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H.R.4811      (Major Legislation)
Sponsor: Rep Callahan, Sonny (introduced 7/10/2000)
Related Bills: H.RES.546, S.2522
Latest Major Action: 7/18/2000 Resolving differences / Conference -- Senate actions
Title: 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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7/10/2000 9:37pm:
The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 106-720, by Mr. Callahan.
7/10/2000 9:37pm:
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 404.
7/11/2000 8:32pm:
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 546 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4811 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. All points of order against consideration ot the bill are waived. After general debate the bill shall be considered for amendment under the five-minute rule. Measure will be read by section. Bill is open to amendments.
7/12/2000 4:53pm:
Rule H. Res. 546 passed House.
7/12/2000 4:53pm:
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 546. (consideration: CR H5889-5923, H5924-5953; text of Title I as reported in House: CR H5903-5904, H5933; text of Title II as reported in House: CR H5933-5934, H5942-5943, H5951; text of Title III as reported in House: CR 7/13/2000 H5965; text of Title IV as reported in House: CR 7/13/2000 H5965-5968; text of Title V as reported in House: CR 7/13/2000 H5968-5975, H5977-5983, H5996; text of Title VI as reported in House: CR 7/13/2000 H5998-5999)
7/12/2000 4:54pm:
House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 546 and Rule XXIII.
7/12/2000 4:54pm:
The Speaker designated the Honorable Mac Thornberry to act as Chairman of the Committee.
7/12/2000 6:14pm:
H.AMDT.980 Amendment (A001) offered by Ms. Pelosi. (consideration: CR H5904-5923; text: CR H5904)
An amendment to increase funds for the Department of the Treasury Debt Restructuring account by $210,000,000 for FY 2000 and by $179,600,000 for FY 2001.
7/12/2000 9:06pm:
H.AMDT.980 Mr. Callahan raised a point of order against the Pelosi amendment (A001). Mr. Callahan stated that the amendment sought to legislate in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order.
7/12/2000 9:06pm:
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 4811 as unfinished business.
7/12/2000 9:25pm:
Considered as unfinished business.
7/12/2000 9:26pm:
The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
7/12/2000 9:28pm:
H.AMDT.981 Amendment (A002) offered by Mr. Burton. (consideration: CR H5924-5926; text: CR H5924)
An amendment numbered 4 printed in the Congressional Record to decrease the export and investment assistance subsidy appropriation by $25 million; to decrease bilateral economic assistance by $49.5 million; to decrease funding for USAID by $30 million; and to increase funding for the Department of State Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement by $99.5 million.
7/12/2000 9:37pm:
H.AMDT.981 By unanimous consent, the Burton amendment was withdrawn.
7/12/2000 9:37pm:
H.AMDT.982 Amendment (A003) offered by Ms. Waters. (consideration: CR H5926; text: CR H5926)
Amendment fully funds the Administration's request of $225 million for debt relief for the world's poorest countries in FY 2001.
7/12/2000 10:40pm:
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 4811 as unfinished business.
7/12/2000 10:45pm:
Considered as unfinished business.
7/12/2000 10:46pm:
The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
7/12/2000 10:51pm:
H.AMDT.983 Amendment (A004) offered by Ms. Lee. (consideration: CR H5933-5939; text: CR H5933-5934)
Amendment increases the account for Agency for International Development Child Survival and Disease Programs Fund by approximately $42 million. The additional funds would be directed to the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS.
7/12/2000 11:35pm:
H.AMDT.984 Amendment (A005) offered by Mr. Brown (OH). (consideration: CR H5939-5941; text: CR H5939)
An amendment to increase the funding for the Agency for International Development Child Survival and Disease Programs Fund by approximately $40 million. The funds would be intended for prevention and treatment of tuberculosis. The increase would be funded by an offset of a similar reduction in funds from the Asian Development Fund.
7/12/2000 11:46pm:
H.AMDT.984 By unanimous consent, the Brown (OH) amendment was withdrawn.
7/12/2000 11:46pm:
H.AMDT.985 Amendment (A006) offered by Mr. Sherman. (consideration: CR H5941-5942; text: CR H5941)
Amendment increases funding for disease programs related to HIV/AIDS by $10million and decreases funding for the World Bank International Development Association.
7/12/2000 11:55pm:
H.AMDT.985 On agreeing to the Sherman amendment (A006) Agreed to by voice vote.
7/12/2000 11:56pm:
Mr. Gilman raised a point of order against the content of the measure. Mr. Gilman stated that the proviso beginning on page 11, line 23 and ending on page 12, line 8 constituted legislation in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order.
7/12/2000 11:57pm:
H.AMDT.986 Amendment (A007) offered by Mr. Roemer. (consideration: CR H5943-5945; text: CR H5943)
An amendment numbered 18 printed in the Congressional Record to increase Bilateral Economic Assistance funds for development assistance by $15 million; decrease USAID in title II by $2.1 million; decrease Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency funding in title IV by $4.9 million; and decrease the Inter-American Investment Corporation funding by $8 million in title IV.
7/13/2000 12:14am:
H.AMDT.986 By unanimous consent, the Roemer amendment was withdrawn.
7/13/2000 12:14am:
H.AMDT.987 Amendment (A008) offered by Mr. Smith (MI). (consideration: CR 7/12/2000 H5945-5946; text: CR 7/12/2000 H5945)
An amendment regarding Biotechnology Research.
7/13/2000 12:21am:
H.AMDT.987 By unanimous consent, the Smith (MI) amendment was withdrawn.
7/13/2000 12:22am:
H.AMDT.988 Amendment (A009) offered by Mr. Sanders. (consideration: CR 7/12/2000 H5946-5948; text: CR 7/12/2000 H5946)
An amendment numbered 20 printed in the Congressional Record to provide $2.5 million in assistance to NGO's for the reintegration of victims of sex trafficking. The offset comes from the bill's $2.5 million increase for International Military Education and Training Programs.
7/13/2000 12:40am:
H.AMDT.988 By unanimous consent, the Sanders amendment was withdrawn.
7/13/2000 12:40am:
H.AMDT.989 Amendment (A010) offered by Mr. Payne. (consideration: CR 7/12/2000 H5948-5951; text: CR 7/12/2000 H5948)
An amendment to provide that not less than $720,000,000 shall be made available for the Development Fund for Africa.
7/13/2000 12:59am:
H.AMDT.989 Mr. Callahan raised a point of order against the Payne amendment (A010). Mr. Callahan stated that the amendment sought to earmark funds not previously authorized. The Chair sustained the point of order.
7/13/2000 1:00am:
H.AMDT.990 Amendment (A011) offered by Mr. Payne. (consideration: CR 7/12/2000 H5950-5951; text: CR 7/12/2000 H5950)
An amendment to provide that $500,000 shall be made available for a grant to the Office of the Facilitator of the National Dialogue for the peace process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
7/13/2000 1:07am:
H.AMDT.990 Mr. Callahan raised a point of order against the Payne amendment (A011). Mr. Callahan stated that the amendment sought to provide an unauthorized earmark. The Chair sustained the point of order.
7/13/2000 1:12am:
H.AMDT.991 Amendment (A012) offered by Ms. Jackson-Lee (TX). (consideration: CR 7/12/2000 H5951-5953; text: CR 7/12/2000 H5951)
An amendment to increase funding for peacekeeping operations in Africa by $10,000,000.
7/13/2000 1:19am:
H.AMDT.991 Mr. Callahan raised a point of order against the Jackson-Lee (TX) amendment (A012). Mr. Callahan stated that the amendment sought to increase budget levels in excess of authorization and as such, was non-germane. The Chair sustained the point of order.
7/13/2000 1:22am:
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 4811 as unfinished business.
7/13/2000 9:04am:
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5961-6025)
7/13/2000 9:04am:
The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
7/13/2000 9:07am:
H.AMDT.992 Amendment (A013) offered by Mr. Filner. (consideration: CR H5962-5963; text: CR H5962)
Amendment no. 39 printed in the Congressional Record to make available $3.5 million to the Kurdish Human Rights Watch for the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
7/13/2000 9:10am:
H.AMDT.992 Mr. Callahan raised a point of order against the Filner amendment (A013). Mr. Callahan stated that the amendment violated clause 2a of rule XXI and constituted authorizations in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order.
7/13/2000 9:24am:
H.AMDT.993 Amendment (A014) offered by Mr. Jackson (IL). (consideration: CR H5967-5968; text: CR H5967)
