noncredit account
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized
to make, without regard to fiscal year limitations, as provided
by 31 U.S.C. 9104, such expenditures and commitments within the
limits of funds available to it and in accordance with law as
may be necessary: Provided, That the amount available for
administrative expenses to carry out the credit and insurance
programs (including an amount for official reception and
representation expenses which shall not exceed $35,000) shall
not exceed $38,000,000: Provided further, That project-specific
transaction costs, including direct and indirect costs incurred
in claims settlements, and other direct costs associated with
services provided to specific investors or potential investors
pursuant to section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
shall not be considered administrative expenses for the
purposes of this heading.
program account
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, $24,000,000,
as authorized by section 234 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 to be derived by transfer from the Overseas Private
Investment Corporation noncredit account: Provided, That such
costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:
Provided further, That such sums shall be available for direct
loan obligations and loan guaranty commitments incurred or made
during fiscal years 2001 and 2002: Provided further, That such
sums shall remain available through fiscal year 2010 for the
disbursement of direct and guaranteed loans obligated in fiscal
years 2001 and 2002: Provided further, That in addition, such
sums as may be necessary for administrative expenses to carry
out the credit program may be derived from amounts available
for administrative expenses to carry out the credit and
insurance programs in the Overseas Private Investment
Corporation Noncredit Account and merged with said account.
Funds Appropriated to the President
trade and development agency
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 661 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $50,000,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2002.
TITLE II--BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Funds Appropriated to the President
For expenses necessary to enable the President to carry out
the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and for
other purposes, to remain available until September 30, 2001,
unless otherwise specified herein, as follows:
agency for international development
child survival and disease programs fund
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
chapters 1 and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, for child survival, basic education, assistance to combat
tropical and other infectious diseases, and related activities,
in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes,
$963,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That this amount shall be made available for such activities
as: (1) immunization programs; (2) oral rehydration programs;
(3) health and nutrition programs, and related education
programs, which address the needs of mothers and children; (4)
water and sanitation programs; (5) assistance for displaced and
orphaned children; (6) programs for the prevention, treatment,
and control of, and research on, tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS, polio,
malaria and other infectious diseases; and (7) basic education
programs for children: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated under this heading may be made available for
nonproject assistance, except that funds may be made available
for such assistance for basic education and ongoing health
programs: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated
under this heading, not to exceed $125,000, in addition to
funds otherwise available for such purposes, may be used to
monitor and provide oversight of child survival, maternal
health, and infectious disease programs: Provided further, That
the following amounts should be allocated as follows:
$295,000,000 for child survival and maternal health;
$30,000,000 for vulnerable children; $300,000,000 for HIV/AIDS;
$125,000,000 for other infectious diseases; $103,000,000 for
children's basic education; and $110,000,000 for UNICEF:
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this
heading, up to $50,000,000 may be made available for a United
States contribution to the Global Fund for Children's Vaccines,
up to $10,000,000 may be made available for the International
AIDS Vaccine Initiative, and up to $20,000,000 may be made
available for a United States contribution to an international
HIV/AIDS fund as authorized by subtitle B, title I of Public
Law 106-264, or a comparable international HIV/AIDS fund.
development assistance
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
sections 103 through 106, and chapter 10 of part I of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, title V of the International
Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 (Public Law
96-533) and the provisions of section 401 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1969, $1,305,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2002: Provided, That of the amount
appropriated under this heading, up to $12,000,000 may be made
available for and apportioned directly to the Inter-American
Foundation: Provided further, That of the amount appropriated
under this heading, up to $16,000,000 may be made available for
the African Development Foundation and shall be apportioned
directly to that agency: Provided further, That none of the
funds made available in this Act nor any unobligated balances
from prior appropriations may be made available to any
organization or program which, as determined by the President
of the United States, supports or participates in the
management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary
sterilization: Provided further, That none of the funds made
available under this heading may be used to pay for the
performance of abortion as a method of family planning or to
motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions; and that
in order to reduce reliance on abortion in developing nations,
funds shall be available only to voluntary family planning
projects which offer, either directly or through referral to,
or information about access to, a broad range of family
planning methods and services, and that any such voluntary
family planning project shall meet the following requirements:
(1) service providers or referral agents in the project shall
not implement or be subject to quotas, or other numerical
targets, of total number of births, number of family planning
acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of family
planning (this provision shall not be construed to include the
use of quantitative estimates or indicators for budgeting and
planning purposes); (2) the project shall not include payment
of incentives, bribes, gratuities, or financial reward to: (A)
an individual in exchange for becoming a family planning
acceptor; or (B) program personnel for achieving a numerical
target or quota of total number of births, number of family
planning acceptors, or acceptors of a particular method of
family planning; (3) the project shall not deny any right or
benefit, including the right of access to participate in any
program of general welfare or the right of access to health
care, as a consequence of any individual's decision not to
accept family planning services; (4) the project shall provide
family planning acceptors comprehensible information on the
health benefits and risks of the method chosen, including those
conditions that might render the use of the method inadvisable
and those adverse side effects known to be consequent to the
use of the method; and (5) the project shall ensure that
experimental contraceptive drugs and devices and medical
procedures are provided only in the context of a scientific
study in which participants are advised of potential risks and
benefits; and, not less than 60 days after the date on which
the Administrator of the United States Agency for International
Development determines that there has been a violation of the
requirements contained in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (5) of
this proviso, or a pattern or practice of violations of the
requirements contained in paragraph (4) of this proviso, the
Administrator shall submit to the Committee on International
Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives and to the Committee on Foreign Relations and
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, a report
containing a description of such violation and the corrective
action taken by the Agency: Provided further, That in awarding
grants for natural family planning under section 104 of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 no applicant shall be
discriminated against because of such applicant's religious or
conscientious commitment to offer only natural family planning;
and, additionally, all such applicants shall comply with the
requirements of the previous proviso: Provided further, That
for purposes of this or any other Act authorizing or
appropriating funds for foreign operations, export financing,
and related programs, the term ``motivate'', as it relates to
family planning assistance, shall not be construed to prohibit
the provision, consistent with local law, of information or
counseling about all pregnancy options: Provided further, That
nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to alter any
existing statutory prohibitions against abortion under section
104 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further,
That none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be
made available for any activity which is in contravention to
the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of
Flora and Fauna (CITES): Provided further, That of the funds
appropriated under this heading that are made available for
assistance programs for displaced and orphaned children and
victims of war, not to exceed $25,000, in addition to funds
otherwise available for such purposes, may be used to monitor
and provide oversight of such programs: Provided further, That
of the aggregate amount of the funds appropriated by this Act
to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and
the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989, not
less than $310,000,000 should be made available for agriculture
and rural development programs of which $30,000,000 should be
made available for plant biotechnology research and
development: Provided further, That not less than $2,300,000
should be made available for core support for the International
Fertilizer Development Center: Provided further, That of the
funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $5,200,000
shall be made available to AmeriCares for the construction,
rehabilitation, and operation of community-based primary
healthcare facilities in Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, and El
Salvador: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated
under this heading, not less than $500,000 should be made
available for support of the United States Telecommunications
Training Institute: Provided further, That of the funds
appropriated under this heading, not less than $17,000,000
should be made available for the American Schools and Hospitals
Abroad program: Provided further, That of the funds
appropriated under this heading, not less than $2,000,000
should be available to support an international media training
center.
cyprus
Of the funds appropriated under the headings ``Development
Assistance'' and ``Economic Support Fund'', not less than
$15,000,000 shall be made available for Cyprus to be used only
for scholarships, administrative support of the scholarship
program, bicommunal projects, and measures aimed at
reunification of the island and designed to reduce tensions and
promote peace and cooperation between the two communities on
Cyprus.
lebanon
Of the funds appropriated under the headings ``Development
Assistance'' and ``Economic Support Fund'', not less than
$35,000,000 shall be made available for Lebanon to be used,
among other programs, for scholarships and direct support of
the American educational institutions in Lebanon.
burma
Of the funds appropriated under the headings ``Economic
Support Fund'' and ``Development Assistance'', not less than
$6,500,000 shall be made available to support democracy
activities in Burma, democracy and humanitarian activities
along the Burma-Thailand border, and for Burmese student groups
and other organizations located outside Burma: Provided, That
funds made available for Burma-related activities under this
heading may be made available notwithstanding any other
provision of law: Provided further, That the provision of such
funds shall be made available subject to the regular
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
conservation fund
Of the funds made available under the headings
``Development Assistance'' and ``Economic Support Fund'', not
less than $4,000,000 should be made available to support the
preservation of habitats and related activities for endangered
wildlife.
private and voluntary organizations
None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available
by this Act for development assistance may be made available to
any United States private and voluntary organization, except
any cooperative development organization, which obtains less
than 20 percent of its total annual funding for international
activities from sources other than the United States
Government: Provided, That the Administrator of the Agency for
International Development, after informing the Committees on
Appropriations, may, on a case-by-case basis, waive the
restriction contained in this paragraph, after taking into
account the effectiveness of the overseas development
activities of the organization, its level of volunteer support,
its financial viability and stability, and the degree of its
dependence for its financial support on the agency.
Funds appropriated or otherwise made available under title
II of this Act should be made available to private and
voluntary organizations at a level which is at least equivalent
to the level provided in fiscal year 1995.
international disaster assistance
For necessary expenses for international disaster relief,
rehabilitation, and reconstruction assistance pursuant to
section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended,
$165,000,000, to remain available until expended.
transition initiatives
For necessary expenses for international disaster
rehabilitation and reconstruction assistance pursuant to
section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $50,000,000,
to remain available until expended, to support transition to
democracy and to long-term development of countries in crisis:
Provided, That such support may include assistance to develop,
strengthen, or preserve democratic institutions and processes,
revitalize basic infrastructure, and foster the peaceful
resolution of conflict: Provided further, That the United
States Agency for International Development shall submit a
report to the Committees on Appropriations at least 5 days
prior to beginning a new program of assistance.
micro and small enterprise development program account
For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees,
$1,500,000, as authorized by section 108 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961: Provided, That such costs shall be as
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:
Provided further, That guarantees of loans made under this
heading in support of microenterprise activities may guarantee
up to 70 percent of the principal amount of any such loans
notwithstanding section 108 of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out
programs under this heading, $500,000, all of which may be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for Operating
Expenses of the Agency for International Development: Provided
further, That funds made available under this heading shall
remain available until September 30, 2002.
development credit program account
(including transfer of funds)
For the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees,
$1,500,000, as authorized by section 635 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961: Provided, That such funds shall be made
available only for urban and environmental programs: Provided
further, That for the cost of direct loans and loan guarantees,
up to $5,000,000 of funds appropriated by this Act under the
heading ``Development Assistance'', may be transferred to and
merged with funds appropriated under this heading to be made
available for the purposes of part I of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961: Provided further, That such costs shall be as
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974:
Provided further, That the provisions of section 107A(d)
(relating to general provisions applicable to the Development
Credit Authority) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as
contained in section 306 of H.R. 1486 as reported by the House
Committee on International Relations on May 9, 1997, shall be
applicable to direct loans and loan guarantees provided under
this heading. In addition, for administrative expenses to carry
out credit programs administered by the Agency for
International Development, $4,000,000, all of which may be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for Operating
Expenses of the Agency for International Development: Provided
further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall
remain available until September 30, 2002.
payment to the foreign service retirement and disability fund
For payment to the ``Foreign Service Retirement and
Disability Fund'', as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of
1980, $44,489,000.
operating expenses of the agency for international development
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 667, $520,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds
appropriated under this heading may be made available to
finance the construction (including architect and engineering
services), purchase, or long term lease of offices for use by
the Agency for International Development, unless the
Administrator has identified such proposed construction
(including architect and engineering services), purchase, or
long term lease of offices in a report submitted to the
Committees on Appropriations at least 15 days prior to the
obligation of these funds for such purposes: Provided further,
That the previous proviso shall not apply where the total cost
of construction (including architect and engineering services),
purchase, or long term lease of offices does not exceed
$1,000,000.
operating expenses of the agency for international development office
of inspector general
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 667, $27,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 2002, which sum shall be available for the Office of the
Inspector General of the Agency for International Development.
Other Bilateral Economic Assistance
economic support fund
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
chapter 4 of part II, $2,295,000,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2002: Provided, That of the funds appropriated
under this heading, not less than $840,000,000 shall be
available only for Israel, which sum shall be available on a
grant basis as a cash transfer and shall be disbursed within 30
days of the enactment of this Act or by October 31, 2000,
whichever is later: Provided further, That not less than
$695,000,000 shall be available only for Egypt, which sum shall
be provided on a grant basis, and of which sum cash transfer
assistance shall be provided with the understanding that Egypt
will undertake significant economic reforms which are
additional to those which were undertaken in previous fiscal
years, and of which not less than $200,000,000 shall be
provided as Commodity Import Program assistance: Provided
further, That in exercising the authority to provide cash
transfer assistance for Israel, the President shall ensure that
the level of such assistance does not cause an adverse impact
on the total level of nonmilitary exports from the United
States to such country and that Israel enters into a side
letter agreement in an amount proportional to the fiscal year
1999 agreement: Provided further, That of the funds
appropriated under this heading, not less than $150,000,000
should be made available for assistance for Jordan: Provided
further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not
less than $25,000,000 shall be made available for assistance
for East Timor of which up to $1,000,000 may be transferred to
and merged with the appropriation for Operating Expenses of the
Agency for International Development: Provided further, That of
the funds appropriated under this heading, in addition to funds
otherwise made available for Indonesia, not less than
$5,000,000 should be made available for economic rehabilitation
and related activities in Aceh, Indonesia: Provided further,
That funds made available in the previous proviso may be
transferred to and merged with the appropriation for Transition
Initiatives: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated under this heading shall be obligated for regional
or global programs, except as provided through the regular
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:
Provided further, That of the funds made available under this
heading not less than $12,000,000 should be made available for
Mongolia: Provided further, That up to $10,000,000 of the funds
appropriated under this heading may be used, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, to provide assistance to the
National Democratic Alliance of Sudan to strengthen its ability
to protect civilians from attacks, slave raids, and aerial
bombardment by the Sudanese Government forces and its militia
allies, and the provision of such funds shall be subject to the
regular notification procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations: Provided further, That in the previous proviso,
the term ``assistance'' includes non-lethal, non-food aid such
as blankets, medicine, fuel, mobile clinics, water drilling
equipment, communications equipment to notify civilians of
aerial bombardment, non-military vehicles, tents, and shoes.
international fund for ireland
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
$25,000,000, which shall be available for the United States
contribution to the International Fund for Ireland and shall be
made available in accordance with the provisions of the Anglo-
Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-415):
Provided, That such amount shall be expended at the minimum
rate necessary to make timely payment for projects and
activities: Provided further, That funds made available under
this heading shall remain available until September 30, 2002.
assistance for eastern europe and the baltic states
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support for East
European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989, $600,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2002, which shall be available,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, for assistance and
for related programs for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States:
Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading not
less than $5,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for
the Baltic States: Provided further, That funds made available
for assistance for Kosova from funds appropriated under this
heading and under the headings ``Economic Support Fund'' and
``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'' shall
not exceed 15 percent of the total resources pledged by all
donors for calendar year 2001 for assistance for Kosova as of
March 31, 2001: Provided further, That of the funds made
available under this heading for Kosova, not less than
$1,300,000 should be made available to support the National
Albanian American Council's training program for Kosovar women:
Provided further, That none of the funds made available under
this Act for assistance for Kosova shall be made available for
large scale physical infrastructure reconstruction: Provided
further, That of the funds made available under this heading
and the headings ``International Narcotics Control and Law
Enforcement'' and ``Economic Support Fund'', not to exceed
$80,000,000 shall be made available for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
(b) Funds appropriated under this heading or in prior
appropriations Acts that are or have been made available for an
Enterprise Fund may be deposited by such Fund in interest-
bearing accounts prior to the Fund's disbursement of such funds
for program purposes. The Fund may retain for such program
purposes any interest earned on such deposits without returning
such interest to the Treasury of the United States and without
further appropriation by the Congress. Funds made available for
Enterprise Funds shall be expended at the minimum rate
necessary to make timely payment for projects and activities.
(c) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be
considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available the
administrative authorities contained in that Act for the use of
economic assistance.
(d) None of the funds appropriated under this heading may
be made available for new housing construction or repair or
reconstruction of existing housing in Bosnia and Herzegovina
unless directly related to the efforts of United States troops
to promote peace in said country.
(e) With regard to funds appropriated under this heading
for the economic revitalization program in Bosnia and
Herzegovina, and local currencies generated by such funds
(including the conversion of funds appropriated under this
heading into currency used by Bosnia and Herzegovina as local
currency and local currency returned or repaid under such
program) the Administrator of the Agency for International
Development shall provide written approval for grants and loans
prior to the obligation and expenditure of funds for such
purposes, and prior to the use of funds that have been returned
or repaid to any lending facility or grantee.
(f ) The provisions of section 532 of this Act shall apply
to funds made available under subsection (e) and to funds
appropriated under this heading: Provided, That notwithstanding
any provision of this or any other Act, including provisions in
this subsection regarding the application of section 532 of
this Act, local currencies generated by, or converted from,
funds appropriated by this Act and by previous appropriations
Acts and made available for the economic revitalization program
in Bosnia may be used in Eastern Europe and the Baltic States
to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 and the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of
1989.
(g) The President is authorized to withhold funds
appropriated under this heading made available for economic
revitalization programs in Bosnia and Herzegovina, if he
determines and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations
that the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has not complied
with article III of annex 1-A of the General Framework
Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina concerning the
withdrawal of foreign forces, and that intelligence cooperation
on training, investigations, and related activities between
Iranian officials and Bosnian officials has not been
terminated.
assistance for the independent states of the former soviet union
(a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
chapters 11 and 12 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 and the FREEDOM Support Act, for assistance for the
Independent States of the former Soviet Union and for related
programs, $810,000,000, to remain available until September 30,
2002: Provided, That the provisions of such chapters shall
apply to funds appropriated by this paragraph: Provided
further, That of the funds made available for the Southern
Caucasus region, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 15
percent may be used for confidence-building measures and other
activities in furtherance of the peaceful resolution of the
regional conflicts, especially those in the vicinity of
Abkhazia and Nagorno-Karabagh: Provided further, That of the
amounts appropriated under this heading not less than
$20,000,000 shall be made available solely for the Russian Far
East: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under
this heading, not less than $1,500,000 should be available only
to meet the health and other assistance needs of victims of
trafficking in persons.
(b) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less
than $170,000,000 should be made available for assistance for
Ukraine: Provided, That of this amount, not less than
$25,000,000 should be made available for nuclear reactor safety
initiatives, and not less than $5,000,000 should be made
available for the Ukranian Land and Resource Management Center.
(c) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less
than $92,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for
Georgia of which not less than $25,000,000 should be made
available to support Border Security Guard and export control
initiatives.
(d) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less
than $90,000,000 shall be made available for assistance for
Armenia.
(e) Section 907 of the FREEDOM Support Act shall not apply
to--
(1) activities to support democracy or assistance
under title V of the FREEDOM Support Act and section
1424 of Public Law 104-201;
(2) any assistance provided by the Trade and
Development Agency under section 661 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2421);
(3) any activity carried out by a member of the
United States and Foreign Commercial Service while
acting within his or her official capacity;
(4) any insurance, reinsurance, guarantee, or other
assistance provided by the Overseas Private Investment
Corporation under title IV of chapter 2 of part I of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2191 et
seq.);
(5) any financing provided under the Export-Import
Bank Act of 1945; or
(6) humanitarian assistance.
(f) Not more than 25 percent of the funds appropriated
under this heading may be made available for assistance for any
country in the region. Activities authorized under title V
(nonproliferation and disarmament programs and activities) of
the FREEDOM Support Act shall not be counted against the 25
percent limitation.
(g) Of the funds made available under this heading for
nuclear safety activities, not to exceed 8 percent of the funds
provided for any single project may be used to pay for
management costs incurred by a United States agency or national
lab in administering said project.
(h)(1) Of the funds appropriated under this heading that
are allocated for assistance for the Government of the Russian
Federation, 60 percent shall be withheld from obligation until
the President determines and certifies in writing to the
Committees on Appropriations that the Government of the Russian
Federation.
(A) has terminated implementation of arrangements to
provide Iran with technical expertise, training, technology, or
equipment necessary to develop a nuclear reactor, related
nuclear research facilities or programs, or ballistic missile
capability;
(B) is cooperating with international efforts to
investigate allegations of war crimes and atrocities in
Chechnya;
(C) is providing full access to international non-
government organizations providing humanitarian relief to
refugees and internally displaced persons in Chechnya; and
(D) is in compliance with article V of the Treaty on
Conventional Armed Forces in Europe regarding forces deployed
in the flank zone in and around Chechnya.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to--
(A) assistance to combat infectious diseases; and
(B) activities authorized under title V
(Nonproliferation and Disarmament Programs and
Activities) of the FREEDOM Support Act.
(i) Of the funds appropriated under this heading for
assistance for Russia, and the heading ``Migration and Refugee
Assistance'', not less than $10,000,000 shall be made available
to non-government organizations providing humanitarian relief
in Checknya and Ingushetia.
(j) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less
than $45,000,000 shall be made available, in addition to funds
otherwise available for such purposes, for assistance for child
survival, environmental health, and to combat infectious
diseases, and for related activities.
Independent Agency
peace corps
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the
Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), $265,000,000, including the
purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for
administrative purposes for use outside of the United States:
Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under this
heading shall be used to pay for abortions: Provided further,
That funds appropriated under this heading shall remain
available until September 30, 2002.
Department of State
international narcotics control and law enforcement
For necessary expenses to carry out section 481 of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $325,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That any funds made
available under this heading for anti-crime programs and
activities shall be made available subject to the regular
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:
Provided further, That during fiscal year 2001, the Department
of State may also use the authority of section 608 of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, without regard to its
restrictions, to receive excess property from an agency of the
United States Government for the purpose of providing it to a
foreign country under chapter 8 of part I of that Act subject
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations.
migration and refugee assistance
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to
enable the Secretary of State to provide, as authorized by law,
a contribution to the International Committee of the Red Cross,
assistance to refugees, including contributions to the
International Organization for Migration and the United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees, and other activities to meet
refugee and migration needs; salaries and expenses of personnel
and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of
1980; allowances as authorized by sections 5921 through 5925 of
title 5, United States Code; purchase and hire of passenger
motor vehicles; and services as authorized by section 3109 of
title 5, United States Code, $700,000,000, which shall remain
available until expended: Provided, That not more than
$14,500,000 shall be available for administrative expenses:
Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading to
support activities and programs conducted by the United Nations
High Commissioner for Refugees shall be made available after
reporting at least 5 days in advance to the Committees on
Appropriations: Provided further, That the reporting
requirement contained in the previous proviso may be waived for
any such obligation if failure to waive this requirement would
pose a substantial risk to human health or welfare: Provided
further, That in case of any such waiver, a report to the
Committees on Appropriations shall be provided as early as
practicable, but in no event later than 5 days after such
obligation: Provided further, That not less than $60,000,000 of
the funds made available under this heading shall be made
available for refugees from the former Soviet Union and Eastern
Europe and other refugees resettling in Israel.
united states emergency refugee and migration assistance fund
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of
1962, as amended (22 U.S.C. 260(c)), $15,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the funds made
available under this heading are appropriated notwithstanding
the provisions contained in section 2(c)(2) of the Act which
would limit the amount of funds which could be appropriated for
this purpose.
nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining and related programs
For necessary expenses for nonproliferation, anti-terrorism
and related programs and activities, $311,600,000, to carry out
the provisions of chapter 8 of part II of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 for anti-terrorism assistance, section
504 of the FREEDOM Support Act, section 23 of the Arms Export
Control Act or the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for demining
activities, the clearance of unexploded ordnance, the
destruction of small arms, and related activities,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, including
activities implemented through nongovernmental and
international organizations, section 301 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 for a voluntary contribution to the
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and a voluntary
contribution to the Korean Peninsula Energy Development
Organization (KEDO), and for a United States contribution to
the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory
Commission: Provided, That the Secretary of State shall inform
the Committees on Appropriations at least 20 days prior to the
obligation of funds for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban
Treaty Preparatory Commission: Provided further, That of this
amount not to exceed $15,000,000, to remain available until
expended, may be made available for the Nonproliferation and
Disarmament Fund, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
to promote bilateral and multilateral activities relating to
nonproliferation and disarmament: Provided further, That such
funds may also be used for such countries other than the
Independent States of the former Soviet Union and international
organizations when it is in the national security interest of
the United States to do so: Provided further, That such funds
shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds
appropriated under this heading may be made available for the
International Atomic Energy Agency only if the Secretary of
State determines (and so reports to the Congress) that Israel
is not being denied its right to participate in the activities
of that Agency: Provided further, That of the funds
appropriated under this heading, $40,000,000 should be made
available for demining, clearance of unexploded ordnance, and
related activities: Provided further, That of the funds made
available for demining and related activities, not to exceed
$500,000, in addition to funds otherwise available for such
purposes, may be used for administrative expenses related to
the operation and management of the demining program.
Department of the Treasury
international affairs technical assistance
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 129 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (relating to
international affairs technical assistance activities),
$6,000,000, to remain available until expended, which shall be
available nowithstanding any other provision of law.
debt restructuring
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying loans and loan
guarantees, as the President may determine, for which funds
have been appropriated or otherwise made available for programs
within the International Affairs Budget Function 150, including
the cost of selling, reducing, or canceling amounts owed to the
United States as a result of concessional loans made to
eligible countries, pursuant to parts IV and V of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, and of modifying concessional credit
agreements with least developed countries, as authorized under
section 411 of the Agricultural Trade Development and
Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, and concessional loans,
guarantees and credit agreements, as authorized under section
572 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related
Programs Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 100-461), and of
canceling amounts owed, as a result of loans or guarantees made
pursuant to the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, by countries
that are eligible for debt reduction pursuant to title V of
H.R. 3425 as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(5) of Public
Law 106-113, $238,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That of this amount, not less than $13,000,000 shall
be made available to carry out the provisions of part V of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That funds
appropriated or otherwise made available under this heading in
this Act may be used by the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to
the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Trust Fund
administered by the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development amounts for the benefit of countries that are
eligible for debt reduction pursuant to title V of H.R. 3425 as
enacted into law by section 1000(a)(5) of Public Law 106-113:
Provided further, That amounts paid to the HIPC Trust Fund may
be used only to fund debt reduction under the enhanced HIPC
initiative by--
(1) the Inter-American Development Bank;
(2) the African Development Fund;
(3) the African Development Bank; and
(4) the Central American Bank for Economic
Integration:
Provided further, That funds may not be paid to the HIPC Trust
Fund for the benefit of any country if the Secretary of State
has credible evidence that the government of such country is
engaged in a consistent pattern of gross violations of
internationally recognized human rights or in military or civil
conflict that undermines its ability to develop and implement
measures to alleviate poverty and to devote adequate human and
financial resources to that end: Provided further, That on the
basis of final appropriations, the Secretary of the Treasury
shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations concerning
which countries and international financial institutions are
expected to benefit from a United States contribution to the
HIPC Trust Fund during the fiscal year: Provided further, That
the Secretary of the Treasury shall inform the Committees on
Appropriations not less than 15 days in advance of the
signature of an agreement by the United States to make payments
to the HIPC Trust Fund of amounts for such countries and
institutions: Provided further, That the Secretary of the
Treasury may disburse funds designated for debt reduction
through the HIPC Trust Fund only for the benefit of countries
that--
(a) have committed, for a period of 24 months, not
to accept new market-rate loans from the international
financial institution receiving debt repayment as a
result of such disbursement, other than loans made by
such institution to export-oriented commercial projects
that generate foreign exchange which are generally
referred to as ``enclave'' loans; and
(b) have documented and demonstrated their
commitment to redirect their budgetary resources from
international debt repayments to programs to alleviate
poverty and promote economic growth that are additional
to or expand upon those previously available for such
purposes:
Provided further, That any limitation of subsection (e) of
section 411 of the Agricultural Trade Development and
Assistance Act of 1954 shall not apply to funds appropriated
under this heading: Provided further, That none of the funds
made available under this heading in this or any other
appropriations Acts shall be made available for Sudan or Burma
unless the Secretary of Treasury determines and notifies the
Committees on Appropriations that a democratically elected
government has taken office: Provided further, That the
authority provided by section 572 of Public Law 100-461 may be
exercised only with respect to countries that are eligible to
borrow from the International Development Association, but not
from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development,
commonly referred to as ``IDA-only'' countries.
