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[Congressional Record: September 2, 1998 (Senate)]
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AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED
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FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS
APPROPRIATIONS ACT
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HUTCHISON (AND McCONNELL) AMENDMENT NO. 3526
Mrs. HUTCHISON (for herself and Mr. McConnell) proposed an amendment
to amendment No. 3500 proposed by Mr. McCain to the bill (S. 2334)
making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and
related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and for
other purposes; as follows:
Add the following proviso:
(5) North Korea is not providing ballistic missiles or
ballistic missile technology to a country the government of
which the Secretary of State has determined is a terrorist
government for the purposes of section 40(d) of the Arms
Export Control Act or any other comparable provision of law.
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DODD (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3527
Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Kerrey, Mr.
Kerry, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Jeffords) proposed an amendment to the bill,
S. 2334, supra; as follows:
At the appropriate place in the bill add the following new
section:
Sec. . (a) Responsibility To Make Available Human Rights
Records Pursuant to Pending Requests.--
(1) Guatemala and honduras.--The United States has received
specific written requests for human rights records from the
Guatemala Clarification Commission and the National Human
Rights Commissioner in Honduras, and from American citizens
and their relatives who have been victims of gross violations
of human rights in those countries.
(2) Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of
this Act, each agency shall review all requested human rights
records referred to in subsection (a)(1) which it has not yet
located or reviewed for the purpose of declassifying and
disclosing such records to the public except as provided in
subsection (b),
(b) Postponement of Public Disclosure.--
(1) Grounds for postponement of public disclosure of human
rights records.--An agency may only postpone public
disclosure of a human rights record or portions thereof that
are responsive to the pending requests--
(A) pursuant to the declassification standards contained in
section 6 of P.L. 102-526 or
(B)(i) if its public disclosure should be expected to
reveal the identity of a confidential human source.
(ii) however it shall not be grounds for withholding from
public disclosure relevant information about an individual's
involvement in a human rights matter solely because that
individual was or is an intelligence source, however the
public disclosure of the fact that the individual was or is
such a source may be withheld pursuant to this section.
(2) Review of decision to withhold records.--The
Interagency Security Classification Appeals Panel
(hereinafter in this section the ``Panel''), established
under Executive Order No. 12958, shall--
(A) review all decisions to withhold the public disclosure
of any human rights record that has been identified pursuant
to requests referred to in subsection (a)(1), subject to the
declassification standards referred to in subsection (b)(1);
(B) notify the head of the agency in control or possession
of the human rights record that was the subject of the review
of its determination and publish such determination in the
Federal Register;
(C) contemporaneously notify the President of its
determination, who shall have the sole and nondelegable
authority to review any determination of the Panel, and whose
review shall be based on the declassification standards
referred to in subsection (b)(1). Within 30 calendar days of
notification, the President shall provide the Panel with an
unclassified certification setting forth his decision and the
reasons therefor; and
(D) publish in the Federal Register a copy of any
unclassified written certification, statement, and any other
materials that the President deems appropriate in each
instance.
(3) References.--For purposes of this section, references
in sections 6 and 9 of P.L. 102-526 to ``assassination
records'' shall be deemed to be references to ``human rights
records.''
(c) Creation of Positions.--(1) For purposes of carrying
out the provisions of this section, there shall be two
additional positions on the Panel. The President shall
appoint individuals, not currently employees of the United
States Government, who have substantial human rights
expertise and who are able to meet the requisite security
clearance requirements for these positions.
(2) The rights and obligations of such individuals on the
Panel shall be limited to matters relating to the review of
human rights records and their service on the panel shall end
upon completion of that review.
(d) Definitions.--In this Section:
(1) Human rights record.--The term ``human rights record''
means a record in the possession, custody, or control of the
United States Government containing information about gross
violations of internationally recognized human rights
committed in Honduras and Guatemala.