Amendment no. 43 printed in the Congressional Record to increase funding for the African Development Bank by $3 million and increase the limitation on callable capital subscriptions.
7/13/2000 9:31am:
H.AMDT.993 Mr. Callahan raised a point of order against the Jackson (IL) amendment (A014). Mr. Callahan stated that the amendment increased new discretionary budget authority and violated Sec. 302f of the Congressional Budget Act. The Chair sustained the point of order.
7/13/2000 9:36am:
H.AMDT.994 Amendment (A015) offered by Mr. Payne. (consideration: CR H5971-5972; text: CR H5971)
An amendment to prohibit assistance to any country that is not in compliance with U.N. sanctions against Angola.
7/13/2000 9:43am:
H.AMDT.994 Mr. Callahan raised a point of order against the Payne amendment (A015). Mr. Callahan stated that the amendment constituted authorization in an appropriations bill and as such, was out of order. The Chair sustained the point of order.
7/13/2000 9:46am:
Mr. Gilman raised a point of order against the content of the measure. Mr. Gilman stated that the language on page 80, lines 22 - 24 dealing with earmarks or minimum funding requirements violated clause 2 of rule XXI and constituted authorizations in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order.
7/13/2000 9:49am:
H.AMDT.995 Amendment (A016) offered by Mr. Conyers. (consideration: CR H5975-5977; text: CR H5975)
Amendment sought to strike Sec. 558, Assistance for Haiti from the bill.
7/13/2000 10:00am:
H.AMDT.995 On agreeing to the Conyers amendment (A016) Failed by voice vote.
7/13/2000 10:03am:
H.AMDT.996 Amendment (A017) offered by Mr. Payne. (consideration: CR H5980-5981; text: CR H5980)
Amendment no. 56 printed in the Congressional Record to restrict assistance to governments destabilizing Angola.
7/13/2000 10:13am:
H.AMDT.996 By unanimous consent, the Payne amendment was withdrawn.
7/13/2000 10:14am:
Mr. Gilman raised a point of order against the content of the measure. Mr. Gilman stated that SEC. 585, Working Capital Fund imposed new authorization and as such, constituted legislation in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order.
7/13/2000 10:17am:
H.AMDT.997 Amendment (A018) offered by Mr. Greenwood. (consideration: CR H5983-5994; text: CR H5983)
Amendment sought to strike SEC. 587 , Authorization for Population Planning.
7/13/2000 12:01pm:
H.AMDT.997 On agreeing to the Greenwood amendment (A018) Failed by recorded vote: 206 - 221 (Roll no. 396).
7/13/2000 12:18pm:
H.AMDT.982 On agreeing to the Waters amendment (A003) Agreed to by recorded vote: 216 - 211 (Roll no. 397). (consideration: CR H5994-5995; text: CR H5995)
7/13/2000 12:25pm:
H.AMDT.983 On agreeing to the Lee amendment (A004) Agreed to by recorded vote: 267 - 156 (Roll no. 398). (consideration: CR H5995-5996; text: CR H5995)
7/13/2000 12:32pm:
H.AMDT.998 Amendment (A019) offered by Mr. Nadler. (consideration: CR H5997-5998; text: CR H5997)
An amendment numbered 51 printed in the Congressional Record to express the sense of Congress that the practice of "honor killings" should be prohibited.
7/13/2000 12:38pm:
H.AMDT.998 Mr. Callahan raised a point of order against the Nadler amendment (A019). Mr. Callahan stated that the amendment sought to change existing law and as such, constituted legislation in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order.
7/13/2000 12:41pm:
H.AMDT.999 Amendment (A020) offered by Ms. Jackson-Lee (TX). (consideration: CR H5999-6002; text: CR H5999)
An amendment numbered 46 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit use of funds in the bill from being given to countries that use children under age 18 as soldiers in the military.
7/13/2000 12:58pm:
H.AMDT.999 Mr. Callahan raised a point of order against the Jackson-Lee (TX) amendment (A020). Mr. Callahan stated that the amendment sought to change existing law and as such, constituted legislation in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order.
7/13/2000 1:00pm:
H.AMDT.1000 Amendment (A021) offered by Mr. Kucinich. (consideration: CR H6002-6004; text: CR H6002)
Amendment sought to prohibit any funds to be made available for the Kosovo Protection Corps.
7/13/2000 1:16pm:
H.AMDT.1000 On agreeing to the Kucinich amendment (A021) Failed by voice vote.
7/13/2000 1:17pm:
H.AMDT.1001 Amendment (A022) offered by Mr. Bereuter. (consideration: CR H6004-6006, H6020-6021; text: CR H6004)
Amendment limits the assumption by the United States Government of liability for nuclear accidents in North Korea.
7/13/2000 1:30pm:
H.AMDT.1002 Amendment (A023) offered by Mr. Payne. (consideration: CR H6006-6007; text: CR H6006)
Amendment no. 57 printed in the Congressional Record to provide $15 million in assistance for the National Democratic Alliance of Sudan.
7/13/2000 1:35pm:
H.AMDT.1002 Mr. Gilman raised a point of order against the Payne amendment (A023). Mr. Gilman stated that the amendment violated clause 2a of rule XXI and constituted authorizations in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order.
7/13/2000 1:42pm:
H.AMDT.1003 Amendment (A024) offered by Mr. Paul. (consideration: CR H6007-6009; text: CR H6007-6008)
Amendment no. 17 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of funding for abortion, family planning, or population control efforts.
7/13/2000 1:53pm:
H.AMDT.1003 Mr. Gilman raised a point of order against the Paul amendment (A024). Mr. Gilman stated that the amendment violated clause 2c of rule XXI and constituted authorizations in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order.
7/13/2000 1:54pm:
H.AMDT.1003 Mr. Callahan raised a point of order against the Paul amendment (A024). Mr. Callahan stated that the amendment sought to impose new duties not required by existing law and as such, constituted legislation in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order.
7/13/2000 1:55pm:
H.AMDT.1004 Amendment (A025) offered by Mr. Traficant. (consideration: CR H6009-6011, H6016; text: CR H6009)
Amendment sought to prohibit use of funds in the bill for aid to the Palestinian Authority.
7/13/2000 2:08pm:
H.AMDT.1005 Amendment (A026) offered by Mr. Burton. (consideration: CR H6011-6015; text: CR H6011)
An amendment numbered 6 printed in the Congressional Record to add a new section to the bill which limits the amount appropriated for Bilateral Economic Assistance to India to $35 million.
7/13/2000 2:34pm:
H.AMDT.1005 By unanimous consent, the Burton amendment was withdrawn.
7/13/2000 2:35pm:
H.AMDT.1006 Amendment (A027) offered by Mr. Brown (OH). (consideration: CR H6015; text: CR H6015)
Amendment prohibits funds in the bill from being used in violation of existing laws against the importation of goods made by forced labor.
7/13/2000 2:37pm:
H.AMDT.1006 On agreeing to the Brown (OH) amendment (A027) Agreed to by voice vote.
7/13/2000 2:43pm:
H.AMDT.1004 On agreeing to the Traficant amendment (A025) Failed by voice vote.
7/13/2000 2:44pm:
H.AMDT.1007 Amendment (A028) offered by Mr. Traficant. (consideration: CR H6016; text: CR H6016)
Amendment includes provisions of the Buy American Act.
7/13/2000 2:44pm:
H.AMDT.1007 On agreeing to the Traficant amendment (A028) Agreed to by voice vote.
7/13/2000 2:45pm:
H.AMDT.1008 Amendment (A029) offered by Ms. Kaptur. (consideration: CR H6016-H6018; text: H6016)
An amendment numbered 48 printed in the Congressional Record to reduce the amount of U.S. assistance to the Ukraine by an amount equal to the amount of any outstanding claims by any private, business or governmental entity.
7/13/2000 2:56pm:
H.AMDT.1008 By unanimous consent, the Kaptur amendment was withdrawn.
7/13/2000 3:35pm:
H.AMDT.1001 On agreeing to the Bereuter amendment (A022) Agreed to by recorded vote: 298 - 125 (Roll no. 399).
7/13/2000 3:36pm:
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 4811.
7/13/2000 3:36pm:
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
7/13/2000 3:37pm:
The House adopted the amendments en gross as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
7/13/2000 3:38pm:
Mr. Obey moved to recommit with instructions to Appropriations.
7/13/2000 3:43pm:
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
7/13/2000 3:43pm:
On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by voice vote. (text: CR H6024)
7/13/2000 4:00pm:
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 239 - 185 (Roll no. 400).
7/13/2000 4:00pm:
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
7/13/2000:
Received in the Senate, read twice.
7/18/2000:
Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S7121-7142)
7/18/2000:
Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S.2522.
7/18/2000:
Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S7121-7142)
7/18/2000:
Senate insists on its amendment, asks for a conference, appoints conferees McConnell, Specter, Gregg, Shelby, Bennett, Campbell, Bond, Stevens, Leahy, Inouye, Lautenberg, Harkin, Mikulski, Murray and Byrd.
7/19/2000:
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
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AMENDMENT(S):