TITLE III--MILITARY ASSISTANCE
Funds Appropriated to the President
international military education and training
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $55,000,000,
of which up to $1,000,000 may remain available until expended:
Provided, That the civilian personnel for whom military
education and training may be provided under this heading may
include civilians who are not members of a government whose
participation would contribute to improved civil-military
relations, civilian control of the military, or respect for
human rights: Provided further, That funds appropriated under
this heading for grant financed military education and training
for Indonesia and Guatemala may only be available for expanded
international military education and training and funds made
available for Indonesia and Guatemala may only be provided
through the regular notification procedures of the Committees
on Appropriations.
foreign military financing program
For expenses necessary for grants to enable the President
to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms Export
Control Act, $3,545,000,000: Provided, That of the funds
appropriated under this heading, not less than $1,980,000,000
shall be available for grants only for Israel, and not less
than $1,300,000,000 shall be made available for grants only for
Egypt: Provided further, That the funds appropriated by this
paragraph for Israel shall be disbursed within 30 days of the
enactment of this Act or by October 31, 2000, whichever is
later: Provided further, That to the extent that the Government
of Israel requests that funds be used for such purposes, grants
made available for Israel by this paragraph shall, as agreed by
Israel and the United States, be available for advanced weapons
systems, of which not less than $520,000,000 shall be available
for the procurement in Israel of defense articles and defense
services, including research and development: Provided further,
That of the funds appropriated by this paragraph, not less than
$75,000,000 should be available for assistance for Jordan:
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated by this
paragraph, not less than $3,000,000 shall be made available for
assistance for Malta: Provided further, That of the funds
appropriated by this paragraph, not less than $8,500,000 shall
be made available for assistance for Tunisia: Provided further,
That during fiscal year 2001, the President is authorized to,
and shall, direct the draw-downs of defense articles from the
stocks of the Department of Defense, defense services of the
Department of Defense, and military education and training of
an aggregate value of not less than $5,000,000 under the
authority of this proviso for Tunisia for the purposes of part
II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and any amount so
directed shall count toward meeting the earmark in the
preceding proviso: Provided further, That of the funds
appropriated by this paragraph, not less than $8,000,000 shall
be made available for Georgia: Provided further, That during
fiscal year 2001, the President is authorized to, and shall,
direct the draw-downs of defense articles from the stocks of
the Department of Defense, defense services of the Department
of Defense, and military education and training of an aggregate
value of not less than $4,000,000 under the authority of this
proviso for Georgia for the purposes of part II of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 and any amount so directed shall count
toward meeting the earmark in the preceding proviso: Provided
further, That funds appropriated by this paragraph shall be
nonrepayable notwithstanding any requirement in section 23 of
the Arms Export Control Act: Provided further, That funds made
available under this paragraph shall be obligated upon
apportionment in accordance with paragraph (5)(C) of title 31,
United States Code, section 1501(a).
None of the funds made available under this heading shall
be available to finance the procurement of defense articles,
defense services, or design and construction services that are
not sold by the United States Government under the Arms Export
Control Act unless the foreign country proposing to make such
procurements has first signed an agreement with the United
States Government specifying the conditions under which such
procurements may be financed with such funds: Provided, That
all country and funding level increases in allocations shall be
submitted through the regular notification procedures of
section 515 of this Act: Provided further, That none of the
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for
assistance for Sudan and Liberia: Provided further, That funds
made available under this heading may be used, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, for demining, the clearance of
unexploded ordnance, and related activities, and may include
activities implemented through nongovernmental and
international organizations: Provided further, That none of the
funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for
assistance for Guatemala: Provided further, That only those
countries for which assistance was justified for the ``Foreign
Military Sales Financing Program'' in the fiscal year 1989
congressional presentation for security assistance programs may
utilize funds made available under this heading for procurement
of defense articles, defense services or design and
construction services that are not sold by the United States
Government under the Arms Export Control Act: Provided further,
That funds appropriated under this heading shall be expended at
the minimum rate necessary to make timely payment for defense
articles and services: Provided further, That not more than
$33,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading may be
obligated for necessary expenses, including the purchase of
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only for use outside
of the United States, for the general costs of administering
military assistance and sales: Provided further, That not more
than $340,000,000 of funds realized pursuant to section
21(e)(1)(A) of the Arms Export Control Act may be obligated for
expenses incurred by the Department of Defense during fiscal
year 2001 pursuant to section 43(b) of the Arms Export Control
Act, except that this limitation may be exceeded only through
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations: Provided further, That foreign military
financing program funds estimated to be outlayed for Egypt
during fiscal year 2001 shall be transferred to an interest
bearing account for Egypt in the Federal Reserve Bank of New
York within 30 days of enactment of this Act or by October 31,
2000, whichever is later: Provided further, That the Committees
on Appropriations shall be informed at least 10 days prior to
the obligation of any interest accrued by the account
established by the previous proviso.
peacekeeping operations
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
$127,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated
under this heading shall be obligated or expended except as
provided through the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations.
TITLE IV--MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
funds appropriated to the president
international financial institutions
global environment facility
For the United States contribution for the Global
Environment Facility, $108,000,000, to the International Bank
for Reconstruction and Development as trustee for the Global
Environment Facility, by the Secretary of the Treasury, to
remain available until expended.
contribution to the international development association
For payment to the International Development Association by
the Secretary of the Treasury, $775,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided: That the Secretary of the
Treasury shall: (1) accord high priority to encouraging the
International Development Association to establish and
implement a policy to provide new assistance on grant terms to
enhanced HIPC Initiative countries that have reached the
completion point; and (2) submit a report to the Speaker of the
House of Representatives, the President of the Senate, and the
Committees on Appropriations no later than June 30, 2001, on
the progress reached in achieving the objective set forth in
clause (1): Provided further, That in negotiating United States
participation in the next replenishment of the International
Development Association, the Secretary of the Treasury shall
accord high priority to providing the International Development
Association with the policy flexibility to provide new grant
assistance to countries eligible for debt reduction under the
enhanced HIPC Initiative.
contribution to the multilateral investment guarantee agency
For payment to the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
by the Secretary of the Treasury, $10,000,000, for the United
States paid-in share of the increase in capital stock, to
remain available until expended.
limitation on callable capital
The United States Governor of the Multilateral Investment
Guarantee Agency may subscribe without fiscal year limitation
for the callable capital portion of the United States share of
such capital stock in an amount not to exceed $50,000,000.
contribution to the inter-american investment corporation
For payment to the Inter-American Investment Corporation,
by the Secretary of the Treasury, $25,000,000, for the United
States share of the increase in subscriptions to capital stock,
to remain available until expended.
contribution to the enterprise for the americas multilateral investment
fund
For payment to the Enterprise for the Americas Multilateral
Investment Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, for the
United States contribution to the fund, $10,000,000, to remain
available until expended.
contribution to the asian development fund
For the United States contribution by the Secretary of the
Treasury to the increase in resources of the Asian Development
Fund, as authorized by the Asian Development Bank Act, as
amended, $72,000,000, to remain available until expended.
contribution to the african development bank
For payment to the African Development Bank by the
Secretary of the Treasury, $6,100,000, for the United States
paid-in share of the increase in capital stock, to remain
available until expended.
limitation on callable capital subscriptions
The United States Governor of the African Development Bank
may subscribe without fiscal year limitation for the callable
capital portion of the United States share of such capital
stock in an amount not to exceed $97,548,522.
contribution to the african development fund
For the United States contribution by the Secretary of the
Treasury to the increase in resources of the African
Development Fund, $100,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
contribution to the european bank for reconstruction and development
For payment to the European Bank for Reconstruction and
Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, $35,778,717, for
the United States share of the paid-in portion of the increase
in capital stock, to remain available until expended.
limitation on callable capital subscriptions
The United States Governor of the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development may subscribe without fiscal
year limitation to the callable capital portion of the United
States share of such capital stock in an amount not to exceed
$123,237,803.
contribution to the international fund for agricultural development
For the United States contribution by the Secretary of the
Treasury to increase the resources of the International Fund
for Agricultural Development, $5,000,000, to remain available
until expended.
International Organizations and Programs
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and of
section 2 of the United Nations Environment Program
Participation Act of 1973, $186,000,000: Provided, That none of
the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made
available for the United Nations Fund for Science and
Technology: Provided further, That not less than $5,000,000
should be made available to the World Food Program: Provided
further, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading
may be made available to the Korean Peninsula Energy
Development Organization (KEDO) or the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA).
TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS
obligations during last month of availability
Sec. 501. Except for the appropriations entitled
``International Disaster Assistance'', and ``United States
Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund'', not more
than 15 percent of any appropriation item made available by
this Act shall be obligated during the last month of
availability.
prohibition of bilateral funding for international financial
institutions
Sec. 502. Notwithstanding section 614 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, none of the funds contained in title II
of this Act may be used to carry out the provisions of section
209(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided, That
none of the funds appropriated by title II of this Act may be
transferred by the Agency for International Development
directly to an international financial institution (as defined
in section 533 of this Act) for the purpose of repaying a
foreign country's loan obligations to such institution.
limitation on residence expenses
Sec. 503. Of the funds appropriated or made available
pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $126,500 shall be for
official residence expenses of the Agency for International
Development during the current fiscal year: Provided, That
appropriate steps shall be taken to assure that, to the maximum
extent possible, United States-owned foreign currencies are
utilized in lieu of dollars.
limitation on expenses
Sec. 504. Of the funds appropriated or made available
pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $5,000 shall be for
entertainment expenses of the Agency for International
Development during the current fiscal year.
limitation on representational allowances
Sec. 505. Of the funds appropriated or made available
pursuant to this Act, not to exceed $95,000 shall be available
for representation allowances for the Agency for International
Development during the current fiscal year: Provided, That
appropriate steps shall be taken to assure that, to the maximum
extent possible, United States-owned foreign currencies are
utilized in lieu of dollars: Provided further, That of the
funds made available by this Act for general costs of
administering military assistance and sales under the heading
``Foreign Military Financing Program'', not to exceed $2,000
shall be available for entertainment expenses and not to exceed
$50,000 shall be available for representation allowances:
Provided further, That of the funds made available by this Act
under the heading ``International Military Education and
Training'', not to exceed $50,000 shall be available for
entertainment allowances: Provided further, That of the funds
made available by this Act for the Inter-American Foundation,
not to exceed $2,000 shall be available for entertainment and
representation allowances: Provided further, That of the funds
made available by this Act for the Peace Corps, not to exceed a
total of $4,000 shall be available for entertainment expenses:
Provided further, That of the funds made available by this Act
under the heading ``Trade and Development Agency'', not to
exceed $2,000 shall be available for representation and
entertainment allowances.
prohibition on financing nuclear goods
Sec. 506. None of the funds appropriated or made available
(other than funds for ``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism,
Demining and Related Programs'') pursuant to this Act, for
carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, may be used,
except for purposes of nuclear safety, to finance the export of
nuclear equipment, fuel, or technology.
prohibition against direct funding for certain countries
Sec. 507. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended
to finance directly any assistance or reparations to Cuba,
Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Sudan, or Syria: Provided, That
for purposes of this section, the prohibition on obligations or
expenditures shall include direct loans, credits, insurance and
guarantees of the Export-Import Bank or its agents.
military coups
Sec. 508. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated or expended
to finance directly any assistance to any country whose duly
elected head of government is deposed by decree or military
coup: Provided, That assistance may be resumed to such country
if the President determines and reports to the Committees on
Appropriations that subsequent to the termination of assistance
a democratically elected government has taken office.
transfers between accounts
Sec. 509. None of the funds made available by this Act may
be obligated under an appropriation account to which they were
not appropriated, except for transfers specifically provided
for in this Act, unless the President, prior to the exercise of
any authority contained in the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
to transfer funds, consults with and provides a written policy
justification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate.
deobligation/reobligation authority
Sec. 510. Obligated balances of funds appropriated to carry
out section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act as of the end of
the fiscal year immediately preceding the current fiscal year
are, if deobligated, hereby continued available during the
current fiscal year for the same purpose under any authority
applicable to such appropriations under this Act: Provided,
That the authority of this subsection may not be used in fiscal
year 2001.
availability of funds
Sec. 511. No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall remain available for obligation after the expiration
of the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided in this
Act: Provided, That funds appropriated for the purposes of
chapters 1, 8, 11, and 12 of part I, section 667, and chapter 4
of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended,
and funds provided under the heading ``Assistance for Eastern
Europe and the Baltic States'', shall remain available until
expended if such funds are initially obligated before the
expiration of their respective periods of availability
contained in this Act: Provided further, That, notwithstanding
any other provision of this Act, any funds made available for
the purposes of chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which are allocated or
obligated for cash disbursements in order to address balance of
payments or economic policy reform objectives, shall remain
available until expended: Provided further, That the report
required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 shall designate for each country, to the extent known at
the time of submission of such report, those funds allocated
for cash disbursement for balance of payment and economic
policy reform purposes.
limitation on assistance to countries in default
Sec. 512. No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall be used to furnish assistance to any country which is
in default during a period in excess of one calendar year in
payment to the United States of principal or interest on any
loan made to the government of such country by the United
States pursuant to a program for which funds are appropriated
under this Act: Provided, That this section and section 620(q)
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply to funds
made available for any narcotics-related assistance for
Colombia, Bolivia, and Peru authorized by the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 or the Arms Export Control Act.
commerce and trade
Sec. 513. (a) None of the funds appropriated or made
available pursuant to this Act for direct assistance and none
of the funds otherwise made available pursuant to this Act to
the Export-Import Bank and the Overseas Private Investment
Corporation shall be obligated or expended to finance any loan,
any assistance or any other financial commitments for
establishing or expanding production of any commodity for
export by any country other than the United States, if the
commodity is likely to be in surplus on world markets at the
time the resulting productive capacity is expected to become
operative and if the assistance will cause substantial injury
to United States producers of the same, similar, or competing
commodity: Provided, That such prohibition shall not apply to
the Export-Import Bank if in the judgment of its Board of
Directors the benefits to industry and employment in the United
States are likely to outweigh the injury to United States
producers of the same, similar, or competing commodity, and the
Chairman of the Board so notifies the Committees on
Appropriations.
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act
to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 shall be available for any testing or breeding
feasibility study, variety improvement or introduction,
consultancy, publication, conference, or training in connection
with the growth or production in a foreign country of an
agricultural commodity for export which would compete with a
similar commodity grown or produced in the United States:
Provided, That this subsection shall not prohibit--
(1) activities designed to increase food security
in developing countries where such activities will not
have a significant impact in the export of agricultural
commodities of the United States; or
(2) research activities intended primarily to
benefit American producers.
surplus commodities
Sec. 514. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the
United States Executive Directors of the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development, the International Development
Association, the International Finance Corporation, the Inter-
American Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the
Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Investment
Corporation, the North American Development Bank, the European
Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the African
Development Bank, and the African Development Fund to use the
voice and vote of the United States to oppose any assistance by
these institutions, using funds appropriated or made available
pursuant to this Act, for the production or extraction of any
commodity or mineral for export, if it is in surplus on world
markets and if the assistance will cause substantial injury to
United States producers of the same, similar, or competing
commodity.
notification requirements
Sec. 515. (a) For the purposes of providing the executive
branch with the necessary administrative flexibility, none of
the funds made available under this Act for ``Child Survival
and Disease Programs Fund'', ``Development Assistance'',
``International Organizations and Programs'', ``Trade and
Development Agency'', ``International Narcotics Control and Law
Enforcement'', ``Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic
States'', ``Assistance for the Independent States of the Former
Soviet Union'', ``Economic Support Fund'', ``Peacekeeping
Operations'', ``Operating Expenses of the Agency for
International Development'', ``Operating Expenses of the Agency
for International Development Office of Inspector General'',
``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related
Programs'', ``Foreign Military Financing Program'',
``International Military Education and Training'', ``Peace
Corps'', and ``Migration and Refugee Assistance'', shall be
available for obligation for activities, programs, projects,
type of materiel assistance, countries, or other operations not
justified or in excess of the amount justified to the
Appropriations Committees for obligation under any of these
specific headings unless the Appropriations Committees of both
Houses of Congress are previously notified 15 days in advance:
Provided, That the President shall not enter into any
commitment of funds appropriated for the purposes of section 23
of the Arms Export Control Act for the provision of major
defense equipment, other than conventional ammunition, or other
major defense items defined to be aircraft, ships, missiles, or
combat vehicles, not previously justified to Congress or 20
percent in excess of the quantities justified to Congress
unless the Committees on Appropriations are notified 15 days in
advance of such commitment: Provided further, That this section
shall not apply to any reprogramming for an activity, program,
or project under chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 of less than 10 percent of the amount previously
justified to the Congress for obligation for such activity,
program, or project for the current fiscal year: Provided
further, That the requirements of this section or any similar
provision of this Act or any other Act, including any prior Act
requiring notification in accordance with the regular
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations,
may be waived if failure to do so would pose a substantial risk
to human health or welfare: Provided further, That in case of
any such waiver, notification to the Congress, or the
appropriate congressional committees, shall be provided as
early as practicable, but in no event later than 3 days after
taking the action to which such notification requirement was
applicable, in the context of the circumstances necessitating
such waiver: Provided further, That any notification provided
pursuant to such a waiver shall contain an explanation of the
emergency circumstances.
(b) Drawdowns made pursuant to section 506(a)(2) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be subject to the regular
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
limitation on availability of funds for international organizations and
programs
Sec. 516. Subject to the regular notification procedures of
the Committees on Appropriations, funds appropriated under this
Act or any previously enacted Act making appropriations for
foreign operations, export financing, and related programs,
which are returned or not made available for organizations and
programs because of the implementation of section 307(a) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, shall remain available for
obligation until September 30, 2002.
independent states of the former soviet union
Sec. 517. (a) None of the funds appropriated under the
heading ``Assistance for the Independent States of the Former
Soviet Union'' shall be made available for assistance for a
government of an Independent State of the former Soviet Union--
(1) unless that government is making progress in
implementing comprehensive economic reforms based on
market principles, private ownership, respect for
commercial contracts, and equitable treatment of
foreign private investment; and
(2) if that government applies or transfers United
States assistance to any entity for the purpose of
expropriating or seizing ownership or control of
assets, investments, or ventures. Assistance may be
furnished without regard to this subsection if the
President determines that to do so is in the national
interest.
(b) None of the funds appropriated under the heading
``Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet
Union'' shall be made available for assistance for a government
of an Independent State of the former Soviet Union if that
government directs any action in violation of the territorial
integrity or national sovereignty of any other Independent
State of the former Soviet Union, such as those violations
included in the Helsinki Final Act: Provided, That such funds
may be made available without regard to the restriction in this
subsection if the President determines that to do so is in the
national security interest of the United States.
(c) None of the funds appropriated under the heading
``Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet
Union'' shall be made available for any state to enhance its
military capability: Provided, That this restriction does not
apply to demilitarization, demining or nonproliferation
programs.
(d) Funds appropriated under the heading ``Assistance for
the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union'' for the
Russian Federation, Armenia, Georgia, and Ukraine shall be
subject to the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations.
(e) Funds made available in this Act for assistance for the
Independent States of the former Soviet Union shall be subject
to the provisions of section 117 (relating to environment and
natural resources) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
(f) Funds appropriated in this or prior appropriations Acts
that are or have been made available for an Enterprise Fund in
the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union may be
deposited by such Fund in interest-bearing accounts prior to
the disbursement of such funds by the Fund for program
purposes. The Fund may retain for such program purposes any
interest earned on such deposits without returning such
interest to the Treasury of the United States and without
further appropriation by the Congress. Funds made available for
Enterprise Funds shall be expended at the minimum rate
necessary to make timely payment for projects and activities.
(g) In issuing new task orders, entering into contracts, or
making grants, with funds appropriated in this Act or prior
appropriations Acts under the heading ``Assistance for the
Independent States of the Former Soviet Union'' and under
comparable headings in prior appropriations Acts, for projects
or activities that have as one of their primary purposes the
fostering of private sector development, the Coordinator for
United States Assistance to the New Independent States and the
implementing agency shall encourage the participation of and
give significant weight to contractors and grantees who propose
investing a significant amount of their own resources
(including volunteer services and in-kind contributions) in
such projects and activities.
prohibition on funding for abortions and involuntary sterilization
Sec. 518. None of the funds made available to carry out
part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may
be used to pay for the performance of abortions as a method of
family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice
abortions. None of the funds made available to carry out part I
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used
to pay for the performance of involuntary sterilization as a
method of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial
incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of the
funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for any
biomedical research which relates in whole or in part, to
methods of, or the performance of, abortions or involuntary
sterilization as a means of family planning. None of the funds
made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, as amended, may be obligated or expended for any
country or organization if the President certifies that the use
of these funds by any such country or organization would
violate any of the above provisions related to abortions and
involuntary sterilizations: Provided, That none of the funds
made available under this Act may be used to lobby for or
against abortion.
export financing transfer authorities
Sec. 519. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation
other than for administrative expenses made available for
fiscal year 2001, for programs under title I of this Act may be
transferred between such appropriations for use for any of the
purposes, programs, and activities for which the funds in such
receiving account may be used, but no such appropriation,
except as otherwise specifically provided, shall be increased
by more than 25 percent by any such transfer: Provided, That
the exercise of such authority shall be subject to the regular
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
special notification requirements
Sec. 520. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall
be obligated or expended for Colombia, Haiti, Liberia, Serbia,
Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, or the Democratic
Republic of Congo except as provided through the regular
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
definition of program, project, and activity
Sec. 521. For the purpose of this Act, ``program, project,
and activity'' shall be defined at the appropriations Act
account level and shall include all appropriations and
authorizations Acts earmarks, ceilings, and limitations with
the exception that for the following accounts: Economic Support
Fund and Foreign Military Financing Program, ``program,
project, and activity'' shall also be considered to include
country, regional, and central program level funding within
each such account; for the development assistance accounts of
the Agency for International Development ``program, project,
and activity'' shall also be considered to include central
program level funding, either as: (1) justified to the
Congress; or (2) allocated by the executive branch in
accordance with a report, to be provided to the Committees on
Appropriations within 30 days of the enactment of this Act, as
required by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961.
child survival and disease prevention activities
Sec. 522. Up to $16,000,000 of the funds made available by
this Act for assistance under the heading ``Child Survival and
Disease Programs Fund'', may be used to reimburse United States
Government agencies, agencies of State governments,
institutions of higher learning, and private and voluntary
organizations for the full cost of individuals (including for
the personal services of such individuals) detailed or assigned
to, or contracted by, as the case may be, the Agency for
International Development for the purpose of carrying out child
survival, basic education, and infectious disease activities:
Provided, That up to $1,500,000 of the funds made available by
this Act for assistance under the heading ``Development
Assistance'' may be used to reimburse such agencies,
institutions, and organizations for such costs of such
individuals carrying out other development assistance
activities: Provided further, That funds appropriated by this
Act that are made available for child survival activities or
disease programs including activities relating to research on,
and the prevention, treatment and control of, Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome may be made available notwithstanding any
provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign
countries: Provided further, That funds appropriated under
title II of this Act may be made available pursuant to section
301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 if a primary purpose
of the assistance is for child survival and related programs.
prohibition against indirect funding to certain countries
Sec. 523. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated to finance
indirectly any assistance or reparations to Cuba, Iraq, Libya,
Iran, Syria, North Korea, or the People's Republic of China,
unless the President of the United States certifies that the
withholding of these funds is contrary to the national interest
of the United States.
notification on excess defense equipment
Sec. 524. Prior to providing excess Department of Defense
articles in accordance with section 516(a) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, the Department of Defense shall notify
the Committees on Appropriations to the same extent and under
the same conditions as are other committees pursuant to
subsection (f ) of that section: Provided, That before issuing
a letter of offer to sell excess defense articles under the
Arms Export Control Act, the Department of Defense shall notify
the Committees on Appropriations in accordance with the regular
notification procedures of such Committees: Provided further,
That such Committees shall also be informed of the original
acquisition cost of such defense articles.
authorization requirement
Sec. 525. Funds appropriated by this Act, except funds
appropriated under the headings ``International Military
Education and Training'' and ``Foreign Military Financing
Program'', may be obligated and expended notwithstanding
section 10 of Public Law 91-672 and section 15 of the State
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.
democracy in china
Sec. 526. Notwithstanding any other provision of law that
restricts assistance to foreign countries, funds appropriated
by this Act for ``Economic Support Fund'' may be made available
to provide general support and grants for nongovernmental
organizations located outside the People's Republic of China
that have as their primary purpose fostering democracy in that
country, and for activities of nongovernmental organizations
located outside the People's Republic of China to foster rule
of law and democracy in that country: Provided, That none of
the funds made available for activities to foster democracy in
the People's Republic of China may be made available for
assistance to the government of that country, except that funds
appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Economic Support
Fund'' that are made available for the National Endowment for
Democracy or its grantees may be made available for activities
to foster democracy in that country notwithstanding this
proviso and any other provision of law: Provided further, That
upon enactment of this Act funds appropriated by this or any
prior Acts making appropriations for foreign operations, export
financing, and related programs, that are provided to the
National Endowment for Democracy shall be provided
notwithstanding any other provision of law or regulation:
Provided further, That funds made available pursuant to the
authority of this section shall be subject to the regular
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations:
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of
law, of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the
provisions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, not to exceed $2,000,000 may be made available to
nongovernmental organizations located outside the People's
Republic of China to support activities which preserve cultural
traditions and promote sustainable development and
environmental conservation in Tibetan communities in that
country: Provided further, That the final proviso in section
526 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related
Programs Appropriations Act, 2000 (as enacted into law by
section 1000(a)(2) of Public Law 106-113) is amended by
striking ``Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights''
and inserting ``Jamestown Foundation''.
prohibition on bilateral assistance to terrorist countries
Sec. 527. (a) Funds appropriated for bilateral assistance
under any heading of this Act and funds appropriated under any
such heading in a provision of law enacted prior to the
enactment of this Act, shall not be made available to any
country which the President determines--
(1) grants sanctuary from prosecution to any
individual or group which has committed an act of
international terrorism; or
(2) otherwise supports international terrorism.
(b) The President may waive the application of subsection
(a) to a country if the President determines that national
security or humanitarian reasons justify such waiver. The
President shall publish each waiver in the Federal Register
and, at least 15 days before the waiver takes effect, shall
notify the Committees on Appropriations of the waiver
(including the justification for the waiver) in accordance with
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations.
report on implementation of supplemental appropriations
Sec. 528. (a) Beginning not later than January 1, 2001, the
Secretary of State shall provide quarterly reports to the
Committees on Appropriations providing information on the use
of funds appropriated in title VI of the Foreign Operations,
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2000
(as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(2) of Public Law 106-
113). Each report shall include the following--
(1) the current and projected status of obligations
and expenditures by appropriations account, by country,
and by program, project, and activity;
(2) the contractors and subcontractors engaged in
activities funded from appropriations contained in
title VI; and
(3) the procedures and processes under which
decisions have been or will be made on which programs,
projects, and activities are funded through
appropriations contained in title VI.
(b) For each report required by this section, a classified
annex may be submitted if deemed necessary and appropriate.
(c) The last quarterly report required by this section
shall be provided to the Committees on Appropriations by
January 1, 2002.
competitive insurance
Sec. 529. All Agency for International Development
contracts and solicitations, and subcontracts entered into
under such contracts, shall include a clause requiring that
United States insurance companies have a fair opportunity to
bid for insurance when such insurance is necessary or
appropriate.
peru
Sec. 530. (a) Determination.--Not later than 90 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 90 days
thereafter during fiscal year 2001, the Secretary of State
shall determine and report to the Committees on Appropriations
whether the Government of Peru has made substantial progress in
creating the conditions for free and fair elections, and in
respecting human rights, the rule of law, the independence and
constitutional role of the judiciary and national congress, and
freedom of expression and independent media.
(b) Prohibition.--If the Secretary determines and reports
pursuant to subsection (a) that the Government of Peru has not
made substantial progress, no funds appropriated by this Act
may be made available for assistance for the Central Government
of Peru.
