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HR 2583 IHRHCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

112th CONGRESSCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

1st SessionCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

H. R. 2583CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

July 19, 2011CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign AffairsCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

A BILLCommentsClose CommentsPermalink

To authorize appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal year 2012, and for other purposes.CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ‘Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2012’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

The table of contents for this Act is as follows: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 1. Short title. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 2. Table of contents. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 3. Appropriate congressional committees defined. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

TITLE I--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

Sec. 101. Administration of foreign affairs. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 102. Contributions to International Organizations. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 103. Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 104. International Commissions. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 105. Migration and Refugee Assistance. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 106. National Endowment for Democracy. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES

Subtitle A--Basic Authorities and Activities

Sec. 201. Transfer of inspections back to the Secretary of State. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 202. International Litigation Fund. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 203. Actuarial valuations. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 204. Special agents. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 205. Diplomatic security program contracting. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Subtitle B--Consular Services and Related Matters

Sec. 211. Extension of authority to assess passport surcharge. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 212. Tibet. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 213. Maintenance cost sharing program. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 214. Border crossing card fee for minors. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 215. Report on Office of Terrorism Finance and Economic Sanctions Policy of the Department of State. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

TITLE III--ORGANIZATION AND PERSONNEL AUTHORITIES

Sec. 301. Suspension of Foreign Service members without pay. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 302. Repeal of recertification requirement for Senior Foreign Service. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 303. Limited appointments in the Foreign Service. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 304. Limitation of compensatory time off for travel. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

TITLE IV--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE

Sec. 401. Goals of United States assistance.

Sec. 402. United States Agency for International Development.

Sec. 403. Bilateral Economic Assistance.

Sec. 404. Microfinance and microenterprise programs.

Sec. 405. Development credit authority.

Sec. 406. Millennium Challenge Corporation.

Sec. 407. Prohibition on assistance to countries that fail to meet the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s Corruption Performance Indicator.

Sec. 408. Democracy Fund.

Sec. 409. Report on aid commitments and disbursements by other donors and international organizations.

Sec. 410. Transfer of liquidated assets of certain Enterprise Funds to the United States Treasury.

Sec. 411. Limitation on funds for United States Agency for International Development’s Office of Budget and Resource Management.

Sec. 412. Preventing taxpayer funding for foreign organizations that promote or perform abortion.

Sec. 413. Sense of Congress relating to microenterprise development assistance to sub-Saharan Africa.

TITLE V--UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING

Sec. 5401. Authorization of appropriations for international broadcasting. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 5402. Personal services contracting program. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 5403. Employment for international broadcasting. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 5404. Technical amendment relating to civil immunity for Broadcasting Board of Governors members. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

TITLE VI--REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

Sec. 6501. Reporting reform. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 6502. Diplomatic relations with Israel. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 503. Report on progress to ameliorate violations of religious freedom. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

TITLE VII--PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE

Sec. 7601. Authority to interdict certain imports to and exports from Iran. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 7602. Report. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 7603. Definitions. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

TITLE VII--PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROTECTION

TITLE VIII--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONSNUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION

Sec. 801. Boundary, water, and fisheries commissiWithdrawal from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 802. Limitation on funds for U.S.-China Center of Excellence on Nuclear SecurityProhibition on assistance to state sponsors of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 803. Elimination of East-West CenterAdditional protocol as a criterion for United States assistance. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Sec. 911. Bilateral Economic Assistance. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 804. Inspector General912. United States Agency for International Development. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 913. Nonproliferation, antiterrorism, and demining. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 914. International narcotics control and law enforcement. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 915. Partnerships between businesses and postsecondary educational institutions in Africa. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Sec. 921. Countries that fail to meet MCC’s Corruption Performance Indicator. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 922. Foreign organizations that promote or perform abortion. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 923. Development Innovation Ventures program. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 924. Countries that oppose the position of the United States in the United Nations. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 925. Support for activities of the Global FundClimate Change Initiative. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 805. Arab League boycott926. Trilateral Assistance Program. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Sec. 931. Limitation on assistance to Argentina, Venezuela, Nicaragua, Ecuador, and Bolivia. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 806. Measures supporting the reunification of Cyprus932. Muslim Brotherhood. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 807. Limitation on assistance to the f933. Palestinian Authority. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 934. Sri Lanka. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 935. Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Sec. 941. Transfer of liquidated assets of certain Enterprise Funds to the United States Treasury. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 808. Statement of policy regarding the Ecumenical Patriarchate942. Limitation on funds for USAID’s Office of Budget and Resource Management. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 809. Sense of Congress on restrictions on religious freedom in Vietnam943. Limitation on USAID training contracts under the Merida Initiative. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 810. State sponsorship of terrorism by Eritrea944. Internet website to make publicly available comprehensive, timely, comparable, and accessible information on United States foreign assistance programs. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Sec. 951. Report on aid commitments and disbursements by other donors and international organizations. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 811. Rights of religious minorities in Egypt952. Reports on financial disclosure of certain organizations and businesses that receive United States foreign assistance funding. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 812. The Republic of the Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan953. Statement of policy and report on sex-selection abortion. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 954. Sense of Congress regarding reducing malaria prevalence and deaths. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 955. Sense of Congress regarding second MCC Compact with Cape Verde. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 956. Sense of Congress regarding microfinance and microenterprise programs. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 957. Sense of Congress regarding microenterprise development assistance to sub-Saharan Africa. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

TITLE IX--SECURITY ASSISTANCE

Sec. 91001. Short title. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Subtitle A--Military Assistance and Related Matters

Part I--Funding Authorizations

Sec. 91011. Foreign Military Financing program. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 9121011A. International military education and training. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Part II--Military Assistance Authorities and Related Provisions

Sec. 9211012. Authority to transfer excess defense articles. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 9221012A. Annual military assistance report. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 9231012B. Annual report on foreign military training. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 9241012C. Global Security Contingency Fund. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 9251012D. International military education and training. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Part III--Arms Export Control Act Amendments and Related Provisions

Sec. 9311013. Increased flexibility for use of defense trade control registration fees. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 9321013A. Increase in congressional notification thresholds. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 9331013B. Return of defense articles. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 9341013C. Annual estimate and justification for sales program. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 9351013D. Updating and conforming penalties for violations of sections 38 and 39 of the Arms Export Control Act. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 9361013E. Clarification of prohibitions relating to state sponsors of terrorism and their nationals. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 9371013F. Exemption for transactions with countries supporting acts of international terrorism. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 938. Report on Foreign Military1013G. Report on Foreign Military Financing program. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 9391013H. Congressional notification of regulations and amendments to regulations under section 38 of the Arms Export Control Act. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 1013I. Diplomatic efforts to strengthen national and international arms export controls. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 1013J. Review and report of investigations of violations of section 3 of the Arms Export Control Act. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 1013K. Increase in penalties for illicit trafficking in small arms and light weapons to countries in the Western Hemisphere. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 1013L. Department of State Rewards Program. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Subtitle B--Security Assistance and Related Matters

Part I--Israel

Sec. 941021. Report on United States commitments to the security of Israel. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 9421021A. Clarification of certification requirements relating to Israel’s qualitative military edge. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 9431021B. Support to Israel for missile defense. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Part II--Egypt

Sec. 9511022. Limitation on security assistance to the Government of Egypt. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 952. Report on security assistance to the Government of Egypt.Sec. 953. Government of Egypt 1022A. Report on security assistance to the Government of Egypt. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 1022B. Government of Egypt defined. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Part III--Lebanon

Sec. 961. Statement of policy1023. Statement of policy. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 1023A. Limitation on security assistance to the Government of Lebanon. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 962. Limitation1023B. Report on security assistance to the Government of Lebanon. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 963. Report on security assistance to the Government of Lebanon.Sec. 9641023C. Government of Lebanon defined. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Part IV--Palestinian Authority

Sec. 9711024. Limitation on security assistance to the Palestinian Authority. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 972. Report on security assistance to the Palestinian Authority.Sec. 9731024A. Report on security assistance to the Palestinian Authority. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 1024B. Palestinian Authority defined. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Part V--Pakistan