1. H.AMDT.980 to H.R.4811 An amendment to increase funds for the Department of the Treasury Debt Restructuring account by $210,000,000 for FY 2000 and by $179,600,000 for FY 2001.
Sponsor: Rep Pelosi, Nancy - Latest Major Action: 7/12/2000 Mr. Callahan raised a point of order against the Pelosi amendment (A001). Mr. Callahan stated that the amendment sought to legislate in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order.

2. H.AMDT.981 to H.R.4811 An amendment numbered 4 printed in the Congressional Record to decrease the export and investment assistance subsidy appropriation by $25 million; to decrease bilateral economic assistance by $49.5 million; to decrease funding for USAID by $30 million; and to increase funding for the Department of State Narcotics Control and Law Enforcement by $99.5 million.
Sponsor: Rep Burton, Dan - Latest Major Action: 7/12/2000 By unanimous consent, the Burton amendment was withdrawn.

3. H.AMDT.982 to H.R.4811 Amendment fully funds the Administration's request of $225 million for debt relief for the world's poorest countries in FY 2001.
Sponsor: Rep Waters, Maxine - Latest Major Action: 7/13/2000 House amendment agreed to

4. H.AMDT.983 to H.R.4811 Amendment increases the account for Agency for International Development Child Survival and Disease Programs Fund by approximately $42 million. The additional funds would be directed to the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS.
Sponsor: Rep Lee, Barbara - Latest Major Action: 7/13/2000 House amendment agreed to

5. H.AMDT.984 to H.R.4811 An amendment to increase the funding for the Agency for International Development Child Survival and Disease Programs Fund by approximately $40 million. The funds would be intended for prevention and treatment of tuberculosis. The increase would be funded by an offset of a similar reduction in funds from the Asian Development Fund.
Sponsor: Rep Brown, Sherrod - Latest Major Action: 7/12/2000 By unanimous consent, the Brown (OH) amendment was withdrawn.