(c) Of the funds appropriated by this Act, not less than
$2,000,000 should be made available to support the work of
nongovernmental organizations and the Organization of American
States in promoting free and fair elections, democratic
institutions, and human rights in Peru.
debt-for-development
Sec. 531. In order to enhance the continued participation
of nongovernmental organizations in economic assistance
activities under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including
endowments, debt-for-development and debt-for-nature exchanges,
a nongovernmental organization which is a grantee or contractor
of the Agency for International Development may place in
interest bearing accounts funds made available under this Act
or prior Acts or local currencies which accrue to that
organization as a result of economic assistance provided under
title II of this Act and any interest earned on such investment
shall be used for the purpose for which the assistance was
provided to that organization.
separate accounts
Sec. 532. (a) Separate Accounts for Local Currencies.--(1)
If assistance is furnished to the government of a foreign
country under chapters 1 and 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part
II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 under agreements which
result in the generation of local currencies of that country,
the Administrator of the Agency for International Development
shall--
(A) require that local currencies be deposited in a
separate account established by that government;
(B) enter into an agreement with that government
which sets forth--
(i) the amount of the local currencies to
be generated; and
(ii) the terms and conditions under which
the currencies so deposited may be utilized,
consistent with this section; and
(C) establish by agreement with that government the
responsibilities of the Agency for International
Development and that government to monitor and account
for deposits into and disbursements from the separate
account.
(2) Uses of local currencies.--As may be agreed upon with
the foreign government, local currencies deposited in a
separate account pursuant to subsection (a), or an equivalent
amount of local currencies, shall be used only--
(A) to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part I or
chapter 4 of part II (as the case may be), for such
purposes as--
(i) project and sector assistance
activities; or
(ii) debt and deficit financing; or
(B) for the administrative requirements of the
United States Government.
(3) Programming accountability.--The Agency for
International Development shall take all necessary steps to
ensure that the equivalent of the local currencies disbursed
pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate account
established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used for the
purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection (a)(2).
(4) Termination of assistance programs.--Upon termination
of assistance to a country under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or
chapter 4 of part II (as the case may be), any unencumbered
balances of funds which remain in a separate account
established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be disposed of for
such purposes as may be agreed to by the government of that
country and the United States Government.
(5) Reporting requirement.--The Administrator of the Agency
for International Development shall report on an annual basis
as part of the justification documents submitted to the
Committees on Appropriations on the use of local currencies for
the administrative requirements of the United States Government
as authorized in subsection (a)(2)(B), and such report shall
include the amount of local currency (and United States dollar
equivalent) used and/or to be used for such purpose in each
applicable country.
(b) Separate Accounts for Cash Transfers.--(1) If
assistance is made available to the government of a foreign
country, under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part
II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer
assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that country
shall be required to maintain such funds in a separate account
and not commingle them with any other funds.
(2) Applicability of other provisions of law.--Such funds
may be obligated and expended notwithstanding provisions of law
which are inconsistent with the nature of this assistance
including provisions which are referenced in the Joint
Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference
accompanying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Report No. 98-
1159).
(3) Notification.--At least 15 days prior to obligating any
such cash transfer or nonproject sector assistance, the
President shall submit a notification through the regular
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations,
which shall include a detailed description of how the funds
proposed to be made available will be used, with a discussion
of the United States interests that will be served by the
assistance (including, as appropriate, a description of the
economic policy reforms that will be promoted by such
assistance).
(4) Exemption.--Nonproject sector assistance funds may be
exempt from the requirements of subsection (b)(1) only through
the notification procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations.
compensation for united states executive directors to international
financial institutions
Sec. 533. (a) No funds appropriated by this Act may be made
as payment to any international financial institution while the
United States Executive Director to such institution is
compensated by the institution at a rate which, together with
whatever compensation such Director receives from the United
States, is in excess of the rate provided for an individual
occupying a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule
under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, or while any
alternate United States Director to such institution is
compensated by the institution at a rate in excess of the rate
provided for an individual occupying a position at level V of
the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United
States Code.
(b) For purposes of this section, ``international financial
institutions'' are: the International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Asian
Development Bank, the Asian Development Fund, the African
Development Bank, the African Development Fund, the
International Monetary Fund, the North American Development
Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
compliance with united nations sanctions against iraq
Sec. 534. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available pursuant to this Act to carry out the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (including title IV of chapter 2 of part
I, relating to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation) or
the Arms Export Control Act may be used to provide assistance
to any country that is not in compliance with the United
Nations Security Council sanctions against Iraq unless the
President determines and so certifies to the Congress that--
(1) such assistance is in the national interest of
the United States;
(2) such assistance will directly benefit the needy
people in that country; or
(3) the assistance to be provided will be
humanitarian assistance for foreign nationals who have
fled Iraq and Kuwait.
authorities for the peace corps, international fund for agricultural
development, inter-american foundation and african development
foundation
Sec. 535. (a) Unless expressly provided to the contrary,
provisions of this or any other Act, including provisions
contained in prior Acts authorizing or making appropriations
for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs,
shall not be construed to prohibit activities authorized by or
conducted under the Peace Corps Act, the Inter-American
Foundation Act or the African Development Foundation Act. The
agency shall promptly report to the Committees on
Appropriations whenever it is conducting activities or is
proposing to conduct activities in a country for which
assistance is prohibited.
(b) Unless expressly provided to the contrary, limitations
on the availability of funds for ``International Organizations
and Programs'' in this or any other Act, including prior
appropriations Acts, shall not be construed to be applicable to
the International Fund for Agricultural Development.
impact on jobs in the united states
Sec. 536. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be
obligated or expended to provide--
(a) any financial incentive to a business
enterprise currently located in the United States for
the purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate
outside the United States if such incentive or
inducement is likely to reduce the number of employees
of such business enterprise in the United States
because United States production is being replaced by
such enterprise outside the United States;
(b) assistance for the purpose of establishing or
developing in a foreign country any export processing
zone or designated area in which the tax, tariff,
labor, environment, and safety laws of that country do
not apply, in part or in whole, to activities carried
out within that zone or area, unless the President
determines and certifies that such assistance is not
likely to cause a loss of jobs within the United
States; or
(c) assistance for any project or activity that
contributes to the violation of internationally
recognized workers rights, as defined in section
502(a)(4) of the Trade Act of 1974, of workers in the
recipient country, including any designated zone or
area in that country: Provided, That in recognition
that the application of this subsection should be
commensurate with the level of development of the
recipient country and sector, the provisions of this
subsection shall not preclude assistance for the
informal sector in such country, micro and small-scale
enterprise, and smallholder agriculture.
clean coal technology
Sec. 537. (a) Findings.--The Congress finds as follows:
(1) The United States is the world leader in the
development of environmental technologies, particularly
clean coal technology.
(2) Severe pollution problems affecting people in
developing countries, and the serious health problems
that result from such pollution, can be effectively
addressed through the application of United States
technology.
(3) During the next century, developing countries,
particularly countries in Asia such as China and India,
will dramatically increase their consumption of
electricity, and low quality coal will be a major
source of fuel for power generation.
(4) Without the use of modern clean coal
technology, the resultant pollution will cause enormous
health and environmental problems leading to diminished
economic growth in developing countries and, thus,
diminished United States exports to those growing
markets.
(b) Statement of Policy.--It is the policy of the United
States to promote the export of United States clean coal
technology. In furtherance of that policy, the Secretary of
State, the Secretary of the Treasury (acting through the United
States executive directors to international financial
institutions), the Secretary of Energy, and the Administrator
of the United States Agency for International Development
(USAID) should, as appropriate, vigorously promote the use of
United States clean coal technology in environmental and energy
infrastructure programs, projects and activities. Programs,
projects and activities for which the use of such technology
should be considered include reconstruction assistance for the
Balkans, activities carried out by the Global Environment
Facility, and activities funded from USAID's Development Credit
Authority.
special authorities
Sec. 538. (a) Afghanistan, Lebanon, Montenegro, Victims of
War, Displaced Children, and Displaced Burmese.--Funds
appropriated in titles I and II of this Act that are made
available for Afghanistan, Lebanon, Montenegro, and for victims
of war, displaced children, and displaced Burmese, may be made
available notwithstanding any other provision of law: Provided,
That any such funds that are made available for Cambodia shall
be subject to the provisions of section 531(e) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 and section 906 of the International
Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985.
(b) Tropical Forestry and Biodiversity Conservation
Activities.--Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the
provisions of sections 103 through 106, and chapter 4 of part
II, of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose of
supporting tropical forestry and biodiversity conservation
activities and, subject to the regular notification procedures
of the Committees on Appropriations, energy programs aimed at
reducing greenhouse gas emissions: Provided, That such
assistance shall be subject to sections 116, 502B, and 620A of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
(c) Personal Services Contractors.--Funds appropriated by
this Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I, chapter 4 of part
II, and section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and
title II of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance
Act of 1954, may be used by the Agency for International
Development to employ up to 25 personal services contractors in
the United States, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
for the purpose of providing direct, interim support for new or
expanded overseas programs and activities managed by the agency
until permanent direct hire personnel are hired and trained:
Provided, That not more than 10 of such contractors shall be
assigned to any bureau or office: Provided further, That such
funds appropriated to carry out the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961 may be made available for personal services contractors
assigned only to the Office of Health and Nutrition; the Office
of Procurement; the Bureau for Africa; the Bureau for Latin
America and the Caribbean; and the Bureau for Asia and the Near
East: Provided further, That such funds appropriated to carry
out title II of the Agricultural Trade Development and
Assistance Act of 1954, may be made available only for personal
services contractors assigned to the Office of Food for Peace.
(d)(1) Waiver.--The President may waive the provisions of
section 1003 of Public Law 100-204 if the President determines
and certifies in writing to the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate
that it is important to the national security interests of the
United States.
(2) Period of application of waiver.--Any waiver pursuant
to paragraph (1) shall be effective for no more than a period
of 6 months at a time and shall not apply beyond 12 months
after the enactment of this Act.
policy on terminating the arab league boycott of israel and normalizing
relations with israel
Sec. 539. It is the sense of the Congress that--
(1) the Arab League countries should immediately
and publicly renounce the primary boycott of Israel and
the secondary and tertiary boycott of American firms
that have commercial ties with Israel and should
normalize their relations with Israel;
(2) the decision by the Arab League in 1997 to
reinstate the boycott against Israel was deeply
troubling and disappointing;
(3) the fact that only three Arab countries
maintain full diplomatic relations with Israel is also
of deep concern;
(4) the Arab League should immediately rescind its
decision on the boycott and its members should develop
normal relations with their neighbor Israel; and
(5) the President should--
(A) take more concrete steps to encourage
vigorously Arab League countries to renounce
publicly the primary boycotts of Israel and the
secondary and tertiary boycotts of American
firms that have commercial relations with
Israel and to normalize their relations with
Israel;
(B) take into consideration the
participation of any recipient country in the
primary boycott of Israel and the secondary and
tertiary boycotts of American firms that have
commercial relations with Israel when
determining whether to sell weapons to said
country;
(C) report to Congress annually on the
specific steps being taken by the United States
and the progress achieved to bring about a
public renunciation of the Arab primary boycott
of Israel and the secondary and tertiary
boycotts of American firms that have commercial
relations with Israel and to expand the process
of normalizing ties between Arab League
countries and Israel; and
(D) encourage the allies and trading
partners of the United States to enact laws
prohibiting businesses from complying with the
boycott and penalizing businesses that do
comply.
administration of justice activities
Sec. 540. Of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act for ``Economic Support Fund'', assistance
may be provided to strengthen the administration of justice in
countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and in other
regions consistent with the provisions of section 534(b) of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, except that programs to enhance
protection of participants in judicial cases may be conducted
notwithstanding section 660 of that Act. Funds made available
pursuant to this section may be made available notwithstanding
section 534(c) and the second and third sentences of section
534(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
eligibility for assistance
Sec. 541. (a) Assistance Through Nongovernmental
Organizations.--Restrictions contained in this or any other Act
with respect to assistance for a country shall not be construed
to restrict assistance in support of programs of
nongovernmental organizations from funds appropriated by this
Act to carry out the provisions of chapters 1, 10, 11, and 12
of part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, and from funds appropriated under the heading
``Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States'':
Provided, That the President shall take into consideration, in
any case in which a restriction on assistance would be
applicable but for this subsection, whether assistance in
support of programs of nongovernmental organizations is in the
national interest of the United States: Provided further, That
before using the authority of this subsection to furnish
assistance in support of programs of nongovernmental
organizations, the President shall notify the Committees on
Appropriations under the regular notification procedures of
those committees, including a description of the program to be
assisted, the assistance to be provided, and the reasons for
furnishing such assistance: Provided further, That nothing in
this subsection shall be construed to alter any existing
statutory prohibitions against abortion or involuntary
sterilizations contained in this or any other Act.
(b) Public Law 480.--During fiscal year 2001, restrictions
contained in this or any other Act with respect to assistance
for a country shall not be construed to restrict assistance
under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of
1954: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated to carry
out title I of such Act and made available pursuant to this
subsection may be obligated or expended except as provided
through the regular notification procedures of the Committees
on Appropriations.
(c) Exception.--This section shall not apply--
(1) with respect to section 620A of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of
law prohibiting assistance to countries that support
international terrorism; or
(2) with respect to section 116 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 or any comparable provision of
law prohibiting assistance to countries that violate
internationally recognized human rights.
earmarks
Sec. 542. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act which are
earmarked may be reprogrammed for other programs within the
same account notwithstanding the earmark if compliance with the
earmark is made impossible by operation of any provision of
this or any other Act or, with respect to a country with which
the United States has an agreement providing the United States
with base rights or base access in that country, if the
President determines that the recipient for which funds are
earmarked has significantly reduced its military or economic
cooperation with the United States since the enactment of the
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs
Appropriations Act, 1991; however, before exercising the
authority of this subsection with regard to a base rights or
base access country which has significantly reduced its
military or economic cooperation with the United States, the
President shall consult with, and shall provide a written
policy justification to the Committees on Appropriations:
Provided, That any such reprogramming shall be subject to the
regular notification procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations: Provided further, That assistance that is
reprogrammed pursuant to this subsection shall be made
available under the same terms and conditions as originally
provided.
(b) In addition to the authority contained in subsection
(a), the original period of availability of funds appropriated
by this Act and administered by the Agency for International
Development that are earmarked for particular programs or
activities by this or any other Act shall be extended for an
additional fiscal year if the Administrator of such agency
determines and reports promptly to the Committees on
Appropriations that the termination of assistance to a country
or a significant change in circumstances makes it unlikely that
such earmarked funds can be obligated during the original
period of availability: Provided, That such earmarked funds
that are continued available for an additional fiscal year
shall be obligated only for the purpose of such earmark.
ceilings and earmarks
Sec. 543. Ceilings and earmarks contained in this Act shall
not be applicable to funds or authorities appropriated or
otherwise made available by any subsequent Act unless such Act
specifically so directs. Earmarks or minimum funding
requirements contained in any other Act shall not be applicable
to funds appropriated by this Act.
prohibition on publicity or propaganda
Sec. 544. No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within
the United States not authorized before the date of the
enactment of this Act by the Congress: Provided, That not to
exceed $750,000 may be made available to carry out the
provisions of section 316 of Public Law 96-533.
purchase of american-made equipment and products
Sec. 545. (a) To the maximum extent possible, assistance
provided under this Act should make full use of American
resources, including commodities, products, and services.
(b) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest
extent practicable, all agriculture commodities, equipment and
products purchased with funds made available in this Act should
be American-made.
(c) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into
any contract with, any entity using funds made available in
this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest
extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice
describing the statement made in subsection (b) by the
Congress.
(d) The Secretary of the Treasury shall report to Congress
annually on the efforts of the heads of each Federal agency and
the United States directors of international financial
institutions (as referenced in section 514) in complying with
this sense of the Congress.
prohibition of payments to united nations members
Sec. 546. None of the funds appropriated or made available
pursuant to this Act for carrying out the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961, may be used to pay in whole or in part any
assessments, arrearages, or dues of any member of the United
Nations or, from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out
chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the
costs for participation of another country's delegation at
international conferences held under the auspices of
multilateral or international organizations.
consulting services
Sec. 547. The expenditure of any appropriation under this
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract,
pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall
be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a
matter of public record and available for public inspection,
except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under
existing Executive order pursuant to existing law.
private voluntary organizations--documentation
Sec. 548. None of the funds appropriated or made available
pursuant to this Act shall be available to a private voluntary
organization which fails to provide upon timely request any
document, file, or record necessary to the auditing
requirements of the Agency for International Development.
prohibition on assistance to foreign governments that export lethal
military equipment to countries supporting international terrorism
Sec. 549. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise
made available by this Act may be available to any foreign
government which provides lethal military equipment to a
country the government of which the Secretary of State has
determined is a terrorist government for purposes of section
40(d) of the Arms Export Control Act. The prohibition under
this section with respect to a foreign government shall
terminate 12 months after that government ceases to provide
such military equipment. This section applies with respect to
lethal military equipment provided under a contract entered
into after October 1, 1997.
(b) Assistance restricted by subsection (a) or any other
similar provision of law, may be furnished if the President
determines that furnishing such assistance is important to the
national interests of the United States.
(c) Whenever the waiver of subsection (b) is exercised, the
President shall submit to the appropriate congressional
committees a report with respect to the furnishing of such
assistance. Any such report shall include a detailed
explanation of the assistance to be provided, including the
estimated dollar amount of such assistance, and an explanation
of how the assistance furthers United States national
interests.
withholding of assistance for parking fines owed by foreign countries
Sec. 550. (a) In General.--Of the funds made available for
a foreign country under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, an amount equivalent to 110 percent of the total unpaid
fully adjudicated parking fines and penalties owed to the
District of Columbia by such country as of the date of the
enactment of this Act shall be withheld from obligation for
such country until the Secretary of State certifies and reports
in writing to the appropriate congressional committees that
such fines and penalties are fully paid to the government of
the District of Columbia.
(b) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means the Committee on
Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate and the Committee on International Relations and the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
limitation on assistance for the plo for the west bank and gaza
Sec. 551. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be
obligated for assistance for the Palestine Liberation
Organization for the West Bank and Gaza unless the President
has exercised the authority under section 604(a) of the Middle
East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 (title VI of Public Law
104-107) or any other legislation to suspend or make
inapplicable section 307 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
and that suspension is still in effect: Provided, That if the
President fails to make the certification under section
604(b)(2) of the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995 or
to suspend the prohibition under other legislation, funds
appropriated by this Act may not be obligated for assistance
for the Palestine Liberation Organization for the West Bank and
Gaza.
war crimes tribunals drawdown
Sec. 552. If the President determines that doing so will
contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding genocide
or other violations of international humanitarian law, the
President may direct a drawdown pursuant to section 552(c) of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, of up to
$30,000,000 of commodities and services for the United Nations
War Crimes Tribunal established with regard to the former
Yugoslavia by the United Nations Security Council or such other
tribunals or commissions as the Council may establish to deal
with such violations, without regard to the ceiling limitation
contained in paragraph (2) thereof: Provided, That the
determination required under this section shall be in lieu of
any determinations otherwise required under section 552(c):
Provided further, That 60 days after the date of the enactment
of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter until September 30,
2001, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the
Committees on Appropriations describing the steps the United
States Government is taking to collect information regarding
allegations of genocide or other violations of international
law in the former Yugoslavia and to furnish that information to
the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal for the former
Yugoslavia: Provided further, That the drawdown made under this
section for any tribunal shall not be construed as an
endorsement or precedent for the establishment of any standing
or permanent international criminal tribunal or court: Provided
further, That funds made available for tribunals other than
Yugoslavia or Rwanda shall be made available subject to the
regular notification procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations.
landmines
Sec. 553. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
demining equipment available to the Agency for International
Development and the Department of State and used in support of
the clearance of landmines and unexploded ordnance for
humanitarian purposes may be disposed of on a grant basis in
foreign countries, subject to such terms and conditions as the
President may prescribe.
restrictions concerning the palestinian authority
Sec. 554. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be
obligated or expended to create in any part of Jerusalem a new
office of any department or agency of the United States
Government for the purpose of conducting official United States
Government business with the Palestinian Authority over Gaza
and Jericho or any successor Palestinian governing entity
provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles:
Provided, That this restriction shall not apply to the
acquisition of additional space for the existing Consulate
General in Jerusalem: Provided further, That meetings between
officers and employees of the United States and officials of
the Palestinian Authority, or any successor Palestinian
governing entity provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of
Principles, for the purpose of conducting official United
States Government business with such authority should continue
to take place in locations other than Jerusalem. As has been
true in the past, officers and employees of the United States
Government may continue to meet in Jerusalem on other subjects
with Palestinians (including those who now occupy positions in
the Palestinian Authority), have social contacts, and have
incidental discussions.
prohibition of payment of certain expenses
Sec. 555. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act under the heading ``International
Military Education and Training'' or ``Foreign Military
Financing Program'' for Informational Program activities or
under the headings ``Child Survival and Disease Programs
Fund'', ``Development Assistance'', and ``Economic Support
Fund'' may be obligated or expended to pay for--
(1) alcoholic beverages; or
(2) entertainment expenses for activities that are
substantially of a recreational character, including
entrance fees at sporting events and amusement parks.
special debt relief for the poorest
Sec. 556. (a) Authority To Reduce Debt.--The President may
reduce amounts owed to the United States (or any agency of the
United States) by an eligible country as a result of--
(1) guarantees issued under sections 221 and 222 of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961;
(2) credits extended or guarantees issued under the
Arms Export Control Act; or
(3) any obligation or portion of such obligation,
to pay for purchases of United States agricultural
commodities guaranteed by the Commodity Credit
Corporation under export credit guarantee programs
authorized pursuant to section 5(f ) of the Commodity
Credit Corporation Charter Act of June 29, 1948, as
amended, section 4(b) of the Food for Peace Act of
1966, as amended (Public Law 89-808), or section 202 of
the Agricultural Trade Act of 1978, as amended (Public
Law 95-501).
(b) Limitations.--
(1) The authority provided by subsection (a) may be
exercised only to implement multilateral official debt
relief and referendum agreements, commonly referred to
as ``Paris Club Agreed Minutes''.
(2) The authority provided by subsection (a) may be
exercised only in such amounts or to such extent as is
provided in advance by appropriations Acts.
(3) The authority provided by subsection (a) may be
exercised only with respect to countries with heavy
debt burdens that are eligible to borrow from the
International Development Association, but not from the
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development,
commonly referred to as ``IDA-only'' countries.
(c) Conditions.--The authority provided by subsection (a)
may be exercised only with respect to a country whose
government--
(1) does not have an excessive level of military
expenditures;
(2) has not repeatedly provided support for acts of
international terrorism;
(3) is not failing to cooperate on international
narcotics control matters;
(4) (including its military or other security
forces) does not engage in a consistent pattern of
gross violations of internationally recognized human
rights; and
(5) is not ineligible for assistance because of the
application of section 527 of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995.
(d) Availability of Funds.--The authority provided by
subsection (a) may be used only with regard to funds
appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Debt
Restructuring''.
(e) Certain Prohibitions Inapplicable.--A reduction of debt
pursuant to subsection (a) shall not be considered assistance
for purposes of any provision of law limiting assistance to a
country. The authority provided by subsection (a) may be
exercised notwithstanding section 620(r) of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 or section 321 of the International
Development and Food Assistance Act of 1975.
authority to engage in debt buybacks or sales
Sec. 557. (a) Loans Eligible for Sale, Reduction, or
Cancellation.--
(1) Authority to sell, reduce, or cancel certain
loans.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
President may, in accordance with this section, sell to
any eligible purchaser any concessional loan or portion
thereof made before January 1, 1995, pursuant to the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, to the government of
any eligible country as defined in section 702(6) of
that Act or on receipt of payment from an eligible
purchaser, reduce or cancel such loan or portion
thereof, only for the purpose of facilitating--
(A) debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-
development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps; or
(B) a debt buyback by an eligible country
of its own qualified debt, only if the eligible
country uses an additional amount of the local
currency of the eligible country, equal to not
less than 40 percent of the price paid for such
debt by such eligible country, or the
difference between the price paid for such debt
and the face value of such debt, to support
activities that link conservation and
sustainable use of natural resources with local
community development, and child survival and
other child development, in a manner consistent
with sections 707 through 710 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, if the sale, reduction,
or cancellation would not contravene any term
or condition of any prior agreement relating to
such loan.
(2) Terms and conditions.--Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the President shall, in
accordance with this section, establish the terms and
conditions under which loans may be sold, reduced, or
canceled pursuant to this section.
(3) Administration.--The Facility, as defined in
section 702(8) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
shall notify the administrator of the agency primarily
responsible for administering part I of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 of purchasers that the President
has determined to be eligible, and shall direct such
agency to carry out the sale, reduction, or
cancellation of a loan pursuant to this section. Such
agency shall make an adjustment in its accounts to
reflect the sale, reduction, or cancellation.
(4) Limitation.--The authorities of this subsection
shall be available only to the extent that
appropriations for the cost of the modification, as
defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974, are made in advance.
(b) Deposit of Proceeds.--The proceeds from the sale,
reduction, or cancellation of any loan sold, reduced, or
canceled pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the
United States Government account or accounts established for
the repayment of such loan.
(c) Eligible Purchasers.--A loan may be sold pursuant to
subsection (a)(1)(A) only to a purchaser who presents plans
satisfactory to the President for using the loan for the
purpose of engaging in debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-
development swaps, or debt-for-nature swaps.
(d) Debtor Consultations.--Before the sale to any eligible
purchaser, or any reduction or cancellation pursuant to this
section, of any loan made to an eligible country, the President
should consult with the country concerning the amount of loans
to be sold, reduced, or canceled and their uses for debt-for-
equity swaps, debt-for-development swaps, or debt-for-nature
swaps.
(e) Availability of Funds.--The authority provided by
subsection (a) may be used only with regard to funds
appropriated by this Act under the heading ``Debt
Restructuring''.
assistance for haiti
Sec. 558. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this or any
previous appropriations Act for foreign operations, export
financing and related programs shall be made available for
assistance for the central Government of Haiti until--
(1) the Secretary of State reports to the
Committees on Appropriations that Haiti has held free
and fair elections to seat a new parliament; and
(2) the Director of the Office of National Drug
Control Policy reports to the Committees on
Appropriations that the Government of Haiti is fully
cooperating with United States efforts to interdict
illicit drug traffic through Haiti to the United
States.
(b) Not more than 11 percent of the funds appropriated by
this Act to carry out the provisions of sections 103 through
106 and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of
1961, that are made available for Latin America and the
Caribbean region may be made available, through bilateral and
Latin America and the Caribbean regional programs, to provide
assistance for any country in such region.
requirement for disclosure of foreign aid in report of secretary of
state
Sec. 559. (a) Foreign Aid Reporting Requirement.--In
addition to the voting practices of a foreign country, the
report required to be submitted to Congress under section
406(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, fiscal years
1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 2414a), shall include a side-by-side
comparison of individual countries' overall support for the
United States at the United Nations and the amount of United
States assistance provided to such country in fiscal year 2000.
(b) United States Assistance.--For purposes of this
section, the term ``United States assistance'' has the meaning
given the term in section 481(e)(4) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291(e)(4)).
restrictions on voluntary contributions to united nations agencies
Sec. 560. (a) Prohibition on Voluntary Contributions for
the United Nations.--None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be made available to pay any voluntary contribution of the
United States to the United Nations (including the United
Nations Development Program) if the United Nations implements
or imposes any taxation on any United States persons.
(b) Certification Required for Disbursement of Funds.--None
of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made available to
pay any voluntary contribution of the United States to the
United Nations (including the United Nations Development
Program) unless the President certifies to the Congress 15 days
in advance of such payment that the United Nations is not
engaged in any effort to implement or impose any taxation on
United States persons in order to raise revenue for the United
Nations or any of its specialized agencies.
(c) Definitions.--As used in this section the term ``United
States person'' refers to--
(1) a natural person who is a citizen or national
of the United States; or
(2) a corporation, partnership, or other legal
entity organized under the United States or any State,
territory, possession, or district of the United
States.
haiti coast guard
Sec. 561. The Government of Haiti shall be eligible to
purchase defense articles and services under the Arms Export
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), for the Coast Guard:
Provided, That the authority provided by this section shall be
subject to the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations.
limitation on assistance to the palestinian authority
Sec. 562. (a) Prohibition of Funds.--None of the funds
appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of chapter
4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be
obligated or expended with respect to providing funds to the
Palestinian Authority.
