BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE

BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE Funds Appropriated to the president agency for international development international disaster assisttance For an additional amount for “International Disaster Assistance”, $25,000,000, to remain available until expended. Other Bilateral Economic Assistance economic support fund For an additional amount for “Economic Support Fund”, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, to provide assistance to Jordan, $50,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2001. central america and the caribbean emergency disaster recovery fund Notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91–672, for necessary expenses to address the effects of hurricanes in Central America and the Caribbean and the earthquake in Colombia, $621,000,000, to remain available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That the funds appropriated under this heading shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and, except for section 558, the provisions of title V of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in division A, section 101(d) of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277)): Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other proviso under this heading, up to $10,000,000 may be transferred to “Export-Import Bank of the United States, Subsidy Appropriation” for the cost of direct loans, loan guarantees, and insurance, subject to the terms and conditions applicable to funds made available under 113 STAT. 69 that heading in the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in division A, section 101(d) of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277)): Provided further, That up to $5,500,000 of the funds appropriated by this paragraph may be transferred to “Operating Expenses of the Agency for International Development”, to remain available until September 30, 2000, to be used for administrative costs of USAID in addressing the effects of those hurricanes, of which up to $1,000,000 may be used to contract directly for the personal services of individuals in the United States: Provided further, That up to $1,500,000 of the funds appropriated by this paragraph may be transferred to “Operating Expenses of the Agency for International Development Office of Inspector General”, to remain available until expended, to be used for costs of audits, inspections, and other activities associated with the expenditure of the funds appropriated by this paragraph: Provided further, That up to $500,000 of the funds appropriated by this paragraph shall be made available to the Comptroller General for purposes of monitoring the provision of assistance using funds appropriated by this paragraph: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading shall be obligated and expended subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this heading, not less than $2,000,000 should be made available to support the clearance of landmines and other unexploded ordnance in Nicaragua and Honduras: Provided further, That the funds appropriated under this heading, and the supplemental funds appropriated in this Act that are in addition to the funds made available under title II of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in division A, section 101(d) of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277)), shall be subject to the funding ceiling contained in section 580 of that Act, notwithstanding section 545 of that Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading may be charged to finance obligations for which appropriations available for other accounts under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, were charged after April 30, 1999, to finance obligations to address the effects of the hurricanes in Central America and the Caribbean and the earthquake in Colombia: Provided further, That the provisions of section 110 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, shall not be applicable to any assistance furnished to address the effects of the hurricanes in Central America and the Caribbean and the earthquake in Colombia: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be made available for nonproject assistance: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available only to the extent an official budget request for a specific dollar amount that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.