6. H.AMDT.985 to H.R.4811 Amendment increases funding for disease programs related to HIV/AIDS by $10million and decreases funding for the World Bank International Development Association.
Sponsor: Rep Sherman, Brad - Latest Major Action: 7/12/2000 House amendment agreed to

7. H.AMDT.986 to H.R.4811 An amendment numbered 18 printed in the Congressional Record to increase Bilateral Economic Assistance funds for development assistance by $15 million; decrease USAID in title II by $2.1 million; decrease Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency funding in title IV by $4.9 million; and decrease the Inter-American Investment Corporation funding by $8 million in title IV.
Sponsor: Rep Roemer, Tim - Latest Major Action: 7/13/2000 By unanimous consent, the Roemer amendment was withdrawn.

8. H.AMDT.987 to H.R.4811 An amendment regarding Biotechnology Research.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick - Latest Major Action: 7/13/2000 By unanimous consent, the Smith (MI) amendment was withdrawn.

9. H.AMDT.988 to H.R.4811 An amendment numbered 20 printed in the Congressional Record to provide $2.5 million in assistance to NGO's for the reintegration of victims of sex trafficking. The offset comes from the bill's $2.5 million increase for International Military Education and Training Programs.
Sponsor: Rep Sanders, Bernard - Latest Major Action: 7/13/2000 By unanimous consent, the Sanders amendment was withdrawn.

10. H.AMDT.989 to H.R.4811 An amendment to provide that not less than $720,000,000 shall be made available for the Development Fund for Africa.
Sponsor: Rep Payne, Donald M. - Latest Major Action: 7/13/2000 Mr. Callahan raised a point of order against the Payne amendment (A010). Mr. Callahan stated that the amendment sought to earmark funds not previously authorized. The Chair sustained the point of order.

11. H.AMDT.990 to H.R.4811 An amendment to provide that $500,000 shall be made available for a grant to the Office of the Facilitator of the National Dialogue for the peace process in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Sponsor: Rep Payne, Donald M. - Latest Major Action: 7/13/2000 Mr. Callahan raised a point of order against the Payne amendment (A011). Mr. Callahan stated that the amendment sought to provide an unauthorized earmark. The Chair sustained the point of order.

12. H.AMDT.991 to H.R.4811 An amendment to increase funding for peacekeeping operations in Africa by $10,000,000.
Sponsor: Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila - Latest Major Action: 7/13/2000 Mr. Callahan raised a point of order against the Jackson-Lee (TX) amendment (A012). Mr. Callahan stated that the amendment sought to increase budget levels in excess of authorization and as such, was non-germane. The Chair sustained the point of order.

13. H.AMDT.992 to H.R.4811 Amendment no. 39 printed in the Congressional Record to make available $3.5 million to the Kurdish Human Rights Watch for the Kurdistan region of Iraq.
Sponsor: Rep Filner, Bob - Latest Major Action: 7/13/2000 Mr. Callahan raised a point of order against the Filner amendment (A013). Mr. Callahan stated that the amendment violated clause 2a of rule XXI and constituted authorizations in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order.

14. H.AMDT.993 to H.R.4811 Amendment no. 43 printed in the Congressional Record to increase funding for the African Development Bank by $3 million and increase the limitation on callable capital subscriptions.
Sponsor: Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. - Latest Major Action: 7/13/2000 Mr. Callahan raised a point of order against the Jackson (IL) amendment (A014). Mr. Callahan stated that the amendment increased new discretionary budget authority and violated Sec. 302f of the Congressional Budget Act. The Chair sustained the point of order.

15. H.AMDT.994 to H.R.4811 An amendment to prohibit assistance to any country that is not in compliance with U.N. sanctions against Angola.
Sponsor: Rep Payne, Donald M. - Latest Major Action: 7/13/2000 Mr. Callahan raised a point of order against the Payne amendment (A015). Mr. Callahan stated that the amendment constituted authorization in an appropriations bill and as such, was out of order. The Chair sustained the point of order.

16. H.AMDT.995 to H.R.4811 Amendment sought to strike Sec. 558, Assistance for Haiti from the bill.
Sponsor: Rep Conyers, John, Jr. - Latest Major Action: 7/13/2000 House amendment not agreed to

17. H.AMDT.996 to H.R.4811 Amendment no. 56 printed in the Congressional Record to restrict assistance to governments destabilizing Angola.
Sponsor: Rep Payne, Donald M. - Latest Major Action: 7/13/2000 By unanimous consent, the Payne amendment was withdrawn.

18. H.AMDT.997 to H.R.4811 Amendment sought to strike SEC. 587 , Authorization for Population Planning.
Sponsor: Rep Greenwood, James C. - Latest Major Action: 7/13/2000 House amendment not agreed to

19. H.AMDT.998 to H.R.4811 An amendment numbered 51 printed in the Congressional Record to express the sense of Congress that the practice of "honor killings" should be prohibited.
Sponsor: Rep Nadler, Jerrold - Latest Major Action: 7/13/2000 Mr. Callahan raised a point of order against the Nadler amendment (A019). Mr. Callahan stated that the amendment sought to change existing law and as such, constituted legislation in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order.

20. H.AMDT.999 to H.R.4811 An amendment numbered 46 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit use of funds in the bill from being given to countries that use children under age 18 as soldiers in the military.
Sponsor: Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila - Latest Major Action: 7/13/2000 Mr. Callahan raised a point of order against the Jackson-Lee (TX) amendment (A020). Mr. Callahan stated that the amendment sought to change existing law and as such, constituted legislation in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order.

21. H.AMDT.1000 to H.R.4811 Amendment sought to prohibit any funds to be made available for the Kosovo Protection Corps.
Sponsor: Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. - Latest Major Action: 7/13/2000 House amendment not agreed to

22. H.AMDT.1001 to H.R.4811 Amendment limits the assumption by the United States Government of liability for nuclear accidents in North Korea.
Sponsor: Rep Bereuter, Doug - Latest Major Action: 7/13/2000 House amendment agreed to

23. H.AMDT.1002 to H.R.4811 Amendment no. 57 printed in the Congressional Record to provide $15 million in assistance for the National Democratic Alliance of Sudan.
Sponsor: Rep Payne, Donald M. - Latest Major Action: 7/13/2000 Mr. Gilman raised a point of order against the Payne amendment (A023). Mr. Gilman stated that the amendment violated clause 2a of rule XXI and constituted authorizations in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order.