Sec. 9811025. Authorization of appropriations. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 9821025A. Limitations on certain assistance. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 9831025B. Strategy reports. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Part VI--Yemen

Sec. 9911026. Limitation on security assistance to the Government of Yemen. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 9921026A. Report on security assistance to the Government of Yemen. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 9931026B. Government of Yemen defined. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Part VII--Miscellaneous Provisions

Sec. 9941027. Definitions. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 9941027A. Report on police training. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 9941027B. Audits of United States assistance to Iraq. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Subtitle C--Peacekeeping Operations

Sec. 9951031. Peacekeeping operations. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Subtitle D--Reports

and BriefingsSec. 996Sec. 1041. Report on transparency in NATO arms sales. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 9961041A. Report on Task Force for Business and Stability Operations in Afghanistan. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

TITLE X--PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROTECTIONSec. 1001. Sexual assault complaints in the Peace CorpsI--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Sec. 1151. Keystone XL pipeline. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 1152. Activities of the People’s Republic of China in Africa. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 1002. Peace Corps volunteer protection153. Actions to secure freedom of Chen Guangcheng and other human rights defenders in the People’s Republic of China. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 1003. Conforming amendments154. Chinese drywall. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 1004. Independence of the Inspector General of the Peace Corps155. Rights of religious minorities in Egypt. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 1156. Plight of Coptic Christians in Egypt. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 1157. State sponsorship of terrorism by Eritrea. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 1158. Holocaust-era property restitution and compensation by certain European countries. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 1159. Democracy in Georgia. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 1160. Urging the immediate return of United States children abducted to Japan. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 1161. Relating to the Quartet and contacts with any Palestinian government. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 1162. Democracy and the rule of law in the Russian Federation. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 1163. Republic of the Sudan and Republic of South Sudan. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 1005. Authorization of appropriations164. Sale of F-16 fighter aircraft to Taiwan. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 1165. Official contacts with Government of Turkey. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 1166. Restrictions on religious freedom in Vietnam. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 1167. European arms sales to China. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Sec. 1201. Short title. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 1202. Sense of Congress. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Sec. 1203. Limitation on assistance to the Palestinian Authority. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 3. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED.

Except as otherwise provided in this Act, the term ‘appropriate congressional committees’ means the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

TITLE I--AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 101. ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

The following amounts are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of State under ‘Administration of Foreign Affairs’ to carry out the authorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of foreign affairs of the United States, and for other purposes authorized by law: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS- For ‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’, $8,790,000,000 for fiscal year 2012. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) WORLDWIDE SECURITY PROTECTION- Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (1)such amounts, $1,500,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated for worldwide security protection. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) BUREAU OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND LABOR- Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under paragraph (1)such amounts, not less than $21,416,000 for fiscal year 2012 is authorized to be appropriated for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND- For ‘Capital Investment Fund’, $59,499,000 for fiscal year 2012. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) EMBASSY SECURITY, CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE- For ‘Embassy Security, Construction and Maintenance’, $1,620,000,000 for fiscal year 2012. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS- For ‘Educational and Cultural Exchange Programs’, $600,000,000 for fiscal year 2012. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(5) CONFLICT STABILIZATION OPERATIONS- For ‘Conflict Stabilization Operations’, $35,000,000 for fiscal year 2012. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(6) REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES- For ‘Representation Allowances’, $7,499,000 for fiscal year 2012. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(7) PROTECTION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS AND OFFICIALS- For ‘Protection of Foreign Missions and Officials’, $27,744,000 for fiscal year 2012. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(8) EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE- For ‘Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service’, $9,499,000 for fiscal year 2012. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(9) REPATRIATION LOANS- For ‘Repatriation Loans’, $1,450,000 for fiscal year 2012. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(10) PAYMENT TO THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE IN TAIWAN- For ‘Payment to the American Institute in Taiwan’, $21,150,000 for fiscal year 2012. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(11) OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL- For ‘Office of the Inspector General’, $100,000,000 for fiscal year 2012, including for the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction and the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 102. CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

(a) In General- There are authorized to be appropriated for ‘Contributions to International Organizations’, $1,581,815,000 for fiscal year 2012, for the Department 186,361,250 for fiscal year 2012, for the Department of State to carry out the authorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign affairs of the United States with respect to international organizations and to carry out other authorities in law consistent with such purposes. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





Of the amount(b) Limitation- None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this section, not more than $44,238,411 is are authorized to be appropriated for assessed contributions to the Organization of American States. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 103. CONTRIBUTIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITIES.

(a) Statement of Policy- It remains the policy of the United States, pursuant to section 404(b)(2)(A) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236; 22 U.S.C. 287e note) that funds authorized to be appropriated for contributions for international peacekeeping activities shall not be available for the payment of the United States assessed contribution for a United Nations peacekeeping operation in an amount that is greater than 25 percent of the total of all assessed contributions for such operation. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Authorization of Appropriations- There are authorized to be appropriated for ‘Contributions for International Peacekeeping Activities’, $1,735,382,277 for fiscal year 2012 for the Department of State to carry out the authorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities of the United States with respect to international peacekeeping activities and to carry out other authorities in law consistent with such purposes. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 104. INTERNATIONAL COMMISSIONS.

The following amounts are authorized to be appropriated under ‘International Commissions’ for the Department of State to carry out the authorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign affairs of the United States and for other purposes authorized by law: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND MEXICO- For ‘International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico’-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) for ‘Salaries and Expenses’, $43,300,000 for fiscal year 2012; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) for ‘Construction’, $26,500,000 for fiscal year 2012. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY COMMISSION, UNITED STATES AND CANADA- For ‘International Boundary Commission, United States and Canada’, $2,433,000 for fiscal year 2012. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION- For ‘International Joint Commission’, $7,237,000 for fiscal year 2012. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS- For ‘International Fisheries Commissions’, $31,291,000 for fiscal year 2012. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 105. MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE.

(a) Authorization of Appropriations- There are authorized to be appropriated for ‘Migration and Refugee Assistance’ for authorized activities $1,690,000,000 for fiscal year 2012. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Refugee Resettlement in Israel- Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a), there are authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for fiscal year 2012 for resettlement of refugees in Israel. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 106. NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY.

There are authorized to be appropriated for the ‘National Endowment for Democracy’ for authorized activities $118,000,000 for fiscal year 2012. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

TITLE II--DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Subtitle A--Basic Authorities and Activities CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 201. TRANSFER OF INSPECTIONS BACK TO THE SECRETARY OF STATE.

(a) Limitation of Inspector General Duties- Paragraph (1) section 209(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3929(a)), is amended by striking the fourth sentence and inserting the following new sentence: ‘The Inspector General shall perform such functions as the Secretary of State may prescribe, except that the Secretary of State shall not assign to the Inspector general any general operating responsibilities.’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Inspections by the Secretary of State- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) INSPECTIONS- The Secretary of State shall periodically inspect the administration of activities and operations of each Foreign Service post and each bureau and other operating unit of the Department of State. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) REPORTS PROVIDED TO THE INSPECTOR GENERAL- The Secretary of State shall provide to the Inspector General of the Department of State a copy of the report of each inspection carried out in accordance with paragraph (1). CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(c) Rule of Construction- Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting the authority of the Inspector General of the Department of State to conduct audits, investigations, or inspections under the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 202. INTERNATIONAL LITIGATION FUND.

Paragraph (3) of section 38(d) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2710(d)) is amended by striking ‘by the Department of State from another agency of the United States Government or pursuant to’ and inserting ‘by the Department of State as a result of a decision of an international tribunal, from another agency of the United States Government, or pursuant to’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 203. ACTUARIAL VALUATIONS.