(2) Agency.--The term agency means any agency of the United
States Government charged with the conduct of foreign policy
or foreign intelligence, including the Department of State,
the Agency for International Development, the Defense
Department, the Central Intelligence Agency, the National
Reconnaissance Office, the Department of Justice, the
National Security Council, and the Executive Office of the
President.
(3) Gross violations of internationally recognized human
rights.--The term ``gross violations of internationally
recognized human rights'' have the same meaning as is
contained in section 502(B)(d)(1) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961.
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BROWNBACK AMENDMENT NO. 3528
Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Brownback) proposed an amendment to the bill,
S. 2334, supra; as follows:
The Senate finds that according to the Department of State,
Iran continues to support international terrorism, providing
training, financing, and weapons to such terrorist groups as
Hizballah, Islamic Jihad and Hamas;
Iran continues to oppose the Arab-Israeli peace process and
refuses to recognize Israel's right to exist;
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Iran continues aggressively to seek weapons of mass
destruction and the missiles to deliver them;
It is long-standing U.S. policy to offer official
government to government dialogue with the Iranian regime,
such offers having been repeatedly refused by Tehran;
More than a year after the election of President Khatemi,
Iranian foreign policy continues to threaten American
security and that of our allies in the Middle East;
Despite repeated offers and tentative steps toward
rapprochement with Iran by the Clinton administration,
including a decision to waive sanctions under the Iran-Libya
Sanctions Act and the President's veto of the Iran Missile
Proliferation Sanctions Act, Iran has failed to reciprocate
in a meaningful manner.
Therefore in the sense of the Senate:
(1) the Administration should make no concessions to the
government of Iran unless and until that government moderates
its objectionable policies, including taking steps to end its
support of international terrorism, opposition to the Middle
East peace process, and the development and proliferation of
weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery; and
(2) there should be no change in U.S. policy toward Iran
until there is credible and sustained evidence of a change in
Iranian pol- icies.
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DeWINE (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3529
Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. DeWine for himself, Mr. Coverdell, Mr. Graham,
Mr. Grassley, Mr. Faircloth, and Mr. Bond) proposed an amendment to the
bill, S. 2334 supra; as follows:
On page 10 line 19, insert ``Provided further, That of the
funds appropriated under the previous proviso not less than
$80,000,000 shall be made available for alternative
development programs to drug production in Colombia, Peru and
Bolivia.
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CRAIG (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 3530
Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Craig for himself, Mr. Kempthorne, Mr. Leahy,
and Mr. Jeffords) proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 2334, supra; as
follows;
At the appropriate place, insert:
SEC. . JOINT UNITED STATES-CANADA COMMISSION ON CATTLE AND
BEEF.
(a) Establishment.--There is established a Joint United
States-Canada Commission on Cattle, Beef and dairy products
to identify, and recommend means of resolving, national,
regional, and provincial trade-distorting differences between
the United States and Canada with respect to the production,
processing, and sale of cattle, beef, and dairy products,
with particular emphasis on--
(1) animal health requirements;
(2) transportation differences;
(3) the availability of feed grains;
(4) other market-distorting direct and indirect subsidies;
and
(5) the expansion of the Northwest Pilot Project.
(6) tariff rate quotas.
(7) and other factors that distort trade between the United
States and Canada.
(b) Composition.--
(1) In general.--The Commission shall be composed of--
(A) 3 members representing the United States, including--
(i) 1 member appointed by the Majority Leader of the
Senate;
(ii) 1 member appointed by the Speaker of the House of
Representatives; and
(iii) 1 member appointed by the Secretary of Agriculture;
(B) 3 members representing Canada, appointed by the
Government of Canada; and
(C) nonvoting members appointed by the Commission to serve
as advisers to the Commission, including university faculty,
State veterinarians, trade experts, producers, and other
members.
(2) Appointment.--Members of the Commission shall be
appointed not later than 30 days after the date of enactment
of this Act.
