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106th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5526
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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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
October 24, 2000
Mr. Callahan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Appropriations
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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,
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