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(1) a detailed description of how the natural resource management initiatives mandated by this section have been incorporated in the Administration's efforts to address Third World Debt (the Brady Plan);

(2) a detailed description of progress made by each of the MDBs in adopting and implementing programs meeting the standards set out in subsection (a) including, in particular, efforts by the Department of the Treasury to assure implementation of this section, progress made by each MDB in subsection (a)(1)(B), and the amounts and proportion of lending in the energy sector for projects or programs in subsection (a)(1);

(3) the progress the Inter-American Development Bank has made in implementing environmental reforms;

(4) an updated analysis of each MDB's forestry sector loans, and a current analysis of each MDB's energy sector loans, and their impact on emissions of CO2 and the status of proposals for specific forestry and energy sector activities to reduce CO2 emissions; and

(5) the progress the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development has made in implementing the recommendations set forth in the April 1, 1988, report on "Debt-for-Nature Swaps" by the World Bank.

(c)(1) The Administrator of the Agency for International Development shall update and issue guidance to all Agency missions and bureaus detailing the elements of the "Global Warming Initiative",114 which will continue to emphasize the need to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases, especially CO2 and CFCs, through strategies consistent with continued economic development. This initiative shall continue to emphasize the need to accelerate sustainable development strategies in areas such as reforestation, biodiversity, end-use energy efficiency, least-cost energy planning, and renewable energy, and shall encourage mission directors to incorporate the elements of this initiative in developing their country programs.

(2) The Administrator shall pursue this initiative by, among other things

(A) increasing the number and expertise of personnel devoted to this initiative in all bureaus and missions;

(B) devoting increased resources to technical training of mission directors;

(C) accelerating the activities of the Multi-Agency Working Group on Power Sector Innovation;

(D) focusing tropical forestry assistance programs on the key middle- and low-income developing countries (hereinafter "key countries") which are projected to contribute large amounts of greenhouse gases to the global environment;

(E) assisting countries in developing a systematic analysis of the appropriate use of their total tropical forest resources, with the goal of developing a national program for sustainable forestry;

114 See sec. 534 of the Foreign Assistance Appropriations Act, 1990, page 757.

(F) focusing energy assistance activities on the key countries, where assistance would have the greatest impact on reducing emissions from greenhouse gases; and

(G) continuing to follow the directives with respect to key countries and countries that receive large Economic Support Fund assistance contained in section 534(b)(3) of Public Law 101-167.

(3) None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be available for any program, project or activity which would

(A) result in any significant loss of tropical forests; or

(B) involve commercial 115 timber extraction in primary tropical forest areas unless an environmental assessment: 116 (i) identifies potential impacts on biological diversity;

(ii) demonstrates that all timber extraction will be conducted according to an environmentally sound management system which maintains the ecological functions of the natural forest and minimizes impacts on biological diversity; and

(iii) demonstrates that the activity will contribute to reducing deforestation.

(4) Funds appropriated to carry out the provisions of sections 103 and 106 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used by the Agency for International Development, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose of supporting tropical forestry and energy programs aimed at reducing emissions of greenhouse gases with regard to the key countries in which deforestation and energy policy would make a significant contribution to global warming, except that such assistance shall be subject to sections 116, 502B, and 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. (5) Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of sections 103 and 106 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used for expenses (including related support costs) relating to the environment and energy sectors, of employees or individuals detailed to or employed by the Agency for International Development, particularly those involved with the "Global Warming Initiative" described in this subsection.

(d) of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not less than $80,000,000 shall be made available for environment and energy activities, including funds earmarked under section 534 of this Act, as follows

(1) not less than $15,000,000 of the aggregate of the funds appropriated to carry out the provisions of sections 103 through 106 and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be made available for biological diversity activities, of which: $3,000,000 shall be made available for the Parks in Peril project pursuant to the authority of section 119(b) of that Act, $500,000 shall be for neotropical migratory bird conserva

115 Sec. 308(1) of Public Law 102-27 (105 Stat. 152) struck out "industrial" and inserted in lieu thereof "commercial".

116 Sec. 308(2) of Public Law 102-27 (105 Stat. 152) inserted "unless an environmental assessment" and three clauses under subpar. (B).

tion in Latin America and the Caribbean,117 $100,000 shall be for the Charles Darwin Station, $750,000 shall be for Project Noah, 117 and $1,500,000 shall be for the National Science Foundation's international biological diversity program; 117

(2) not less than $30,000,000 of the funds appropriated to carry out the provisions of sections 103 and 106 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be made available to support the "Global Warming Initiative" as described in this section;

(3) not less than $5,000,000 of the funds appropriated to carry out the provisions of sections 103, 106 and chapter 10 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be made available for assistance in support of elephant conservation and preservation; and

(4) not less than $20,000,000 of the funds appropriated to carry out the provisions of sections 103 and 106 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be made available for the Office of Energy of the Agency for International Development.

(e) of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act, not less than $15,000,000 shall be made available to countries in Africa for programs which support conservation and biological diversity. 118

(f) Chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by adding the following new section:

"SEC. 518.119 NATURAL RESOURCES AND WILDLIFE MANAGE

MENT.

"(a) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER NONLETHAL EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES AND SMALL ARMS.-Subject to the limitations in this section, the President may transfer nonlethal excess defense articles and small arms to friendly countries and to international organizations and private and voluntary organizations for the purposes contained in section 119 of this Act.

"(b) LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS.-Transfers under this section shall be subject to the limitations contained in section 516(b).

"(c) TRANSPORTATION.-The Department is authorized to transport nonlethal excess defense articles and small arms made available pursuant to this section without charge on a space available basis.