24. H.AMDT.1003 to H.R.4811 Amendment no. 17 printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of funding for abortion, family planning, or population control efforts.
Sponsor: Rep Paul, Ron - Latest Major Action: 7/13/2000 Mr. Callahan raised a point of order against the Paul amendment (A024). Mr. Callahan stated that the amendment sought to impose new duties not required by existing law and as such, constituted legislation in an appropriations bill. The Chair sustained the point of order.

25. H.AMDT.1004 to H.R.4811 Amendment sought to prohibit use of funds in the bill for aid to the Palestinian Authority.
Sponsor: Rep Traficant, James A., Jr. - Latest Major Action: 7/13/2000 House amendment not agreed to

26. H.AMDT.1005 to H.R.4811 An amendment numbered 6 printed in the Congressional Record to add a new section to the bill which limits the amount appropriated for Bilateral Economic Assistance to India to $35 million.
Sponsor: Rep Burton, Dan - Latest Major Action: 7/13/2000 By unanimous consent, the Burton amendment was withdrawn.

27. H.AMDT.1006 to H.R.4811 Amendment prohibits funds in the bill from being used in violation of existing laws against the importation of goods made by forced labor.
Sponsor: Rep Brown, Sherrod - Latest Major Action: 7/13/2000 House amendment agreed to

28. H.AMDT.1007 to H.R.4811 Amendment includes provisions of the Buy American Act.
Sponsor: Rep Traficant, James A., Jr. - Latest Major Action: 7/13/2000 House amendment agreed to

29. H.AMDT.1008 to H.R.4811 An amendment numbered 48 printed in the Congressional Record to reduce the amount of U.S. assistance to the Ukraine by an amount equal to the amount of any outstanding claims by any private, business or governmental entity.
Sponsor: Rep Kaptur, Marcy - Latest Major Action: 7/13/2000 By unanimous consent, the Kaptur amendment was withdrawn.

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Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2001 - Title I: Export and Investment Assistance - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 for: (1) direct loans, loan guarantees, tied-aid grants, insurance, and administrative expenses under Export-Import Bank programs; (2) Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) direct and guaranteed loans and credit and insurance programs, including administrative expenses; and (3) the Trade and Development Agency.

Title II: Bilateral Economic Assistance - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 for: (1) expenses of the President in carrying out certain programs under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; (2) the Agency for International Development (AID) child survival and infectious disease programs, including basic education programs (earmarking amounts for child survival and maternal health, vulnerable children, HIV-AIDS, other infectious diseases, children's basic education, UNICEF, and U.S. contribution to the Global Fund for Children's Vaccines); (3) specified development assistance (allowing availability of limited amounts for the Inter-American Foundation and the African Development Foundation); (4) specified assistance for Lebanon for scholarships and direct support to the American educational institutions there; (5) international disaster assistance; (6) international disaster rehabilitation and reconstruction assistance to support transition to democracy and to long-term development of countries in crisis (provided AID reports to the Committees on Appropriations at least five days before the beginning of such program assistance); (7) micro and small enterprise development programs; (8) direct loans and loan guarantees under the development credit authority program for development assistance to foreign countries (provided such funds are made available only for urban and environmental programs); (9) the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund; (10) operating expenses of AID and the AID Office of Inspector General; (11) Economic Support Fund (ESF) assistance (earmarking amounts for Israel, Egypt, and Mongolia); (12) the International Fund for Ireland; (13) ESF assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States (earmarking amounts for the Baltic States, Kosovo, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, subject to specified conditions); (14) assistance for the Independent States of the former Soviet Union (subject to specified conditions, and earmarking amounts for Georgia and Armenia and for child survival, environmental health, and to combat infectious diseases); (15) the Peace Corps (with a bar on the use of such funds for abortions); (16) international narcotics control and law enforcement; (17) migration and refugee assistance; (18) the Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund; (19) nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, demining, and related programs and activities (including U.S. contributions to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO), subject to specified conditions, the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Preparatory Commission, and the Nonproliferation and Disarmament Fund); (20) the Department of the Treasury international affairs technical assistance program; and (21) debt restructuring of concessional loans, guarantees, and credits made to eligible countries (including through the Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) Trust Fund under the enhanced HIPC initiative).

Bars the use of development assistance funds for: (1) coercive abortions or involuntary sterilizations; (2) U.S. private and voluntary organizations which obtain less than 20 percent of annual funding from sources other than the U.S. Government; and (3) any activity contravening the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna (CITES).

Prohibits funds to Russia unless the Secretary of State certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the Russian Federation 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. Withholds 50 percent of the funds allocated for the Government of the Russian Federation until the President certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that it has terminated arrangements to provide Iran with technology to develop a nuclear program or ballistic missile capability.

Title III: Military Assistance - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 for: (1) expanded international military education and training (IMET) to Indonesia and Guatemala; (2) foreign military financing grants and direct loans (earmarking amounts for Israel and Egypt); and (3) international peacekeeping operations (subject to certain conditions).

Declares that none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made available to support grant-financed military education and training at the School of the Americas unless: (1) the Secretary of Defense certifies that the instruction and training provided by the School is fully consistent with training and doctrine, particularly with respect to the observance of human rights, provided by the Department of Defense to U.S. military students at Department of Defense institutions whose primary purpose is to train U.S. military personnel; and (2) the Secretary of State, without delegation, certifies that such instruction and training is consistent with U.S. foreign policy objectives and helps support the observance of human rights in Latin America. Requires the Secretary of Defense to report to a specified congressional committee by January 15, 2001, on the School's training activities and a general assessment regarding the performance of its graduates during 1998 and 1999.

Urges Israel to terminate the existing contract to sell an airborne radar system to the People's Republic of China which could threaten both the forces of democratic Taiwan and the United States in the region surrounding the Taiwan Strait.

Prohibits foreign military financing for: (1) Sudan, Liberia, and Guatemala; or (2) any non-NATO country participating in the Partnership for Peace Program except through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.

