Agency for International Development

Agency for International Development agriculture, rural development, and nutrition, development assistance For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 103, $493,715,000: Provided, That up to $5,000,000 shall be provided for new development projects of private entities and cooperatives utilizing surplus dairy products: Provided further, That not less than $8,000,000 shall be provided for the Vitamin A Deficiency Program: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, up to $10,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made available, and remain available until expended, for agricultural activities in Poland which are managed by the Polish Catholic Church or other nongovernmental organizations. population, development assistance For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 104(b), $197,940,000: Provided, That none of the funds made available in this Act nor any unobligated balances from prior appropriations may be made available to any organization or program which, as determined by the President of the United States, supports or participates in the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization: Provided further, That none of the funds made available under this heading may be used to pay for the performance of abortion as a method of family planning or to motivate or coerce any person to practice abortions; and that in order to reduce reliance on abortion in developing nations, funds shall be available only to voluntary family planning projects which offer, either directly or through referral to, or information about access to, a broad range of family planning methods and services: Provided further, That in awarding grants for natural family planning under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act no applicant shall be discriminated against because of such applicant’s religious or conscientious commitment to offer only natural family planning; and, additionally, all such applicants shall comply with the requirements of the previous proviso: Provided further, That nothing in this subsection shall be construed to alter any existing statutory prohibitions against abortion under section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act. health, development assistance For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 104(c), $122,459,000: Provided, That of this amount $2,500,000 shall be made available for the River Blindness Program of the World Health Organization. international aids prevention and control program For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $40,000,000, which shall be made available only for activities relating to research on, and the treatment and control of, acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in developing countries: Provided, That of the funds made available under this heading $25,500,000 shall be provided directly to the World Health Organization for its use in financing the Global102 STAT. 2268–5 Program on AIDS, including activities implemented by the Pan American Health Organization. child survival fund For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 104(c)(2), $71,000,000. education and human resources development, development assistance For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 105, $129,541,000: Provided, That $1,500,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made available for the Caribbean Law Institute: Provided further, That not less than $64,770,500 of the funds appropriated under this heading and under the heading “Sub-Saharan Africa, Development Assistance” shall be available only for programs in basic primary and secondary education: Provided further, That in fiscal year 1989, the Agency for International Development shall initiate two new bilateral projects in basic primary and secondary education, at least one of which shall be initiated in countries in Sub-Saharan Africa: Provided further, That in each of fiscal years 1990 and 1991, such agency shall initiate three new bilateral projects in basic primary and secondary education, at least two of which in each fiscal year shall be initiated in Sub-Saharan Africa: Provided further, That not less than $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made available for the International Student Exchange Program: Provided further, That not less than $1,200,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made available for the Leadership Center for the Americas program. private sector, environment, and energy, development assistance For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 106, $120,709,000: Provided, That not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available only for cooperative projects among the United States, Israel and developing countries: Provided further, That not less than $5,000,000 shall be made available only for the Central American Rural Electrification Support project. science and technology, development assistance For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 106, $8,662,270. micro-enterprise development Of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not less than $75,000,000 shall be made available for programs of credit and other assistance for micro-enterprises in developing countries: Provided, That local currencies which accrue as a result of assistance provided to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 may be used for assistance for micro-enterprises: Provided further, That such local currencies which are used for this purpose shall be in lieu of funds earmarked under this heading and shall102 STAT. 2268–6 reduce the amount earmarked for assistance for micro-enterprises by an equal amount. sub-saharan africa, development assistance For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of sections 103 through 106 and section 121 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $500,000,000, for assistance only for Sub-Saharan Africa, which shall be in addition to any amounts otherwise made available for such purposes: Provided, That any of the funds which are appropriated under this heading may be used for assistance for Sub-Saharan Africa to carry out any economic development assistance activities under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That assistance made available under this heading shall be used to help the poor majority in Sub-Saharan Africa through a process of long-term development and economic growth that is equitable, participatory, environmentally sustainable, and self-reliant: Provided further, That these objectives may, in part, be achieved through the integration of women in the development process, appropriate consultation with private voluntary organizations, African and other organizations with a local perspective on the development process, and inclusion of the perspectives and participation of those affected by the provision of assistance: Provided further, That assistance made available under this heading shall be provided in accordance with the policies contained in section 102 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That assistance made available under this heading should be provided, when consistent with the objectives of such assistance, through African, United States and other private and voluntary organizations