The Foreign Service Act of 1980 is amended-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) in section 818 (22 U.S.C. 4058)-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) in the first sentence, by striking ‘Secretary of the Treasury’ and inserting instead ‘Secretary of State’; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) by amending the second sentence to read as follows: ‘The Secretary of State is authorized to expend from money to the credit of the Fund such sums as may be necessary to administer the provisions of this subchapter, including actuarial advice, but only to the extent and in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts.’; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) in section 819 (22 U.S.C. 4059), in the first sentence, by striking ‘Secretary of the Treasury’ the second place it appears and inserting ‘Secretary of State’; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) in section 825(b) (22 U.S.C. 4065(b)), by striking ‘Secretary of the Treasury’ and inserting instead ‘Secretary of State’; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) section 859(c) (22 U.S.C. 4071h(c))-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) by striking ‘Secretary of the Treasury’ and inserting instead ‘Secretary of State’; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) by striking ‘and shall advise the Secretary of State of’ and inserting instead ‘that will provide’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 204. SPECIAL AGENTS.

(a) In General- Paragraph (1) of section 37(a) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2709(a)) is amended to read as follows: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(1) conduct investigations concerning-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) illegal passport or visa issuance or use; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) identity theft or document fraud affecting or relating to the programs, functions, and authorities of the Department of State; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(C) Federal offenses committed within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States as defined in paragraph (9) ofsection 7 of title 18, United States Code, except as that jurisdiction relates to the premises of United States military missions and related residences;’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Rule of Construction- Nothing in paragraph (1) of section 37(a) the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (as amended by subsection (a) of this section) shall be construed to limit the investigative authority of any other Federal department or agency. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 205. DIPLOMATIC SECURITY PROGRAM CONTRACTING.

Section 136 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 4864) is amended-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) in subsection (c)-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘With respect’ and inserting ‘Except as provided in subsection (d), with respect’; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘subsection (d)’ and inserting ‘subsection (e)’; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) by redesignating subsections (d), (e), (f), and (g) as subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h), respectively; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(d) Award of Local Guard and Protective Service Contracts in High Risk Areas- With respect to local guard contracts for Foreign Service buildings located in high risk areas which exceed $250,000, the Secretary of State shall-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(1) comply with paragraphs (1), (2), (4), (5), and (6) of subsection (c) in the award of such contracts; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) in evaluating proposals for such contracts, award contracts to the firm representing the best value to the Government in accordance with the best value tradeoff process described in subpart 15.1 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (48 C.F.R. 15.101-1); and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(3) ensure that in all contracts awarded under this subsection, contractor personnel providing local guard or protective services are classified as-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) employees of the offeror; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) if the offeror is a joint venture, as the employees of one of the persons or parties constituting the joint venture; or CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(C) as employees of a subcontractor to the offeror, and not as independent contractors to the offeror or any other entity performing under such contracts.’; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) in subsection (e), as redesignated by paragraph (2) of this section-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘and’ at the end; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘; and’; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(C) by adding after paragraph (4) the following new paragraph: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(5) the term ‘high risk areas’ means-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) an area designated as a contingency operation in accordance withsection 101(a)(13) of title 10, United States Code; or CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) an area determined by the Assistant Secretary of Diplomatic Security to present an increased threat of serious damage or harm to United States diplomatic facilities or personnel.’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Subtitle B--Consular Services and Related Matters CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 211. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY TO ASSESS PASSPORT SURCHARGE.

Paragraph (2) of section 1(b) of the Passport Act of June 4, 1920 (41 Stat. 750; chapter 223;22 U.S.C. 214(b)), is amended by striking ‘2010’ and inserting ‘2015’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 212. TIBET.

(a) Tibet Negotiations- Section 613(a) of the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-228; 22 U.S.C. 6901 note) is amended-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘, and should coordinate with other governments in multilateral efforts toward this goal’; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) POLICY COORDINATION- The President shall direct the National Security Council to ensure that, in accordance with this Act, United States policy on Tibet is coordinated and communicated with all executive branch agencies in contact with the Government of the People’s Republic of China.’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Diplomatic Representation Relating to Tibet- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN BEIJING- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) IN GENERAL- The Secretary of State is authorized to establish a Tibet Section within the United States Embassy in Beijing, China, for the purposes of following political, economic, and social developments inside Tibet, including Tibetan areas of Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, and Yunnan provinces, until such time as a United States consulate in Tibet is established. Such Tibet Section shall have the primary responsibility for reporting on human rights issues in Tibet and shall work in close cooperation with the Office of the Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues of the Department of State. The chief of such Tibet Section should be of senior rank. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) IN TIBET- Section 618 of the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 is amended to read as follows: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

‘SEC. 618. ESTABLISHMENT OF A UNITED STATES CONSULATE IN LHASA, TIBET.

‘The Secretary shall seek to establish a United States consulate in Lhasa, Tibet, to provide services to United States citizens traveling in Tibet and to monitor political, economic, and cultural developments in Tibet, including Tibetan areas of Qinghai, Sichuan, Gansu, and Yunnan provinces and, until such consulate is established, shall not permit the establishment in the United States of any additional consulate of the People’s Republic of China.’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(c) Religious Persecution in Tibet- Section 620(b) of the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 is amended by adding before the period at the end the following: ‘, including in the reincarnation system of Tibetan Buddhism’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(d) Bilateral Assistance- Section 616 of the Tibetan Policy Act of 2002 is amended-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) in subsection (a), in the second sentence, by striking ‘subsection (d)’ and inserting ‘subsection (e)’; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘subsection (d)’ and inserting ‘subsection (e)’; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) in subsection (c), by striking ‘subsection (d)’ and inserting ‘subsection (e)’; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(5) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new subsection: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(d) United States Assistance- The President shall provide grants to nongovernmental organizations to support sustainable economic development, cultural and historical preservation, health care, education, and environmental sustainability projects for Tibetan communities in the Tibet Autonomous Region and in other Tibetan communities in China, in accordance with the principles specified in subsection (e) and subject to review and approval of the United States Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues under section 621(d).’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 213. MAINTENANCE COST SHARING PROGRAM.

Section 604(e)(1) of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (22 U.S.C. 4865 note) is amended, in the first sentence, by striking ‘providing new,’ and inserting ‘providing, maintaining, repairing, and renovating’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 214. BORDER CROSSING CARD FEE FOR MINORS.

Section 410(a)(1)(A) of the Department of State and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1999 (contained in division A ofPublic Law 105-277) is amended by striking ‘a fee of $13’ and inserting ‘a fee equal to one-half the fee that would otherwise apply for processing a machine readable combined border crossing identification card and nonimmigrant visa’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

TITLE III--ORGANIZATION AND PERSONNEL AUTHORITIES CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 301. SUSPENSION OF FOREIGN SERVICE MEMBERS WITHOUT PAY.

(a) Suspension- Section 610 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4010) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(c)(1) In order to promote the efficiency of the Service, the Secretary may suspend a member of the Foreign Service without pay when the member’s security clearance is suspended or when there is reasonable cause to believe that the member has committed a crime for which a sentence of imprisonment may be imposed. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) Any member of the Foreign Service for whom a suspension is proposed in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be entitled to-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) written notice stating the specific reasons for the proposed suspension; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) a reasonable time to respond orally and in writing to the proposed suspension; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(C) representation by an attorney or other representative; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(D) a final written decision, including the specific reasons for such decision, as soon as practicable. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(3) Any member suspended under this section may file a grievance in accordance with the procedures applicable to grievances under chapter 11. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(4) In the case of a grievance filed under paragraph (3)-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) the review by the Foreign Service Grievance Board shall be limited to a determination of whether the provisions of paragraphs (1) and (2) have been fulfilled; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) the Foreign Service Grievance Board may not exercise the authority provided under section 1106(8). CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(5) In this subsection: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) The term ‘reasonable time’ means-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(i) with respect to a member of the Foreign Service assigned to duty in the United States, 15 days after receiving notice of the proposed suspension; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(ii) with respect to a member of the Foreign Service assigned to duty outside the United States, 30 days after receiving notice of the proposed suspension. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) The term ‘suspend’ or ‘suspension’ means the placing of a member of the Foreign Service in a temporary status without duties and pay.’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Conforming and Clerical Amendments- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) AMENDMENT OF SECTION HEADING- Section 610 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as amended by subsection (a) of this section, is further amended, in the section heading, by inserting ‘; Suspension’ before the period at the end. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT- The item relating to section 610 in the table of contents in section 2 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 is amended to read as follows: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘Sec. 610. Separation for cause; suspension.’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 302. REPEAL OF RECERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT FOR SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE.

