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106th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2415
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AN ACT
To enhance security of United States missions and personnel overseas,
to authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal year
2000, and for other purposes.
106th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2415
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To enhance security of United States missions and personnel overseas,
to authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal year
2000, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``American Embassy Security Act of
1999''.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
DIVISION A--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED PROVISIONS
TITLE I--AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS
Chapter 1--Department of State
Sec. 101. Administration of foreign affairs.
Sec. 102. International organizations.
Sec. 103. International commissions.
Sec. 104. Migration and refugee assistance.
Sec. 105. Public diplomacy programs.
Sec. 106. Voluntary contributions to international organizations.
Sec. 107. Grants to the Asia Foundation.
Chapter 2--Broadcasting Board of Governors
Sec. 121. International broadcasting.
TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES
Chapter 1--Authorities and Activities
Sec. 201. Authority to lease aircraft to respond to a terrorist attack
abroad.
Sec. 202. Report on Cuban drug trafficking.
Sec. 203. Report on compliance with the Hague Convention on
International Child Abduction.
Sec. 204. Elimination of obsolete reports.
Sec. 205. Continuation of reporting requirements.
Sec. 206. International arms sales code of conduct.
Sec. 207. Human rights and democracy fellowships.
Sec. 208. Joint funds under agreements for cooperation in
environmental, scientific, cultural, and
related areas.
Sec. 209. Report on international extradition.
Sec. 210. Effective regulation of satellite export activities.
Sec. 211. Report concerning attack in Cambodia.
Sec. 212. Gender Related Persecution Task Force.
Sec. 213. Report concerning the diplomatic initiatives of the United
States and other interested parties in the
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.
Sec. 214. Report concerning proliferation of small arms.
Chapter 2--Consular And Related Activities
Sec. 251. Deaths and estates of United States citizens abroad.
Sec. 252. Duties of consular officers.
Sec. 253. Machine readable visas.
Sec. 254. Processing of visa applications.
Sec. 255. Repeal of outdated provision on passport fees.
Sec. 256. Fees relating to affidavits of support.
Sec. 257. Report on terrorist activity in which United States citizens
were killed and related matters.
Sec. 258. Denial of passports to noncustodial parents subject to State
arrest warrants in cases of nonpayment of
child support.
Sec. 259. Issuance of passports for the first time to children under
age 14.
Chapter 3--Refugees
Sec. 271. United States policy regarding the involuntary return of
refugees.
Sec. 272. Human rights reports.
Sec. 273. Guidelines for refugee processing posts.
Sec. 274. Vietnamese refugees.
TITLE III--ORGANIZATION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE; PERSONNEL OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND FOREIGN SERVICE
Chapter 1--Organization of the Department of State
Sec. 301. Establishment of Bureau for International Information
Programs and Bureau for Educational and
Cultural Exchange Programs.
Sec. 302. Correction of designation of Inspector General of the
Department of State.
Sec. 303. Science and Technology Adviser to Secretary of State.
Chapter 2--Personnel of the Department of State
Sec. 321. Establishment of Foreign Service Star.
Sec. 322. United States citizens hired abroad.
Sec. 323. Border equalization adjustment.
Sec. 324. Treatment of grievance records.
Sec. 325. Report concerning financial disadvantages for administrative
and technical personnel.
Sec. 326. Extension of overseas hiring authority.
Sec. 327. Medical emergency assistance.
Sec. 328. Families of deceased foreign service personnel.
Sec. 329. Parental choice in education.
Sec. 330. Workforce planning for foreign service personnel by federal
agencies.
Sec. 331. Compensation for survivors of terrorist attacks overseas.
Sec. 332. Preservation of diversity in reorganization.
TITLE IV--UNITED STATES INFORMATIONAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND CULTURAL
PROGRAMS
Sec. 401. Educational and cultural exchanges and scholarships for
Tibetans and Burmese.
Sec. 402. Conduct of certain educational and cultural exchange
programs.
Sec. 403. Notification to Congress of grants.
Sec. 404. National security measures.
Sec. 405. Designation of North/South Center as the Dante B. Fascell
North-South Center.
Sec. 406. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy.
Sec. 407. International expositions.
Sec. 408. Royal Ulster Constabulary.
TITLE V--INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING
Sec. 501. Permanent authorization for Radio Free Asia.
Sec. 502. Preservation of RFE/RL (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty).
Sec. 503. Immunity from civil liability for Broadcasting Board of
Governors.
TITLE VI--INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND COMMISSIONS
Sec. 601. Interparliamentary groups.
Sec. 602. Authority to assist State and local governments.
Sec. 603. International Boundary and Water Commission.
Sec. 604. Concerning United Nations General Assembly Resolution ES-10/
6.
TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 701. Sense of the Congress concerning support for democracy and
human rights activists in Cuba.