(b) Waiver.--The prohibition included in subsection (a)
shall not apply if the President certifies in writing to the
Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro
tempore of the Senate that waiving such prohibition is
important to the national security interests of the United
States.
(c) Period of Application of Waiver.--Any waiver pursuant
to subsection (b) shall be effective for no more than a period
of 6 months at a time and shall not apply beyond 12 months
after the enactment of this Act.
limitation on assistance to security forces
Sec. 563. None of the funds made available by this Act may
be provided to any unit of the security forces of a foreign
country if the Secretary of State has credible evidence that
such unit has committed gross violations of human rights,
unless the Secretary determines and reports to the Committees
on Appropriations that the government of such country is taking
effective measures to bring the responsible members of the
security forces unit to justice: Provided, That nothing in this
section shall be construed to withhold funds made available by
this Act from any unit of the security forces of a foreign
country not credibly alleged to be involved in gross violations
of human rights: Provided further, That in the event that funds
are withheld from any unit pursuant to this section, the
Secretary of State shall promptly inform the foreign government
of the basis for such action and shall, to the maximum extent
practicable, assist the foreign government in taking effective
measures to bring the responsible members of the security
forces to justice.
restrictions on assistance to countries providing sanctuary to indicted
war criminals
Sec. 564. (a) Bilateral Assistance.--None of the funds made
available by this or any prior Act making appropriations for
foreign operations, export financing and related programs, may
be provided for any country, entity or municipality described
in subsection (e).
(b) Multilateral Assistance.--
(1) Prohibition.--The Secretary of the Treasury
shall instruct the United States executive directors of
the international financial institutions to work in
opposition to, and vote against, any extension by such
institutions of any financial or technical assistance
or grants of any kind to any country or entity
described in subsection (e).
(2) Notification.--Not less than 15 days before any
vote in an international financial institution
regarding the extension of financial or technical
assistance or grants to any country or entity described
in subsection (e), the Secretary of the Treasury, in
consultation with the Secretary of State, shall provide
to the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on
Appropriations and the Committee on Banking and
Financial Services of the House of Representatives a
written justification for the proposed assistance,
including an explanation of the United States position
regarding any such vote, as well as a description of
the location of the proposed assistance by
municipality, its purpose, and its intended
beneficiaries.
(3) Definition.--The term ``international financial
institution'' includes the International Monetary Fund,
the International Bank for Reconstruction and
Development, the International Development Association,
the International Finance Corporation, the Multilateral
Investment Guaranty Agency, and the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development.
(c) Exceptions.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2),
subsections (a) and (b) shall not apply to the
provision of--
(A) humanitarian assistance;
(B) democratization assistance;
(C) assistance for cross border physical
infrastructure projects involving activities in
both a sanctioned country, entity, or
municipality and a nonsanctioned contiguous
country, entity, or municipality, if the
project is primarily located in and primarily
benefits the nonsanctioned country, entity, or
municipality and if the portion of the project
located in the sanctioned country, entity, or
municipality is necessary only to complete the
project;
(D) small-scale assistance projects or
activities requested by United States Armed
Forces that promote good relations between such
forces and the officials and citizens of the
areas in the United States SFOR sector of
Bosnia;
(E) implementation of the Brcko Arbitral
Decision;
(F) lending by the international financial
institutions to a country or entity to support
common monetary and fiscal policies at the
national level as contemplated by the Dayton
Agreement;
(G) direct lending to a non-sanctioned
entity, or lending passed on by the national
government to a non-sanctioned entity; or
(H) assistance to the International Police
Task Force for the training of a civilian
police force.
(I) assistance to refugees and internally
displaced persons returning to their homes in
Bosnia from which they had been forced to leave
on the basis of their ethnicity.
(2) Notification.--Every 60 days the Secretary of
State, in consultation with the Administrator of the
Agency for International Development, shall publish in
the Federal Register and/or in a comparable publicly
accessible document or Internet site, a listing and
justification of any assistance that is obligated
within that period of time for any country, entity, or
municipality described in subsection (e), including a
description of the purpose of the assistance, project
and its location, by municipality.
(d) Further Limitations.--Notwithstanding subsection (c)--
(1) no assistance may be made available by this
Act, or any prior Act making appropriations for foreign
operations, export financing and related programs, in
any country, entity, or municipality described in
subsection (e), for a program, project, or activity in
which a publicly indicted war criminal is known to have
any financial or material interest; and
(2) no assistance (other than emergency foods or
medical assistance or demining assistance) may be made
available by this Act, or any prior Act making
appropriations for foreign operations, export financing
and related programs for any program, project, or
activity in any sanctioned country, entity, or
municipality described in subsection (e) in which a
person publicly indicted by the Tribunal is in
residence or is engaged in extended activity and
competent local authorities have failed to notify the
Tribunal or failed to take necessary and significant
steps to apprehend and transfer such persons to the
Tribunal or in which competent local authorities have
obstructed the work of the Tribunal.
(e) Sanctioned Country, Entity, or Municipality.--A
sanctioned country, entity, or municipality described in this
section is one whose competent authorities have failed, as
determined by the Secretary of State, to take necessary and
significant steps to apprehend and transfer to the Tribunal all
persons who have been publicly indicted by the Tribunal.
(f) Special Rule.--Subject to subsection (d), subsections
(a) and (b) shall not apply to the provision of assistance to
an entity that is not a sanctioned entity, notwithstanding that
such entity may be within a sanctioned country, if the
Secretary of State determines and so reports to the appropriate
congressional committees that providing assistance to that
entity would promote peace and internationally recognized human
rights by encouraging that entity to cooperate fully with the
Tribunal.
(g) Current Record of War Criminals and Sanctioned
Countries, Entities, and Municipalities.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of State shall
establish and maintain a current record of the
location, including the municipality, if known, of
publicly indicted war criminals and a current record of
sanctioned countries, entities, and municipalities.
(2) Information of the dci and the secretary of
defense.--The Director of Central Intelligence and the
Secretary of Defense should collect and provide to the
Secretary of State information concerning the location,
including the municipality, of publicly indicted war
criminals.
(3) Information of the tribunal.--The Secretary of
State shall request that the Tribunal and other
international organizations and governments provide the
Secretary of State information concerning the location,
including the municipality, of publicly indicted war
criminals and concerning country, entity and
municipality authorities known to have obstructed the
work of the Tribunal.
(4) Report.--Beginning 30 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, and not later than September
1 each year thereafter, the Secretary of State shall
submit a report in classified and unclassified form to
the appropriate congressional committees on the
location, including the municipality, if known, of
publicly indicted war criminals, on country, entity and
municipality authorities known to have obstructed the
work of the Tribunal, and on sanctioned countries,
entities, and municipalities.
(5) Information to congress.--Upon the request of
the chairman or ranking minority member of any of the
appropriate congressional committees, the Secretary of
State shall make available to that committee the
information recorded under paragraph (1) in a report
submitted to the committee in classified and
unclassified form.
(h) Waiver.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of State may waive
the application of subsection (a) or subsection (b)
with respect to specified bilateral programs or
international financial institution projects or
programs in a sanctioned country, entity, or
municipality upon providing a written determination to
the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on
Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on
Appropriations and the Committee on International
Relations of the House of Representatives that such
assistance directly supports the implementation of the
Dayton Agreement and its Annexes, which include the
obligation to apprehend and transfer indicted war
criminals to the Tribunal.
(2) Report.--Not later than 15 days after the date
of any written determination under paragraph (1) the
Secretary of State shall submit a report to the
Committees on Appropriations and Foreign Relations and
the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and
the Committees on Appropriations and International
Relations and the Permanent Select Committee on
Intelligence of the House of Representatives regarding
the status of efforts to secure the voluntary surrender
or apprehension and transfer of persons indicted by the
Tribunal, in accordance with the Dayton Agreement, and
outlining obstacles to achieving this goal.
(3) Assistance programs and projects affected.--Any
waiver made pursuant to this subsection shall be
effective only with respect to a specified bilateral
program or multilateral assistance project or program
identified in the determination of the Secretary of
State to Congress.
(i) Termination of Sanctions.--The sanctions imposed
pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) with respect to a country
or entity shall cease to apply only if the Secretary of State
determines and certifies to Congress that the authorities of
that country, entity, or municipality have apprehended and
transferred to the Tribunal all persons who have been publicly
indicted by the Tribunal.
(j) Definitions.--As used in this section--
(1) Country.--The term ``country'' means Bosnia-
Herzegovina, Croatia, and Serbia.
(2) Entity.--The term ``entity'' refers to the
Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosova,
Montenegro, and the Republika Srpska.
(3) Dayton agreement.--The term ``Dayton
Agreement'' means the General Framework Agreement for
Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina, together with annexes
relating thereto, done at Dayton, November 10 through
16, 1995.
(4) Tribunal.--The term ``Tribunal'' means the
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former
Yugoslavia.
(k) Role of Human Rights Organizations and Government
Agencies.--In carrying out this section, the Secretary of
State, the Administrator of the Agency for International
Development, and the executive directors of the international
financial institutions shall consult with representatives of
human rights organizations and all government agencies with
relevant information to help prevent publicly indicted war
criminals from benefiting from any financial or technical
assistance or grants provided to any country or entity
described in subsection (e).
discrimination against minority religious faiths in the russian
federation
Sec. 565. None of the funds appropriated under this Act may
be made available for the Government of the Russian Federation,
after 180 days from the date of the enactment of this Act,
unless the President determines and certifies in writing to the
Committees on Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate that the Government of the Russian
Federation has implemented no statute, executive order,
regulation or similar government action that would
discriminate, or would have as its principal effect
discrimination, against religious groups or religious
communities in the Russian Federation in violation of accepted
international agreements on human rights and religious freedoms
to which the Russian Federation is a party.
greenhouse gas emissions
Sec. 566. (a) Funds made available in this Act to support
programs or activities the primary purpose of which is
promoting or assisting country participation in the Kyoto
Protocol to the Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC)
shall only be made available subject to the regular
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
(b) The President shall provide a detailed account of all
Federal agency obligations and expenditures for climate change
programs and activities, domestic and international obligations
for such activities in fiscal year 2001, and any plan for
programs thereafter related to the implementation or the
furtherance of protocols pursuant to, or related to
negotiations to amend the FCCC in conjunction with the
President's submission of the Budget of the United States
Government for Fiscal Year 2002: Provided, That such report
shall include an accounting of expenditures by agency with each
agency identifying climate change activities and associated
costs by line item as presented in the President's Budget
Appendix: Provided further, That such report shall identify
with regard to the Agency for International Development,
obligations and expenditures by country or central program and
activity.
aid to the government of the democratic republic of congo
Sec. 567. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be provided to the Central Government
of the Democratic Republic of Congo.
assistance for the middle east
Sec. 568. Of the funds appropriated in titles II and III of
this Act under the headings ``Economic Support Fund'',
``Foreign Military Financing Program'', ``International
Military Education and Training'', ``Peacekeeping Operations'',
for refugees resettling in Israel under the heading ``Migration
and Refugee Assistance'', and for assistance for Israel to
carry out provisions of chapter 8 of part II of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 under the heading ``Nonproliferation,
Anti-Terrorism, Demining and Related Programs'', not more than
a total of $5,241,150,000 may be made available for Israel,
Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza, the Israel-
Lebanon Monitoring Group, the Multinational Force and
Observers, the Middle East Regional Democracy Fund, Middle East
Regional Cooperation, and Middle East Multilateral Working
Groups: Provided, That any funds that were appropriated under
such headings in prior fiscal years and that were at the time
of the enactment of this Act obligated or allocated for other
recipients may not during fiscal year 2001 be made available
for activities that, if funded under this Act, would be
required to count against this ceiling: Provided further, That
funds may be made available notwithstanding the requirements of
this section if the President determines and certifies to the
Committees on Appropriations that it is important to the
national security interest of the United States to do so and
any such additional funds shall only be provided through the
regular notification procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations.
enterprise fund restrictions
Sec. 569. Prior to the distribution of any assets resulting
from any liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of an
Enterprise Fund, in whole or in part, the President shall
submit to the Committees on Appropriations, in accordance with
the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations, a plan for the distribution of the assets of
the Enterprise Fund.
cambodia
Sec. 570. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury should instruct
the United States executive directors of the international
financial institutions to use the voice and vote of the United
States to oppose loans to the Central Government of Cambodia,
except loans to support basic human needs.
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made
available for assistance for the Central Government of
Cambodia.
foreign military training report
Sec. 571. (a) The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of
State shall jointly provide to the Congress by March 1, 2001, a
report on all military training provided to foreign military
personnel (excluding sales, and excluding training provided to
the military personnel of countries belonging to the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization) under programs administered by
the Department of Defense and the Department of State during
fiscal years 2000 and 2001, including those proposed for fiscal
year 2001. This report shall include, for each such military
training activity, the foreign policy justification and purpose
for the training activity, the cost of the training activity,
the number of foreign students trained and their units of
operation, and the location of the training. In addition, this
report shall also include, with respect to United States
personnel, the operational benefits to United States forces
derived from each such training activity and the United States
military units involved in each such training activity. This
report may include a classified annex if deemed necessary and
appropriate.
(b) For purposes of this section a report to Congress shall
be deemed to mean a report to the Appropriations and Foreign
Relations Committees of the Senate and the Appropriations and
International Relations Committees of the House of
Representatives.
korean peninsula energy development organization
Sec. 572. (a) Of the funds made available under the heading
``Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related
Programs'', not to exceed $55,000,000 may be made available for
the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (hereafter
referred to in this section as ``KEDO''), notwithstanding any
other provision of law, only for the administrative expenses
and heavy fuel oil costs associated with the Agreed Framework.
(b) Such funds may be made available for KEDO only if, 30
days prior to such obligation of funds, the President certifies
and so reports to Congress that--
(1) the parties to the Agreed Framework have taken
and continue to take demonstrable steps to implement
the Joint Declaration on Denuclearization of the Korean
Peninsula in which the Government of North Korea has
committed not to test, manufacture, produce, receive,
possess, store, deploy, or use nuclear weapons, and not
to possess nuclear reprocessing or uranium enrichment
facilities;
(2) the parties to the Agreed Framework have taken
and continue to take demonstrable steps to pursue the
North-South dialogue;
(3) North Korea is complying with all provisions of
the Agreed Framework;
(4) North Korea has not significantly diverted
assistance provided by the United States for purposes
for which it was not intended;
(5) there is no credible evidence that North Korea
is seeking to develop or acquire the capability to
enrich uranium, or any additional capability to
reprocess spent nuclear fuel;
(6) North Korea is complying with its commitments
regarding access to suspect underground construction at
Kumchang-ni;
(7) there is no credible evidence that North Korea
is engaged in a nuclear weapons program, including
efforts to acquire, develop, test, produce, or deploy
such weapons; and
(8) the United States is continuing to make
significant progress on eliminating the North Korean
ballistic missile threat, including further missile
tests and its ballistic missile exports.
(c) The President may waive the certification requirements
of subsection (b) if the President determines that it is vital
to the national security interests of the United States and
provides written policy justifications to the appropriate
congressional committees. No funds may be obligated for KEDO
until 30 days after submission to Congress of such waiver.
(d) The Secretary of State shall, at the time of the annual
presentation for appropriations, submit a report providing a
full and detailed accounting of the fiscal year 2002 request
for the United States contribution to KEDO, the expected
operating budget of KEDO, proposed annual costs associated with
heavy fuel oil purchases, including unpaid debt, and the amount
of funds pledged by other donor nations and organizations to
support KEDO activities on a per country basis, and other
related activities.
african development foundation
Sec. 573. Funds made available to grantees of the African
Development Foundation may be invested pending expenditure for
project purposes when authorized by the President of the
Foundation: Provided, That interest earned shall be used only
for the purposes for which the grant was made: Provided
further, That this
authority applies to interest earned both prior to and
following enactment of this provision: Provided further, That
notwithstanding section 505(a)(2) of the African Development
Foundation Act, in exceptional circumstances the board of
directors of the Foundation may waive the $250,000 limitation
contained in that section with respect to a project: Provided
further, That the Foundation shall provide a report to the
Committees on Appropriations in advance of exercising such
waiver authority.
prohibition on assistance to the palestinian broadcasting corporation
Sec. 574. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be used to provide equipment,
technical support, consulting services, or any other form of
assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation.
iraq
Sec. 575. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of
the funds appropriated under the heading ``Economic Support
Fund'', not less than $25,000,000 shall be made available for
programs benefiting the Iraqi people, of which not less than
$12,000,000 should be made available for food, medicine, and
other humanitarian assistance (including related
administrative, communications, logistical, and transportation
costs) to be provided to the Iraqi people inside Iraq:
Provided, That such assistance should be provided through the
Iraqi National Congress Support Foundation or the Iraqi
National Congress: Provided further, That not less than
$6,000,000 of the amounts made available for programs
benefiting the Iraqi people should be made available to the
Iraqi National Congress Support Foundation or the Iraqi
National Congress for the production and broadcasting inside
Iraq of radio and satellite television programming: Provided
further, That funds may be made available to support efforts to
bring about political transition in Iraq which may be made
available only to Iraqi opposition groups designated under the
Iraq Liberation Act (Public Law 105-338) for political,
economic, humanitarian, and other activities of such groups,
and not to exceed $2,000,000 may be made available for groups
and activities seeking the prosecution of Saddam Hussein and
other Iraqi government officials for war crimes: Provided
further, That none of these funds may be made available for
administrative expenses of the Department of State: Provided
further, That the President shall, not later than 60 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, submit to the Committees on
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives a
plan (in classified or unclassified form) for the transfer to
the Iraqi National Congress Support Foundation or the Iraqi
National Congress of humanitarian assistance for the Iraqi
people pursuant to this paragraph, and for the commencement of
broadcasting operations pursuant to this paragraph.
agency for international development budget justification
Sec. 576. The Agency for International Development shall
submit to the Committees on Appropriations a detailed budget
justification that is consistent with the requirements of
section 515, for each fiscal year. The Agency shall submit to
the Committees on Appropriations a proposed budget
justification format no later than
November 15, 2000, or 30 days after the enactment of this Act,
whichever occurs later. The proposed format shall include how
the Agency's budget justification will address: (1) estimated
levels of obligations for the current fiscal year and actual
levels for the 2 previous fiscal years; (2) the President's
request for new budget authority and estimated carryover
obligational authority for the budget year; (3) the
disaggregation of budget data and staff levels by program and
activity for each bureau, field mission, and central office;
and (4) the need for a user-friendly, transparent budget
narrative.
kyoto protocol
Sec. 577. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall
be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, decrees, or
orders for the purpose of implementation, or in preparation for
implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol, which was adopted on
December 11, 1997, in Kyoto, Japan, at the Third Conference of
the Parties to the United States Framework Convention on
Climate Change, which has not been submitted to the Senate for
advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article II,
section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and
which has not entered into force pursuant to article 25 of the
Protocol.
west bank and gaza program
Sec. 578. For fiscal year 2001, 30 days prior to the
initial obligation of funds for the bilateral West Bank and
Gaza Program, the Secretary of State shall certify to the
appropriate committees of Congress that procedures have been
established to assure the Comptroller General of the United
States will have access to appropriate United States financial
information in order to review the uses of United States
assistance for the Program funded under the heading ``Economic
Support Fund'' for the West Bank and Gaza.
indonesia
Sec. 579. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act under the
headings ``International Military Education and Training'' and
``Foreign Military Financing Program'' may be made available
for Indonesia if the President determines and submits a report
to the appropriate congressional committees that the Government
of Indonesia and the Indonesian Armed Forces are--
(1) taking effective measures to bring to justice members
of the armed forces and militia groups against whom there is
credible evidence of human rights violations;
(2) taking effective measures to bring to justice members
of the armed forces against whom there is credible evidence of
aiding or abetting militia groups;
(3) allowing displaced persons and refugees to return home
to East Timor, including providing safe passage for refugees
returning from West Timor;
(4) not impeding the activities of the United Nations
Transitional Authority in East Timor;
(5) demonstrating a commitment to preventing incursions
into East Timor by members of militia groups in West Timor; and
(6) demonstrating a commitment to accountability by
cooperating with investigations and prosecutions of members of
the Indonesian Armed Forces and militia groups responsible for
human rights violations in Indonesia and East Timor.
man and the biosphere
Sec. 580. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made
available by this Act may be provided for the United Nations
Man and the Biosphere Program or the United Nations World
Heritage Fund.
taiwan reporting requirement
Sec. 581. Not less than 30 days prior to the next round of
arms talks between the United States and Taiwan, the President
shall consult, on a classified basis, with appropriate
Congressional leaders and committee chairmen and ranking
members regarding the following matters:
(1) Taiwan's requests for purchase of defense articles
and defense services during the pending round of arms talks;
(2) the Administration's assessment of the legitimate
defense needs of Taiwan, in light of Taiwan's requests; and
(3) the decision-making process used by the Executive
branch to consider those requests.
restriction on united states assistance for certain reconstruction
efforts in central europe
Sec. 582. Funds appropriated or otherwise made available by
this Act for United States assistance for Eastern Europe and
the Baltic States should to the maximum extent practicable be
used for the procurement of articles and services of United
States origin.
restrictions on assistance to governments destabilizing sierra leone
Sec. 583. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be made available for assistance for the government of any
country that the Secretary of State determines there is
credible evidence that such government has provided lethal or
non-lethal military support or equipment, directly or through
intermediaries, within the previous 6 months to the Sierra
Leone Revolutionary United Front (RUF), or any other group
intent on destabilizing the democratically elected government
of the Republic of Sierra Leone.
(b) None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be made
available for assistance for the government of any country that
the Secretary of State determines there is credible evidence
that such government has aided or abetted, within the previous
6 months, in the illicit distribution, transportation, or sale
of diamonds mined in Sierra Leone.
(c) Whenever the prohibition on assistance required under
subsection (a) or (b) is exercised, the Secretary of State
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations in a timely
manner.
voluntary separation incentives
Sec. 584. Section 579(c)(2)(D) of the Foreign Operations,
Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act,
2000, as enacted by section 1000(a)(2) of the Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2000 (Public Law 106-113), is amended by
striking ``December 31, 2000'' and inserting in lieu thereof
``December 31, 2001''.
contributions to united nations population fund
Sec. 585. (1) Limitations on Amount of Contribution.--Of
the amounts made available under ``International Organizations
and Programs'', not more than $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2001
shall be available for the United Nations Population Fund
(hereafter in this subsection referred to as the ``UNFPA'').
(2) Prohibition on Use of Funds in China.--None of the
funds made available under ``International Organizations and
Programs'' may be made available for the UNFPA for a country
program in the People's Republic of China.
(3) Conditions on Availability of Funds.--Amounts made
available under ``International Organizations and Programs''
for fiscal year 2001 for the UNFPA may not be made available to
UNFPA unless--
(A) the UNFPA maintains amounts made available to
the UNFPA under this section in an account separate
from other accounts of the UNFPA;
(B) the UNFPA does not commingle amounts made
available to the UNFPA under this section with other
sums; and
(C) the UNFPA does not fund abortions.
(4) Report to the Congress and Withholding of Funds.--
(A) Not later than February 15, 2001, the Secretary
of State shall submit a report to the appropriate
congressional committees indicating the amount of funds
that the United Nations Population Fund is budgeting
for the year in which the report is submitted for a
country program in the People's Republic of China.
(B) If a report under subparagraph (A) indicates
that the United Nations Population Fund plans to spend
funds for a country program in the People's Republic of
China in the year covered by the report, then the
amount of such funds that the UNFPA plans to spend in
the People's Republic of China shall be deducted from
the funds made available to the UNFPA after March 1 for
obligation for the remainder of the fiscal year in
which the report is submitted.
indochinese parolees
Sec. 586. (a) The status of certain aliens from Vietnam,
Cambodia, and Laos described in subsection (b) of this section
may be adjusted by the Attorney General, under such regulations
as she may prescribe, to that of an alien lawfully admitted
permanent residence if--
(1) within three years after the date of
promulgation by the Attorney General of regulations in
connection with this title the alien makes an
application for such adjustment and pays the
appropriate fee;
(2) the alien is otherwise eligible to receive an
immigrant visa and is otherwise admissible to the
United States for permanent residence except as
described in subsection (c); and
(3) the alien had been physically present in the
United States prior to October 1, 1997.
(b) The benefits provided by subsection (a) shall apply to
any alien who is a native or citizen of Vietnam, Laos, or
Cambodia and who was inspected and paroled into the United
States before October 1, 1997 and was physically present in the
United States on October 1, 1997; and
(1) was paroled into the United States from Vietnam
under the auspices of the Orderly Departure Program; or
(2) was paroled into the United States from a
refugee camp in East Asia; or
(3) was paroled into the United States from a
displaced person camp administered by the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Thailand.
(c) Waiver of Certain Grounds for Inadmissibility.--The
provisions of paragraph (4), (5), and 7(A) and (9) of section
212(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act shall not be
applicable to any alien seeking admission to the United States
under this subsection, and, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the Attorney General may waive 212(a)(1); 212(a)(6)
(B), (C), and (F); 212(8)(A); 212(a)(10) (B) and (D) with
respect to such an alien in order to prevent extreme hardship
to the alien or the alien's spouse, parent, son or daughter,
who is a citizen of the United States or an alien lawfully
admitted for permanent residence. Any such waiver by the
Attorney General shall be in writing and shall be granted only
on an individual basis following an investigation.
(d) Ceiling.--The number of aliens who may be provided
adjustment of status under this provision shall not exceed
5,000.
(e) Date of Approval.--Upon the approval of such an
application for adjustment of status, the Attorney General
shall create a record of the alien's admission as a lawful
permanent resident as of the date of the alien's inspection and
parole described in subsection (b)(1), (b)(2) and (b)(3).
(f) No Offset in Number of Visas Available.--When an alien
is granted the status of having been lawfully admitted for
permanent residence under this section the Secretary of State
shall not be required to reduce the number of immigrant visas
authorized to be issued under the Immigration and Nationality
Act.
american churchwomen in el salvador
Sec. 587. (a) Information relevant to the December 2, 1980,
murders of four American churchwomen in El Salvador shall be
made public to the fullest extent possible.
(b) The Secretary of State and the Department of State are
to be commended for fully releasing information regarding the
murders.
(c) The President shall order all Federal agencies and
departments that possess relevant information to make every
effort to declassify and release to the victims' families
relevant information as expeditiously as possible.
(d) In making determinations concerning the
declassification and release of relevant information, the
Federal agencies and departments shall presume in favor of
releasing, rather than of withholding, such information.
procurement and financial management reform
Sec. 588. (a) Funding Conditions.--Of the funds made
available under the heading ``International Financial
Institutions'' in this Act, 10 percent of the United States
portion or payment to such International Financial Institution
shall be withheld by the Secretary of the Treasury, until the
Secretary certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that,
to the extent pertinent to its lending programs, the
institution is--
(1) Implementing procedures for conducting annual
audits by qualified independent auditors for all new
investment lending;
(2) Implementing procedures for annual independent
external audits of central bank financial statements
for countries making use of International Monetary Fund
resources under new arrangements or agreements with the
Fund;
(3) Taking steps to establish an independent fraud
and corruption investigative organization or office;
(4) Implementing a process to assess a recipient
country's procurement and financial management
capabilities including an analysis of the risks of
corruption prior to initiating new investment lending;
and
(5) Taking steps to fund and implement programs and
policies to improve transparency and anti-corruption
programs and procurement and financial management
controls in recipient countries.
(b) Report.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall report on
March 1, 2001 to the Committees on Appropriations on progress
made by each International Financial Institution, and, to the
extent pertinent to its lending programs, the International
Monetary Fund, to fulfill the objectives identified in
subsection (a) and on progress of the International Monetary
Fund to implement procedures for annual independent external
audits of central bank financial statements for countries
making use of Fund resources under all new arrangements with
the Fund.