Section 305(d) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3945(d)) is repealed. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 303. LIMITED APPOINTMENTS IN THE FOREIGN SERVICE.

Section 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3949) is amended-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘subsection (b)’ and inserting ‘subsections (b) or (c)’; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) in subsection (b)-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) in paragraph (3)-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(i) by inserting ‘(A),’ after ‘if’; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(ii) by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: ‘, or (B), the career candidate is serving in the uniformed services, as defined by the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994 (38 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.), and the limited appointment expires in the course of such service’; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘and’ at the end; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(C) in paragraph (5), by striking the period at the end and inserting ‘; and’; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(D) by adding after paragraph (5) the following new paragraph: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(6) in exceptional circumstances where the Secretary determines the needs of the Service require the extension of a limited appointment (A), for a period of time not to exceed 12 months (if such period of time does not permit additional review by boards under section 306), or (B), for the minimum time needed to settle a grievance, claim, or complaint not otherwise provided for in this section.’; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(c) Non-career Foreign Service employees who have served five consecutive years under a limited appointment may be reappointed to a subsequent limited appointment if there is a one year break in service between each such appointment. The Secretary may in cases of special need waive the requirement for a one year break in service.’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 304. LIMITATION OF COMPENSATORY TIME OFF FOR TRAVEL.

Section 5550b of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(c) The maximum amount of compensatory time off earned under this section may not exceed 104 hours during any leave year (as defined by regulations established by the Office of Personnel Management).’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

TITLE IV--FOREIGN ASSISTANCESEC. 401. GOALS OF UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE.

(a) Findings- Congress makes the following findings:

(1) in December 2007, the United States Government’s Commission on Helping to Enhance the Lives of Poor People Around the Globe, also known as the ‘HELP Commission,’ reported that sustained economic growth is vital and necessary for a country to feed, educate, house and provide for the health of its citizens over the long term and that ‘foreign assistance alone is not sufficient to help developing countries achieve long-term, sustainable economic growth’;

(2) private sector-led trade and investment are fundamental components of economic development and growth; and

(3) the United States Agency for International Development’s Global Development Alliance program characterizes the rising importance of private resources and private actors as development tools in an expanding and more integrated globalized economy, aligning public resources with private capital through the establishment of public-private partnerships for the economic advancement of impoverished countries.

(b) Statement of Policy- It shall be the policy of the United States to--

(1) emphasize the development of innovative partnerships between governments and organizations in the private sector (including corporations, foundations, universities, faith-based organizations, and other nongovernmental organizations) in the approach to and distribution of foreign assistance; and

(2) focus United States assistance programs on achieving sustainable economic growth and graduating United States aid recipients into a trade-based relationship with the United States.

SEC. 402. UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.

Not more than $1,521,900,000 is authorized to be appropriated to the President for ‘Operating Expenses’, ‘Capital Investment Fund’, and ‘Office of Inspector General’ of the United States Agency for International Development for fiscal year 2012.

SEC. 403. BILATERAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.

Not more than $21,208,900,000 is authorized to be appropriated to the President for ‘Bilateral Economic Assistance’ for fiscal year 2012.

SEC. 404. MICROFINANCE AND MICROENTERPRISE PROGRAMS.

It is the sense of Congress that--

(1) access to financial markets is essential to economic growth;

(2) microfinance and microenterprise programs have been successful in creating and expanding economic opportunities by providing access to financial markets and financial services, such credit, small loans and savings services, to poor and vulnerable populations, particularly women and the rural poor, in developing countries;

(3) microfinance helps improve economic welfare in poor households, and has been shown to raise borrower income, stimulate the growth of the borrower’s business, and generate employment; and

(4) the United States should support and encourage, wherever possible and appropriate, microfinance and microenterprise development and programs in order to help generate stable economic growth in developing countries.

SEC. 405. DEVELOPMENT CREDIT AUTHORITY.

(a) Sense of Congress- It is the sense of Congress that--

(1) access to financial services for underserved populations and sectors in developing countries is essential to expanding economic opportunities for poor households and small businesses to build assets and invest in enterprise development and growth; and

(2) the Development Credit Authority, through the issuance of partial loan guarantees, has proven to be a vital and effective tool in bolstering microenterprise development in impoverished countries by reducing the risk of private investors and financial institutions that invest in underserved sectors or creditworthy borrowers that otherwise would not qualify for such loans.

(b) Limitation on Authorization of Appropriations- Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 403, not more than $8,300,000 is authorized to be appropriated to the President for administrative expenses to carry out credit programs administered by the United States Agency for International Development for fiscal year 2012.

SEC. 406. MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION.

(a) Limitation on Authorization of Appropriations- Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 403, not more than $900,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated to the President for necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 for fiscal year 2012.

(b) Maintaining Candidate Status for Purposes of Income Category- Section 606 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 7705) is amended--

(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and

(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:

‘(c) Maintaining Candidate Status- Any candidate country whose per capita income changes in a given fiscal year such that the country’s income-classification as ‘low income’ or ‘lower middle income’ changes, should retain its candidacy at the former income category only for the year of such transition.’.

SEC. 407. PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES THAT FAIL TO MEET THE MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION’S CORRUPTION PERFORMANCE INDICATOR.

(a) Restriction- Except as provided in paragraph (2), no United States economic or development assistance may be provided to the government of a country that does not meet the corruption performance indicator of the Millennium Challenge Corporation used for purposes of determining eligibility for assistance under the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003.

(b) Waiver- The President may waive the restriction on assistance under paragraph (1) on a case-by-case basis for a period of not more than 6 months if--

(1) the President determines that such a waiver is important to the national security interests of United States; and

(2) the President provides to the appropriate congressional committees at least 15 days prior to exercising the waiver a report on concrete steps that the recipient country has undertaken to meet the corruption benchmarks and on United States implementation and enforcement of end-use monitoring mechanisms in the country to ensure United States assistance provided is being used as intended.

(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined- In this section, the term ‘appropriate congressional committees’ means--

(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and

(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.

SEC. 408. DEMOCRACY FUND.

Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under section 403, not more than $115,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated to the President for necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion of democracy globally for fiscal year 2012.

SEC. 409. REPORT ON AID COMMITMENTS AND DISBURSEMENTS BY OTHER DONORS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

Section 634 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394) is amended--

(1) in subsection (a)--

(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘Chairman of the Development Coordination Committee’ and insert ‘President’;

(B) by striking paragraphs (6) and (7); and

(C) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (12) as paragraphs (6) through (10), respectively; and

(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection:

‘(c) Report Required-

‘(1) IN GENERAL- The President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees, at such time that the President submits the annual budget request under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, a report providing the most up-to-date and detailed information on aid commitments and disbursements by other donors and international organizations to countries and regions for which the President is seeking United States assistance funds.

‘(2) USE OF READILY AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND STATISTICS- In carrying out this subsection, the President shall utilize all readily available resources and statistics, including information provided by such organizations as the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).

‘(3) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED- In this subsection, the term ‘appropriate congressional committees’ means--

‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and

‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.’.

SEC. 410. TRANSFER OF LIQUIDATED ASSETS OF CERTAIN ENTERPRISE FUNDS TO THE UNITED STATES TREASURY.

(a) Transfer of Liquidated Assets- The President, acting through the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, should transfer to the Treasury of the United States for purposes of payment on the public debt not less than 50 percent of all assets from the liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of each Enterprise Fund described in subsection (b).

(b) Enterprise Funds Described- The Enterprise Funds described in this subsection are the following:

(1) The U.S.-Russia Investment Fund and the Western Newly Independent States Enterprise Fund established pursuant to section 498b(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2295b(c)).

(2) The Baltic-American Enterprise Fund established pursuant to section 201 of the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C. 5421).

(3) The South African Enterprise Development Fund established pursuant to sections 496 and 635(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

SEC. 411. LIMITATION ON FUNDS FOR UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT’S OFFICE OF BUDGET AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.