Sec. 702. Relating to Cyprus.
Sec. 703. Recognition of the Magen David Adom Society in Israel as a
full member of the International Red Cross
and Red Crescent Movement.
Sec. 704. Annual reporting on war crimes, crimes against humanity, and
genocide.
Sec. 705. Sense of the Congress supporting humanitarian assistance to
the people of Burma.
Sec. 706. Restrictions on nuclear cooperation with North Korea.
Sec. 707. Self-determination in East Timor.
Sec. 708. Sense of the Congress relating to Linda Shenwick.
Sec. 709. Sense of the Congress regarding sewage treatment along the
border between the United States and
Mexico.
Sec. 710. Sense of the Congress regarding Colombia.
Sec. 711. Sense of the House of representatives concerning Haitian
elections.
Sec. 712. Sense of the Congress commending the people of Israel for
reaffirming the democratic ideals of Israel
in its elections.
Sec. 713. Sense of the Congress regarding the sovereignty of
territories in the Aegean Sea.
Sec. 714. Sense of the Congress that the President should seek a public
renunciation by the People's Republic of
China of any use of force, or threat to use
force, against taiwan, and that the United
States should help Taiwan in case of
threats or a military attack by the
People's Republic of China.
Sec. 715. Sense of the Congress regarding support for the Iraqi
democratic opposition.
Sec. 716. Kosovar Albanian prisoners held in Serbia.
TITLE VIII--LIMITATION ON PROCUREMENT OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES
Sec. 801. Limitation on procurement outside the United States.
TITLE IX--GULF WAR VETERANS' IRAQI CLAIMS PROTECTION
Sec. 901. Short title.
Sec. 902. Adjudication of claims.
Sec. 903. Claims funds.
Sec. 904. Authority to vest Iraqi assets.
Sec. 905. Reimbursement for administrative expenses.
Sec. 906. Payments.
Sec. 907. Authority to transfer records.
Sec. 908. Statute of limitations; disposition of unused funds.
Sec. 909. Definitions.
DIVISION B--SECURITY ASSISTANCE PROVISIONS
Sec. 1001. Short title.
TITLE XI--TRANSFERS OF EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES
Sec. 1101. Excess defense articles for central european countries.
Sec. 1102. Excess defense articles for certain independent States of
the former Soviet Union.
TITLE XII--FOREIGN MILITARY SALES AUTHORITIES
Sec. 1201. Termination of foreign military financed training.
Sec. 1202. Sales of excess Coast Guard property.
Sec. 1203. Competitive pricing for sales of defense articles.
Sec. 1204. Reporting of offset agreements.
Sec. 1205. Notification of upgrades to direct commercial sales.
Sec. 1206. Expanded prohibition on incentive payments.
Sec. 1207. Administrative fees for leasing of defense articles.
TITLE XIII--STOCKPILING OF DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR FOREIGN COUNTRIES
Sec. 1301. Additions to United States war reserve stockpiles for
allies.
Sec. 1302. Transfer of certain obsolete or surplus defense articles in
the war reserves stockpile for allies.
TITLE XIV--INTERNATIONAL ARMS SALES CODE OF CONDUCT ACT OF 1999
Sec. 1401. Short title.
Sec. 1402. Findings.
Sec. 1403. International arms sales code of conduct.
TITLE XV--AUTHORITY TO EXEMPT INDIA AND PAKISTAN FROM CERTAIN SANCTIONS
Sec. 1501. Waiver authority.
Sec. 1502. Consultation.
Sec. 1503. Reporting requirement.
Sec. 1504. Appropriate congressional committees defined.
TITLE XVI--TRANSFER OF NAVAL VESSELS TO CERTAIN FOREIGN COUNTRIES
Sec. 1601. Authority to transfer naval vessels.
Sec. 1602. Inapplicability of aggregate annual limitation on value of
transferred excess defense articles.
Sec. 1603. Costs of transfers.
Sec. 1604. Expiration of authority.
Sec. 1605. Repair and refurbishment of vessels in United States
shipyards.
Sec. 1606. Sense of the Congress relating to transfer of naval vessels
and aircraft to the Government of the
Philippines.
TITLE XVII--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Sec. 1701. Annual military assistance reports.
Sec. 1702. Publication of arms sales certifications.
Sec. 1703. Notification requirements for commercial export of
significant military equipment on United
States munitions list.
Sec. 1704. Enforcement of Arms Export Control Act.
Sec. 1705. Violations relating to material support to terrorists.
Sec. 1706. Authority to consent to third party transfer of ex-U.S.S.
Bowman County to USS LST Ship Memorial,
Inc.
Sec. 1707. Exceptions relating to prohibitions on assistance to
countries involved in transfer or use of
nuclear explosive devices.
Sec. 1708. Continuation of the export control regulations under IEEPA.
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