Title IV: Multilateral Economic Assistance - Makes appropriations for FY 2001 for the U.S. contribution to: (1) the Global Environment Facility of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (World Bank); (2) the International Development Association (IDA), subject to specified conditions; (3) the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency; (4) the Inter-American Investment Corporation; (5) the Enterprise for the Americas Multilateral Investment Fund; (6) the Asian Development Fund; (7) the African Development Bank; (8) the African Development Fund; (9) the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; and (10) the International Fund for Agricultural Development.

Makes appropriations for FY 2001 for international programs and organizations. Sets certain restrictions on international organization funding, including prohibiting the use of funds for the United Nations Fund for Science and Technology, KEDO, or the IAEA.

Title V: General Provisions - Sets forth limits on the use of appropriations, including that no more than 15 percent of such appropriations shall be obligated during the last month of availability.

(Sec. 502) Prohibits: (1) the use of funds for bilateral funding of international financial institutions; and (2) the transfer of such funds by AID directly to such an institution for the purpose of repaying a foreign country's loan obligations to it.

(Sec. 503) Sets forth limits on the use of appropriations, including no more than specified maximums for official residence expenses, entertainment expenses, and representation allowances for AID, and for entertainment and representation allowances for the Inter-American Foundation and the Trade and Development Agency. Limits the use of funds for entertainment expenses of the Peace Corps, and of entertainment and representation allowances under the Foreign Military Financing Program.

(Sec. 506) Prohibits the use of funds for: (1) the export of nuclear equipment, fuel, or technology (except for nuclear safety purposes); (2) direct assistance or reparations to Cuba, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Sudan, or Syria; (3) assistance to any country whose duly elected head of government is deposed by military coup or decree; (4) certain transfers between appropriations accounts without prior presidential consultation with Congress; (5) assistance to any country in default in excess of a year on payments on a U.S. loan (except for any narcotics-related assistance for Colombia, Bolivia, or Peru); and (6) assistance (except in certain circumstances) for production of any commodity for export by a foreign country, if the commodity is likely to be in surplus on world markets when the resulting productive capacity is expected to become operative, and if the assistance will cause substantial injury to U.S. producers of a similar commodity.

(Sec. 514) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors of specified international financial institutions to oppose any assistance for the production or extraction of any commodity or mineral for export if it is in surplus on world markets and such assistance will cause substantial injury to U.S. producers of a similar commodity.

(Sec. 516) Declares that funds appropriated for foreign operations, export financial, and related programs, that are returned or not made available for international organizations and programs shall remain available for obligation until FY 2002.

(Sec. 517) Prohibits the availability of assistance for the Independent States of the former Soviet Union to a Government of such an Independent State, unless such 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. Prohibits the availability of assistance also: (1) if such a Government applies or transfers U.S. assistance to any entity for the purpose of expropriating or seizing ownership of assets, investments, or ventures (unless the President determines such assistance is in the national interest); or (2) to enhance its military capability (except for demilitarization, demining, or nonproliferation programs).

(Sec. 518) Prohibits the use of development assistance funds for abortions or involuntary sterilizations as methods of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions, or provide any financial incentive to undergo sterilization.

(Sec. 519) Limits to no more than five percent the amount of export financing funds (other than for administrative expenses) that can be transferred from one appropriation to another, with no appropriation being increased by more than 25 percent by such transfer.

(Sec. 520) Prohibits the use of funds for Colombia, Haiti, Liberia, Serbia, Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Zimbabwe, or the Democratic Republic of Congo, except through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.

(Sec. 522) Makes funds available to AID for child survival, basic education, infectious disease activities and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) research and control in developing countries.

(Sec. 523) Bars funding for indirect assistance or reparations to Cuba, Iraq, Libya, Iran, Syria, North Korea, or China unless the President certifies that the withholding of such funds is contrary to the U.S. national security interest.

(Sec. 524) Requires the Department of Defense (DOD) to notify the Committees on Appropriations before providing excess DOD articles to certain NATO and major non-NATO countries.

(Sec. 526) Authorizes the availability of ESF funds to provide general support and grants for nongovernmental organizations located outside China that have as their primary purpose fostering democracy in that country (including earmarking amounts to such organizations to support activities which preserve cultural traditions and promote sustainable development and environmental conservation in Tibetan communities). Earmarks ESF funds to the Jamestown Foundation (currently the Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights) for a project to disseminate information and support research about China, and related activities.

(Sec. 527) Prohibits bilateral assistance funds to any country which the President determines grants sanctuary from prosecution to any individual or group which has committed an act of international terrorism or otherwise supports such activities. Authorizes the waiver of this prohibition by the President for national security and humanitarian reasons, requiring notification to the Committees on Appropriations.

(Sec. 528) Directs the Secretary of State to report quarterly to the Committees on Appropriations on the use of supplemental appropriations for ESF assistance and military assistance to certain countries.

(Sec. 529) Requires all AID contracts and subcontracts to include a clause requiring that U.S. insurance companies have a fair opportunity to bid for insurance when insurance is necessary or appropriate.

(Sec. 530) Prohibits U.S. sale of Stinger missiles in the Persian Gulf region, with certain exceptions.

(Sec. 531) Authorizes nongovernmental organizations which are AID grantees or contractors to place funds made available to them under this Act in interest bearing accounts in order to enhance their participation in economic activities under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, including endowments and debt-for-development and debt-for- nature exchanges.

(Sec. 532) Directs the Administrator of AID to require foreign countries that receive foreign assistance which results in the generation of local currencies to deposit such currencies in a separate account to be used to finance foreign assistance activities.

(Sec. 533) Prohibits payments to any international financial institution while the U.S. Executive Director to the institution is compensated at a rate in excess of that for Level IV of the Executive Schedule.

(Sec. 534) Bars assistance to any country that is not in compliance with the United Nations (UN) sanctions against Iraq, unless the President certifies to Congress that such assistance: (1) is in the U.S. national interest; (2) will directly benefit the needy people in that country; or (3) will be humanitarian assistance for foreign nationals who have fled Iraq and Kuwait.

(Sec. 535) Declares that provisions under this or any other Act authorizing appropriations for foreign operations or export financing shall not be construed to prohibit activities authorized by the Peace Corps Act, the Inter-American Foundation Act, or the African Development Foundation Act. Requires an agency to report to the Committees on Appropriations whenever it is conducting or proposing activities in a country for which such assistance is prohibited.