(a) Statement of Policy- In order to better align budget resources with United States foreign assistance strategic priorities and objectives, to establish clearer lines of authority and enhance accountability between agencies, to reduce replication of foreign assistance programs, and to ensure better efficiency and effectiveness of United States foreign assistance programs, it shall be the policy of the United States to vest budget authorities and policy planning for all United States foreign assistance within one office at the Department of State that shall complete the Federal budgets for both the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development.

(b) Office of Budget and Resource Management- None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or any amendment made by this Act may be used to support the costs of maintaining the Office of Budget and Resource Management of the United States Agency for International Development.

(c) Report-

(1) IN GENERAL- Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to Congress a report that contains a feasibility study and strategy--

(A) to eliminate duplicative bureaus, offices, and positions, including an assessment and recommendations for the elimination of special envoys and special representatives; and

(B) to consolidate such bureaus, offices, and positions, as necessary and appropriate, in a manner which maximizes efficiency and effectiveness of United States foreign policy and assistance.

(2) MATTERS TO BE INCLUDED- The report shall include a cost estimate for the establishment of additional bureaus and offices of the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development, as requested by the Secretary of State in the most recent Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review, with any cost offsets created by the elimination of existing bureaus, offices, and positions.

SEC. 412. PREVENTING TAXPAYER FUNDING FOR FOREIGN ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROMOTE OR PERFORM ABORTION.

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or any amendment made by this Act may be made available to any foreign nongovernmental organization that promotes or performs abortion, except in cases of rape or incest or when the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term.

SEC. 413. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO MICROENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE TO SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA.

(a) In General- It is the sense of Congress that--

(1) the United States Agency for International Development should seek to increase the reach, impact, and effectiveness of microenterprise development assistance in sub-Saharan Africa;

(2) the United States Agency for International Development should target half of all sustainable poverty-focused programs under subsection (a) of section 252 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2211a) to the very poor, as required by subsection (c) of such section; and

(3) the United States Agency for International Development should seek to improve poverty assessment tools used to provide microenterprise development assistance so that the tools can assist the management and outreach of partner organizations to the very poor.

(b) Definition- In this section, the term ‘microenterprise development assistance’ means assistance under title VI of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2211 et seq.).

TITLE V--UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 5401. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING.

(a) In General- The following amounts are authorized to be appropriated to carry out United States international broadcasting activities under the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the Radio Broadcasting to Cuba Act, the Television Broadcasting to Cuba Act, the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994, and the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998, and to carry out other authorities in law consistent with such purposes: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) For ‘International Broadcasting Operations’, $741,500,000 for fiscal year 2012. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) For ‘Broadcasting Capital Improvements’, $6,875,000 for fiscal year 2012. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Limitation- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) RELATING TO VOICE OF AMERICA BROADCASTING TO CHINA- Of the funds authorized to be appropriated to the Broadcasting Board of Governors, $13,760,000 is authorized to be appropriated only for Voice of America Mandarin and Cantonese language radio and satellite television broadcasting. Such funds may not be used for any other purpose. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) RELATING TO SINDHI- Of the funds authorized to be appropriated to the Broadcasting Board of Governors, $1,500,000 is authorized to be appropriated only for Voice of America Sindhi language communication. Such funds may not be used for any other purpose. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 5402. PERSONAL SERVICES CONTRACTING PROGRAM.

Section 504(c) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003, (Public Law 107-228; 22 U.S.C. 6206 note), is amended by striking ‘2009’ and inserting ‘2014’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 5403. EMPLOYMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING.

Section 804(1) of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1474(1)) is amended-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) by inserting after ‘suitably qualified United States citizens’ the following: ‘(for purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘suitably qualified United States citizens’ means those United States citizen applicants who are equally or better qualified than alien applicants)’; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) by striking ‘Attorney General’ and inserting ‘Secretary of Homeland Security’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 5404. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT RELATING TO CIVIL IMMUNITY FOR BROADCASTING BOARD OF GOVERNORS MEMBERS.

Section 304 of the United States (g) of the United States International Broadcasting Act of 1994 (22 U.S.C. 6203(g)) is amended by striking ‘Incorporated and Radio Free Asia’ and inserting ‘Incorporated, Radio Free Asia, and Middle East Broadcasting Networks’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

TITLE VI--REPORTING REQUIREMENTS CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 6501. REPORTING REFORM.

The following provisions of law are repealed: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) Section 560(g) ofPublic Law 103-87. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) Section 605(c) of App. G,Public Law 106-113. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) Section 104 ofPublic Law 102-511. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) Section 704(c) ofPublic Law 101-179. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(5) Section 1012(c) ofPublic Law 103-337. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(6) Subsections (c)(4) and (c)(5) of section 604 of 1 ofPublic Law 96-465. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(7) Section 585 in the matter under section 101(c) of Division A of division A ofPublic Law 104-208. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(8) Sections 694(a), 694(b), 704, and 1321 ofPublic Law 107-228. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(9) Sections 133(d) ofPublic Law 87-195. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(10) Sections 11(b) ofPublic Law 107-245. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(11) Section 514(a) ofPublic Law 103-236. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(12) Section 807 ofPublic Law 98-164. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 6502. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH ISRAEL.

(a) Statement of Policy- It is the policy of the United States to assist Israel in its efforts to establish and enhance its diplomatic relations with other responsible countries and to promote Israel’s full participation in appropriate multilateral forums. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Report- Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and annually for each of the following three years, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that includes the following information: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) Actions taken by representatives of the United States to encourage other responsible countries to establish full diplomatic relations with Israel. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) Specific responses solicited and received by the Secretary from countries that do not maintain full diplomatic relations with Israel with respect to their attitudes toward and plans for entering into diplomatic relations with Israel. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) Actions taken by representatives of the United States to encourage Israel’s entry into appropriate regional and other groupings, encourage Israel’s election to governing bodies of appropriate multilateral forums, and support Israel’s membership in appropriate multilateral forums. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) Other measures being undertaken, and measures that will be undertaken, by the United States to counter multilateral efforts to isolate Israel, as well as to ensure and promote Israel’s full participation in the world diplomatic community. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(c) Form of Submission- Each report required under subsection (b) shall be submitted in unclassified form but may include a classified annex, if the Secretary of State determines such is appropriate. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

TITLE VI SEC. 503. REPORT ON PROGRESS TO AMELIORATE VIOLATIONS OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.

TITLE VI--PROLIFERATION SECURITY INITIATIVE CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 7601. AUTHORITY TO INTERDICT CERTAIN IMPORTS TO AND EXPORTS FROM IRAN.

The President is authorized to-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) utilize the Proliferation Security Initiative and other measures necessary to enforce United States laws and Executive Orders, and multilateral and bilateral agreements, including the 2005 Protocol to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Maritime Navigation, for the purpose of interdicting the import into or export from Iran by the Government of Iran or any other country, entity, or person of any items, materials, equipment, goods, or technology useful for any nuclear, biological, chemical, missile, or conventional arms program; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) utilize ship boarding and other interdiction agreements with countries determined to be necessary to accomplish the purpose specified in paragraph (1). CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 7602. REPORT.

(a) In General- Section 2 of the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act (Public Law 106-178; 50 U.S.C. 1701 note) is amended-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘6-month period’ and inserting ‘120-day period’; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(f) Additional Contents of Reports- Each report under subsection (a) shall contain a description, with respect the transfer or acquisition of the goods, services, or technology described in such subsection, of the actions taken by foreign governments to assist in interdicting such transfer or acquisition.’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Effective Date- The amendments made by subsection (a) take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act and apply with respect to the first report required to be submitted under section 2 of the Iran, North Korea, and Syria Nonproliferation Act after such date. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 7603. DEFINITIONS.

In this title: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES- The term ‘appropriate congressional committees’ means-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) the Committee of Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) GOVERNMENT OF IRAN- The term ‘Government of Iran’ means-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) any official of the Government of Iran; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) any agency or instrumentality of the Government of Iran; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(C) any entity that is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by the Government of Iran; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(D) any member or instrumentality of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC); or CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(E) any entity that is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly by a member or instrumentality of the IRGC. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

TITLE VIII--MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONSSEC. 801. BOUNDARY, WATER, AND FISHERIES COMMISSIONS.