(c) Definitions.--The term ``International Financial
Institutions'' means the International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development, the International Development Association, the
International Finance Corporation, the Inter-American
Development Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corporation,
the Enterprise for the Americas Multilateral Investment Fund,
the Asian Development Bank, the Asian Development Fund, the
African Development Bank, the African Development Fund, the
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the
International Monetary Fund.
commercial leasing of defense articles
Sec. 589. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and
subject to the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations, the authority of section 23(a) of
the Arms Export Control Act may be used to provide financing to
Israel, Egypt and NATO and major non-NATO allies for the
procurement by leasing (including leasing with an option to
purchase) of defense articles from United States commercial
suppliers, not including Major Defense Equipment (other than
helicopters and other types of aircraft having possible
civilian application), if the President determines that there
are compelling foreign policy or national security reasons for
those defense articles being provided by commercial lease
rather than by government-to-government sale under such Act.
foreign military expenditures report
Sec. 590. Section 511(b) of the Foreign Operations, Export
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1993
(Public Law 102-391) is amended by repealing paragraph (2)
relating to military expenditures.
abolition of the inter-american foundation
Sec. 591. Section 586 of the Foreign Operations, Export
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2000, as
enacted by section 1000(a)(2) of Public Law 106-113, is
amended--
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ``year 2000''
and inserting in lieu thereof ``years 2000 and 2001'';
and
(2) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ``6290f'' and
inserting in lieu thereof ``290f''.
repeal of requirement for annual gao report on the financial operations
of the international monetary fund
Sec. 592. Section 1706 of the International Financial
Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r-5) is repealed.
extension of gao authorities
Sec. 593. The funds made available to the Comptroller
General pursuant to Title I, Chapter 4 of Public Law 106-31
shall remain available until expended.
funding for serbia
Sec. 594. (a) Of the funds made available in this Act, up
to $100,000,000 may be made available for assistance for
Serbia: Provided, That none of these funds may be made
available for assistance for Serbia after March 31, 2001 unless
the President has made the determination and certification
contained in subsection (c).
(b) After March 31, 2001, the Secretary of the Treasury
should instruct the United States executive directors to
international financial institutions to support loans and
assistance to the Government of the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia subject to the conditions in subsection (c):
Provided, That section 576 of the Foreign Operations, Export
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1997, as
amended, shall not apply to the provision of loans and
assistance to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia through
international financial institutions.
(c) The determination and certification referred to in
subsection (a) is a determination by the President and a
certification to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Senate that the Government of the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is--
(1) cooperating with the International Criminal
Tribunal for Yugoslavia including access for
investigators, the provision of documents, and the
surrender and transfer of indictees or assistance in
their apprehension;
(2) taking steps that are consistent with the
Dayton Accords to end Serbian financial, political,
security and other support which has served to maintain
separate Republika Srpska institutions; and
(3) taking steps to implement policies which
reflect a respect for minority rights and the rule of
law.
(d) Subsections (b) and (c) shall not apply to Montenegro,
Kosova, humanitarian assistance or assistance to promote
democracy in municipalities.
(e) The Secretary of State should instruct the United
States representatives to regional and international
organizations to support membership for the Government of the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) subject to a certification
by the President to the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Senate that the FRY has
applied for membership on the same basis as the other successor
states to the FRY and has taken appropriate steps to resolve
issues related to state liabilities, assets and property.
forestry initiative
Sec. 595. (a) The provisions of S. 3140 of the 106th
Congress, as introduced on September 28, 2000 are hereby
enacted into law.
(b) In publishing the Act in slip form and in the United
States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112, of title 1,
United States Code, the Archivist of the United States shall
include after the date of approval at the end appendixes
setting forth the texts of the bill referred to in subsection
(a) of this section.
user fees
Sec. 596. The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the
United States Executive Director at each international
financial institution (as defined in section 1701(c)(2) of the
International Financial Institutions Act) and the International
Monetary Fund to oppose any loan of these institutions that
would require user fees or service charges on poor people for
primary education or primary healthcare, including prevention
and treatment efforts for HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and
infant, child, and maternal well-being, in connection with the
institutions' lending programs.
basic education assistance for pakistan
Sec. 597. Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the
provisions of chapter 1 of part I and chapter 4 of part II of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be made available for
assistance for basic education programs for Pakistan,
notwithstanding any provision of law that restricts assistance
to foreign countries: Provided, That such assistance is subject
to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations.
authorization for population planning
Sec. 598. Not to exceed $425,000,000 of the funds
appropriated in title II of this Act may be available for
population planning activities or other population assistance:
Provided, That notwithstanding section 614 of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961, or any other provision of law, none of
such funds may be obligated or expended until February 15,
2001.
TITLE VI--EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Funds Appropriated to the President
agency for international development
international disaster assistance
For an additional amount for ``International Disaster
Assistance'', $135,000,000, for rehabilitation and
reconstruction assistance for Mozambique, Madagascar, and
southern Africa, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be
made available for nonproject assistance: Provided further,
That prior to any obligation of funds appropriated under this
heading, the Administrator of the Agency for International
Development shall provide the Committees on Appropriations with
a detailed report containing the amount of the proposed
obligation and a description of the programs and projects, on a
country-by-country basis, to be funded with such amount:
Provided further, That up to $12,000,000 of the funds
appropriated under this heading may be charged to finance
obligations for which appropriations available under chapter 1
and 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 were
initially charged for assistance for rehabilitation and
reconstruction for Mozambique, Madagascar, and southern Africa:
Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this
heading, up to $5,000,000 may be used for administrative
expenses, including auditing costs, of the Agency for
International Development associated with the assistance
furnished under this heading: 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 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:
Provided further, That the entire amount provided shall be
available only to the extent an official budget request that
includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an
emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is
transmitted by the President to the Congress.
operating expenses of the agency for international development
For an additional amount for ``Operating Expenses of the
Agency for International Development'', $13,000,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2001: 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 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.
Other Bilateral Economic Assistance
assistance for eastern europe and the baltic states
For an additional amount for ``Assistance for Eastern
Europe and the Baltic States'', $75,825,000, to remain
available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That this amount
shall only be available for assistance for Montenegro, Croatia,
and Serbia: 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 and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That
the 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
international military education and training
For an additional amount for ``International Military
Education and Training'', $2,875,000, to remain available until
September 30, 2002, for grants to countries of the Balkans and
southeast Europe: Provided, That funds appropriated in this
paragraph shall be made available notwithstanding section 10 of
Public Law 91-672 and section 15 of the State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956: 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 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:
Provided further, That the 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.
foreign military financing program
For an additional amount for ``Foreign Military Financing
Program'', to enable the President to carry out section 23 of
the Arms Export Control Act, $31,000,000, to remain available
until September 30, 2002, for grants to countries of the
Balkans and southeast Europe: Provided, That funds appropriated
in this paragraph shall be made available notwithstanding
section 10 of Public Law 91-672 and section 15 of the State
Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956: Provided further,
That funds made available under this heading shall be
nonrepayable, notwithstanding sections 23(b) and 23(c) of the
Act: 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 and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the
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.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
debt restructuring
For an additional amount for ``Debt restructuring''
$210,000,000 for a contribution to the ``Heavily Indebted Poor
Countries Trust Fund'' of the International Bank for
Reconstruction and Development (HIPC Trust Fund): 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 an official budget
request that includes designation of the entire amount as an
emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is
transmitted by the President to the Congress.
GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS TITLE
Sec. 601. Limitation on Supplemental Funds for Population
Planning.--Amounts appropriated under this title or under any
other provision of law for fiscal year 2001 that are in
addition to the funds made available under title II of this Act
shall be deemed to have been appropriated under title II of
such Act and shall be subject to all limitations and
restrictions contained in section 599 of this Act,
notwithstanding section 543 of this Act.
TITLE VII--DEBT REDUCTION
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Bureau of the Public Debt
gifts to the united states for reduction of the public debt
For deposit of an additional amount for fiscal year 2001
into the account established under section 3113(d) of title 31,
United States Code, to reduce the public debt, $5,000,000,000.
General Provision
adjustment of 2001 discretionary spending caps
Sec. 701. (a) Section 251(c)(5) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 901(c)(5))
is amended by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the
following:
``(A) for discretionary category: $637,000,000,000 in new
budget authority and $612,695,000,000 in outlays;''.
(b)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), in preparing
the report in calendar year 2000 as required by section 254(f)
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985 (2 U.S.C. 904(f)) with respect to fiscal year 2001, the
Office of Management and Budget shall not make the calculations
required by section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the calculations
permitted by subparagraph (B), (C), (F), and (G) of section
251(b)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control
Act of 1985.
(c) Under the terms of section 251(b)(2) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, adjustments
for rounding shall be provided for the first amount referred to
in section 251(c)(5)(A) of such Act, as amended by this
section, equal to 0.5 percent of such amount.
TITLE VIII--INTERNATIONAL DEBT FORGIVENESS AND INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS REFORM
SEC. 801. DEBT RELIEF UNDER THE HEAVILY INDEBTED POOR COUNTRIES (HIPC)
INITIATIVE.
(a) Repeal of Limitation on Availability of Earnings on
Profits of Nonpublic Gold Sales.--Paragraph (1) of section 62
of the Bretton Woods Agreements Act, as added by section 503(a)
of H.R. 3425 of the 106th Congress (as enacted by section
1000(a)(5) of Public Law 106-113 (113 Stat. 1536)), is
amended--
(1) by adding ``and'' at the end of subparagraph
(B); and
(2) by striking subparagraph (D).
(b) Contributions to HIPC Trust Fund.--
(1) Authorization of appropriations for
contributions.--There is authorized to be appropriated
for the period beginning October 1, 2000, and ending
September 30, 2003, $435,000,000 for purposes of United
States contributions to the Heavily Indebted Poor
Countries (HIPC) Trust Fund administered by the Bank.
(2) Availability of amounts.--Amounts appropriated
pursuant to the authorization of appropriations in
paragraph (1) shall remain available until expended.
(c) Certification Required.--
(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph
(2), not later than 30 days after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary shall certify to the
appropriate congressional committees that the following
requirements are satisfied:
(A) Implementation by the bank of certain
policies.--The Bank is implementing--
(i) policies providing for the
suspension of a loan if funds are being
diverted for purposes other than the
purpose for which the loan was
intended;
(ii) policies seeking to prevent
loans from displacing private sector
financing;
(iii) policies requiring that loans
other than project loans must be
disbursed--
(I) on the basis of
specific prior reforms; or
(II) incrementally upon
implementation of specific
reforms after initial
disbursement;
(iv) policies seeking to minimize
the number of projects receiving
financing that would displace a
population involuntarily or be to the
detriment of the people or culture of
the area into which the displaced
population is to be moved;
(v) policies vigorously promoting
open markets and liberalization of
trade in goods and services;
(vi) policies providing that
financing by the Bank concentrates
chiefly on projects and programs that
promote economic and social progress
rather than short-term liquidity
financing; and
(vii) policies providing for the
establishment of appropriate
qualitative and quantitative indicators
to measure progress toward graduation
from receiving financing on
concessionary terms, including an
estimated timetable by which countries
may graduate over the next 15 years.
(B) Implementation by the fund of certain
policies.--The Fund is implementing--
(i) policies providing for the
suspension of a financing if funds are
being diverted for purposes other than
the purpose for which the financing was
intended;
(ii) policies seeking to ensure
that financing by the Fund normally
serves as a catalyst for private sector
financing and does not displace such
financing;
(iii) policies requiring that
financing must be disbursed--
(I) on the basis of
specific prior reforms; or
(II) incrementally upon
implementation of specific
reforms after initial
disbursement;
(iv) policies vigorously promoting
open markets and liberalization of
trade in goods and services;
(v) policies providing that
financing by the Fund concentrates
chiefly on short-term balance of
payments financing; and
(vi) policies providing for the
use, in conjunction with the Bank, of
appropriate qualitative and
quantitative indicators to measure
progress toward graduation from
receiving financing on concessionary
terms, including an estimated timetable
by which countries may graduate over
the next 15 years.
(2) Exception.--In the event that the Secretary
cannot certify that a policy described in paragraph
(1)(A) or (1)(B) is being implemented, the Secretary
shall, not later than 30 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, submit a report to the
appropriate congressional committees on the progress,
if any, made by the Bank or the Fund in adopting and
implementing such policy, as the case may be.
SEC. 802. STRENGTHENING PROCEDURES FOR MONITORING USE OF FUNDS BY
MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS.
(a) In General.--The Secretary shall instruct the United
States Executive Director of each multilateral development bank
to exert the influence of the United States to strengthen the
bank's procedures and management controls intended to ensure
that funds disbursed by the bank to borrowing countries are
used as intended and in a manner that complies with the
conditions of the bank's loan to that country.
(b) Progress Evaluation.--Not later than 180 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to
the appropriate congressional committees a report evaluating
the progress made toward achieving the objectives of subsection
(a), including a description of--
(1) any progress made in improving the supervision,
monitoring, and auditing of programs and projects
supported by each multilateral development bank, in
order to identify and reduce bribery and corruption;
(2) any progress made in developing each
multilateral development bank's priorities for
allocating anticorruption assistance;
(3) country-specific anticorruption programs
supported by each multilateral development bank;
(4) actions taken to identify and discipline
multilateral development bank employees suspected of
knowingly being involved in corrupt activities; and
(5) the outcome of efforts to harmonize procurement
practices across all multilateral development banks.
SEC. 803. REPORTS ON POLICIES, OPERATIONS, AND MANAGEMENT OF
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.
(a) Annual Report on Financial Operations.--Beginning 180
days after the date of enactment of this Act, or October 31,
2000, whichever is later, and on October 31 of each year
thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States shall
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on
the sufficiency of audits of the financial operations of each
multilateral development bank conducted by persons or entities
outside such bank.
(b) Annual Report on United States Supported Policies.--
Beginning 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, or
October 31, 2000, whichever is later, and on October 31 of each
year thereafter, the Secretary shall submit a report to the
appropriate congressional committees on--
(1) the actions taken by recipient countries, as a
result of the assistance allocated to them by the
multilateral development banks under programs referred
to in section 802(b), to strengthen governance and
reduce the opportunity for bribery and corruption; and
(2) how International Development Association-
financed projects contribute to the eventual graduation
of a representative sample of countries from reliance
on financing on concessionary terms and international
development assistance.
(c) Amendment of Report on Fund.--Section 1705(a) of the
International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262r-4(a))
is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``the progress'';
and
(2) by inserting before the period at the end the
following: ``, and (2) the progress made by the
International Monetary Fund in adopting and
implementing the policies described in section
801(c)(1)(B) of the Foreign Operations, Export
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act,
2001''.
(d) Report on Debt Relief.--Not later than 90 days after
the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a
report to the appropriate congressional committees on the
history of debt relief programs led by, or coordinated with,
international financial institutions, including but not limited
to--
(1) the extent to which poor countries and the
poorest-of-the-poor benefit from debt relief, including
measurable evidence of any such benefits; and
(2) the extent to which debt relief contributes to
the graduation of a country from reliance on financing
on concessionary terms and international development
assistance.
SEC. 804. REPEAL OF BILATERAL FUNDING FOR INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS.
Section 209(d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22
U.S.C. 2169(d); relating to bilateral funding for international
financial institutions) is repealed.
Sec. 805. Refocused Activities of the IMF.--The Bretton
Woods Agreement Act is amended by adding the following new
section--
``SEC. 63. PRINCIPLES FOR INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND LENDING.
``It is the policy of the United States to work to
implement reforms in the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to
achieve the following goals:
``(a) Short-Term Balance of Payments Financing.--Lending
from the general resources of the Fund should concentrate
chiefly on short-term balance of payments financing.
``(b) Limitations on Medium-Term Financing.--Use of medium-
term lending from the general resources of the Fund should be
limited to a set of well-defined circumstances, such as--
``(1) when a member's balance of payments problems
will be protracted,
``(2) such member has a strong structural reform
program in place, and
``(3) the member has little or no access to private
sources of capital.
``(c) Premium Pricing.--Premium pricing should be
introduced for lending from the general resources of the Fund,
for greater than 200 per centum of a member's quota in the
Fund, to discourage excessive use of Fund lending and to
encourage members to rely on private financing to the maximum
extent possible.
``(d) Redressing Misreporting of Information.--The Fund
should have in place and apply systematically a strong
framework of safeguards and measures to respond to, correct,
and discourage cases of misreporting of information in the
context of a Fund program, including--
``(1) Suspending Fund disbursements and ensuring
that Fund lending is not resumed to members that engage
in serious misreporting of material information until
such time as remedial actions and sanctions, as
appropriate, have been applied;
``(2) Ensuring that members make early repayments,
where appropriate, of Fund resources disbursed on the
basis of misreported information;
``(3) Making public cases of serious misreporting
of material information;
``(4) Requiring all members receiving new
disbursements from the Fund to undertake annually
independent audits of central bank financial statements
and publish the resulting audits; and
``(5) Requiring all members seeking new loans from
the Fund to provide to the Fund detailed information
regarding their internal control procedures, financial
reporting and audit mechanisms and, in cases where
there are questions about the adequacy of these
systems, undertaking an on-site review and identifying
needed remedies.''.
SEC. 806. DEFINITIONS.
In this title:
(1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term
``appropriate congressional committees'' means the
Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on
Banking and Financial Services and the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
(2) Bank.--The term ``Bank'' means the
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
(3) Fund.--The term ``Fund'' means the
International Monetary Fund.
(4) International financial institutions.--The term
``international financial institutions'' means the
multilateral development banks and the International
Monetary Fund.
(5) Multilateral development banks.--The term
``multilateral development banks'' means the
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development,
the International Development Association, the
International Finance Corporation, the Inter-American
Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the
Inter-American Investment Corporation, the African
Development Bank, the African Development Fund, the
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and
the Multilateral Investment Guaranty Agency.
(6) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the
Secretary of the Treasury.
This Act may be cited as the ``Foreign Operations, Export
Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2001''.
Following is explanatory language on H.R. 5526, as
introduced on October 24, 2000.
The conferees on H.R. 4811 agree with the matter in H.R.
5526 and enacted in this conference report by reference and the
following description of it. This bill was developed through
negotiations by subcommittee members of the Foreign Operations,
Export Financing, and Related Programs Subcommittees of the
House and Senate on the differences in the House passed and
Senate passed versions of H.R. 4811. References in the
following description to the ``conference agreement'' mean the
matter included in the introduced bill enacted by this
conference report. References to the House bill mean the House
passed version of H.R. 4811. References to the Senate bill or
Senate amendment mean the Senate passed version of H.R. 4811.
TITLE I--EXPORT AND INVESTMENT ASSISTANCE
Export-Import Bank of the United States
subsidy appropriation
The conference agreement appropriates $865,000,000 for
the subsidy appropriation of the Export-Import Bank instead of
$768,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and $742,500,000 as
proposed by the House.
administrative expenses
The conference agreement appropriates $62,000,000 for
administrative expenses of the Export-Import Bank instead of
$58,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and $55,000,000 as
proposed by the House. The conferees also have included a
limitation of $30,000 on representation expenses of members of
the Bank's Board of Directors.
The managers are very concerned by the Bank's recent
consideration of a change to its regulations that would reduce
the volume of U.S. exports financed by the Bank that are
subject to cargo preference regulations. The managers direct
that none of the funds provided under this heading in this or
prior year appropriation acts shall be used to plan, finalize,
or implement any notice, regulation, or change in policy with
regard to Public Resolution 17 (46 App. U.S.C. 1241-1) (1998).
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
non-credit account
The conference agreement provides $38,000,000 for
administrative expenses of the Overseas Private Investment
Corporation (OPIC) as proposed by the Senate instead of
$37,000,000 as proposed by the House.
The managers urge OPIC to refrain from entering into
contracts involving the Palestinian Authority until the
Committees have been informed that contract disputes between
the Authority and United States corporate entities have been
resolved.
Trade and Development Agency
The conference agreement appropriates $50,000,000 for the
Trade and Development Agency instead of $46,000,000 as proposed
by the Senate and the House. It does not include language
regarding reimbursements as proposed by the Senate.
TITLE II--BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Agency for International Development
child survival and disease programs fund
The conference agreement appropriates $963,000,000 for
the Child Survival and Disease Programs Fund instead of
$886,000,000 as proposed by the House. The Senate bill
contained no provision on this matter, but included regular and
emergency funds for these activities under ``Development
Assistance'' and ``Global Health''. The conference agreement
also continues limitations on the use of the Fund for non-
project assistance.
The managers include a United States contribution to
UNICEF, and AID's program to promote basic education for
children, within the Child Survival and Disease Programs Fund,
as proposed by the House.
The conference agreement includes language allocating
$963,000,000 among six program categories in the Child Survival
and Disease Programs Fund: $295,000,000 for child survival and
maternal health, including vaccine-preventable diseases such as
polio; $30,000,000 for vulnerable children; $300,000,000 for
HIV/AIDS; $125,000,000 for other infectious diseases;
$103,000,000 for children's basic education; and $110,000,000
for UNICEF. The conferees expect that any change proposed
subsequent to the allocation as directed in bill language will
be subject to the requirements of section 515 of the Act. A
full definition of these program categories and their
components can be found on pages 8 through 10 of House Report
106-270.
Within the child survival and maternal health program,
authority is provided to transfer up to $50,000,000 as proposed
by the Senate to a fund established for child immunization by
the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI). The
House bill provided authority to transfer up to $37,500,000 to
GAVI. The managers are supportive of the GAVI and direct that
the Committees be informed in writing 20 days prior to the
obligation of any funds for GAVI on the proposed use of any
U.S. contribution, particularly with regard to the amount to be
donated for procurement of vaccines for children.
The managers note that a large part of the vulnerable
children program assists AIDS orphans, who also benefit from
the HIV/AIDS program. Although the conference agreement does
not include bill language regarding funding for blind children,
as proposed by the Senate, the managers recommend not less than
$1,200,000 for assistance for blind children. The managers also
support a total of $5,000,000 for the Kiwanis/UNICEF Iodine
Deficiency program, with $2,500,000 from the Child Survival and
Disease Programs account and $2,500,000 from regional accounts
for Europe and Eurasia. AID is also encouraged to provide up to
$2,000,000 to support non-governmental organizations, such as
Special Olympics, that work with older children, including
those with cognitive disabilities and mild mental retardation,
to teach life and job skills. The vulnerable children program
and AID's Office of Private Voluntary Cooperation are
encouraged to provide small matching grants to American-led
volunteer programs in India and other nations that seek to
remedy physical disabilities through reconstructive surgery.
The conference agreement includes $315,000,000 for HIV/
AIDS, of which $300,000,000 is allocated within this account
and not less than $15,000,000 in other accounts and programs.
The conference agreement does not include bill language
concerning microbicides. However, the managers endorse the
Senate report language on microbicides and direct that not less
than $15,000,000 from the HIV/AIDS program and the
``Development Assistance'' account be made available to the
Office of Health and Nutrition for microbicide research and
development. These funds are to be managed by the Director of
the HIV/AIDS Division. In addition, the managers support the
International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI), which seeks to
accelerate the development and distribution of an effective
AIDS vaccine for use in developing countries. The managers urge
that not less than $10,000,000 be provided as a contribution to
the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative.
In addition, the managers direct AID to make available
$500,000 for a proposal from the University of California at
San Francisco to develop detailed epidemiological HIV/AIDS
profiles for priority countries and an online, searchable
database of key comparative indicators. The managers also
encourage AID to collaborate with the Peace Corps' HIV/AIDS
initiative, especially in supporting training activities.
The expected results of funds to develop and promote the
use of vaccines in developing countries will also assist
international travelers to endemic areas. The managers urge the
Department of State and AID to require staff, grantees, and
contractors to take all feasible steps to reduce the
importation of vaccine-preventible infectious diseases, such as
hepatitis, into the United States.
The managers note that the Global AIDS and Tuberculosis
Relief Act of 2000 (P.L. 106-264) authorized that 65 percent of
the HIV/AIDS funding be provided through non-governmental
organizations (NGOs). The managers concur that NGOs, including
religious institutions and faith based organizations, provide
invaluable services in the fight against HIV/AIDS. In
anticipation of an increasing involvement of the public sector,
particularly in the areas of treatment and the provision of
interventions to reduce mother-to-child transmission, the
managers agree that assistance provided through NGOs in
cooperation with a foreign government or using government
facilities may be counted against the 65 percent target in
AID's strategy to implement the Act.
Within the HIV/AIDS program, authority is provided to
transfer $20,000,000 to the fund authorized by section 141 of
the Global AIDS and Tuberculosis Relief Act. The managers
expect the Secretary of the Treasury and the Administrator of
the Agency for International Development to report to the
Committees no later than April 30, 2001 on progress toward
establishment of an international AIDS Trust Fund administered
by the World Bank.
The managers urge that expanded resources be made
available to mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) programs. As
effective implementation of MTCT programs will take time,
during which health care workers will be trained, laboratory
and testing facilities established, and community based care
services for HIV positive mothers developed, AID may not be
able to meet the Global AIDS Act's 8.3 percent MTCT funding
target in fiscal year 2001. The managers expect that USAID will
achieve the MTCT target by the end of fiscal year 2002.
The conference agreement includes at least $60,000,000
from all accounts to address the global health threat from
tuberculosis, including not less than $45,000,000 from the
other infectious diseases program in the Child Survival and
Disease Programs Fund. The managers urge AID to continue to
work in close collaboration with organizations such as the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control, the World Health Organization, the
Gorgas Memorial Institute, and the Global STOP TB Initiative to
implement effective tuberculosis control programs at the local
level. The managers direct AID to continue and expand TB
programs undertaken in cooperation with federal and state
governments in Mexico, especially along Mexico's borders with
Texas, California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Guatemala.
The other infectious diseases program also includes
$30,000,000 for antimicrobial resistance and infectious disease
surveillance, and $50,000,000 for international efforts to
reduce the incidence of malaria. Drug resistant parasites and
insecticide-resistant mosquitoes exacerbate malaria
transmission and place millions throughout the world at risk of
a crippling and often fatal disease. For this reason, the
managers encourage USAID to designate $2,000,000 to support the
establishment of coordinated centers of excellence for malaria
research, to focus on tropical and sub-tropical regions. The
managers support and urge AID to favorably consider proposals
for a concerted approach to limiting the resurgence of malaria
that are submitted jointly by the University of Notre Dame's
Vector Biology Laboratory, Tulane University's Department of
Tropical Medicine in New Orleans, and Latin American and
African counterpart institutions.
The managers are aware that the HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis
crises require extraordinary efforts on the part of the U.S.
Government. USAID is encouraged to use, as appropriate, its
existing waiver authorities regarding financing and procurement
of goods and services, and grant making, in order to expedite
the provision of HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis assistance and
enhance the efficiency of that assistance.
The managers support and urge AID to favorably consider
proposals by Carelift International. The managers anticipate
that the ongoing, multiyear collaboration between AID and
Carelift International will be expanded and require $7,000,000,
including future year appropriations. The conference agreement
does not include Senate language directing AID to make
available to Carelift International up to $7,000,000 from
fiscal year 2001 funds only.
The managers also direct AID to continue to provide the
Committees with a detailed annual report not later than
February 15, 2001, on the programs, projects, and activities
undertaken by the Child Survival and Disease Programs Fund
during fiscal year 2000.
Funds appropriated for the Child Survival and Disease
Programs Fund are intended to be used for programs, projects
and activities. Funds for administrative expenses to manage
Fund activities are provided in a separate account, with two
exceptions included in the conference agreement: authority for
AID's central and regional bureaus to use up to $125,000 from
program funds for Operating Expense-funded personnel to better
monitor and provide oversight of the Fund; and, in section 522,
authority to use up to $16,000,000 to reimburse other
government agencies and private institutions for professional
services. Any proposed transfer of appropriations from the Fund
for administrative expenses of AID under any other authority
shall be subject to section 515 of this Act.
Development Assistance
The conference agreement appropriates $1,305,000,000 for
``Development Assistance'' instead of $1,258,000,000 as
proposed by the House and $1,368,250,000 as proposed by the
Senate. The Senate included funding for programs carried out by
the ``Child Survival and Disease Programs Fund'' under its
``Development Assistance'' account.
Of the funds under this heading, the conference agreement
appropriates up to $12,000,000 for the Inter-American
Foundation and up to $16,000,000 to the African Development
Foundation. The House bill proposed up to $10,000,000 for the
Inter-American Foundation and up to $16,000,000 for the African
Development Foundation. The Senate amendment did not propose
funding for the Inter-American Foundation and provided up to
$14,400,000 for the African Development Foundation. Section 591
of the conference agreement provides the President with the
authority to abolish the Inter-American Foundation during
fiscal year 2001.
The Senate amendment proposed that not less than
$425,000,000 be made available to carry out section 104(b) of
the Foreign Assistance Act, regarding international population
planning assistance. The House addressed this matter in section
586 of its bill and placed a ceiling of $385,000,000 on
bilateral family planning assistance. The conference agreement
addresses funding and restrictions for international family
planning in section 598.