which have demonstrated effectiveness in the promotion of local grassroots activities on behalf of long-term development in Sub-Saharan Africa: Provided further, That assistance made available under this heading should be used to help overcome shorter-term constraints to long-term development; to promote reform of sectoral economic policies to support the critical sector priorities of agricultural production and natural resources, health, voluntary family planning services, education, and income generating opportunities; to bring about appropriate sectoral restructuring of the Sub-Saharan African economies; to support reform in public administration and finances and to establish a favorable environment for individual enterprise and self-sustaining development: Provided further, That assisted policy reforms should take into account the need to protect vulnerable groups: Provided further, That assistance made available under this heading shall be used to increase agricultural production in ways which protect and restore the natural resource base, especially food production; to maintain and improve basic transportation and communication networks; to maintain and restore the renewable natural resource base in ways which increase agricultural production; to improve health conditions with special emphasis on meeting the health needs of mothers and children, including the establishment of self-sustaining primary health care systems that give priority to preventive care; to provide increased access to voluntary family planning services; to improve basic literacy and mathematics especially to those outside the formal educational system and to improve primary education; and to develop income-generating opportunities for the unemployed and underemployed in urban and rural areas: Provided further, That the Administrator of the Agency102 STAT. 2268–7 for International Development should target the equivalent of 10 percent of the funds appropriated under this heading for each of the following: (1) maintaining and restoring the renewable natural resource base in ways which increase agricultural production, including components of agriculture activities which are consistent with this objective, (2) health activities, and (3) voluntary family planning: Provided, further, That local currencies generated by the sale of imports or foreign exchange by the government of a country in Sub-Saharan Africa from funds appropriated under this heading shall be deposited in a special account established by that government: Provided further, That these local currencies shall be available only for use, in accordance with an agreement with the United States, for development activities which are consistent with the policy directions of section 102 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and for necessary administrative requirements of the United States Government: Provided further, That in order to carry out the purposes of this heading, section 604(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and similar provisions of law, shall not apply with respect to the implementation of assistance activities consistent with the purposes of this heading: Provided further, That the funds made available under this heading shall be provided only on a grant basis. southern africa, development assistance For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of sections 103 through 106 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $50,000,000, which shall be made available, without regard to section 518 of this Act and section 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, only to assist sector projects supported by the Southern Africa Development Coordination Conference (SADCC) to enhance the economic development of the nine member states forming that regional institution: Provided, That this amount shall be made available for one or more of the following sectors: transportation; manpower development; agriculture and natural resources; energy (including the improved utilization of electrical power sources which already exist in the member states and offer the potential to swiftly reduce the dependence of those states on South Africa for electricity); and industrial development and trade (including private sector initiatives): Provided further, That amounts made available under this heading shall be in addition to any amounts otherwise made available for such purposes and shall be in addition to amounts made available for Africa under the heading “Sub-Saharan Africa, Development Assistance”: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made available for activities in Angola: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made available for activities in Mozambique unless the President certifies that it is in the national interest of the United States to do so. assistance for jamaica Of the aggregate of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not less than $35,000,000 shall be made available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for relief, rehabilitation and reconstruction assistance, which amount shall be in addition to funds otherwise made102 STAT. 2268–8 available for Jamaica to carry out the provisions of part I of such Act. assistance for victims of war Of the aggregate of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, up to $5,000,000 may be made available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for assistance for the provision of prostheses for civilians who have been injured as a result of civil strife and warfare. assistance for displaced children Of the aggregate of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not less than $1,500,000 shall be made available for programs and activities for children who have become orphans as a result of the effects of drought, civil strife, and other natural and man-made disasters: Provided, That assistance under this heading shall be made available in accordance with the policies and general authorities contained in section 491 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. women in development In recognition that the full participation of women in, and the full contribution of women to, the development process are essential to achieving economic growth, a higher quality of life, and sustainable development in developing countries, not less than $5,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, shall be used to encourage and promote the participation and integration of women as equal partners in the development process in developing countries, of which not less than $3,000,000 shall be made available as matching funds to support the activities of the Agency for International Development’s field missions to integrate women into their programs: Provided, That the Agency for International Development shall seek to ensure that country strategies, projects, and programs are designed so that the percentage of women participants will be demonstrably increased. philippines, development assistance Of the aggregate of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out sections 103 through 106 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not less than $40,000,000 shall be made available only for the Philippines for project and sector assistance primarily in support of the Government of the Philippines’ efforts to promote economic recovery and attain sustained growth through increased rural productivity in both farm and off-farm enterprises, and other activities consistent with the purposes of chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided, That of the funds made available for the Philippines under section 103 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, not less than $1,000,000 shall be made available to fund technical assistance to strengthen nonprofit private organizations and cooperatives in conjunction, where possible, with projects using local currencies generated by sale of Public Law 480 and section 416 commodities. 