"(d) WAIVER OF REQUIREMENTS FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF DOD EXPENSES.-Section 632(d) shall not apply with respect to transfers of nonlethal excess defense articles and small arms under this section or the transportation of such articles as authorized by subsection (c).

"(e) NOTIFICATION TO COMMITTEES OF CONGRESS.-The President may not transfer nonlethal excess defense articles and small arms under this section until 30 days after he has notified the Committees on Appropriations of the proposed transfer. This notification shall include a certification of the need for the transfer and an as

117 The earmarks for neotropical migratory bird conservation in Latin America and the Caribbean, Project Noah, and the National Science Foundation's International Biological Diversity Program are not applicable for fiscal year 1992, pursuant to sec. 116 of the Further Continuing Appropriations, Fiscal Year 1992 (Public Law 102-145, as amended).

118 This earmark is not applicable for fiscal year 1992, pursuant to sec. 116 of the Further Continuing Appropriations, Fiscal Year 1992 (Public Law 102-145, as amended).

119 22 U.S.C. 23211.

sessment of the impact of the transfer on the military readiness of the United States. Transfers under this section shall also be subject to the notification requirements of section 516(c) of this Act.".

(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated by this Act for programs of the Agency for International Development may be made available for any project or activity except in accordance with the requirements of section 117(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the regulations issued pursuant thereto (22 CFR 216).

MONTREAL PROTOCOL FACILITATION FUNDS

(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

SEC. 534. Not less than $10,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out sections 103 and 106 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be used to support the creation of a fund to facilitate and support global participation in the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer: Provided, That these funds shall be transferred to the Bureau of Oceans, International Environment and Scientific Affairs of the Department of State and shall be made available, after consultations with the Environmental Protection Agency, to the United Nations Environment Program in its role as Secretariat to the Protocol: Provided further, That the United States representative to the Secretariat shall seek assurances that none of these funds shall be contributed to any developing country that is not a party to the Protocol and operating under Article 5 of the Protocol.

PROHIBITION CONCERNING ABORTIONS AND INVOLUNTARY

STERILIZATION

SEC. 535.120 None of the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for the performance of abortions as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions. None of the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for the performance of involuntary sterilization as a method of family planning or to coerce or provide any financial incentive to any person to undergo sterilizations. None of the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay for any biomedical research which relates in whole or in part, to methods of, or the performance of, abortions or involuntary sterilization as a means of family planning. None of the funds made available to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be obligated or expended for any country or organization if the President certifies that the use of these funds by any such country or organization would violate any of the above provisions related to abortions and involuntary sterilizations. The Congress reaffirms its commitments to Population, Development Assistance and to the need for informed voluntary family planning.

120 First enacted as sec. 541 of the Foreign Assistance Appropriations Act, 1986.

AFGHANISTAN-HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE

SEC. 536.121 Of the aggregate amount of funds appropriated by this Act, to be derived in equal parts from the funds appropriated to carry out the provisions of chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and chapter 4 of part II of that Act, up to $70,000,000 may be made available for the provision of food, medicine, or other humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people, notwithstanding any other provision of law. In carrying out this section, the Administrator of the Agency for International Development shall ensure that an equitable portion of the funds is made available to benefit Afghan women and girls, particularly in programs in refugee camps in Pakistan and in reconstruction projects in Afghanistan.

PRIVATE VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATIONS-DOCUMENTATION

SEC. 537.122 None of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant to this Act shall be available to a private voluntary organization which fails to provide upon timely request any document, file, or record necessary to the auditing requirements of the Agency for International Development, nor shall any of the funds appropriated by this Act be made available to any private voluntary organization which is not registered with the Agency for International Development.

EL SALVADOR-INVESTIGATION OF MURDERS

SEC. 538.123 Of the amounts made available by this Act for military assistance and financing for El Salvador under chapters 2 and 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and under the Arms Export Control Act, $5,000,000 may not be expended until the President reports, following the conclusion of the Appeals process in the case of Captain Avila, to the Committees on Appropriations that the Government of El Salvador has (1) substantially concluded all investigative action with respect to those responsible for the January 1981 deaths of the two United States land reform consultants Michael Hammer and Mark Pearlman and the Salvadoran Land Reform Institute Director Jose Rodolfo Viera, (2) pursued all legal avenues to bring to trial and obtain a verdict of those who ordered and carried out the January 1981 murders, (3) pursued all legal avenues to bring to trial those who ordered and carried out the September 1988 massacre of ten peasants near the town of San Francisco, El Salvador, and to obtain a verdict, (4) pursued all legal avenues to bring to trial those who ordered and carried out the November 1989 murders of six Jesuit priests and their associates, and

121 Similar language was first enacted as sec. 542 of the Foreign Assistance Appropriations Act, 1986.

122 Similar language was first enacted as sec. 546 of the Foreign Assistance Appropriations Act, 1986.

123 This section is not applicable for fiscal year 1992, pursuant to sec. 118 of the Further Continuing Appropriations, Fiscal Year 1992 (Public Law 102-145, as amended). See sec. 122 of Public Law 102-145, as amended; page 561.

First enacted, through clause (2), as sec. 547 of the Foreign Assistance Appropriations Act, 1986. Clause (3) was added by the Foreign Assistance Appropriations Act, 1990. Clauses (4) and (5) are new language in Foreign Assistance Appropriations, 1991; incidents addressed in clauses (4) and (5) were first addressed in sec. 599G of the Foreign Assistance Appropriations Act, 1990.

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