(Sec. 536) Prohibits the use of funds to provide: (1) any financial incentive to a business for purposes of inducing it to relocate outside the United States if it will reduce the number of employees in the United States; (2) assistance for establishing or developing in a foreign country an export processing zone or other designated area in which a country's tax, tariff, labor, environment, and safety laws do not apply to activities in the area, unless the President certifies that such assistance is not likely to cause a loss of U.S. jobs; or (3) assistance for any project that contributes to the violation of internationally recognized workers rights in the recipient country.

(Sec. 537) Prohibits the availability of funds under this Act for the Republic of Serbia (except for Kosovo or Montenegro or for assistance to promote democratization).

(Sec. 538) Declares that funds appropriated under this Act for Afghanistan, Lebanon, Montenegro, and for victims of war, displaced children, and displaced Burmese may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law. Prohibits the use of funds made available to Cambodia for military or paramilitary purposes.

Authorizes the use of foreign assistance funds to support tropical forestry and biodiversity conservation programs, and subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, energy programs aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Authorizes AID to employ personal services contractors to administer programs for the West Bank and Gaza.

Authorizes the President to waive certain prohibitions with respect to the Palestine Liberation Organizations (PLO) if the President determines and certifies to Congress that it is in the national interest.

(Sec. 539) Expresses the sense of Congress with respect to: (1) immediate public renunciation by the Arab League countries of the boycott of Israel (reinstated in 1997) and of American firms having commercial ties with Israel; (2) normalization of relations with Israel by such Arab countries; and (3) steps the President should take to encourage such renunciation.

(Sec. 540) Authorizes the use of ESF funds to strengthen the administration of justice in countries in Latin America, the Caribbean, and in other regions.

(Sec. 541) Declares that the restrictions on assistance to foreign countries contained in this Act or any other Act (except those relating to international terrorism or human rights violations) shall not be construed to restrict assistance: (1) in support of certain programs of nongovernmental organizations; or (2) under specified provisions of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954.

(Sec. 542) Authorizes the reprogramming of earmarked appropriations for other programs within the same account, provided certain requirements are met.

(Sec. 544) Prohibits the use of funds for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States that were not authorized before the enactment of this Act. Earmarks specified amounts to private and voluntary organizations to deal with world hunger abroad.

(Sec. 545) Declares that assistance under this Act should make full use of American resources, including commodities, products, and services, to the maximum extent possible.

Declares the sense of Congress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all agricultural commodities, equipment, and products purchased with funds made available in this Act should be American- made. Requires Federal agency heads, in providing financial assistance to or entering into any contract with any entity using funds made available in this Act, to notify such entity of this intention. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to report annually on the efforts of such agency heads and the U.S. directors of international financial institutions in complying with such requirements.

(Sec. 546) Prohibits the use of funds to pay any assessments, arrearages, or dues of any UN member (including costs for attendance of another country's delegation at international conferences).

(Sec. 548) Prohibits the provision of funds to a private voluntary organization that fails to provide any document, file, or record necessary to the auditing requirements of AID.

(Sec. 549) Prohibits the provision of funds to any foreign government that provides lethal military equipment to a country that the Secretary of State has determined has a terrorist government, unless the President determines that the furnishing of such assistance is in the U.S. national interest.

(Sec. 550) Withholds assistance from a foreign country in an amount equal to 110 percent of the total unpaid parking fines and penalties owed by the country to the District of Columbia.

(Sec. 551) Prohibits the obligation of any appropriations for the PLO for the West Bank and Gaza unless the President has exercised certain authorities to suspend prohibitions on assistance to the PLO.

(Sec. 552) Permits the President to provide up to a specified amount of commodities and services to the UN War Crimes Tribunal if doing so will contribute to a just resolution of charges regarding genocide or other violations of international law in the former Yugoslavia.

(Sec. 553) Authorizes disposal on a grant basis in foreign countries of demining equipment used in support of the clearance of land mines and unexploded ordnance for humanitarian purposes.

(Sec. 554) Prohibits the obligation of appropriations to create in Jerusalem a new U.S. agency office for the purpose of conducting U.S. business with the Palestinian Authority over Gaza and Jericho (or any successor Palestinian governing entity) provided for in the Israel-PLO Declaration of Principles.

(Sec. 555) Prohibits the obligation of certain funds appropriated for Informational Program activities to pay for: (1) alcoholic beverages; or (2) entertainment expenses for recreational activities.

(Sec. 556) Authorizes the President to reduce amounts owed to the United States by eligible countries as a result of: (1) housing guarantees made pursuant to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; (2) credits extended or guarantees issued under the Arms Export Control Act; or (3) any obligation to pay for purchases of U.S. agricultural commodities guaranteed by the Commodity Credit Corporation.

Permits the exercise of such authority only: (1) to implement multilateral official debt relief and referendum agreements known as the Paris Club Agreed Minutes; and (2) with respect to countries with heavy debt burdens that are eligible to borrow from the IDA (but not from the World Bank) (IDA-only countries). Prescribes additional conditions for the exercise of such authority.

(Sec. 557) Authorizes the President to engage in certain debt buybacks or sales. Authorizes the sale, reduction, or cancellation of certain loans to foreign governments, upon receipt of payment from an eligible purchaser that plans to use such loans only for the purposes of engaging in debt-for-equity swaps, debt-for-development swaps, or debt-for nature swaps. Limits such authority to funds appropriated by this Act under the heading of debt restructuring.

(Sec. 558) Bars funds appropriated by this Act or any previous appropriations Act for foreign operations, export financing and related programs to be made available for assistance for the 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 such Government is fully cooperating with the US efforts to interdict illicit drug traffic through it to the United States.

Earmarks a specified percentage of funds appropriated under this Act for bilateral assistance to Latin America and the Caribbean region.

(Sec. 559) Requires a specified annual report of the Secretary of State containing the voting record of each foreign member country of the UN to include a side-by-side comparison of each country's overall support for the United States at the UN and the amount of U.S. assistance provided to it in FY 2000.

(Sec. 560) Prohibits the United States from paying any voluntary contribution to the UN, including the UN Development Program, unless the President certifies to Congress 15 days in advance of such payment that the UN is not engaged in any effort to implement or impose any taxation on U.S. persons in order to raise revenue for itself or any of its specialized agencies.

(Sec. 561) Makes the Government of Haiti eligible to purchase U.S. defense articles and services for its Coast Guard.

(Sec. 562) Prohibits the obligation of any appropriations for the PLO unless the President certifies to Congress that it is in the U.S. national security interests.