102 STAT. 2268–9 private and voluntary organizations None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act for development assistance may be made available to any United States private and voluntary organization, except any cooperative development organization, which obtains less than 20 per centum of its total annual funding for international activities from sources other than the United States Government: Provided, That the requirements of the provisions of section 123(g) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the provisions on private and voluntary organizations in title II of the “Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1985” (as enacted in Public Law 98–473) shall be superseded by the provisions of this section. private sector revolving fund (including transfers of funds) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 108 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not to exceed $9,000,000 to be derived by transfer from funds appropriated to carry out the provisions of chapter 1 of part I of such Act, to remain available until expended. During fiscal year 1989, obligations for assistance from amounts in the revolving fund account under section 108 shall not exceed $12,000,000. During fiscal year 1989, total commitments to guarantee loans shall not exceed $25,000,000 of contingent liability for loan principal. american schools and hospitals abroad For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 214, $35,000,000. international disaster assistance For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 491, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not less the $500,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made available for assistance for children who have become orphans as a result of natural disasters. payment to the foreign service retirement and disability fund For payment to the “Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund”, as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980, $40,532,000. operating expenses of the agency for international development For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 667, $414,000,000: Provided, That not more than $15,000,000 of this amount shall be for Foreign Affairs Administrative Support: Provided further, That except to the extent that the Administrator of the Agency for International Development determines otherwise, not less than 10 per centum of the aggregate of the funds made available for the fiscal year 1989 to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be made available only for activities of economically and socially disadvantaged enterprises (within the meaning of section 133(c)(5) of the International Develop-102 STAT. 2268–10ment and Food Assistance Act of 1977), historically black colleges and universities, colleges and universities having a student body in which more than 40 percent of the students are Hispanic Americans, and private and voluntary organizations which are controlled by individuals who are black Americans, Hispanic Americans, or Native Americans, or who are economically and socially disadvantaged (within the meaning of section 133(c)(5) (B) and (C) of the International Development and Food Assistance Act of 1977). For purposes of this proviso, economically and socially disadvantaged individuals shall be deemed to include women. operating expenses of the agency for international development office of inspector general For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 667, $28,500,000, which sum shall be available only for the operating expenses of the Office of the Inspector General notwithstanding sections 451 or 614 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or any other provision of law: Provided, That up to three percent of the amount made available under the heading “Operating Expenses of the Agency for International Development” may be transferred to and merged and consolidated with amounts made available under this heading: Provided further, That except as may be required by an emergency evacuation affecting the United States diplomatic missions of which they are a component element, none of the funds in this Act, or any other Act, may be used to relocate the overseas Regional Offices of the Inspector General to a location within the United States without the express approval of the Inspector General: Provided further, That the total number of positions authorized for the Office of Inspector General in Washington and overseas shall be not less than 240 at September 30, 1989: Provided further, That section 103(b) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 is amended by (1) striking out subsection (b)(3); (2) inserting, in subsection (b)(2), “or regional inspector general offices under the jurisdiction of the inspector General, Agency for International Development” after “commander”; and (3) striking out and” at the end of subsection (b)(2) and inserting in lieu thereof a period. housing and other credit guaranty programs During the fiscal year 1989, total commitments to guarantee loans shall not exceed $125,000,000 of contingent liability for loan principal: Provided, That the President shall enter into commitments to guarantee such loans in the full amount provided under this heading, subject only to the availability of qualified applicants for such guarantees: Provided further, That pursuant to section 223(e)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 borrowing authority provided therein may be exercised in such amounts as may be necessary to retain an adequate level of contingency reserves for the fiscal year 1989. economic support fund For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of chapter 4 of part II, $3,258,500,000: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $1,200,000,000 shall be available only for Israel, which sum shall be available on a grant basis as a102 STAT. 2268–11 cash transfer and shall be disbursed within 30 days of enactment of this Act or by October 31, 1988, whichever is later: Provided further, That not less than $815,000,000 shall be available only for Egypt, which sum shall be provided on a grant basis, of which not more than $115,000,000 may be provided as a cash transfer with the understanding that Egypt will undertake significant economic reforms which are additional to those which were undertaken in previous fiscal years, and not less than $200,000,000 shall be provided as Commodity Import Program assistance: Provided further, That in exercising the authority to provide cash transfer assistance for Israel and Egypt, the President shall ensure that the level of such assistance does not cause an adverse impact