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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-SENATE
July 18, 2000
a foreign country's loan obligations to such in-
stitution.
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 al-
lowances for the Agency for International De-
velopment during the current fiscal year: Pro-
vided, That appropriate steps shall be taken to
assure that, to the maximum extent possible,
United States-owned foreign currencies are uti-
lized 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 Fi-
nancing Program", not to exceed $2,000 shall be
available for entertainment expenses and not to
exceed $50,000 shall be available for representa-
tion 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 avail-
able for entertainment allowances: Provided fur-
ther, 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 ex-
penses: Provided further, That of the funds
made available by this Act under the heading
"Trade and Development Agency", not to ex-
ceed $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 "Non-
proliferation, Anti-terrorism, Demining and Re-
lated Programs") pursuant to this Act, for car-
rying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961,
may be used, except for purposes of nuclear
safety, to finance the export of nuclear equip-
ment, 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 di-
rectly any assistance or reparations to Cuba,
Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Sudan, or
Syria: Provided, That for purposes of this sec-
tion, the prohibition on obligations or expendi-
tures shall include direct loans, credits, insur-
ance 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 di-
rectly any assistance to any country whose duly
elected head of government is deposed by mili-
tary coup or decree: Provided, That assistance
may be resumed to such country if the President
determines and reports to the Committees on Ap-
propriations that subsequent to the termination
of assistance a democratically elected govern-
ment has taken office.
TRANSFERS BETWEEN ACCOUNTS
SEC. 509. None of the funds made available by
this Act may be obligated under an appropria-tion account to which they were not appro-
priated, except for transfers specifically pro-
vided 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 jus-
tification to the Committees on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
DEOBLIGATION/REOBLIGATION AUTHORITY
SEC. 510. (a) Amounts certified pursuant to
section 1311 of the Supplemental Appropriations
Act, 1955, as having been obligated against ap-
propriations heretofore made under the author-
ity of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the
same general purpose as any of the headings
under title II of this Act are, if deobligated,
hereby continued available for the same period
as the respective appropriations under such
headings or until September 30, 2001, whichever
is later, and for the same general purpose, and
for countries within the same region as origi-
nally obligated: Provided, That the Appropria-
tions Committees of both Houses of the Congress
are notified 15 days in advance of the reobliga-
tion of such funds in accordance with regular
notification procedures of the Committees on
Appropriations.
(b) Obligated balances of funds appropriated
to carry out section 23 of the Arms Export Con-
trol Act as of the end of the fiscal year imme-
diately 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 appro-
priations under this Act: Provided, That the au-
thority of this subsection may not be used in fis-
cal year 2001.
AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS
SEC. 511. No part of any appropriation con-
tained in this Act shall remain available for ob-
ligation after the expiration of the current fiscal
year unless expressly so provided in this Act:
Provided, That funds appropriated for the pur-
poses of chapters 1, 8, and 11 of part I, section
667, and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1961, as amended, and funds pro-
vided under the heading "Assistance for East-
ern Europe and the Baltic States", shall remain
available until expended if such funds are ini-
tially obligated before the expiration of their re-
spective 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 Assist-
ance Act of 1961 which are allocated or obli-
gated for cash disbursements in order to address
balance of payments or economic policy reform
objectives, shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided further, That the report re-
quired by section 653(a) of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961 shall designate for each coun-
try, to the extent known at the time of submis-
sion 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 con-
tained in this Act shall be used to furnish assist-
ance to any government which is in default dur-
ing a period in excess of one calendar year in
payment to the United States of principal or in-
terest on any loan made to such government 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 nar-
cotics-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 Ex-
port-Import Bank and the Overseas Private In-
vestment Corporation shall be obligated or ex-
pended to finance any loan, any assistance or
any other financial commitments for estab-
lishing or expanding production of any com-
modity 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 result-
ing productive capacity is expected to become
operative and if the assistance will cause sub-
stantial injury to United States producers of the
same, similar, or competing commodity: Pro-
vided, 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 train-
ing in connection with the growth or production
in a foreign country of an agricultural com-
modity 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 Corpora-
tion, the Inter-American Development Bank, the
International Monetary Fund, the Asian Devel-
opment 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 pur-
suant to this Act, for the production or extrac-
tion of any commodity or mineral for export, if
it is in surplus on world markets and if the as-
sistance will cause substantial injury to United
States producers of the same, similar, or com-
peting commodity.
NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
SEC. 515. (a) For the purposes of providing the
executive branch with the necessary administra-
tive flexibility, none of the funds made available
under this Act for "Development Assistance",
"Global Health", "International Organizations
and Programs", "Trade and Development Agen-
cy", "International Narcotics Control and Law
Enforcement", "Assistance for Eastern Europe
and the Baltic States", "Assistance for the
Independent States", "Economic Support
Fund", "Peacekeeping Operations", "Oper-
ating Expenses of the Agency for International
Development", "Operating Expenses of the
Agency for International Development Office of
Inspector General", "Nonproliferation, Anti-ter-
rorism, Demining and Related Programs", "For-
eign Military Financing Program", "Inter-
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