(c) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the first
meeting of the Commission, the Commission shall submit a
report to Congress and the Government of Canada that
identifies, and recommends means of resolving, differences
between the United States and Canada with respect to tariff
rate quotas and the production, processing, and sale of
cattle and beef, and dairy products.
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CRAIG (AND KEMPTHORNE) AMENDMENTS NOS. 3531-3532
Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Craig for himself and Mr. Kempthorne) proposed
two amendments to the bill, S. 2334, supra; as follows:
Amendment No. 3531
On page 82, line 10, strike ``Yugoslavia.'' and insert the
following: ``Yugoslavia: Provided further, That the drawdown
made under this section for any tribunal shall not be
construed as an endorsement or precedent for the
establishment of any standing or permanent international
criminal tribunal or court: Provided further; That funds made
available for the tribunal shall be made available subject to
the regular notification procedures of the Committee on
Appropriations.
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Amendment No. 3532
At the appropriate place, insert:
SEC. . SENSE OF THE SENATE.
(a) It is the Sense of the Senate that:
(1) The U.S. Department of Agriculture should use the GSM-
102 credit guarantee program to provide 100 percent coverage,
including shipping costs, in some markets where it may be
temporarily necessary to encourage the export of US
agricultural products.
(2) The U.S. Department of Agriculture should increase the
amount of GSM export credit available above the $5.5 billion
minimum required by the 1996 Farm Bill (as it did in the
1991/1992 period). In addition to other nations, extra
allocations should be made in the following amounts to:
(A) Pakistan--an additional $150 million;
(B) Algeria--an additional $140 million;
(C) Bulgaria--an additional $20 million; and
(D) Romania--an additional $20 million.
(3) The U.S. Department of Agriculture should use the PL-
480 food assistance programs to the fullest extent possible,
including the allocation of assistance to Indonesia and other
Asian nations facing economic hardship.
(4) Given the President's reaffirmation of a Jackson-Vanik
waiver for Vietnam, the U.S. Department of Agriculture should
consider Vietnam for PL-480 assistance and increased GSM.
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REED (AND REID) AMENDMENT NO. 3533
Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. Reed for himself and Mr. Reid) proposed an
amendment to the bill, S. 2334, supra; as follows:
At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:
That of the funds made available by prior Foreign
Operations Appropriations Acts, not to exceed $750,000 shall
be made available for the Claiborne Pell Institute for
International Relations and Public Policy at Salve Regina
University.
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DeWINE AMENDMENT NO. 3534
Mr. McCONNELL (for Mr. DeWine) proposed an amendment to the bill, S.
2334, supra; as follows:
Beginning on page 90, line 1, after the word ``the'' insert
``central''.
On page 91, line 11, after the word ``ratified'' insert
``or in implementing''.
On page 91, strike lines 19 through 20, and insert ``for
the Haitian National Police, customs assistance, humanitarian
assistance, and education programs.''
On page 91, line 22, after the word ``available'' insert
``to the Government of Haiti''.
On page 92, line 5 strike everything after the word
``council'' through the ``period'' on line 7 and insert in
lieu thereof ``that is acceptable to a broad spectrum of
political parties and civic groups.''
On page 92, line 8, after the word ``Parties'' insert ``and
Grass Roots Civic Organization''.
On page 92, line 13 after the word ``parties'' insert ``and
for the development of grass roots civic organizations''.
On page 92, insert new section (e):
``(e)(1) Availability of Administration of Justice
Assistance.--Funds appropriated under this act for the
Ministry of Justice shall only be provided if the President
certifies to the Committee on Appropriations and the
Committee on International Relations of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations and the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate that Haiti's
Ministry of Justice:
``(A) Has demonstrated a commitment to the
professionalization of judicial personnel by consistently
placing students graduated by the Judicial School in
appropriate judicial positions and has made a commitment to
share program costs associated with the Judicial School;
``(B) is making progress in making the judicial branch in
Haiti independent from the executive branch, as outlined in
the 1987 Constitution; and
``(C) Has re-instituted judicial training with the Office
of Prosecutorial Development and Training (OPDAT).