(a) Findings- Congress finds the following:

(1) The boundary, water, and fisheries commissions funded using the funds authorized to be appropriated under--PEACE CORPS VOLUNTEER SERVICE PROTECTION CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

‘SEXUAL ASSAULT RISK-REDUCTION AND RESPONSE TRAINING

‘Sec. 8B. (a) In General- As part of the training provided to all volunteers under section 104 are longstanding treaty- and agreement-based organizations formed to address important border, water, and fisheries resource issues, and receive8(a), the Director of the Peace Corps shall develop and implement comprehensive sexual assault risk-reduction and response training that conforms to best practices in the sexual assault field as appropriate for first responders and other staff. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(b) Development and Consultation With Experts- In developing the sexual assault risk-reduction and response training under subsection (a), the Director of the Peace Corps shall consult with and incorporate, as appropriate, the recommendations and views of experts in the sexual assault field. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(c) Subsequent Training- Once a trainee has arrived in such trainee’s country of service, the Director of the Peace Corps shall provide such trainee with training tailored to such country, including cultural training relating to gender relations, risk-reduction strategies, a safety plan in the event of an assault, treatment available in such country (such as forensic rape exams, PEP for HIV exposure, STD screening, and pregnancy testing), MedEvac procedures, and information regarding the legal process for pressing charges against an attacker. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(d) Historical Analysis- The Director of the Peace Corps shall provide each applicant for enrollment with a historical analysis of crimes and risks against volunteers in the country in which the applicant has been invited to serve. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(e) Contact Information- The Director of the Peace Corps shall provide each trainee, before each such trainee enrolls as a volunteer, with-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(1) the contact information of the Inspector General of the Peace Corps for purposes of reporting violations of the sexual assault protocol under section 8C or any other criminal or administrative wrongdoing by volunteers, personnel (including experts and consultants), or other individuals (including contractors) who do business with the Peace Corps; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) clear, written guidelines regarding whom to contact, including the direct telephone number for a victim advocate and what steps to take in the event of a sexual assault. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(f) Definitions- In this section and sections 8C through 8I: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(1) ASSAULT- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) IN GENERAL- The term ‘assault’ means an act that-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(i) creates an apprehension in an individual of an imminent, harmful, or offensive contact; or CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(ii) is a harmful or offensive touching. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) INCLUSION- The term ‘assault’ includes stalking and sexual assault. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) SEXUAL ASSAULT- The term ‘sexual assault’ means any conduct described in chapter 109A of title 18, United States Code, relating to aggravated sexual abuse, sexual abuse, and sexual contact, whether or not the conduct occurs in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, and includes both assaults committed by offenders who are strangers to the victim and assaults committed by offenders who are known or related by blood or marriage to the victim. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(3) STALKING- The term ‘stalking’ means engaging in a course of conduct directed at a specific person that would cause a reasonable person to-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) fear for his or her safety or the safety of others; or CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) suffer substantial financial support from United States taxpayers.(2) Although paragraph (g) of Article 24 of the 1944 Water Treaty between Mexico and the United States (59 Stat. 1219) requires the International Boundary and Water Commission (United States and Mexico) to annually submit a joint report to the United States and Mexican Governments, the last English-language Annual Report was filed for 2006, and contained no detail regarding the cost of the Commission’s particular activities or emotional distress. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

‘VICTIMS ADVOCATES

‘Sec. 8D. (a) Victims Advocates- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(1) IN GENERAL- The Director of the Peace Corps shall assign a certified victims advocate in Peace Corps headquarters who shall report directly to the Director. The Director of the Peace Corps shall assign such additional certified victims advocates to assist such victims advocate as the Director determines necessary. Such additional victims advocates shall have regional expertise and may be posted abroad if such victims advocate determines that such is necessary. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) SENSE OF CONGRESS- It is the sense of Congress that the Director of the Peace Corps should assign three additional certified victims advocates to assist the certified victims advocate under paragraph (1). CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(3) PROHIBITION- Peace Corps Medical Officers, Safety and Security Officers, and program staff may not serve as victims advocates. The victims advocate and additional victims advocates may not have any other duties in the Peace Corps. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(4) EXEMPTION- The victims advocate and additional victims advocates shall be exempt from the five year rule on appointments and assignments under section 7. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(b) Responsibilities- The victims advocate and additional victims advocates shall help develop and implement the sexual assault risk-reduction and response training described in section 8B and the sexual assault protocol and guidelines described in section 8C and ensure such training and such protocol and guidelines are being properly updated and followed. The victims advocate and additional victims advocates shall assist volunteers who are victims of assault by making such victims aware of the services specified in section 8C(c) available to them and facilitating their access to such services. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(c) Status Updates- The victims advocate and additional victims advocates shall provide to volunteers who are victims of assault regular updates on the status of their cases if such volunteers have opted to pursue prosecution. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(d) Transition- A victims advocate who is working with a volunteer who is a victim of assault and who relocates back to the United States shall assist such volunteer to receive the services specified in section 8C(c) required by such volunteer, including through the specific allocation of Commission resources.(3) The International Joint Commission last filed an Annual Report for 2008 which, although it described past Commission projects and activities in general terms, contained no detail regarding the cost of its particular activities or duration of the claim with the Department of Labor, even after such volunteer is medically separated. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

‘VOLUNTEER FEEDBACK AND PEACE CORPS REVIEW

‘Sec. 8F. (a) Monitoring and Evaluation- Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Director of the Peace Corps shall establish goals, metrics, and monitoring and evaluation plans for all Peace Corps programs and Country Directors. Monitoring and evaluation plans shall incorporate best practices from monitoring and evaluation studies and analyses. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(b) Annual Volunteer Surveys- The Director of the Peace Corps shall annually conduct a confidential survey of volunteers regarding the specific allocation of Commission resources.

(4) The International Boundary Commission (United States and Canada) last filed an Annual Report for 2007.

(5) The Great Lakes Fishery Commission, the largest recipient of United States assistance to international fisheries commissions,effectiveness of Peace Corps programs and staff and the safety of volunteers. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink




‘(c) Peace Corps Inspector General- The Inspector General of the Peace Corps shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate the following: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(1) A biennial report on reports received from volunteers relating to misconduct, mismanagement, or policy violations of Peace Corps staff, any breaches of the confidentiality of volunteers, and any actions taken to assure the safety of volunteers who provide such reports. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) A report, not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this section and every five years thereafter, evaluating the effectiveness and implementation of the assault risk-reduction and response training developed under section 8B and the sexual assault protocol and guidelines developed under section 8C. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(3) A trend analysis every three years of the annual volunteer surveys, including actions taken in response to such surveys. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(4) A report, not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this section, describing how Country Directors are hired, how Country Directors are terminated, and how Country Directors hire staff. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(d) Evaluation Defined- For purposes of this section, the term ‘evaluation’ means the systematic collection and analysis of information about the characteristics and outcomes of programs and projects as a basis for judgments, to improve effectiveness, or inform decisions about current and future programming. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

‘NONDISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL OR PRIVATE INFORMATION

