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    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 equivalent to the level provided in fiscal year 
1995. Such private and voluntary organizations shall include those which 
operate on a not-for-profit basis, receive contributions from private 
sources, receive voluntary support from the public and are deemed to be 
among the most cost-effective and successful providers of development 
assistance.

                    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, $181,000,000, to remain 
available until expended.

            humanitarian assistance to the former yugoslavia

    Of the funds appropriated in title II of this Act, $40,000,000 
should be available only for emergency humanitarian assistance to the 
former Yugoslavia, of which amount not less than $6,000,000 shall be 
available only for humanitarian assistance to Kosova.

                           debt restructuring

    For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, of modifying direct 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, through debt buybacks and swaps, owed to the United 
States as a result of concessional loans made to eligible Latin American 
and Caribbean countries, pursuant to part IV of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, $10,000,000, to remain available until expended.

         micro and small enterprise development program account

    For the subsidy cost of direct loans and loan guarantees, 
$1,500,000, as authorized by section 108 of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, as amended: 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, 1997.

                    housing guaranty program account

    For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, of guaranteed loans authorized by sections 221 and 222 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $4,000,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 1997: Provided, That these

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funds are available to subsidize loan principal, 100 percent of which 
shall be guaranteed, pursuant to the authority of such sections. In 
addition, for administrative expenses to carry out guaranteed loan 
programs, $7,000,000, all of which may be transferred to and merged with 
the appropriation for Operating Expenses of the Agency for International 
Development: Provided further, That commitments to guarantee loans under 
this heading may be entered into notwithstanding the second and third 
sentences of section 222(a) and, with regard to programs for Eastern 
Europe and programs for the benefit of South Africans disadvantaged by 
apartheid, section 223(j) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: 
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading 
shall be obligated except through the regular notification procedures of 
the Committees on Appropriations.

      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, $43,914,000.

     operating expenses of the agency for international development

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 667, 
$465,750,000: Provided, That of this amount not more than $1,475,000 may 
be made available to pay for printing costs: Provided further, That none 
of the funds appropriated by this Act for programs administered by the 
Agency for International Development (AID) may be used to finance 
printing costs of any report or study (except feasibility, design, or 
evaluation reports or studies) in excess of $25,000 without the approval 
of the Administrator of the Agency or the Administrator's designee: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, none 
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be 
made available for expenses necessary to relocate the Agency for 
International Development, or any part of that agency, to the building 
at the Federal Triangle in Washington, District of Columbia.

operating expenses of the agency for international development office of 
                            inspector general

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 667, 
$30,200,000, to remain available until September 30, 1997, 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 <<NOTE: israel. egypt.>> 

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter 4 of 
part II, $2,340,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 1997: 
Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less 
than $1,200,000,000 shall be available only for Israel, which sum shall 
be available on a grant basis as a cash transfer and shall be disbursed 
within thirty days of enactment of this Act or by October 31, 1995, 
whichever is later: Provided

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further, That not less than $815,000,000 shall be available only for 
Egypt, which sum shall be provided on a grant basis, and of which sum 
cash transfer assistance may 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 the Egyptian pound equivalent of 
$85,000,000 generated from funds made available by this paragraph or 
generated from funds appropriated under this heading in prior 
appropriations Acts, may be made available to the United States pursuant 
to the United States-Egypt Economic, Technical and Related Assistance 
Agreements of 1978, for the following activities under such Agreements: 
the Egyptian pound equivalent of $50,000,000 may be made available to 
replenish the existing endowment for the American University in Cairo, 
and the Egyptian pound equivalent of $35,000,000 may be made available 
for projects and programs, including establishment of an endowment, 
which promote the preservation and restoration of Egyptian 
antiquities: <<NOTE: President.>> Provided further, That in exercising 
the authority to provide cash transfer assistance for Israel and Egypt, 
the President shall ensure that the level of such assistance does not 
cause an adverse impact on the total level of non-military exports from 
the United States to each such country: Provided further, That it is the 
sense of the Congress that the recommended levels of assistance for 
Egypt and Israel are based in great measure upon their continued 
participation in the Camp David Accords and upon the Egyptian-Israeli 
peace treaty: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated 
under this heading shall be made available for Zaire.

                     international fund for ireland

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of part I of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, up to $19,600,000, 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, 1997.