(Sec. 563) Prohibits the use of funds for the security forces of a foreign country if the Secretary of State believes they have committed gross violations of human rights, unless the Secretary reports to the Committees on Appropriations that such country is taking steps to bring the responsible persons to justice.

(Sec. 564) Provides for bilateral and multilateral assistance sanctions (with humanitarian, democratization, and certain infrastructure project exceptions) against countries harboring war criminals indicted with respect to the former Yugoslavia. Prohibits the provision of bilateral assistance for programs in which publicly indicted war criminals are known to have any financial interest or communities that are not in compliance with specified sections of the Dayton Agreement relating to war crimes and the Tribunal. Requires the Secretary of State to report to the appropriate congressional committees on the location, 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.

(Sec. 565) Prohibits the use of funds for the Government of the Russian Federation unless the President certifies to specified congressional committees that the Federation has not enacted laws or promulgated executive orders that discriminate against religious minorities in violation of international agreements on human rights and religious freedoms to which it is a party.

(Sec. 566) Subjects the availability of funds in this Act to support programs or activities promoting country participation in the Kyoto Protocol to the Framework Convention on Climate Change (FCCC) to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.

(Sec. 567) Bars funds to the Central Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

(Sec. 568) Earmarks specified foreign assistance funds 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.

(Sec. 569) Requires the President to submit to specified congressional committees a plan for the distribution of the assets of an Enterprise Fund before any distribution resulting from liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of the Fund.

(Sec. 570) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. executive directors of international financial institutions to oppose loans to Cambodia (except loans to support basic human needs). Prohibits the availability of funds under this Act for assistance for the Government of Cambodia.

(Sec. 571) Directs the Secretaries of Defense and of State to report jointly to Congress on all overseas military training provided to, and proposed to be provided to, foreign military personnel under programs administered by the Defense and State Departments during FY 2000 and 2001.

(Sec. 572) Earmarks specified funds for KEDO for administrative expenses and heavy fuel oil costs associated with the Agreed Framework (Joint Declaration on Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula). Earmarks other amounts to KEDO if the President certifies to Congress that North Korea is complying with the provisions of the Agreed Framework.

(Sec. 573) Authorizes investment of funds made available to grantees of the African Development Foundation pending expenditure for project purposes when authorized by the President of the Foundation.

(Sec. 574) Bars the use of funds appropriated under this Act to provide equipment, technical support, consulting services, or any other assistance to the Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation.

(Sec. 575) Earmarks specified amounts of ESF funds for a political transition in Iraq, Iraqi opposition groups for political, economic, humanitarian, and other activities, and for groups and activities seeking the prosecution of Saddam Hussein and other Iraqi government officials for war crimes. Bars the use of such funds for administrative expenses of the State Department.

(Sec. 576) Directs AID to submit an annual budget justification consistent with certain requirements of this Act to the Committees on Appropriations.

(Sec. 577) Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this Act to propose or issue rules, regulations, decrees, or orders for implementation, or in preparation for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol 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 the U.S. Constitution, and which has not entered into force.

(Sec. 578) Directs the Secretary of State, 30 days prior to the initial obligation of ESF funds for the bilateral West Bank and Gaza Program, to certify to the appropriate congressional committees that procedures have been established to assure the Comptroller General will have access to appropriate U.S. financial information in order to review the uses of such funds for the Program.

(Sec. 579) Makes foreign military financing program funds available for Indonesia if the President determines and reports to the appropriate congressional committees that the Indonesian government and the Indonesian armed forces are taking specified actions to: (1) bring to justice, and cooperate with investigations and prosecutions of, members of the armed forces and militia groups with respect to human rights violations in Indonesia and East Timor; (2) allow safe passage for refugees returning home to East Timor from West Timor; and (3) not impede the United Nations Transitional Authority in East Timor (UNTAET).

(Sec. 580) Bars the use of appropriated funds under this Act for the UN Man and the Biosphere Program or the UN World Heritage Fund for programs in the United States.

(Sec. 581) Requires the Secretary of State to consult with the appropriate congressional committees and leadership of Congress to devise a mechanism to provide for congressional input before making any determination on the nature or quantity of defense articles and services to be made available to Taiwan.

(Sec. 582) Urges funds appropriated by this Act for U.S. assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States to the maximum extent practicable to be used for the procurement of articles and services of U.S. origin.

(Sec. 583) Bars the use of funds appropriated by this Act for assistance for the government of any country that has been determined to have: (1) provided lethal or non-lethal military support or equipment, directly or through intermediaries, within the previous six 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; or (2) aided or abetted, within the previous six months, in the illicit distribution, transportation, or sale of diamonds mined in Sierra Leone.

(Sec. 584) Authorizes voluntary separation incentive payments to AID employees who voluntarily separate (whether by retirement or resignation) on or before December 31, 2001 to eliminate AID positions and functions contained in a mandatory strategic plan outlining such payments.

(Sec. 585) Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to establish a working capital fund for AID expenses of personal and nonpersonal services, equipment and supplies.

(Sec. 586) Earmarks a specified amount of international organizations and program funds for the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) (except for any country program in China). Conditions the availability of such funds to UNFPA on specified requirements, including that it does not fund abortions.

(Sec. 587) Earmarks a specified amount of funds for population planning activities or other population assistance, with specified restrictions on assistance to foreign organizations that perform or actively promote abortions.

(Sec. 588) Requires information relevant to the December 2, 1980, murders of four American churchwomen in El Salvador to be made public to the fullest extent possible.

(Sec. 589) Declares that funds shall be appropriated to the HIPC Initiative only when the President of the World Bank and the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) certify to the Secretary of the Treasury that such institutions will not include user fees or service charges through "community financing", "cost sharing", "cost recovery", or any other mechanism for primary education or primary healthcare, including prevention and treatment efforts for AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, and infant, child, and maternal well-being in their Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers or any other HIPC-related debt relief or economic reform program or plan or any other IMF or World Bank loan or reform program.

(Sec. 590) Bars the use of funds under this Act for abortions or to lobby for or against abortion.

(Sec. 591) Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to withhold ten percent of the U.S. payment to any international financial institution until the Secretary certifies that such institution has implemented certain procurement and financial management reforms.

Title VI: Mozambique, Madagascar, and Southern Africa Rehabilitation and Reconstruction - Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 2000 for international assistance and rehabilitation and reconstruction assistance for Mozambique, Madagascar, and southern Africa.