‘Sec. 8G. (a) In General- The Director of the Peace Corps shall establish and maintain a process to allow volunteers to report incidents of assault, incidents of misconduct or mismanagement, or violations of any policy of the Peace Corps in order to protect the confidentiality as described in subsection (c) and safety of such volunteers and of the information reported, and to ensure that such information is acted on appropriately. The Director of the Peace Corps shall train all volunteers and staff about such process. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(b) Guidance- The Director of the Peace Corps shall provide guidance to officers and employees of the Peace Corps who have access to the information reported by volunteers under subsection (a) in order to protect against the inappropriate disclosure of such information and ensure the safety of such volunteers. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(c) Nondisclosure- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(1) IN GENERAL- Except as provided in paragraphs (1) and (2), the Director of the Peace Corps may not-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) disclose any personally identifying information or personal information of a volunteer who is a victim of assault collected in connection with services requested, utilized, or denied through Peace Corps programs; or CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) reveal such information without the informed, purpose-limited, and reasonably time-limited consent of such volunteer about whom such information is sought. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) RELEASE- If the release of information described in paragraph (1) is authorized by statute or compelled by court order, the Director of the Peace Corps shall-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) make reasonable attempts to provide notice to the volunteer with respect to whom such information is being released; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) take such action as is necessary to protect the privacy and safety of such volunteer. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(3) INFORMATION SHARING- The Director of the Peace Corps may share-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) nonpersonally identifying information in the aggregate regarding services to volunteers and nonpersonally identifying demographic information in order to comply with reporting, evaluation, or data collection requirements; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) nonpersonally identifying information that would protect the safety of volunteers; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(C) court-generated information and law-enforcement generated information contained in secure, governmental registries for protection order enforcement purposes; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(D) law enforcement- and prosecution-generated information necessary for law enforcement and prosecution purposes. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(d) Definition- In this section, the terms ‘personally identifying information’ and ‘personal information’ mean information for or about a volunteer who is a victim of assault, including information likely to disclose the location of such victim, including the following: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(1) A first and last filed an Annual Report for 2006, which was six pages long and contained name. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) A home or other physical address. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(3) Contact information (including a postal, email, or Internet protocol address, or telephone or facsimile number). CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(4) A social security number. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(5) Any other information, including date of birth, racial or ethnic background, or religious affiliation, that, in combination with paragraphs (1) through (4), would serve to identify such victim. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

‘REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

‘Sec. 8H. (a) Assault and Sexual Assault- The Director of the Peace Corps shall annually submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate a report summarizing information on-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(1) sexual assault against volunteers; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) assault against volunteers; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(3) the annual rate of early termination of volunteers, including, to the maximum extent practicable, demographic data associated with such early termination. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(b) GAO- Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate a report evaluating the quality and accessibility of health care provided through the Department of Labor to returned volunteers upon their separation from the Peace Corps. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(c) Safety and Security- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(1) IN GENERAL- The Director of the Peace Corps shall annually submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on the safety of Peace Corps volunteers. Each such report shall at a minimum include the following information: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) The incidence of crimes, together with the number of arrests, prosecutions, and incarcerations for every country in which volunteers serve for the preceding year. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) A three year trend analysis of the types and frequency of crimes committed against volunteers for every country in which the Peace Corps has operated for at least the three lines of financial data.

(6) In contrast, the most recent Annual Report by the Pacific Salmon Commission (filed in September 2010 for the 2007/2008 period) was 189 pages long, and contained an independently audited financial statement.

(b) Sense of Congress- It is preceding years. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink




‘(2) INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT- Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this section and at least once every five years thereafter (or more frequently as appropriate), the Inspector General of the Peace Corps shall perform an audit of Peace Corps implementation of safety and security protocols, including the status of any Inspector General findings and recommendations from previous audits that have not been adequately remediated or implemented. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(d) Access to Communications- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(1) IN GENERAL- The Director of the Peace Corps, in coordination with all Country Directors, shall determine the level of access to communication, including cellular and Internet access, of each volunteer. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) REPORT- Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this section, the Director of the Peace Corps shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate a report on the costs of providing all volunteers with access to adequate communication, including cellular service and Internet access. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(e) Monitoring and Evaluation- Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this section and annually thereafter, the Director of the Peace Corps shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate a report on the monitoring and evaluation of Peace Corps programs and Country Directors, including information on the following: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(1) A description of the monitoring and evaluation activities conducted in the preceding year. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) A forecast of the monitoring and evaluation activities planned for the subsequent year. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(3) A description of the ways in which the results of the monitoring and evaluation activities have informed the design and operation of development policies and programs during the sense of Congress that timely reporting by the boundary, water, and fisheries commissions that sufficiently explains each such commission’s activities andpreceding year. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

‘PORTFOLIO REVIEWS

‘Sec. 8I. (a) In General- The Director of the Peace Corps shall, at least once every three years (or more frequently as appropriate), perform a review to evaluate the allocation and delivery of resources across the countries the Peace Corps serves or is considering for service. Such portfolio reviews shall at a minimum include the following with respect to each such country: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(1) An evaluation of the country’s commitment to the Peace Corps program. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) An analysis of the safety and security of volunteers. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(3) An evaluation of the country’s need for assistance. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(4) An analysis of country program costs CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(5) An evaluation of the disposition of each such commission’s resources is necessary to maintain public support for their continued funding.SEC. 802. LIMITATION ON FUNDS FOR U.S.-CHINA CENTER OF EXCELLENCE ON NUCLEAR SECURITY.No funds are authorized to be appropriated for the establishment or operation of the U.S.-China Center of Excellence on Nuclear Security resulting from the agreement signed in January 2011 between the National Nuclear Security Administration and the China Atomic Energy Authorityeffectiveness of management of each post within the country. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(6) An evaluation of the country’s congruence with the Peace Corps’ mission and strategic priorities. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(b) Report- The Director of the Peace Corps shall prepare a report on each portfolio review required under subsection (a). Each such report shall discuss performance measures and sources of data used (such as project status reports, volunteer surveys, impact studies, reports of the Inspector General of the Peace Corps, and any external sources) in making each such review’s findings and conclusions. The Director shall make each such report available upon request to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate in a manner consistent with the protection of classified information if determined necessary to protect sensitive information.’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 803. ELIMINATION OF EAST-WEST CENTER703. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

(a) Prohibition- The Secretary of State may not use any amounts authorized to be appropriated by this Act to fund, make a grant to, provide assistance to, or otherwise support the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West (commonly referred to as the ‘East-West Center’)Inclusion of Sexual Assault Risk-Reduction and Response Training- The Peace Corps Act is amended-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) in section 5(a) (22 U.S.C. 2504(a)), in the second sentence, by inserting ‘(including training under section 8B)’ after ‘training’; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) in section 8(a) (22 U.S.C. 2507(a)), in the first sentence, by inserting ‘, including training under section 8B,’ after ‘training’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Repeal- The Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960 (chapter VII of the Mutual Security Act of 1960; Public Law 86-472) is repealedCertain Services- Section 5(e) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2504(e)) is amended, in the first sentence-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) by inserting ‘(including, if necessary, for such volunteers and for trainees, services under section 8C(c))’ after ‘health care’; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) by inserting ‘including services provided in accordance with section 8C(c) (except that the six-month limitation shall not apply in the case of such services)’ before ‘as the President’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 804.704. INDEPENDENCE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE GLOBAL FUNDPEACE CORPS.

Section 202(d)(5) of the United States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 20037(a) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 7622(d)(5)) is amended--

(1) in subparagraph (C)--

(A) by amending clause (ii) to read as follows:

‘(ii) all reports of the Inspector General of the Global Fund, without editing, restriction, or limitation, and in a manner that is consistent with the Policy for Disclosure of Reports of the Inspector General, approved at the 16th Meeting of the Board of the Global Fund, including a certification that no changes have been made to the Policy that would restrict the Inspector General’s ability to disclose the results of his or her work and the discretion and authority of the Inspector General in executing the functions of the Office has not been limited, reduced, or minimized;’; and

(B) in clause (iv), strike ‘to the Board’ and insert ‘to the Board, including Office of the Inspector General Progress Reports’; and

(2) by amending subparagraph (D) to read as follows:

‘(D) is maintaining a fully independent, well-staffed, and sufficiently resourced Office of the Inspector General that--

‘(i) reports directly to the Chair of the Board of the Global Fund;

‘(ii) compiles regular, publicly published audits and investigations of financial, programmatic, and reporting aspects of the Global Fund, its grantees, recipients, sub-recipients, contractors, suppliers, and LFAs;

‘(iii) documents incidents of harassment, undue pressure, and interference in its work and evidence of reprisal or retaliation, so that appropriate corrective action may be taken; and

‘(iv) maintains a robust mandate to conduct in-depth investigations and programmatic audits, free from undue restriction, interference, harassment, and efforts to undermine its authority;2506(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink




‘(7) The limitations specified in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2) on the length of appointment or assignment under such paragraph, subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) on reappointment or reassignment of an individual whose appointment or assignment under such paragraph has been terminated, and paragraph (5) on the circumstances under which an appointment or assignment under paragraph (2) may exceed five years shall not apply to-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) the Inspector General of the Peace Corps; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) officers and employees of the Office of the Inspector General of the Peace Corps.’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 805. ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT.