``(2) The limitation in subsection (e)(1) shall not apply
to the provision of funds to support the training of
prosecutors, judicial mentoring, and case management.''.
On page 92, line 14, strike ``(e)'' and insert ``(f)''.
On page 93, strike (f) and all that follows.
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McCONNELL AMENDMENT NO. 3535
Mr. McCONNELL proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 2334, supra; as
follows:
At the appropriate place, insert:
office of security
Sec. . (a) Establishment of Office.--There shall be
established within the Office of the Administrator of the
Agency for International Development, an Office of Security.
Such Office of Security shall, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, have the responsibility for the
supervision, direction, and control of all security
activities relating to the programs and operations of that
Agency.
(b) Transfer and Allocation of Appropriations and
Personnel.--There are transferred to the Office of Security
all security
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functions exercised by the Office of Inspector General of the
Agency for International Development exercised before the
date of enactment of this Act. The Administrator shall
transfer from the Office of the Inspector General of such
Agency to the Office of Security established by subsection
(a), the personnel (including the Senior Executive Service
position designated for the Assistant Inspector General for
Security), assets, liabilities, grants, contracts, property,
records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, and other
funds held, used, available to, or to be made available in
connection with such functions. Unexpended balances of
appropriations, and other funds made available or to be made
available in connection with such functions, shall be
transferred to and merged with funds appropriated by this Act
under the heading ``Operating Expenses of the Agency for
International Development''.
(c) Transfer of Employees.--Any employee in the career
service who is transferred pursuant to this section shall be
placed in a position in the Office of Security established by
subsection (a) which is comparable to the position the
employee held in the Office of the Inspector General of the
Agency for International Development.
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DeWINE (AND LEAHY) AMENDMENT NO. 3536
Mr. LEAHY (for Mr. DeWine for himself and Mr. Leahy) proposed an
amendment to the bill. S. 2334, supra; as follows:
At the appropriate place, insert the following new title:
TITLE ____--ASSISTANCE FOR SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
SEC. ____01. AFRICA FOOD SECURITY INITIATIVE.
In providing development assistance under the Africa Food
Security Initiative, or any comparable program, the
Administrator of the United States Agency for International
Development--
(1) shall emphasize programs and projects that improve the
food security of infants, young children, school-age
children, women, and food-insecure households, or that
improve the agricultural productivity, incomes, and marketing
of the rural poor in Africa;
(2) shall solicit and take into consideration the views and
needs of intended beneficiaries and program participants
during the selection, planning, implementation, and
evaluation phases of projects; and
(3) shall ensure that programs are designed and conducted
in cooperation with African and United States organizations
and institutions, such as private and voluntary
organizations, cooperatives, land-grant and other appropriate
universities, and local producer-owned cooperative marketing
and buying associations, that have expertise in addressing
the needs of the poor, small-scale farmers, entrepreneurs,
and rural workers, including women.
SEC. ____02. MICROENTERPRISE ASSISTANCE.
In providing microenterprise assistance for sub-Saharan
Africa, the Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development shall, to the extent practicable,
use credit and microcredit assistance to improve the capacity
and efficiency of agriculture production in sub-Saharan
Africa of small-scale farmers and small rural entrepreneurs.
In providing assistance, the Administrator should take into
consideration the needs of women, and should use the applied
research and technical assistance capabilities of United
States land-grant universities.
SEC. ____03. SUPPORT FOR PRODUCER-OWNED COOPERATIVE MARKETING
ASSOCIATIONS.
The Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development is authorized to utilize relevant
foreign assistance programs and initiatives for sub-Saharan
Africa to support private producer-owned cooperative
marketing associations in sub-Saharan Africa, including rural
business associations that are owned and controlled by farmer
shareholders in order to strengthen the capacity of farmers
in sub-Saharan Africa to participate in national and
international private markets and to encourage the efforts of
farmers in sub-Saharan Africa to increase their productivity
and income through improved access to farm supplies, seasonal
credit, and technical expertise.