The conference agreement does not include language
contained in the Senate amendment providing that $2,500,000 may
be transferred from this account to the ``International
Organizations and Programs'' account to provide a total
contribution of $5,000,000 to the International Fund for
Agricultural Development (IFAD). The conference agreement
provides $5,000,000 from title IV of this Act for IFAD, as
proposed by the House.
The conference agreement includes bill language similar
to the Senate amendment that not less than $310,000,000 should
be provided for agriculture and rural development programs
through Foreign Assistance Act funds and through Support for
East European Development Act funds. The House bill did not
address this matter. The managers continue to support
international agriculture and rural development activities and
direct AID to increase funding for these important programs.
The conference agreement provides that, of the funds for
agriculture and rural development programs, $30,000,000 should
be provided for biotechnology research and development. The
conference agreement does not include bill language for the
University of Missouri-St. Louis International Laboratory for
Tropical Agriculture biotechnology program (ILTAP), as proposed
by the Senate. However, the managers support and urge AID to
favorably consider $1,000,000 for ILTAP to train scientists
from Southeast Asia in methods to fight diseases that threaten
rice, tomatoes, and cassava which the managers believe will
play a key role in stabilizing the food supply for the region.
The conference agreement does not include bill language
for the University of California, Davis, as proposed by the
Senate. However, the managers support and urge AID to favorably
consider $1,000,000 for the University of California, Davis to
support research and to train foreign scientists in programs
which address improving crop agriculture in Central Africa.
The conference agreement does not include bill language
for Tuskegee University, as proposed by the Senate. However,
the managers support and urge AID to favorably consider
$1,000,000 to establish a ``Center to Promote Biotechnology in
International Agriculture'' at Tuskegee University. This center
will promote extension and outreach aimed at policy makers, the
media, farmers, and consumers in cooperation with local
scientists. The emphasis should be to identify agricultural
genetic technology applications crucial to combating hunger,
malnutrition, and boosting low incomes in rural areas.
The conferees agree that Marquette University's Les Aspin
Center for Government, which has been carrying out training
programs for Africans in democracy and leadership, should
receive the same consideration as similar programs at other
Universities mentioned in the Senate report.
The conference agreement provides that not less than
$2,300,000 should be made available for a core grant to the
International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC), which is
similar to the Senate amendment. The House bill did not address
this matter. The managers strongly support the fertilizer-
related research and development being conducted by IFDC and
direct the Administrator of AID to make at least $4,000,000
available to IFDC, including not less than $2,300,000 for its
core grant.
The conference agreement provides not less than
$5,200,000 for AmeriCares for the construction, rehabilitation,
and operation of community-based primary healthcare facilities
in Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador.
The conference agreement provides that $500,000 should be
made available for support of the United States
Telecommunications Training Institute. The Senate amendment
included bill language mandating that such funds be made
available for this purpose. The House bill did not address this
matter.
The conference agreement provides that $17,000,000 should
be made available for the American Schools and Hospitals Abroad
(ASHA) program. The Senate amendment included bill language
mandating that such funds be made available for this purpose.
The House bill did not address this matter. The managers direct
ASHA to give full consideration to grant proposals from all
qualified institutions. These may include grant proposals for
curriculum, staff support, and related expenses and for
expansion of overseas facilities owned and operated by U.S.
based, non-profit educational institutions. No regulation,
statute, or congressional directive precludes ASHA funds from
being utilized for these purposes.
The conference agreement provides that not less than
$2,000,000 should be made available to support an international
media training center. The Senate amendment included bill
language mandating that such funds be made available for this
purpose. The House bill did not address this matter.
The conference agreement does not include bill language
proposed in the Senate amendment which provided up to
$7,000,000 for Carelift International. The House bill did not
address this matter. The managers have addressed Carelift
International in the ``Child Survival and Disease Programs
Fund'' section of the statement of the managers.
The conference agreement does not include bill language
providing up to $1,500,000 to develop and integrate education
programs aimed at eliminating female genital mutilation (FGM),
as proposed in the Senate amendment. The House bill did not
address this matter. The managers direct the Secretary of State
to determine the prevalence of the practice of FGM and the
existence and enforcement of laws prohibiting this practice.
The Secretary shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations,
not later than March 1, 2001, these findings and
recommendations on how the United States government can best
work to eliminate this practice. The managers direct AID to
make available $1,500,000 to develop and integrate into
development strategies, where appropriate, educational programs
aimed at eliminating FGM. Further, the managers direct that
AID's fiscal year 2002 budget justification include a narrative
regarding the agency's proposed budget and programs in this
area.
The managers continue to be concerned about worldwide
trafficking of women and children and direct AID to provide not
less than $2,500,000, including funds from under the heading
``Independent States'', to continue and expand these anti-
trafficking programs.
The managers strongly support the Collaborative Research
Support Programs (CRSPs), as stated in the House and Senate
reports. Prior to the submission of the report required by
section 653 of the Foreign Assistance Act, AID is directed to
consult with the Committees on Appropriations regarding the
proposed allocation of agriculture, rural development and CRSPs
resources.
The conference agreement does not include bill language
proposed in the Senate amendment providing $1,500,000 for
Habitat for Humanity International for construction of housing
in northern India. The House did not address this matter in
bill language. The managers request that the Department of
State coordinate with AID in determining the funding
responsibility for long-term assistance for Tibetan refugees,
including assistance to refugees residing in India. In this
regard, the managers would support the proposal to fund the
Tibetan Resettlement Project in Dehradum, India, consistent
with Tibetan cultural practices. These funds should be in
addition to those allocated for Tibetan refugees in ``Migration
and Refugee Assistance''.
The conference agreement does not include bill language
proposed by the Senate amendment regarding microenterprise. The
House bill did not address this matter. Microenterprise
authorization is included in Public Law 106-309.
The managers continue to believe that protecting
biodiversity and tropical forests in developing countries is
critical to the global environment and U.S. economic
prosperity, especially for the agricultural and pharmaceutical
industries. The managers direct AID to continue to work to
increase overall biodiversity funding, as well as funding to
the Office of Environment and Natural Resources, consistent
with the House and Senate reports. Not later than 60 days after
enactment of this Act, AID shall report to the Committees on
Appropriations regarding the proposed allocation of resources
for biodiversity on a bureau-by-bureau basis.
The conference agreement does not include bill language
regarding the Foundation for Environmental Security and
Sustainability, as proposed in the Senate amendment. The House
bill did not address this matter. The managers support and urge
AID to favorably consider $2,500,000 for the Foundation for
Environmental Security and Sustainability to support
environmental threat assessments with interdisciplinary experts
and academicians utilizing various technologies to address
issues such as infectious diseases, and environmental
indicators and warnings as they pertain to the security of a
region.
The managers support the work of Alfalit International,
an educational nongovernmental organization dedicated to
promotion of literacy, elementary education, and community
development in Africa, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
Alfalit's proven record during the past three decades has
helped significantly reduce child and adult illiteracy
throughout Latin America and Africa. The managers direct AID to
provide $1,500,000 to Alfalit to develop and implement programs
to combat adult illiteracy in countries in which AID operates.
The managers encourage AID to support initiatives
designed to promote child safety in developing countries such
as those designed and carried out by the National Safe Kids
Campaign. The managers believe that developing countries could
benefit greatly from the 300 local programs already operating
throughout the United States.
The managers support and direct AID to provide up to
$1,000,000 for the Center for Latin American Trade Expansion at
the University of San Francisco to assist in the development of
trade promotion initiatives at the USF Business School's Center
for Economic Development.
The managers commend the progress made by the Eastern
European Real Property Program in the Europe and Eurasia Bureau
since 1992. As the program expands into other regions as the
International Real Property Program (IRPP), the Committee
recommends that other AID regional bureaus and missions
seriously consider cooperation with the IRPP as housing,
shelter, and urban activities are included in country
strategies. The managers encourage AID to fund the IRPP at a
level not less than the fiscal year 1998 amount.
Patrick Leahy War Victims Fund
The managers direct that $12,000,000 be provided through
the ``Patrick Leahy War Victims Fund'' to address the medical,
rehabilitative, economic and social needs of war victims,
particularly those who have been severely disabled from
landmines and other unexploded ordnance. Of this amount, up to
$10,000,000 is to be funded from the ``Development Assistance''
account and the ``Economic Support Fund.'' The balance should
be funded from Office of Transition Initiatives resources, and
with funds from the demining budget of the ``Nonproliferation,
Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs'' account.
Cyprus
The conference agreement includes Senate language that
provides not less than $15,000,000 of the funds made available
under ``Development Assistance'' and ``Economic Support Fund''
for assistance for Cyprus for scholarships, administrative
support of the scholarship program, bicommunal projects, and
measures aimed at reunification of the island. The House bill
did not address this matter.
Lebanon
The conference agreement includes language that provides
that not less than $35,000,000 of the funds made available
under ``Development Assistance'' and ``Economic Support Fund''
shall be made available for Lebanon to be used, among other
programs, for scholarships and direct support of the American
educational institutions in Lebanon. The language is similar to
House and Senate language that provided that not less than
$18,000,000 should be made available for Lebanon for these
purposes.
The managers are troubled by reports of the abduction to
Lebanon of American children by estranged parents, and urge the
Lebanese Government to assist in locating and returning these
children to the United States.
Burma
The conference agreement includes Senate language that
provides not less than $6,500,000 of the funds made available
under ``Development Assistance'' and ``Economic Support Fund''
for assistance to support democracy activities in Burma and for
other specified activities. These funds are made available
notwithstanding any other provision of law, and shall be
subject to the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations. Of these funds, $3,500,000 should
be derived from ``Economic Support Fund'' and $3,000,000 should
be derived from ``Development Assistance''. The House bill did
not address this matter.
The managers are deeply concerned by recent actions taken
by the SPDC to limit efforts by Aung San Suu Kyi to travel
outside Rangoon to meet with members of the National League for
Democracy (NLD). On two separate occasions, she has been
detained or blocked from carrying out reasonable and legal
political organization activities. During the past year, Aung
San Suu Kyi has continued to call upon the junta to participate
in a dialogue to bring about reconciliation and democracy. The
response from the junta has been to escalate repression of
democratic activists and further isolate and attempt to
intimidate Aung San Suu Kyi. The conferees commend the NLD and
its leadership for its continued courage and effort to restore
democracy to Burma.
In addition, the managers take note of the conditions
under which Min Ko Niang continues to suffer. In 1989, he led
students in non-violent protests against the military regime
and was an outspoken supporter for democracy and human rights.
For his actions, Min Ko Niang was arrested and ultimately
sentenced to a minimum of 25 years in solitary confinement in
the notorious Insein Prison. Min Ko Niang has been offered
immediate release by the military junta in return for signing a
statement renouncing the democracy movement and abandoning any
future activity in politics. He has steadfastly refused to sign
any document. In recognition of his courage, the managers
direct that not less than $250,000 of the funds made available
be dedicated to establishing a Min Ko Niang student scholarship
and support fund.
Conservation Fund
The conference agreement includes a provision, which is
similar to the Senate amendment, that not less than $4,000,000
should be made available for the Conservation Fund. The House
bill did not address this matter. The managers direct that not
less than $4,000,000 be provided equally from ``Development
Assistance'' and ``Economic Support Fund'' to support the
preservation of habitats and related activities for endangered
wildlife, including $1,500,000 for programs to protect
orangutans in Indonesia, $1,500,000 for programs to protect
gorillas in central Africa, and $1,000,000 for programs to
protect cheetahs in Namibia. The managers direct AID to consult
with the Committees in advance on the proposed uses of these
funds.
Private and Voluntary Organizations
The conference agreement includes language proposed by
the House and the Senate providing that funds appropriated for
development assistance programs should be available to private
and voluntary organizations at a level which is at least
equivalent to the level provided in fiscal year 1995. The
conference agreement also requires that the Administrator of
AID inform the Committees on Appropriations prior to waiving
the requirement that private voluntary organizations receive at
least 20 percent of their total annual funding for
international activities from sources other than the United
States government. The House bill included a similar provision.
International Disaster Assistance
The conference agreement appropriates $165,000,000 for
``International Disaster Assistance'', as proposed by the House
bill, instead of $220,000,000 as proposed by the Senate
amendment. The managers recommend the establishment of a
separate account for AID's Office of Transition Initiatives.
Therefore, the conference agreement provides the necessary
resources requested to meet all existing and projected disaster
needs in fiscal year 2001.
The managers are concerned by reports of quality problems
in food aid commodities, including significant losses of micro-
nutrients during production and field preparation, and believe
that urgent action is needed to improve the quality of
commodities provided to vulnerable populations and ensure the
delivery of essential nutrients. The managers direct the
Administrator of AID, after consultation with agriculture
commodity producers and private voluntary organizations, to
establish a plan and mechanism to ensure cooperation between
AID and the Department of Agriculture to improve and assure the
quality of commodities provided under this Act.
Transition Initiatives
The conference agreement appropriates $50,000,000 for a
new account for Transition Initiatives to support AID's Office
of Transition Initiatives (OTI). The House bill proposed
$40,000,000 for this account. The Senate amendment included
funding for OTI activities within the ``International Disaster
Assistance'' account. The conference agreement does not
preclude OTI from using resources transferred from other
development and economic assistance funds in this Act. The
conference agreement requires that AID submit a report to the
Appropriations Committees not less than five days prior to
beginning a new program of assistance. The House bill contained
a similar provision.
micro and small enterprise development program account
The conference agreement appropriates $1,500,000 for
direct loans and loan guarantees and $500,000 for
administrative expenses for micro and small enterprise
activities as proposed by the House bill. The Senate amendment
did not address this matter.
development credit program account
(including transfer of funds)
The conference agreement appropriates $1,500,000 in a
direct appropriation and up to $5,000,000 by transfer from
funds made available under the heading ``Development
Assistance'' for the cost of loans and loan guarantees for
AID's Development Credit Program Account, as proposed by the
House. In addition, the conference agreement provides
$4,000,000 for administrative expenses which may be transferred
to and merged with AID's ``Operating Expenses'' account, as
proposed by the Senate. The House bill proposed $6,495,000 for
administrative expenses. The managers endorse House report
language directing the use of funds under this heading for an
integrated municipal infrastructure and housing program in
Costa Rica.
operating expenses of the agency for international development
The conference agreement appropriates $520,000,000,
instead of $509,000,000 proposed by the House and $510,000,000
proposed by the Senate, for Operating Expenses of the Agency
for International Development. The conference agreement
prohibits the use of funds in this account to finance the
construction or long-term lease of offices for use by AID
unless the Administrator of AID reports in writing to the
Appropriations Committees prior to the obligation of funds for
such purposes, as proposed by the House.
Operating Expenses of the Agency for International Development
office of inspector general
The conference agreement appropriates $27,000,000 for
Operating Expenses of the Agency for International Development,
Office of Inspector General, as proposed by the House. The
Senate amendment proposed $25,000,000.
Other Bilateral Economic Assistance
economic support fund
The conference agreement appropriates $2,295,000,000 for
the Economic Support Fund instead of $2,208,900,000 as proposed
by the House and $2,220,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement contains Senate language that
provides not less than $840,000,000 for Israel and not less
than $695,000,000 for Egypt, instead of not to exceed those
sums as proposed by the House. In addition, Senate language is
included that provides not less than $200,000,000 for the
Commodity Import Program in Egypt. The House bill did not
address this matter.
The conference agreement does not contain Senate language
that would have authorized the use of up to the Egyptian pound
equivalent of $50,000,000 for certain specified activities. The
House bill did not address this matter.
The conference agreement includes language that provides
that in exercising the authority to provide cash transfer
assistance for Israel, the President shall ensure that Israel
enters into a side letter agreement proportional to the fiscal
year 1999 agreement.
The conference agreement also includes language that
provides that not less than $150,000,000 should be made
available for assistance for Jordan. The Senate language would
have mandated this level of support. The House bill did not
address this matter. The conference agreement does not contain
Senate language that would have provided $2,000,000 for the
American Center for Oriental Research, but the managers support
this proposal and urge the Department of State and the Agency
for International Development to give it favorable
consideration.
The conference agreement includes House language that
states that not less than $12,000,000 should be made available
for Mongolia. The Senate amendment did not address this matter.
The conference agreement also includes House language
that requires that funds obligated for regional or global
programs shall be subject to the regular notification
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. The Senate
amendment did not address this matter.
The conference agreement provides that $5,000,000 should
be made available for economic rehabilitation and related
activities in the Aceh region of Indonesia. In May 2000,
representatives of the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh
Movement signed a Joint Understanding on a Humanitarian Pause
for Aceh. Since signing the understanding representatives have
met and agreed upon a number of projects which would address
humanitarian and economic needs in Aceh. The managers support
this dialogue and urge AID through the Office of Transition
Initiatives to promptly provide assistance to projects agreed
upon by both parties which further the objectives of the Joint
Understanding and support a resolution to the conflict in Aceh.
The managers encourage AID to support effective economic
restructuring and decentralization programs, where feasible, in
key regions throughout Indonesia, especially in the Moluccas
and other areas of Eastern Indonesia.
The conference agreement also includes language that
provides that not less than $25,000,000 shall be made available
for East Timor. The House bill did not address this matter. The
managers strongly support AID's Economic Rehabilitation and
Development Project, also known as the East Timor Coffee
Project. The managers are concerned about reports that certain
individuals in East Timor are seeking to restore monopolistic
control of coffee production, that would jeopardize the
livelihoods of thousands of farmers. The managers will continue
to closely monitor this project. The managers are also aware of
the importance of the Consolidated Fund for East Timor and
expect that the United States will provide up to $4,500,000.
The managers also urge AID to continue supporting activities
that will improve the economy and establish democratic
practices.
The conference agreement also includes language similar
to that from the Senate amendment that provides that up to
$10,000,000 may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of
law and subject to the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations, to provide certain specified
assistance to the National Democratic Alliance of Sudan. The
House bill did not address this matter. The conference
agreement does not include section 597 of the Senate amendment
regarding reporting requirements on Sudan. However, the
managers direct that the Secretary of State report not later
than March 1, 2001, describing the areas of Sudan which are
open to Operation Lifeline Sudan (OLS) and those areas which
are prohibited, and the reasons for these prohibitions; the
extent of actual deliveries of assistance through OLS since
January 1997; the areas of Sudan where the United States has
provided assistance outside of OLS since January 1997,
including the amount, extent and nature of that assistance; and
an assessment of the humanitarian needs in areas of Sudan not
served by OLS.
The managers encourage USAID to provide an additional
$1,000,000 in Economic Support Funds during fiscal year 2001 to
support Phase II of the Haiti Health Systems 2004 Project. The
additional resources will ensure that financial support to
health providers operating under performance based contracts
will not be reduced below fiscal year 2000 levels.
The managers support and urge the State Department to
favorably consider the allocation of at least $250,000 in
funding for South Korean nongovernmental organizations involved
in activities to promote democratization efforts in North
Korea. Such funds should be programmed through the National
Endowment for Democracy.
The managers support the House report language providing
$1,000,000 for the Reagan/Fascell Democracy Fellows Program of
the National Endowment for Democracy.
The managers support the budget request of $20,000,000
for assistance for Cambodia through nongovernmental
organizations (NGO's) and local governments, as appropriate. No
support would be available to or through the central
government. The managers support assistance for such activities
as health (especially to combat HIV/AIDS), education,
environmental protection and democratization. In addition, the
managers strongly support funding through NGO's to assist in
efforts to halt illegal logging operations. The managers also
endorse the House report language regarding the Cambodian Mine
Action Center. Finally, the managers commend the work of the
Documentation Center of Cambodia, which has painstakingly
cataloged the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge. This evidence will
be invaluable in any trials of Khmer Rouge leaders. The
managers direct AID to provide adequate funding so the
Documentation Center can continue its work.
The managers direct that in addition to funds otherwise
requested or made available for Yemen, up to $4,000,000 shall
be dedicated to counter-terrorism training and investigations.
The managers also direct that these funds not be made available
until the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the
Government of Yemen is fully cooperating with United States
officials in the investigation of the bombing of the U.S.S.
Cole.
The managers also reiterate support for conflict
resolution programs as described in the House and Senate
reports, including funding for Seeds of Peace.
International Fund for Ireland
The conference agreement appropriates $25,000,000 as
proposed by the House. The Senate amendment contained no
provision on this matter.
The managers endorse the House and Senate report language
in urging the application of equal opportunity principles
through the International Fund for Ireland. The managers also
endorse the Senate report language on the Northern Ireland
Voluntary Trust, and the House report language on Project
Children.
Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States
The conference agreement appropriates $600,000,000
instead of $535,000,000 as proposed by the House and
$635,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement does not include minimum funding
levels for Croatia and Montenegro as proposed by the Senate.
However, the managers strongly support assistance for both
countries. From funds appropriated under this heading both in
this title and in title VI, as well as from funds made
available in Public Law 106-52, the managers expect that not
less $65,725,000 will be made available for Croatia and not
less than $89,000,000 will be made available for Montenegro.
The managers strongly support the announced intention of
the Government of Croatia to fulfill several commitments,
including cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal
for the Former Yugoslavia; an end to financial, political,
security, and other support to Herceg Bosna; establishment of a
swift timetable and cooperation in support of the safe return
of refugees; and the acceleration of political, media,
electoral, and anti-corruption reforms. The managers direct
that the Secretary of State report to the Committees on
Appropriations on the implementation of these goals prior to
the obligation of funds for Croatia.
The conference agreement contains language similar to
that in the House bill that provides not less than $5,000,000
for the Baltic States. In addition, it contains language
similar to that in the Senate amendment that imposes a ceiling
of $80,000,000 on assistance to Bosnia and Herzegovina from
funds appropriated under this heading and under the headings
``Economic Support Fund'' and ``International Narcotics Control
and Law Enforcement''. The House bill did not address this
matter.
The conference agreement contains language similar to
that in the House bill that prohibits funds for Kosova from
this account and from ``Economic Support Fund'' and
``International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement'' to
exceed 15 percent of the total resources pledged by all donors
for calendar year 2001 for assistance for Kosova as of March
31, 2001. The Senate amendment would have prohibited funds for
Kosova until the Secretary of State certified that the
resources obligated and expended by the United States in Kosova
did not exceed 15 percent of the total resources obligated and
expended by all donors. The conference agreement does not
contain House language that would also have limited funding for
Kosova to $150,000,000.
The conference agreement does not contain language from
the Senate amendment that would have required that not less
than 50 percent of the funds made available for Kosova be made
available through non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The
House bill did not address this matter. The managers direct
that the Agency for International Development submit quarterly
reports to the Committees on Appropriations regarding the
organizations, activities and levels of support provided
through local NGOs.
The conference agreement includes language providing that
$1,300,000 should be made available to support the National
Albanian American Council's training program for Kosovar women.
The Senate amendment would have mandated such support. The
House bill did not address this matter.
The conference agreement does not contain Senate language
regarding $250,000 for assistance to law enforcement officials
in Kosova to better identify and respond to cases of
trafficking in persons or $750,000 for a joint project
developed by the University of Pristina and Dartmouth Medical
School to help restore and improve educational programs at the
University of Pristina Medical School. However, the managers
support funding for these items, as well as for a proposal by
Florida State University for $2,000,000 to fund a distance
learning program of instruction in basic legal principles for
students and professionals in Eastern Europe, and urge the
Agency for International Development to favorably consider
these proposals. In addition, the managers reiterate support
for the Orava Project of the University of Northern Iowa as
expressed in the House and Senate reports.
The managers note the crucial importance of a democratic,
multi-ethnic Macedonia to stability in the Balkans, as well as
the contributions made by that nation during the Kosova air
campaign. In view of these factors the managers strongly
support adequate resources for assistance for Macedonia for
fiscal year 2001.
The managers note with great concern the delay in the
implementation of critical nuclear safety upgrades at the
Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant in Bulgaria. The managers are
further concerned that commercial disputes regarding the
project may negatively affect U.S.-Bulgarian commercial
relations. Therefore, the Secretary of State is urged to
communicate to the Government of Bulgaria the need to
expeditiously begin work on this project.
The conference agreement includes language similar to
that in the House bill that authorizes the use of local
currencies generated by the assistance program in Bosnia for
use in Eastern Europe consistent with the provisions of the
Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 and the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. The Senate amendment did not
address this matter. The managers expect the Agency for
International Development to consult with the Committees on
Appropriations on the proposed uses of these funds, and to
submit a financial plan to the Committees following such
consultations.
The conference agreement contains House language
regarding Presidential authority to withhold funds for Bosnia
if the Bosnian Federation is not complying with the
requirements of the Dayton Peace Accord regarding the removal
of foreign troops, and has not terminated intelligence
cooperation with Iranian officials. The Senate amendment
contained similar language.
The managers request the President to determine whether
it would be appropriate to expunge by executive order certain
references in the 1965 report of the Commission on Law
Enforcement and Administration of Justice, entitled ``The
Challenge of Crime in a Free Society,'' to Italian nationals.
Assistance for the Independent States of the Former Soviet Union
The conference agreement appropriates $810,000,000,
instead of $740,000,000 as proposed by the House and
$775,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The managers have
included a ceiling of 8 percent on management costs instead of
7 percent as proposed by the Senate for nuclear safety
activities. Further, the conference agreement places a
limitation of 25 percent on the percentage of funds that may be
allocated for any single country as proposed by the House.
The conference agreement includes not less than
$45,000,000, as proposed by the House, only for child survival,
environmental and other health activities; programs to reduce
the incidence of infectious diseases; and related activities.
When AID is allocating funds to combat HIV/AIDS and
tuberculosis in the Europe and Eurasia region, the managers
direct that funds from regional accounts and the Child Survival
and Disease Programs Fund are to be provided in approximately
equal amounts.
The conference agreement also directs the Coordinator of
Assistance to the Independent States to obligate not less than
$1,500,000, primarily through locally-based and indigenous
private voluntary organizations, to reduce trafficking in women
and children. The managers urge the Coordinator to augment
anti-trafficking projects by continuing and strengthening law
enforcement and other activities to reduce all forms of
violence against women. As proposed by the Senate, the
conference agreement mandates the obligation of not less than
$10,000,000, from this and the migration and refugee account,
only for nongovernmental organizations providing humanitarian
relief in Chechnya and Ingushetia.
The managers strongly support regional cooperation
efforts among the countries of Armenia, Azerbaijan, and
Georgia. To further regional cooperation, the conference
agreement continues the current six exemptions from the
statutory restrictions on assistance to the Government of
Azerbaijan. The managers include a provision that of the funds
available for the Southern Caucasus region 15 percent, as
proposed by the House, may be used for confidence-building
measures and other activities related to the resolution of
regional conflicts, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
as proposed by the Senate.
In support of regional reconciliation in the Caucasus,
the managers believe that bringing together political leaders,
academics and other individuals from Georgia, Armenia and
Azerbaijan to discuss economic and cultural development,
democracy building, and the needs of victims of conflict would
be a vital step. Therefore, the managers direct that $900,000
be made available, from funds for the Southern Caucasus region
for confidence-building measures for such initiatives,
specifically, the International Peace Forum, to be held in
Tbilisi, Georgia, in Spring 2001.
The conference agreement reserves not less than
$92,000,000 of the funds in this account for Georgia only and
not less than $90,000,000 for Armenia only, instead of
$94,000,000 and $89,000,000, respectively, as proposed by the
Senate, and 12.5 percent for each as proposed by the House. The
managers direct the Coordinator and AID to allocate not less
than $25,000,000 of the funds made available for Georgia for
security assistance for border and export control only and up
to $5,000,000 for the training of municipal and regional
officials in management of water resource, transportation, and
other sectors operated or regulated by local governments in
Georgia. The managers support and urge AID to favorably
consider proposals by Fort Valley State University and the
University of Louisville to participate in any absorptive
capacity fund that may be established in the Republic of
Georgia.
The managers are aware that Armenia may be selected as
the host site for Synchrotron Light Source Particle Accelerator
project known as SESAME. The managers understand that the
project will be used to advance regional interests in medicine,
geology, industry, and electronics. In the event that the
project is located in Armenia, the managers intend that
$15,000,000 of the funds made available for Armenia should
support this or a comparable project.
The managers include bill language directing that
$170,000,000 should be made available for Ukraine instead of
$175,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of the amount for
Ukraine, not less than $25,000,000 shall be provided for
nuclear reactor safety programs. The managers have also
included bill language directing that $5,000,000 should be
provided for the Ukrainian Land and Resource Management Center.