           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, $324,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 1997, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, for economic assistance and for related programs for 
Eastern Europe and the Baltic States.
    (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 appropria

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tion 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.

  assistance for the new independent states of the former soviet union

    (a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter 11 
of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the FREEDOM Support 
Act, for assistance for the new independent states of the former Soviet 
Union and for related programs, $641,000,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 1997: Provided, That the provisions of 498B(j) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall apply to funds appropriated by this 
paragraph.
    (b) None of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be 
transferred to the Government of Russia--
            (1) unless that Government is making progress in 
        implementing comprehensive economic reforms based on market 
        principles, private ownership, negotiating repayment of 
        commercial debt, 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.

    (c) Funds may be furnished without regard to subsection (b) if the 
President determines that to do so is in the national interest.
    (d) <<NOTE: 22 USC 5814 note.>> None of the funds appropriated under 
this heading shall be made available to any government of the new 
independent states of the former Soviet Union if that government directs 
any action in violation of the territorial integrity or national 
sovereignty of any other new independent state, 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: Provided further, That the restriction of 
this subsection shall not apply to the use of such funds for the 
provision of assistance for purposes of humanitarian, disaster and 
refugee relief.

    (e) None of the funds appropriated under this heading for the new 
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 or nonproliferation 
programs.

    (f) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be subject to the 
regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
    (g) Funds made available in this Act for assistance to the new 
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.
    (h) Funds appropriated under this heading may be made available for 
assistance for Mongolia.
    (i) Funds made available in this Act for assistance to the new 
independent states of the former Soviet Union shall be provided

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to the maximum extent feasible through the private sector, including 
small- and medium-size businesses, entrepreneurs, and others with 
indigenous private enterprises in the region, intermediary development 
organizations committed to private enterprise, and private voluntary 
organizations: Provided, That grantees and contractors should, to the 
maximum extent possible, place in key staff positions specialists with 
prior on the ground expertise in the region of activity and fluency in 
one of the local languages.
    (j) In issuing new task orders, entering into contracts, or making 
grants, with funds appropriated under this heading or 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.
    (k) Of the funds made available under this heading, not less than 
$225,000,000 shall be made available for Ukraine, with the understanding 
that Ukraine will undertake significant economic reforms which are 
additional to those which were undertaken in previous fiscal years, and 
of which not less than $50,000,000 (from this or any other Act) shall be 
made available to improve energy self-sufficiency and improve safety at 
nuclear reactors, and of which $2,000,000 should be made available to 
conduct or implement an assessment of the energy distribution grid that 
provides recommendations leading to increased access to power by 
industrial, commercial and residential users, and of which not less than 
$22,000,000 shall be made available to support the development of small 
and medium enterprises, including independent broadcast and print media.
    (l) Of the funds made available under this heading, $5,000,000 
should be made available for a project to screen, diagnose, and treat 
victims of breast cancer associated with the 1985 incident at the 
Chernobyl reactor in Ukraine.
    (m) Of the funds made available by this Act, not less than 
$85,000,000 shall be made available for Armenia.
    (n) Of the funds made available by this or any other Act, 
$30,000,000 should be made available for Georgia.
    (o)(1) <<NOTE: Effective date.>> Effective ninety days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, none of the funds appropriated under this 
heading may be made available for Russia unless the President determines 
and certifies in writing to the Committees on Appropriations that the 
Government of Russia has terminated implementation of arrangements to 
provide Iran with technical expertise, training, technology, or 
equipment necessary to develop a nuclear reactor or related nuclear 
research facilities or programs.

    (2) Subparagraph (1) shall not apply if the President determines 
that making such funds available is important to the national security 
interest of the United States. Any such determination shall cease to be 
effective six months after being made unless the President determines 
that its continuation is important to the national security interest of 
the United States.
    (p) Of the funds appropriated under this heading, $20,000,000 should 
be provided for hospital partnership programs, medical assistance to 
directly reduce the incidence of infectious diseases

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