SEC. ____04. AGRICULTURAL AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES OF
THE OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION.
(a) In General.--The Overseas Private Investment
Corporation shall exercise its authority under law to
undertake an initiative to support private agricultural and
rural development in sub-Saharan Africa, including issuing
loans, guarantees, and insurance, to support rural
development in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly to support
intermediary organizations that--
(1) directly serve the needs of small-scale farmers, small
rural entrepreneurs, and rural producer-owned cooperative
purchasing and marketing associations;
(2) have a clear track record of support for sound business
management practices; and
(3) have demonstrated experience with participatory
development methods.
(b) Use of Certain Funds.--The Overseas Private Investment
Corporation shall utilize existing equity funds, loan, and
insurance funds, to the extent feasible and in accordance
with existing contractual obligations, to support agriculture
and rural development in sub-Saharan Africa.
SEC. ____05. AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND EXTENSION ACTIVITIES.
(a) Development of Plan.--The Administrator of the United
States Agency for International Development, in consultation
with the Secretary of Agriculture and appropriate Department
of Agriculture agencies, especially the Cooperative State,
Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES), shall
develop a comprehensive plan to coordinate and build on the
research and extension activities of United States land-grant
universities, international agricultural research centers,
and national agricultural research and extension centers in
sub-Saharan Africa.
(b) Additional Requirements.--The plan described in
subsection (a) shall be designed to ensure that--
(1) research and extension activities respond to the needs
of small-scale farmers while developing the potential and
skills of researchers, extension agents, farmers, and
agribusiness persons in sub-Saharan Africa; and
(2) sustainable agricultural methods of farming is
considered together with new technologies in increasing
agricultural productivity in sub-Saharan Africa.
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KERREY (AND LOTT) AMENDMENT NO. 3537
Mr. LEAHY (for Mr. Kerrey for himself and Mr. Lott) proposed an
amendment to the bill, S. 2334, supra; as follows:
At the appropriate place in the bill, insert the following:
Sec. . (a) The Senate makes the following findings:
(1) The International Telecommunication Union, an agency of
the United Nations, is currently developing recommendations
for world standards for the next generation of wireless
telecommunications services based on the concept of a
``family'' of standards.
(2) On June 30, 1998, the Department of State submitted
four proposed standards to the ITU for consideration in the
development of those recommendations.
(3) Adoption of an open and inclusive set of multiple
standards, including all four submitted by the Department of
State, would enable existing systems to operate with the next
generation of wireless standards.
(4) It is critical to the interests of the United States
that existing systems be given this ability.
(b) It is the sense of the Senate that the Federal
Communications Commission and appropriate executive branch
agencies take all appropriate actions to promote development,
by the ITU, of recommendations for digital wireless
telecommunications services based on a family of open and
inclusive multiple standards, including all four standards
submitted by the Department of State, so as to allow
operation of existing systems with the next generation of
wireless standards.
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LEAHY AMENDMENT NO. 3538
Mr. LEAHY proposed an amendment to the bill, S. 2334, supra; as
follows:
On page 38, line 22, delete $69,000,000 and insert in lieu
thereof $75,000,000.
On page 7, line 21, delete $1,890,000,000 and insert in
lieu thereof $1,904,000,000.
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ABRAHAM AMENDMENT NO. 3539
Mr. LEAHY (for Mr. Abraham) proposed an amendment to the bill, S.
2334, supra; as follows:
On page 30, line 7, strike the final period and insert a
semicolon, and insert the following: ``Provided further, That
amounts appropriated under this heading for fiscal year 1999,
and amounts previously appropriated under such heading for
fiscal year 1998, shall remain available until expended.''
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