The conference agreement includes not less than
$1,000,000 to increase analytical capacity in Ukraine in the
area of healthcare and environmental health epidemiology,
particularly concerning children with special needs and birth
defects. This directive is based on the Senate amendment
mandating funds to complete the ongoing study of the
environmental causes of birth defects in Ukraine that is
managed by the University of South Alabama. The conference
agreement also includes not less than $3,250,000 for two
regional initiatives, industrial sector management study tours
conducted by Ohio's Center for Economic Initiatives and
community telecommunications activities managed by the National
Telephone Cooperative Association.
The conference agreement includes conditions on
assistance to the Government of the Russian Federation, with
exceptions for specified humanitarian and security programs,
with respect to its adherence in the Northern Caucasus to
certain conventional arms and human rights conventions and
agreements, as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
The conference agreement provides that 60 percent of
assistance to the Government of the Russian Federation would be
withheld if the President is unable to certify to Congress that
the Russian Government has terminated its ongoing cooperation
with the Government of Iran with regard to certain nuclear and
missile technology matters, and, with regard to Chechnya, is
cooperating with international efforts to investigate
allegations of war crimes and is in compliance with article V
of the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe.
The managers reiterate language from the fiscal year 2000
Statement of the Managers with regard to other limitations on
assistance, ``that assistance to combat infectious diseases, *
* * support for regional and municipal governments, and
partnerships between United States hospitals, universities,
judicial training institutions and environmental organizations
and counterparts in Russia should not be affected by this
section.''
The conference agreement includes language providing not
less than $20,000,00 for the Russian Far East. This matter was
not addressed in the House bill. The managers recognize the
successful entrepreneurship, management and democratization
programs carried out during the past seven years in the Russian
Far East by the University of Alaska's American-Russian Center.
In addition to supporting continued University of Alaska
programs in the Russian Far East, the managers direct that
$3,000,000 be made available for a proposal by the University
of Alaska to extend these efforts to Chukotka. In collaboration
with Alaska Pacific University and two Alaska Native regional
governments (the North Slope Borough and the Northwest Arctic
Borough), the University of Alaska will provide training and
technical assistance to strengthen Chukotka's economy, develop
market driven systems, and improve social conditions,
particularly for the indigenous peoples.
The managers commend three programs in Russia that merit
support from the ``Assistance for the Independent States of the
Former Soviet Union'' account. The Replication of Lessons
Learned (ROLL) program provides ongoing American support to
help local Russian private volunteer organizations increase
their management capacity to help solve pollution and related
health problems, protect natural resources, and support
economic growth. The managers urge that the ROLL and similar
small grants programs that support women, children, and
religious freedom be increased by at least 10 percent over
current levels.
In addition, the managers direct that not less than
$250,000 should be provided to the Moscow School of Political
Studies to support its successful efforts to teach democratic
and free market principles to the emerging generation of
Russia's political leaders and $400,000 be made available for
the Cochran Fellowship Program to acquaint Russian farmers with
American agricultural practices and to enhance U.S.-Russian
trade and business relations. The Moscow School of Political
Studies is making a concerted effort to teach democratic and
free market principles to the emerging generation in Russia. It
does this by conducting numerous seminars to expose young
political leaders--of all parties, at both the federal and
regional levels--to Western classical political and economic
thought.
The conference agreement also includes funds to support
expansion of the Primary Healthcare Initiative in Ukraine,
Georgia, and Russia of the World Council of Hellenes, and the
United States-Russia Investment Fund, consistent with the
funding levels specified in the House report. The managers
commend the Fund for its promotion and development of a market
economy in Russia and urge the State Department and AID
allocate the maximum level practicable to the Fund in fiscal
year 2001. The managers also support House language
recommending the creation of a collaborative research program
on issues of arms control verification for Russian and American
scholars under the Expanded Threat Reduction Program. The
managers also support and urge AID to favorably consider
proposals to expand two existing programs: the Silk Road Seed
Multiplication Program, based on the success of a similar
program in Armenia; and the University of Arkansas Medical
School-Volgograd Partnership program.
The conference agreement does not reserve $6,000,000 from
this account only for Mongolia, as proposed by the Senate.
Language in the statement of the managers under the heading
``Economic Support Fund'' addresses this matter.
Independent Agency
Peace Corps
The conference agreement appropriates $265,000,000
instead of $258,000,000 as proposed by the House and
$244,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Department of State
International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement
The conference agreement appropriates $325,000,000 for
International Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement instead of
$305,000,000 as proposed by the House and $220,000,000 proposed
by the Senate.
The conference agreement requires that all anti-crime
programs be subject to the regular notification procedures of
the Committees on Appropriations, as proposed by the House. The
Senate did not address this matter.
The conference agreement contains House language allowing
the Department of State to utilize section 608 of the Foreign
Assistance Act to receive excess property from other U.S.
federal agencies for use in a foreign country. The Senate
amendment did not address this matter.
The managers endorse House report language regarding, and
direct the State Department to favorably consider, Notre Dame
University's program of human rights, democracy, and conflict
resolution training in Colombia.
The managers direct the Secretary of State to engage the
government of Panama in good faith negotiations for the
conclusion of an agreement which provides the U.S. military a
forward operating location to support the use funds of under
this heading.
Migration and Refugee Assistance
The conference agreement appropriates $700,000,000,
instead of $645,000,000 as proposed by the House and
$615,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference
agreement makes available $14,500,000, for administrative
expenses, instead of $14,000,000 as proposed in the Senate
amendment. The House proposed $14,852,000 for administrative
expenses.
The conference agreement also includes Senate language,
not included in the House bill, that provides not less than
$60,000,000 for refugees from the former Soviet Union and
Eastern Europe and other refugees resettling in Israel.
The conference agreement provides that funds appropriated
under this heading to support activities and programs conducted
by the United Nations Commissioner for Refugees shall be made
available after reporting at least 5 days in advance to the
Committees on Appropriations. This reporting requirement may be
waived for any obligation if failure to do so would pose a
substantial risk to human health or welfare. In the event that
the waiver is exercised, a report to the Committees on
Appropriations shall be provided as early as practicable, but
in no event later than 5 days after such obligation.
The managers support the efforts of the Department of
State to remove anti-Semitic content in textbooks and curricula
used in schools administered by the United Nations Relief and
Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
The managers are concerned by reports that anti-Semitic, anti-
Israel rhetoric has been included in new Palestinian school
textbooks. Accordingly, the managers direct the Secretary of
State to report in writing to the Committees on Appropriations
not later than February 1, 2001, on any such anti-Semitic,
anti-Israel content in the new textbooks and on initiatives to
redress such content in UNRWA schools.
United States Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund
The conference agreement appropriates $15,000,000, as
proposed by the Senate amendment. The House bill proposed
$12,500,000.
Nonproliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Related Programs
The conference agreement appropriates $311,600,000
instead of $241,600,000 as proposed by the House and
$215,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The managers intend that funds in this account be
allocated as follows:
[In thousands of dollars]
Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund................... $15,000
Export control assistance............................... 19,100
International Atomic Energy Agency...................... 47,000
CTBT Preparatory Commission............................. 21,500
Korean Peninsula Economic Development Organization
(KEDO).............................................. 55,000
Anti-terrorism assistance............................... 38,000
Terrorist Interdiction Program.......................... 4,000
Demining................................................ 40,000
Small arms destruction.................................. 2,000
Science Centers......................................... 35,000
Lockerbie trial costs................................... 15,000
Nonproliferation contingency............................ 20,000
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Total............................................. 311,600
The conference agreement does not provide funds for a
proposed Center for Antiterrorism and Security Training (CAST),
both due to budget constraints and due to the fact that funding
for domestic law enforcement training is not under the
jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing, and Related Programs. Although the proposal for CAST
includes training for foreign law enforcement purposes, the
managers believe that these needs can be met by training at
existing facilities and encourage the Department of State to
coordinate with the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
(FLETC) and the Department of Justice. To the extent that other
Federal entities were seeking to participate in the proposed
training facility, such needs should be pursued through the
proper subcommittees of jurisdiction.
The managers intend that $5,000,000 of the funds
allocated for export control assistance be made available for
equipment for Malta to enable that country to monitor shipments
transiting the Malta Freeport. This equipment will assist the
Government of Malta in its efforts to prevent the transshipment
of narcotics, weapons of mass destruction, and other illegal
material through the Freeport. As evidence in the Lockerbie
trial has illustrated, preventing such shipments is in the
direct national security interest of the United States.
In addition, the managers strongly support the allocation
of up to $8,000,000 for export control activities along
Jordan's borders with Iraq and Syria, including the procurement
of mobile vans and trucks that are capable of monitoring
shipments of goods into Jordan.
The conference agreement includes House language that
authorizes a contribution to the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban
Treaty (CTBT) Preparatory Commission, and requires that the
Secretary of State inform the Committees on Appropriations at
least 20 days prior to the obligation of funds for such
Commission. The conference agreement does not include Senate
language on this matter. However, the managers endorse the
Senate report language directing that a report be provided to
the Committees on Appropriations on the anticipated use of
funds made available to the Commission, including an
identification of all donors and any directives or restrictions
associated with their contribution; a detailed explanation of
expenditures in 2000 and 2001, including sites where the United
States has provided assistance to third party nations; and a
copy of the Commission's 2001 budget.
The conference agreement includes Senate language
authorizing the use of funds for the destruction of small arms,
and providing that $40,000,000 should be used for demining
activities including not to exceed $500,000 for administrative
expenses. The House bill did not address these matters.
Department of the Treasury
International Affairs Technical Assistance
The conference agreement includes $6,000,000 for the
International Affairs Technical Assistance program of the
Department of the Treasury instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by
the Senate and $2,000,000 as proposed by the House.
Debt Restructuring
The conference agreement appropriates $238,000,000 for
debt restructuring as proposed by the House instead of
$75,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The managers include not
less than $13,000,000 only for implementation of title V of the
Foreign Assistance Act. The remainder of the amount provided
for debt restructuring may be used at the Administration's
discretion, subject to certain reporting and notification
requirements, either for bilateral debt restructuring or for
United States contributions to the Heavily Indebted Poor
Country (HIPC) Trust Fund administered by the World Bank.
The conference agreement includes language that countries
benefiting from U.S. contributions to the HIPC Trust Fund agree
not to accept additional market-rate loans during a ``time out
on new debt'' moratorium. The moratorium for 24 months, instead
of 30 months as proposed by the House, would apply only to new
lending from MDBs whose bad loans to the beneficiary poor
country are being paid off by the HIPC Trust Fund.
The managers have not included a House provision that
would have established a similar moratorium for 9 months with
regard to concessional or ``soft'' loans. The managers have
included bill language requiring that the Secretary of the
Treasury include a listing of all concessional loans that are
under consideration by multilateral development banks for each
HIPC beneficiary country. The extent and amount of proposed new
debt will be a factor as the Committees consult with Treasury
regarding the specific use of funds provided for forgiveness of
old debt. The managers agree with the policy with regard to
HIPC, issued by the Development Committee of the IMF and World
Bank at recent meetings in Prague, that: ``further restraint on
concessional lending may also be warranted, including through
greater recourse to grant financing.'' The matter of new
concessional lending to HIPC beneficiaries is addressed in bill
language under the heading ``Contribution to the International
Development Association (IDA)''.
The conferees encourage all bilateral creditors to
provide debt reduction to heavily indebted poor countries and
that special consideration be given to the unique circumstances
of selected bilateral creditors such as Costa Rica.
The managers have also included language proposed by the
House that prohibits U.S. payments to the HIPC Trust Fund for
certain countries. The limitation affects any country credibly
reported to be engaged in a pattern of gross violations of
internationally recognized human rights or to be engaged in a
war or civil conflict that undermines its ability to comply
with HIPC conditions. The Senate amendment did not address
these matters.
The conferees have included a provision that requires the
Secretary of the Treasury to consult with the Committees on
Appropriations concerning which countries and international
financial institutions are expected to benefit from a United
States contribution to the HIPC Trust Fund administered by the
World Bank during the fiscal year, and to inform the Committees
not less than fifteen days in advance of the signature of an
agreement by the United States to make payments to the HIPC
Trust Fund of amounts for such countries and institutions. It
is the understanding of the conferees that the Secretary of the
Treasury will update the list of countries and institutions if
new countries or institutions are expected to benefit from U.S.
contributions to the HIPC Trust Fund during the fiscal year,
and that such updating will be provided in advance of informing
the Committees of the proposed signature of an agreement to
make payments to the HIPC Trust Fund with respect to any such
new country or institution.
The conference agreement further requires full
documentation of any commitment by a HIPC beneficiary country
regarding redirection of domestic resources to additional
poverty alleviation and economic growth measures, as proposed
by the House. The Committees will closely monitor the
implementation of such commitments, taking into account the
findings of the Department of the Treasury, religious groups
that have advocated the HIPC initiative and knowledgeable non-
governmental organizations.
TITLE III--MILITARY ASSISTANCE
International Military Education and Training
The conference agreement appropriates $55,000,000 as
proposed by the Senate instead of $47,250,000 as proposed by
the House. The conference agreement also contains House
language not in the Senate amendment that provides that up to
$1,000,000 may be available until expended.
The conference agreement includes House language that
provides that Expanded International Military Education and
Training (E-IMET) for Indonesia is subject to notification, and
Senate language that provides that Expanded IMET for Guatemala
is subject to notification.
The conference agreement does not include House language
that conditioned funding for the School of the Americas upon
certifications by the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of
State, or that imposed certain reporting requirements. The
Senate amendment did not address these matters. The managers
note that the relevant authorizing committees are addressing
the future status of the School of the Americas as part of H.R.
4205, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
2001.
As part of the increase in funding for this account, the
managers would support increasing the allocation for Malta from
$100,000 to $200,000 for fiscal year 2001 in order to support
that country's needs for the professional training of its armed
forces.
The managers support and urge the Departments of State
and Defense to favorably consider $150,000 from this account
for development for a peacekeeping initiative at the Naval
Postgraduate School. This education program would focus on the
creation of a security environment within which economic and
political development can accelerate, thereby facilitating the
withdrawal of United States and/or other peacekeeping forces.
The program would eventually provide foreign civilians and
military personnel with the specialized expertise, problem-
solving skills and management tools to conduct peacekeeping
operations that have an exit strategy.
Foreign Military Financing Program
The conference agreement appropriates $3,545,000,000
instead of $3,519,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and
$3,268,000,000 as proposed by the House.
The conference agreement includes Senate language that
provides not less than $1,980,000,000 for grants for Israel and
not less than $1,300,000,000 for grants for Egypt, instead of
not to exceed those sums as proposed by the House. The
conference agreement also includes language that provides that
not less than $520,000,000 shall be available for procurement
in Israel of defense goods and services. The House and Senate
had similar language on this matter, but the House bill would
not have mandated this level.
The conference agreement deletes House language
expressing the Sense of Congress on the proposed Phalcon sale
by Israel to China. The managers commend the decision by the
Government of Israel to cancel the sale in view of the threat
posed to United States national security interests.
The conference agreement includes language that provides
that not less than $75,000,000 should be made available for
assistance for Jordan. The Senate amendment would have mandated
this level of assistance. The House bill did not address this
matter.
The conference agreement includes language similar to
that in the Senate amendment regarding an interest bearing
account for Egypt, except that the requirement for a
notification is replaced by language that requires that the
Committees on Appropriations be informed at least 10 days prior
to the obligation of funds earned on the interest from funds
deposited in said account. The House bill would have allowed
for the early disbursal of fiscal year 2001 outlays for Egypt.
The conference agreement includes not less than
$8,500,000 for Tunisia, of which not less than $5,000,000 shall
be from drawdowns of defense articles, services, and education
and training. The Senate amendment provided $10,000,000 and
$4,000,000, respectively, for these activities. The House bill
did not address this matter.
The conference agreement provides that not less than
$8,000,000 shall be provided for Georgia, of which not less
than $4,000,000 shall be from drawdowns of defense articles,
services, and education and training. The Senate amendment
mandated $12,000,000 and $5,000,000, respectively, for these
activities. The House bill did not address this matter. The
conference agreement also includes language that allocates
$3,000,000 in grant funds for Malta.
The conference agreement does not include Senate language
that would have authorized the transfer by Turkey to Georgia of
not to exceed $10,000,000 in defense articles sold by the
United States to Turkey. The House bill did not address this
matter.
The conference agreement provides for a limitation of
$33,000,000 for administrative expenses as proposed by the
Senate, rather than $30,495,000 as proposed by the House. It
also includes House language that provides that no Partnership
for Peace funds may be made available to a non-NATO country
except through the regular notification procedures of the
Committees on Appropriations.
Peacekeeping Operations
The conference agreement appropriates $127,000,000
instead of $117,900,000 as proposed by the House and
$85,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The managers urge the State Department to provide support
to the Special War Crimes Court for Sierra Leone, to bring to
justice those responsible for the mutilation and slaughter of
innocent people there.
TITLE IV--MULTILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
International Financial Institutions
Global Environment Facility (GEF)
The conference agreement appropriates $108,000,000 for
the Global Environment Facility instead of $50,000,000 as
proposed by the Senate and $35,800,000 as proposed by the
House.
Contribution to the International Development Association
The conference agreement appropriates $775,000,000
instead of $750,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and
$566,600,000 as proposed by the House.
The managers have agreed to language, similar to that
proposed by the House, regarding the provision of grant
assistance by the International Development Association to HIPC
beneficiaries. The managers endorse Senate report language
concerning the need for further reform of procedures to address
employee grievances at the World Bank, IMF, and other financial
institutions.
Contribution to the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
The conference agreement appropriates $10,000,000 for
paid-in capital issued by the Multilateral Investment Guarantee
Agency, instead of $4,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and
$4,900,000 as proposed by the House. Approval for subscription
to the appropriate amount of callable capital is also included
in the conference agreement.
Contribution to the Inter-American Investment Corporation
The conference agreement appropriates $25,000,000 for the
United States contribution to the Inter-American Investment
Corporation, instead of $10,000,000 as proposed by the Senate
and $8,000,000 as proposed by the House.
Contribution to the Enterprise for the Americas Multilateral Investment
Fund
The conference agreement appropriates $10,000,000 for the
United States contribution to the Multilateral Investment Fund
(MIF) at the Inter-American Development Bank, as proposed by
the House. The Senate did not address this matter.
The MIF was intended to be a cutting-edge instrument for
expanding the private sector's contribution to growth in Latin
America. The managers request the Secretary of the Treasury to
prepare and submit to the Committees by April 6, 2001, an in-
depth report on the MIF prepared by private sector
entrepreneurs from the U.S. and Latin America. The report
should evaluate the portfolio of the MIF with respect to
private sector growth, including, but not limited to, the
status of project execution and value added, and include
strategic recommendations for achieving greater impact and
expediting project selection and approval.
Contribution to the Asian Development Fund
The conference agreement appropriates $72,000,000 for the
Asian Development Fund, as proposed by the House, instead of
$100,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Contribution to the African Development Bank
The conference agreement appropriates $6,100,000 for
paid-in capital issued by the African Development Bank as
proposed by the Senate, instead of $3,100,000 as proposed by
the House. Approval for subscription to the appropriate amount
of callable capital is also included in the conference
agreement.
Contribution to the African Development Fund
The conference agreement appropriates $100,000,000 for
the African Development Fund instead of $72,000,000, as
proposed by the House and the Senate.
Contribution to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
The conference agreement appropriates $35,778,717 for the
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, as proposed
by the House, instead of $35,779,000, as proposed by the
Senate. Approval for subscription to the appropriate amount of
callable capital is also included in the conference agreement.
International Fund for Agricultural Development
The conference agreement appropriates $5,000,000 for the
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), as
proposed by the House. The Senate included a total of
$5,000,000 for IFAD within the ``International Organizations
and Programs'' and ``Development Assistance'' accounts.
International Organizations and Programs
The conference agreement provides $186,000,000, instead
of $183,000,000 as proposed by the House and $288,000,000 as
proposed by Senate. The final appropriation level does not
include $110,000,000 provided for UNICEF, and up to $50,000,000
for the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization (GAVI),
which are included under the ``Child Survival and Disease
Programs Fund'' account and $2,500,000 for IFAD, which is
included under the prior heading.
The conference agreement continues current law indicating
that $5,000,000 should be made available for the World Food
Program, as proposed by the House. The Senate amendment
included similar language.
The managers support $5,000,000 from this account for the
United States contribution to the United Nations Voluntary Fund
for Victims of Torture Program, as recommended in the Senate
Report, and $90,000,000 for the United Nations Development
Program, as recommended in the House Report.
TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Note: If House and Senate language is identical except
for a different section number or minor technical differences,
the section is not discussed in the Statement of Managers.)
Sec. 505. Limitation on Representational Allowances
This section retains reference to the Inter-American
Foundation as proposed by the House and as contained in current
law. The Senate amendment proposed deleting this reference.
Sec. 508. Military Coups
The conference agreement includes House language that
specifies that funds shall be prohibited for any country whose
duly elected head of government is deposed by decree or
military coup. The Senate amendment included similar language.
Sec. 510. Deobligation/Reobligation Authority
The conference agreement deletes Senate language that
would have authorized deobligation/reobligation authority for
funds that are certified pursuant to section 1311 of the
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1955.
Sec. 511. Availability of Funds
The conference agreement deletes House language that
provided that the final proviso under title VI of the fiscal
year 2000 appropriations Act for foreign operations, export
financing, and related programs shall be null and void. Similar
language is already contained in Public Law 106-52.
Sec. 512. Limitation on Assistance to Countries in Default
The conference agreement is the same as current law, as
proposed by the House. The Senate proposed to restrict the
limitation to a defaulting government instead of a defaulting
country.
Sec. 515. Notification Requirements
The conference agreement is the same as current law. The
Senate proposed a technical change.
Sec. 517. Independent States of the Former Soviet Union
The conference agreement is the same as current law,
except that the special notification requirement applies to
Russia, Ukraine, Armenia, and Georgia only. The House bill
deleted a current provision relating to territorial integrity
and required special notification for Russia and Ukraine only.
The Senate amendment was essentially the same as current law.
Sec. 520. Special Notification Requirements
The conference agreement adds ``Ethiopia'', ``Eritrea'',
and ``Zimbabwe'' as proposed by the House bill and retains
``Pakistan'' as proposed by the Senate amendment, to the list
of countries subject to the special notification procedures of
this section. The managers are encouraged that on June 8, 2000,
a cease-fire agreement was signed by Ethiopia and Eritrea and
that efforts are underway to reach a permanent settlement of
the border conflict.
Sec. 522. Child Survival and Disease Prevention Activities
The conference agreement authorizes AID to use
$16,000,000 from the ``Child Survival and Disease Programs
Fund'' for technical experts from other government agencies,
universities, and other institutions. The Senate proposed
$10,000,000 and the House $10,500,000 for this purpose. The
managers have increased this authority on an interim basis in
order to accelerate implementation of the expanded HIV/AIDS and
tuberculosis activities. AID is directed to replace the
additional temporary personnel as rapidly as possible with AID
direct hire OE-funded personnel. As the purpose of the general
provision is to support effective implementation of the Child
Survival and Disease Programs Fund, the conference agreement
does not include a reference to family planning, as proposed by
the Senate.
Sec. 525. Authorization Requirement
The conference agreement includes language that provides
that funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated and
expended notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91-672 and
section 15 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of
1956, as provided in the House bill and the Senate amendment.
However, it includes new language exempting the accounts
``International Military Education and Training'' and ``Foreign
Military Financing Program'' from these waivers. Authorizations
of appropriations for these accounts have been enacted into law
as part of Public Law 106-280.
Sec. 526. Democracy in China
The conference agreement includes Senate language that
authorizes the use of funds from the account ``Economic Support
Fund'' for the support of nongovernmental organizations located
outside of China to foster democracy and rule of law. The House
bill only authorized funds to foster democracy.
The conference agreement includes language that allows
funds from this Act or from prior acts making appropriations
for Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs,
that are made available for the National Endowment for
Democracy (NED) to be made available notwithstanding any other
provision of law or regulation. The purpose of this language is
to allow for the expeditious and orderly obligation of funds
through the Endowment for support of nongovernmental
organizations overseas. This provision would become effective
upon enactment. The House bill and the Senate amendment
contained language that would have made funds for NED available
consistent with certain decisions of the Comptroller General
and in accordance with Office of Management and Budget Circular
A-122.
The conference agreement includes language that
authorizes, notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to
exceed $2,000,000 from the Economic Support Fund to support
certain activities in Tibetan communities. The House bill
contained similar language; the Senate amendment did not
address this matter.
The conference agreement also contains House language
that amends current law to make available $1,000,000 in
previously appropriated funds for the Jamestown Foundation for
a project to disseminate information and support research about
the People's Republic of China. The Senate amendment did not
address this matter.
Sec. 528. Report on the Implementation of Supplemental Appropriations
The conference agreement includes House language that
requires four quarterly reports on the use of funds
appropriated under title VI of the fiscal year 2000
appropriations Act for foreign operations, export financing,
and related programs. The Senate amendment did not address this
matter.
Sec. 530. Peru
The conference agreement includes language requiring the
Secretary of State to determine and report to the Committees on
Appropriations regarding progress toward elections and
improvements in democracy and rule of law. The Senate amendment
contained a similar provision. The House bill did not address
this matter. The managers direct the Secretary of State to
submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations not later
than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act,
evaluating United States, political, economic, and military
relations with Peru in accordance with P.L. 106-186.
Sec. 535. Authorities for the Peace Corps, International Fund for
Agricultural Development, Inter-American Foundation, and
African Development Foundation
The conference agreement maintains current law as
proposed by the House. The Senate amendment proposed deleting
the reference to the Inter-American Foundation.
Sec. 537. Clean Coal Technology
The conference agreement includes Senate language
encouraging the use of clean coal technology in environmental
and energy infrastructure programs, projects and activities. In
addition, the managers encourage the Secretary of the Treasury,
Secretary of State, Secretary of Energy and Administrator of
the Agency for International Development to promote the use of
other clean and renewable energy technologies. The House bill
did not address this matter.
Sec. 538. Special Authorities
The conference agreement deletes prior year language
proposed by the Senate that exempts humanitarian assistance for
Romania and the peoples of Kosova from any other provision of
law. This language is no longer necessary. The conference
agreement also includes House language that adds ``Economic
Support Fund'' to the list of accounts under which certain
activities may be undertaken notwithstanding any other
provision of law.
The managers have expanded authority in current law
regarding AID's use of personal services contractors in
Washington so that additional bureaus and offices within AID
may utilize, on a temporary basis, such contractors. This
authority is intended to allow AID to meet relatively short-
term requirements for technical and management personnel in
limited situations where natural disasters, recent foreign
policy decisions, or other unforeseen events result in rapid
increases in assistance levels and where other options, such as
the use of existing staff or hiring and training of new staff,
cannot be implemented quickly or effectively to meet the
unforeseen management needs. Other than under exceptional
circumstances, this authority should not be used to satisfy
requirements with durations greater than two years. The Bureau
of Management is directed to report to the Committees not later
than December 15, 2000, and March 15, 2001, on the use of
personal service contractors under this and other authorities.
Sec. 539. Policy on Terminating the Arab League Boycott of Israel and
Normalizing Relations with Israel
The conference agreement includes House language on this
matter. The Senate amendment did not include subsections (2)
and (3) of the House general provision, dealing with the
decision by the Arab League to reinstate the boycott of Israel
in 1997, and calling on the League to immediately rescind its
decision; and deleted language from subsection (4)(C) regarding
a report on the specific steps that should be taken by the
President to ``expand the process of normalizing ties between
Arab League countries and Israel''.
Sec. 540. Administration of Justice Activities
The conference agreement contains language identical to
current law, but changes the name of this section, as proposed
by the House bill. The Senate amendment proposed repeal of
parts of section 534 of the Foreign Assistance Act.
Sec. 541. Eligibility for Assistance
The conference agreement includes language regarding
eligibility of assistance provided under this Act as proposed
by the House bill. The conference agreement does not include a
modification, as proposed in the Senate amendment, regarding
the prohibition on assistance to countries that violate
internationally recognized human rights.
Sec. 543. Ceilings and Earmarks
The conference agreement includes Senate language that
restores prior year language regarding earmarks and minimum
funding levels. The House bill did not address this matter.
Sec. 552. War Crimes Tribunals Drawdown
The conference agreement includes language proposed by
the Senate that provides a sunset date of September 30, 2001,
for certain reports required of the Secretary of State under
this section.