on the total level of nonmilitary exports from the United States to each such country: Provided further, That it is the sense of the Congress that the recommended levels of assistance for Egypt and Israel are based in great measure upon their continued participation in the Camp David Accords and upon the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading not less than $215,000,000 shall be available for Pakistan: Provided further, That not less than $124,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for the Philippines: Provided further, That not less than $2,500,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for Thailand: Provided further, That not less than $20,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for Morocco: Provided further, That not less than $11,250,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for Tunisia: Provided further, That not less than $60,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for Turkey: Provided further, That not less than $50,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for Portugal: Provided further, That not less than $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available for Cyprus: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading up to $35,000,000 but not less than $10,000,000 shall be available for the United States contribution to the International Fund for Ireland and shall be made available in accordance with the provisions of the Anglo-Irish Agreement Support Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–415): Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading $185,000,000 only shall be available for El Salvador, $80,000,000 only shall be available for Guatemala, $90,000,000 only shall be available for Costa Rica, and not less than $85,000,000 shall be available for Honduras: Provided further, That of the funds provided under this heading for Central American countries, not less than $5,000,000 shall be available only to develop energy self-sufficiency, to identify and utilize indigenous resources to improve economic development, and to reduce reliance on imported energy: Provided further, That not less than $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made available for Jordan, of which not less than $15,000,000 is for programs in Jordan: Provided further, That not less than $15,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made available for the West Bank and Gaza Program through the Asia and Near East regional program: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $85,750,000 shall be available for Sub-Saharan Africa: Provided further, That notwithstanding section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 up to $1,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made available to102 STAT. 2268–12 assist the Government of El Salvador’s Special Investigative Unit for the purpose of bringing to justice those responsible for the murders of United States citizens in El Salvador: Provided further, That a report of the investigation shall be provided to the Congress: Provided further, That $20,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made available to carry out the Administration of Justice program pursuant to section 534 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That if funds made available under this heading are provided to a foreign country as cash transfer assistance, that country shall be required to maintain these funds in a separate account and not commingle them with any other funds: Provided further, That such funds may be obligated and expended notwithstanding provisions of law which are inconsistent with the cash transfer nature of this assistance or which are referenced in the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference accompanying House Joint Resolution 648 (H. Rept. No. 98–1159): Provided further, That all local currencies that may be generated with such funds provided as a cash transfer shall be deposited in a special account to be used in accordance with section 609 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further, That at least 15 days prior to obligating any such cash transfer assistance to a foreign country under this heading, the President shall submit a notification to the Committees on Appropriations, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, which shall include a detailed description of how the funds proposed to be made available will be used, with a discussion of the United States interests that will be served by the assistance (including, as appropriate, a description of the economic policy reforms that will be promoted by the cash transfer assistance): Provided further, That not more than $5,000,000 of the funds made available under this heading may be available to finance tied aid credits, unless the President determines it is in the national interest to provide in excess of $5,000,000 and so notifies the Committees on Appropriations through the regular notification procedures: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be used for tied aid credits without the prior approval of the Administrator of the Agency for International Development: Provided further, That, except as provided by this Act, none of the funds appropriated under this heading by this Act or the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1988, shall be made available for tied credits in accordance with any provision of law enacted after May 19, 1988: Provided further, That $2,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, only for the independent Polish trade union “Solidarity” of which $1,000,000 is to support its Social Fund project, and $1,000,000 is to support Solidarity through the AFLCIO’s Free Trade Union Institute to promote democratic activities in Poland: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law to the National Endowment for Democracy for the promotion of democracy in Nicaragua: Provided further, That these funds are to be administered consistent with the Agreement between the Government of Nicaragua and the Nicaraguan Resistance signed March 23, 1988 at Sapoa, Nicaragua (“Sapoa Agreement”) and the Guatemala Peace Accords of August 7, 1987: Provided102 STAT. 2268–13 further, That such assistance (1) shall be provided to internal groups that have renounced violence and support a negotiated settlement to the conflict in Nicaragua, including independent elements of the press, independent labor unions, independent business groups, and independent human rights groups, and (2) may not be provided to any group that is affiliated with or supportive of any armed opposition group: Provided further, That the manner in which these funds are used shall not be inconsistent with the Sapoa Agreement, as its terms are applied and monitored for acceptability by the Verification Commission established by that Agreement: Provided further, That $1,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be made available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the provision of medical supplies and hospital equipment for Poland through private and voluntary organizations, including the expenses of purchasing, transporting, and distributing such supplies and equipment: Provided further, That funds made available under this heading shall remain available until September 30, 1990.