Sec. 555. Prohibitions on Payment of Certain Expenses
The conference agreement includes language identical to
current law, as proposed by the House. The Senate amendment
deleted references to the ``Child Survival and Disease Programs
Fund''.
Sec. 558. Assistance for Haiti
The conference agreement includes language similar to
that proposed by the House which prohibits additional
assistance to the central government of Haiti until the
Committees on Appropriations are in receipt of reports
regarding free and fair elections and regarding Haitian
government cooperation in illicit drug trafficking. The Senate
amendment placed conditions on aid to Haiti regarding free and
fair elections, but did not address illicit drug trafficking.
The managers do not intend that assistance to combat infectious
diseases, child survival, support for regional and municipal
governments, and partnerships between United States hospitals,
universities, non-governmental organizations and counterparts
in Haiti would be affected by this section.
Sec. 559. Requirement for Disclosure of Foreign Aid in Report of
Secretary of State
The conference agreement includes language proposed by
the Senate that makes a technical modification to current law.
Sec. 561. Haiti Coast Guard
The conference agreement includes language proposed in
the House bill regarding the purchase of defense goods and
articles by Haiti for its Coast Guard. The Senate amendment
proposed allowing the Haitian National Police to be eligible to
purchase these items.
Sec. 564. Restrictions on Assistance to Countries Providing Sanctuary
to Indicted War Criminals
The conference agreement includes Senate language that
adds assistance for refugees and internally displaced persons
to the exemptions to the sanctions of this section, and Senate
language regarding communities in which an indicted war
criminal is residing.
Sec. 565. Discrimination Against Minority Religious Faiths in the
Russian Federation
The conference agreement changes the title of this
section, as proposed in the Senate amendment. The House bill
proposed the title, ``To Prohibit Foreign Assistance to the
Government of the Russian Federation Should It Enact Laws Which
Would Discriminate Against Minority Religious Faiths in the
Russian Federation''.
Sec. 568. Assistance for the Middle East
The conference agreement contains language similar to the
House bill that imposes a spending ceiling of $5,241,150,000 on
specified assistance for the Middle East. The Senate amendment
did not address this matter.
Sec. 571. Foreign Military Training Report
The conference agreement includes House language
requiring a joint report by the Secretary of State and the
Secretary of Defense on all overseas military training
(excluding military sales) provided to non-NATO foreign
military personnel under programs administered by the
Departments of Defense and State during 2000 and 2001,
including those proposed for 2001. The language specifies the
scope of the report, and allows for a classified annex, if
deemed necessary and appropriate. The report shall be due no
later than March 1, 2001. The Senate amendment did not address
this matter.
Sec. 572. Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization
The conference agreement includes House language on this
matter, except that the ceiling on funding for the Korean
Peninsula Economic Development Organization (KEDO) is
$55,000,000 rather than $35,000,000 as in the House bill and
the Senate amendment. The House language conditions funding for
KEDO on a certification that (1) the parties to the Agreed
Framework have taken and continue to take demonstrable steps to
implement the Joint Declaration on Denuclearization of Korea;
(2) the parties have taken and continue to take demonstrable
steps to pursue the North-South dialogue; (3) North Korea is
complying with all provisions of the Agreed Framework; (4)
North Korea has not significantly diverted assistance for
purposes for which it was not intended; (5) there is no
credible evidence North Korea is seeking to develop or acquire
the capability to enrich uranium, or any additional capability
to reprocess spent nuclear fuel; (6) North Korea is complying
with its obligations regarding access to suspect underground
construction; (7) there is no credible evidence North Korea is
engaged in a nuclear weapons program, including efforts to
acquire, develop, test, produce, or deploy such weapons, and
(8) the United States is continuing to make significant
progress on eliminating the North Korean ballistic missile
threat, including further missile tests and its ballistic
missile exports.
The language allows for the President to waive the
certification requirements of this section if he determines
that it is vital to the national security interests of the
United States, 30 days after a written submission to the
appropriate congressional committees. It also requires a report
from the Secretary of State on the fiscal year 2002 budget
request for KEDO, with certain specified information to be
included in such report.
The Senate amendment contained similar language.
Sec. 573. African Development Foundation
The conference agreement provides that funds to grantees
of the Foundation may be invested pending expenditure and that
interest earned must be used for the same purpose for which the
grant was made. Further, this section allows the Foundation's
board of directors, in exceptional circumstances, to waive the
existing $250,000 project limitation, subject to reporting to
the Committees on Appropriations.
Sec. 575. Iraq Opposition
The conference agreement contains language similar to
that contained in title II of the Senate amendment specifying
that not less than $25,000,000 from the account ``Economic
Support Fund'' shall be made available for programs benefiting
the Iraqi people, including not less than $12,000,000 which
should be provided for certain specified humanitarian
assistance, and not less than $6,000,000 which should be
provided to the Iraq National Congress Support Foundation or
the Iraqi National Congress for radio and television
broadcasting inside Iraq. It also states that the President
should submit a plan within 60 days of enactment regarding the
use of the funds recommended in this section. The House bill
did not address this matter.
The managers strongly support assistance for Kurdish
Human Rights Watch for its programs to provide humanitarian
assistance to the Kurdish people in northern Iraq.
The conference agreement also includes language similar
to that in the House bill that provides authority to use funds
to support efforts to bring about political transition in Iraq,
to be made available only to Iraqi opposition groups designated
under the Iraq Liberation Act, and not to exceed $2,000,000 to
be made available for groups and activities seeking the
prosecution of Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi officials for war
crimes. No funds may be made available for administrative costs
of the Department of State. The Senate amendment did not
address this matter.
Sec. 576. Agency for International Development Budget Justification
The conference agreement instructs the Agency for
International Development to submit its 2002 budget in a
transparent and simplified format more useful to the
Committees, as proposed by the House. In particular, the budget
justification document should prominently display data and
narratives aggregating resources obligated or requested for all
Agency-managed programs and activities that are traditionally
of special interest to Congress and the Executive branch. The
Senate did not address this matter.
Sec. 577. Kyoto Protocol
The conference agreement prohibits funds in this Act to
be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, decrees, or
orders for the purpose of implementation, or preparation for
implementation of the Kyoto Protocol, as proposed by the
Senate.
Sec. 579. Indonesia
The conference agreement provision regarding military
assistance to Indonesia is similar to current law. The House
bill and the Senate amendment included identical conditions
under which a Presidential report and determination could
result in a resumption of military assistance to Indonesia that
is funded in this bill. The restrictions on assistance include
both IMET and Foreign Military Financing programs, instead of
FMF only, as proposed by the House bill.
The managers are concerned about the more than 100,000
East Timorese refugees still trapped in West Timor. This severe
humanitarian situation has been exacerbated by ongoing
harassment of aid workers by armed gangs, and recurring border
incursions into East Timor by West Timor-based militias. These
attacks have resulted in the deaths of several UN aid workers,
as well as refugees. The managers strongly urge the Secretaries
of Defense and State to press the government of Indonesia to
fulfill its commitments to disarm and disband militia groups,
end military and financial support for these groups, and bring
militia leaders to justice. The managers note that, as provided
in this section, resumption of security assistance to Indonesia
is conditioned, in part, on the armed forces of Indonesia
providing safe passage to refugees returning from West Timor.
Sec. 580. Man and the Biosphere
The conference agreement prohibits funds for the United
Nations Man in the Biosphere Program and the World Heritage
Fund, as proposed by the House bill. The Senate did not address
this matter.
Sec. 581. Taiwan Reporting Requirement
The conference agreement includes language that requires
that not less than 30 days prior to the next round of arms
talks between the United States and Taiwan, the President shall
consult, on a classified basis, with appropriate Congressional
leaders and committee chairman and ranking members regarding
the following matters: (1) Taiwan's requests for purchase of
defense articles and defense services during the pending round
of arms talks; (2) the Administration's assessment of the
legitimate defense needs of Taiwan in light of those requests;
and (3) the decision-making process used by the Executive
Branch to consider those requests. The House bill and the
Senate amendment contained language requiring the Secretary of
State to consult with the appropriate committees and leadership
of Congress to devise a mechanism to provide for Congressional
input prior to making any determination on the sale or transfer
of defense articles and services to Taiwan.
Sec. 582. Restriction on United States Assistance for Certain
Reconstruction Efforts in Central Europe
The conference agreement contains House language that
provides that to the maximum extent possible, assistance to
Eastern Europe and the Baltic States should be used for the
procurement of American goods and services. The Senate
amendment did not address this matter.
Sec. 583. Restrictions on Assistance to Governments Destabilizing
Sierra Leone
The conference agreement prohibits assistance to any
government for which the Secretary of State has credible
evidence that such government has, within the previous six
months, provided military support or which has assisted illicit
diamond trading which benefits the Revolutionary United Front
in Sierra Leone. This section is identical to the House bill.
The Senate amendment did not address this matter.
Sec. 584. Voluntary Separation Incentives
The conference agreement provides for the payment of
voluntary separation incentives to AID employees for the
purpose of eliminating positions and functions at AID, as
proposed by the House bill and the Senate amendment.
Sec. 585. Contributions to the United Nations Population Fund
As proposed by the House bill, the conference agreement
provides that not more than $25,000,000 from the
``International Organizations and Programs'' account shall be
made available for the United Nations Fund for Population
Activities. This assistance is subject to a number of
conditions regarding UNFPA activities. The Senate amendment
contained a similar provision.
Sec. 586. Indochinese Parolees
The conference agreement includes language similar to the
Senate amendment which provides authority for the Attorney
General to adjust the status of certain Indochinese parolees to
lawful permanent residence. The House bill did not address this
matter.
The purpose of this provision is to address an anomaly in
current law, which requires that such persons have first been
denied refugee status in order to be eligible to adjust status.
Since these individuals were paroled into the United States as
part of U.S. government programs at a time when their
eligibility for refugee status was never considered, the
managers believe that this provision is both necessary and
appropriate. The provision is limited in scope to apply only to
parolees who are natives or citizens of Vietnam, Laos or
Cambodia, who were inspected and paroled into the United States
prior to October 1, 1997, and who are otherwise eligible to
receive an immigrant visa. The managers note that the potential
beneficiaries of this provision are a fixed number of
individuals who were lawfully admitted into the United States.
While the conference agreement includes a ceiling on the number
of aliens who may benefit from this provision, the managers
recognize that it is difficult to determine precisely the
number of potential beneficiaries and that such number may need
to be revised in the future to ensure that no eligible alien is
arbitrarily denied adjustment of status.
Sec. 587. American Churchwomen in El Salvador
The conference agreement includes language regarding the
murder of four American churchwomen in El Salvador, as proposed
in the House bill. The Senate amendment did not address this
matter.
Sec. 588. Procurement and Financial Management Reform
The conference agreement includes a Senate provision
withholding 10 percent of the funds made available for
international financial institutions until the Secretary of the
Treasury certifies that a number of procurement and financial
management reforms are being implemented. The House bill
included a similar provision, adding a requirement relating to
funding of third-party procurement monitoring. The conference
agreement includes a provision that requires that, prior to
disbursement of the final 10 percent of the United States
portion or payment to an international financial institution as
defined in section 588, the Secretary of the Treasury certify,
inter alia, that the institution is taking steps to establish
an independent fraud and corruption investigative organization
or office or an equivalent mechanism.
The managers agree that, for purposes of this provision,
an investigatory organization, office, or equivalent
investigatory mechanism will be considered ``independent,''
notwithstanding the fact that it is part of the international
financial institution, if it is autonomous from the
institution's procurement process and the office or individual
being investigated and reports directly to the head of the
institution or his designee, so long as such designee has no
operational or supervisory responsibilities for the subject of
the investigation.
Sec. 589. Commercial Leasing of Defense Articles
The conference agreement includes Senate language that
authorizes commercial leasing rather than sales of defense
articles for certain specified countries under certain
conditions. The House bill did not address this matter.
Sec. 590. Foreign Military Expenditures Report
The conference agreement repeals section 511(b) of 1993
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related
Appropriations Act regarding matters to be included in the
annual human rights report to Congress by the Secretary of
State, as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not
address this matter.
The managers request that the Secretary of the Treasury
submit a one-time report to the Committees on Appropriations
which describes steps being taken to implement section 576 of
the 1997 Act and section 1502(b) of title XV of the
International Financial Institutions Act, both of which address
appropriate levels of military expenditures by countries in
receipt of loans or credits from MDBs. The report shall
identify, among other things--(1) the countries found not to be
in compliance with the provisions of section 576 and instances
where the United States Executive Director has voted to oppose
a loan as a result of that section; (2) steps taken by the
governments of countries to establish the reporting systems
addressed in section 576; (3) any instances in which such
governments have failed to provide information requested by an
international financial institution (IFI); and (4) any policy
changes that have been made by the IFIs with regard to
providing loans or credits to countries that expend a
significant portion of their financial resources for their
armed and security forces. The Senate included this report in
bill language. The House did not address the matter.
Sec. 591. Abolition of the Inter-American Foundation
The conference agreement provides authority for the
President to abolish the Inter-American Foundation and
terminate its functions, as proposed by the Senate amendment.
The House bill did not address this matter.
Sec. 592. Repeal of Requirement for Annual GAO Report on the Financial
Operations of the International Monetary Fund
The conference agreement repeals existing law regarding
an annual General Accounting Office report of the financial
operations of the International Monetary Fund. The House bill
did not address this matter.
Sec. 593. Extension of GAO Authorities
The conference agreement provides that funds made
available to the General Accounting Office from fiscal year
1999 emergency supplemental appropriations for disaster relief
in Central America and the Caribbean shall remain available
until expended. This section is identical to the Senate
amendment. The House bill did not address this matter.
Sec. 594. Funding for Serbia
The conference agreement includes language that
authorizes up to $100,000,000 for assistance for Serbia,
subject to certain conditions that become effective after March
31, 2001. Funds obligated prior to that date would not be
subject to these conditions.
The conditions include a determination and certification
that the Government of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY)
is--
(1) cooperating with the International Criminal
Tribunal for Yugoslavia including access for
investigators, the provision of documents, and the
surrender and transfer of indictees or assistance in
their apprehension;
(2) taking steps that are consistent with the
Dayton Accords to end Serbian financial, political,
security, and other support which has served to
maintain separate Republika Srpska institutions; and
(3) taking steps to implement policies which
reflect a respect for minority rights and the rule of
law.
In addition, after March 31, 2001, the language provides
that the Secretary of the Treasury should instruct the United
States executive directors to international financial
institutions to support loans and assistance to the Government
of the FRY subject to these same conditions.
The conditions described above do not apply to
Montenegro, Kosova, humanitarian assistance, or assistance to
promote democracy in municipalities.
The language also provides that the Secretary of State
should instruct United States representatives to regional and
international organizations to support membership for the
Government of the FRY subject to a determination by the
President to the Committees on Appropriations that the FRY has
applied for membership on the same basis as the other successor
states to the FRY and has taken appropriate steps to resolve
issues related to state liabilities, assets, and property.
The House bill (in section 537) and the Senate amendment
would have prohibited assistance for Serbia, except for aid to
Kosova or Montenegro or to promote democracy.
Sec. 595. Forest Initiative
The conference agreement includes a provision providing
for an exchange of federal lands and an audit of a public
enterprise. This matter was not addressed in the House bill or
the Senate amendment.
Sec. 596. User Fees
The conference agreement includes a provision which
requires the United States Executive Directors at all
multilateral development banks and the International Monetary
Fund to oppose any loan which requires user fees or service
charges on poor people for primary education or primary health
care. The managers further agree that user fees should not be
imposed or required through Bank or Fund sponsored ``community
financing,'' ``cost sharing,'' or ``cost recovery'' mechanisms
prepared in conjunctions with loans, structural adjustment
schemes or debt relief actions.
The managers direct that the Committees on Appropriations
be notified within 10 days if any loans, community financing,
cost sharing, or cost recovery mechanisms requiring the
imposition of user fees are approved by any multilateral
development bank or the International Monetary Fund.
Sec. 597. Basic Education Assistance for Pakistan
The conference agreement includes a new provision
allowing development assistance or Economic Support Funds to be
used for basic education programs in Pakistan, notwithstanding
any provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign
countries. Any such assistance would be subject to the regular
notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
Sec. 598. Family Planning
The conference agreement provides a ceiling of
$425,000,000 for population planning activities or other
population assistance but prohibits any of such funds from
being obligated or expended until February 15, 2001. The
managers believe this will afford adequate time for the
exercise of the authority of the President under the Foreign
Assistance Act and other law to determine what terms and
conditions, if any, should be imposed on assistance for
population planning and other population activities.
PROVISIONS NOT ADOPTED BY THE CONFEREES
The conference agreement does not include section 530 of
the House bill or similar Senate language that would have
prohibited the transfer of Stinger missiles to countries
bordering the Persian Gulf notwithstanding any other provision
of law, but would have authorized the transfer of Stinger
missiles on a replacement basis subject to certain specified
conditions. This matter has been addressed by the authorizing
committees in H.R. 4919, the Security Assistance Act of 2000.
The conference agreement does not include section 577 of
the Senate amendment regarding stockpiling of defense articles
in foreign countries. This matter has been addressed by the
authorizing committees in H.R. 4919, the Security Assistance
Act of 2000. The House bill did not address this matter.
The conference agreement does not include section 581 of
the Senate amendment providing authority to establish a working
capital fund at the Agency for International Development. This
matter has been addressed in separate legislation. The House
bill did not address this matter.
The conference agreement does not contain section 582 of
the Senate amendment that would have deemed the Federal
Republic of Yugoslavia (with the exception of Montenegro and
Kosova) to be a state sponsor of terrorism until receipt of a
Presidential certification of certain occurrences within
Serbia. The House bill did not address this matter.
The conference report does not include section 584 of the
Senate amendment that would have required that a number of
specified sanctions against Serbia remain in place until a
certification was issued by the President. The certification
would have required that Serbia comply with a number of
international agreements, and provided an exemption for
Montenegro and Kosova for the sanctions imposed through
international financial institutions. The House bill did not
address this matter.
The conference agreement does not include section 586 of
the Senate amendment regarding the repeal of the final proviso
under title VI of the fiscal year 2000 appropriations act for
foreign operations, export financing, and related programs.
This matter was addressed in Public Law 106-52.
The conference agreement does not include section 588 of
the House bill regarding HIPC Trust Fund conditions. The Senate
amendment did not address this matter. The conference agreement
includes conditions for United States participation in the HIPC
Trust Fund under ``Debt Restructuring'' in title II.
The conference agreement does not include section 589 of
the House bill. The Senate amendment did not address this
matter.
The conference agreement does not include section 591 of
the House bill regarding section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930.
The Senate amendment did not address this matter.
The conference agreement does not include section 592 of
the House bill regarding the ``Buy America Act''. The Senate
amendment did not address this matter.
The conference agreement does not include section 592 of
the Senate amendment regarding the U.S.-Asia Environmental
Partnership. The House bill did not address this matter.
The conference agreement does not include section 593 of
the House bill regarding North Korea. The Senate amendment did
not address this matter.
The conference agreement does not include section 595 of
the Senate amendment regarding nonproliferation and
antiterrorism programs. The House bill did not address this
matter.
The conference agreement does not include section 596 of
the Senate amendment regarding HIV/AIDS. The House bill did not
address this matter.
The conference agreement does not include section 597 of
the Senate amendment regarding Sudan. The House bill did not
address this matter.
The conference agreement does not include section 599 of
the Senate amendment regarding Zimbabwe. The House bill did not
address this matter.
The conference agreement does not include section 599A of
the Senate amendment regarding Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
The House bill did not address this matter.
The conference agreement does not include section 599B of
the Senate amendment regarding dowry deaths and honor killings.
The House bill did not address this matter.
The conference agreement does not include section 599C of
the Senate amendment regarding female genital mutilation. The
House bill did not address this matter. The managers address
the issue under ``Development Assistance''.
The conference agreement does not include section 599D of
the Senate amendment regarding support by the Russan Federation
for Serbia. The House bill did not address this matter. Issues
relating to Serbia are addressed in section 597.
The conference agreement does not include section 599E of
the Senate amendment regarding Bulgaria and Romania. The House
bill did not address this matter.
The conference agreement does not include section 599F of
the Senate amendment regarding drug interdiction. The House
bill did not address this matter.
The conference agreement does not include section 599G of
the Senate amendment regarding emergency domestic spending. The
House bill did not address this matter.
The conference agreement does not include section 599H of
the Senate amendment regarding Mozambique and southern Africa.
The House bill did not address this matter. The matter is
addressed in title VI.
The conference agreement does not include section 599I of
the Senate amendment regarding debt relief. The House bill did
not address this matter.
The conference agreement does not include section 599J of
the Senate amendment entitled ``Russian Missile Sales to
China''. However, the managers expect the Secretary of the
Treasury to urge the executive directors of all international
financial institutions to use the voice and vote of the United
States to oppose loans, credits or guarantees to the Russian
Federation, except for basic human needs, if the Russian
Federation delivers any additional SS-N-22 missiles or
components to the People's Republic of China. The House bill
did not address this matter.
The conference agreement does not include section 599K of
the Senate amendment regarding international health. The House
bill did not address this matter.
TITLE VI--EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE
Funds Appropriated to the President
Agency for International Development
International Disaster Assistance
The conference agreement appropriates $135,000,000 for
emergency supplemental appropriations for Mozambique,
Madagascar, and southern Africa rehabilitation and
reconstruction. The House bill proposed $160,000,000 and the
Senate amendment proposed $35,000,000. Congress has already
provided $25,000,000 in fiscal year 2000 supplemental funds
(Public Law 106-246) for this purpose. These funds are provided
in the ``International Disaster Assistance'' account. All of
these funds are made available only to the extent that the
President makes an official budget request that includes
designation of the entire amount as an emergency requirement.
The managers direct that the majority of funds be
provided for Mozambique and Madagascar, which suffered the most
damage from these cyclones and the resultant flooding. The
managers direct that no funds be made available to the
government of Zimbabwe. Further, the conference agreement
prohibits the use of funds under this title for nonproject
assistance. This prohibition is not intended to affect the
accelerated disbursement plan developed by AID for local
currency projects in Mozambique. The conference agreement
allows up to $12,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this
heading to be charged to obligations of previously appropriated
funds. The conference agreement provides that up to $5,000,000
of the funds under this heading may be used for administrative
purposes, and may be merged with AID's operating expenses
budget.
The Administrator of AID is directed to report in writing
to the Committees on Appropriations prior to the obligation of
any funds under this title. The report shall include a detailed
plan regarding a description of the projects and programs to be
carried out with these funds; the exact uses of administrative
expenses; and the bureau within AID primarily responsible for
carrying out these projects.
Funds Appropriated to the President
Operating Expenses of the Agency for International Development
The conference agreement appropriates $13,000,000 in
supplemental funds, to remain available until September 30,
2001, for the Operating Expenses of the Agency for
International Development. The funding is designated as an
emergency requirement and is intended to support the obligation
of program funds for southeast Europe. All of these funds are
made available only to the extent that the President makes an
official budget request that includes designation of the entire
amount as an emergency requirement. The House addressed this
matter in H.R. 3908, the 2000 Emergency Supplemental
Appropriations Act, which passed the House on March 30, 2000.
The recommended level is the same as that approved by the
House. The Senate amendment did not address this matter.
Other Bilateral Economic Assistance
Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States
The conference agreement appropriates $75,825,000 in
supplemental funds, to remain available until September 30,
2002, for assistance for Montenegro, Croatia, and Serbia. The
funding is designated as an emergency requirement. All of these
funds are made available only to the extent that the President
makes an official budget request that includes designation of
the entire amount as an emergency requirement. The House
addressed this matter in H.R. 3908, the 2000 Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act, which passed the House on
March 30, 2000. The recommended level is the $20,000,000 below
the level approved by the House. The Senate amendment did not
address this matter.
MILITARY ASSISTANCE
Funds Appropriated to the President
International Military Education and Training
The conference agreement appropriates $2,875,000 in
supplemental funds, to remain available until September 30,
2002, for grants to countries of the Balkans and southeast
Europe notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91-672. The
funding is designated as an emergency requirement. All of these
funds are made available only to the extent that the President
makes an official budget request that includes designation of
the entire amount as an emergency requirement. The House
addressed this matter in H.R. 3908, the 2000 Emergency
Supplemental Appropriations Act, which passed the House on
March 30, 2000. The recommended level is the same as that
approved by the House. The Senate amendment did not address
this matter.
Foreign Military Financing Program
The conference agreement appropriates $31,000,000 in
supplemental funds, to remain available until September 30,
2002, for grants to carry out section 23 of the Arms Export
Control Act notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91-672.
These funds are nonrepayable notwithstanding sections 23(b) and
23(c) of that Act. The funding is designated as an emergency
requirement. All of these funds are made available only to the
extent that the President makes an official budget request that
includes designation of the entire amount as an emergency
requirement. The House addressed this matter in H.R. 3908, the
2000 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, which passed
the House on March 30, 2000. The recommended level is the same
as that approved by the House. The Senate amendment did not
address this matter.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Debt Restructuring
The conference agreement appropriates $210,000,000 in
supplemental funds, to remain available until expended under
the terms and conditions as included under this heading in
title II of the Act, for additional payments to the HIPC Trust
Fund administered by the International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development. The funding is designated as an emergency
requirement. All of these funds are made available only to the
extent that the President makes an official budget request that
includes designation of the entire amount as an emergency
requirement. The House bill and the Senate amendment did not
consider this matter, which was requested as a Fiscal Year 2000
supplemental appropriation.
TITLE VII--DEBT REDUCTION
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Bureau of the Public Debt
GIFTS TO THE UNITED STATES FOR REDUCTION OF THE PUBLIC DEBT
The conference agreement provides $5,000,000,000 for the
account established under section 3113(d) of title 31, United
States Code, to reduce the public debt.
TITLE VIII--INTERNATIONAL DEBT FORGIVENESS AND
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS REFORM
The conference agreement includes language similar to
that reported by the Foreign Relations Committee as S. 3129.
This matter was not addressed by the House bill and the Senate
amendment.
Section 801 repeals the existing limitation on the
availability of earnings on profits of nonpublic gold sales by
the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and authorizes
$435,000,000 for a United States contribution to the Heavily
Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Trust Fund. It also requires the
Secretary of the Treasury to certify that specified policy
reforms are being implemented by the World Bank and the IMF,
or, if such certification can not be made, report on the
progress, if any, made by the Bank and Fund in adopting and
implementing such reform policies.
Section 802 seeks to strengthen procedures for monitoring
use of funds by multilateral development banks (MDBs). Section
803 requires the Comptroller General or the Secretary of the
Treasury to make annual reports on the sufficiency of audits of
the financial operations of each MDB, actions taken by
beneficiary countries to reduce the opportunity for bribery and
corruption, and the graduation policies of IDA.
Section 804 repeals a provision of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 relating to bilateral funding for international
financial institutions.
Conference Total--With Comparisons
The total new budget (obligational) authority for the
fiscal year 2001 recommended by the Committee of Conference,
with comparisons to the fiscal year 2000 amount, the 2001
budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2001
follow:
[In thousands of dollars)
New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2000... $16,453,435
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal
year 2001........................................... 15,829,432
House bill, fiscal year 2001............................ 13,346,313
Senate bill, fiscal year 2001........................... 14,807,818
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2001.................. 14,941,168
Conference agreement compared with:
New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year
2000.............................................. -1,512,267
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority,
fiscal year 2001.................................. -888,264
House bill, fiscal year 2001........................ +1,594,855
Senate bill, fiscal year 2001....................... +133,350
Sonny Callahan,
John Edward Porter,
Frank R. Wolf,
Ron Packard,
Joe Knollenberg,
Jack Kingston,
Jerry Lewis,
Roger F. Wicker,
Bill Young,
Nancy Pelosi,
Nita M. Lowey,
Jesse Jackson, Jr.,
Carolyn C. Kilpatrick,
Martin Olav Sabo,
Dave Obey,
(except for cap adjustment),
Managers on the Part of the House.
Mitch McConnell,
Arlen Specter,
Judd Gregg,
Richard Shelby,
Robert F. Bennett,
Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
Kit Bond,
Ted Stevens,
Patrick Leahy,
Frank R. Lautenberg,
Tom Harkin,
Barbara A. Mikulski,
Patty Murray,
Robert C. Byrd,
Managers on the Part of the Senate.