It is the sense of Congress that--

(1) the Arab League boycott of Israel, and the secondary boycott of United States firms that have commercial ties with Israel, is an impediment to peace in the region and to United States investment and trade in the Middle East and North Africa;

(2) the Arab League boycott, which was regrettably reinstated in 1997, should be immediately and publicly terminated, and the Central Office for the Boycott of Israel immediately disbanded;

(3) all Arab League states should normalize relations with their neighbor Israel;

(4) the President and the Secretary of State should continue to vigorously705. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

(a) Statement of Policy- It is the policy of the United States to oppose the Arab League boycott of Israel and find concrete steps to demonstrate that opposition by, for example, taking into consideration the participation of any recipient country in the boycottwithdrawal from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (in this section referred to as the ‘Treaty’) of any country that is a party to the Treaty and to use all political, economic, and diplomatic means at its disposal to deter, prevent, or reverse any such withdrawal from the Treaty. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Prohibition on Certain Assistance- Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no assistance (other than humanitarian assistance) under any provision of law may be provided to a country that has withdrawn from the Treaty on or after the date of the enactment of this Act. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(c) Return of All United States-Origin Materials and Equipment- The United States shall seek the return of any material, equipment, or components transferred under an agreement for civil nuclear cooperation that is in force pursuant to section 123 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2153) on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, and any special fissionable material produced through the use of such material, equipment, or components previously provided to a country that withdraws from the Treaty. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(a) Statement of Policy- It is the policy of the United States to ensure that each country that is a party to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons should bring into force an Additional Protocol to its safeguards agreement with the IAEA. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Criterion for Assistance- The United States shall, when determining to sell weapons to such country; and(5) the President should report to Congress annually on specific steps being taken by the United States to encourage Arab League states to normalize their relations with Israel and to bring about the termination of the Arab League boycott of Israel, including those steps being taken to encourage allies and trading partners of the United Statconsidering the provision of assistance underPublic Law 87-195 or Public Law 90-629 to a country that is a party to the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons, take into consideration whether the proposed recipient has in force an Additional Protocol to its safeguards agreement with the IAEA. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(a) Goals of Assistance- United States foreign assistance should be designed to further the national interests of the United States by achieving the following interrelated and mutually-reinforcing goals: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) Reduce global poverty and alleviate human suffering. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) Advance peace and mitigate crises. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) Support human rights and democracy. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) Build and reinforce strategic partnerships. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(5) Combat transnational threats. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(6) Sustain the global environment. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(7) Expand prosperity through trade and investment. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Findings- Congress makes the following findings: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) In December 2007, the United States Government’s Commission on Helping to Enhance the Lives of Poor People Around the Globe, also known as the ‘HELP Commission,’ reported that sustained economic growth is vital and necessary for a country to feed, educate, house and provide for the health of its citizens over the long term and that ‘foreign assistance alone is not sufficient to help developing countries achieve long-term, sustainable economic growth’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) Private sector-led trade and investment are fundamental components of economic development and growth. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) The United States Agency for International Development’s Global Development Alliance program characterizes the rising importance of private resources and private actors as development tools in an expanding and more integrated globalized economy, aligning public resources with private capital through the establishment of public-private partnerships for the economic advancement of impoverished countries. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) In an increasingly interdependent world, the health, prosperity, freedom, and security of the people of the United States are strengthened when the people of all countries can enjoy these same advantages. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(5) United States foreign assistance should be designed to help build the capacity of other countries to enact laws prohibiting businesses from complying with the boycott and penalizing businesses that do complymeet the needs of their people and to conduct themselves responsibly in the international system. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(6) Foreign assistance is not only a reflection of the values, generosity, and goodwill of the people of the United States, but also an essential means for achieving United States foreign policy, economic, and national security objectives. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(c) Statement of Policy- It shall be the policy of the United States to-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) help build and sustain an international community composed of states that meet basic human needs, resolve conflicts peacefully, respect fundamental human rights, cooperate to address issues that transcend national boundaries, use wisely the world’s limited resources in a sustainable manner, and work toward the achievement of economic well-being for all people; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) emphasize the development of innovative partnerships between governments and organizations in the private sector (including corporations, foundations, universities, faith-based organizations, and other nongovernmental organizations) in the approach to and distribution of foreign assistance; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) focus United States assistance programs on achieving sustainable economic growth and graduating United States aid recipients into a trade-based relationship with the United States. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 806. MEASURES SUPPORTING THE REUNIFICATION OF CYPRU902. GUIDELINES FOR UNITED STATES FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

(a) Policy- It shall be the policy of the United States to continue to support measures aimed at the reunification of Cyprus and to provide assistanceurpose- The purpose of this section is to Cyprus only for programs and activities that are consistent with the goal of reunification of Cyprus and the achievement of a bi-communal, bi-zonal federationevaluate the performance of United States foreign assistance programs and their contribution to policy, strategies, projects, program goals, and priorities undertaken by the Federal Government, to foster and promote innovative programs to improve the effectiveness of such programs, and to coordinate the monitoring and evaluation processes of Federal departments and agencies that administer such programs. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Consultation- The President shall, to the maximum extent practicable, consult with the Government of the Republic of Cyprus with respect to the provision of United States assistance in Cyprus in order to ensure the transparency of such assistance.(c) Report Modification- Section 620C(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961Establishment of Guidelines- The President, in consultation with the Secretary of State, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, the head of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and the Secretary of Defense, shall establish guidelines regarding the establishment of measurable goals, performance metrics, and monitoring and evaluation plans that can be applied on a uniform basis to United States foreign assistance programs, country assistance plans, and international and multilateral assistance programs receiving financial assistance from the United States. Such guidelines shall be established according to best practices of monitoring and evaluation studies and analyses. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(c) Objectives of Guidelines- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) IN GENERAL- Such guidelines shall provide direction to Federal departments and agencies that administer United States foreign assistance programs on how to develop the complete range of activities relating to the monitoring of resources, the evaluation of projects, the evaluation of program impacts, and analysis that is necessary for the identification of findings, generalizations that can be derived from those findings, and their applicability to proposed project and program design. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) OBJECTIVES- Specifically, the guidelines shall provide direction on how to achieve the following objectives for monitoring and evaluation programs: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) Building measurable goals, performance metrics and monitoring and evaluation into program design at the outset, including the provision of sufficient program resources to conduct monitoring and evaluation. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) Disseminating guidelines for the development and implementation of monitoring and evaluation programs to all personnel, especially in the field, who are responsible for the design, implementation and management of foreign assistance programs. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(C) Developing a clearinghouse capacity for the dissemination of knowledge and lessons learned to United States development professionals, implementing partners, the international aid community, and aid recipient governments, and as a repository of knowledge on lessons learned. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(D) Distributing monitoring and evaluation reports internally and making this material available online to the public. Furthermore, providing a summary including a description of methods, key findings and recommendations to the public on-line in a fully searchable form within 90 days after the completion of the evaluation. Principled exceptions will be made in cases of classified or proprietary material. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(E) Establishing annual monitoring and evaluation agendas and objectives that are responsive to policy and programmatic priorities. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(F) Applying rigorous monitoring and evaluation methodologies, choosing from among a wide variety of qualitative and quantitative methods common in the field of social scientific inquiry. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(G) Partnering with the academic community, implementing partners, and national and international institutions that have expertise in monitoring and evaluation and analysis when such partnerships will provide needed expertise or will significantly improve the evaluation and analysis. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(H) Developing and implementing a training plan for aid personnel on the proper conduct of monitoring and evaluation programs. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(d) Role of Other Federal Departments and Agencies- The head of each Federal department and agency that administers United States foreign assistance programs shall implement such guidelines. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(e) Evaluation Defined- In this section, the term ‘evaluation’ means, with respect to a United States foreign assistance program, the systematic collection and analysis of information about the characteristics and outcomes of the program and projects under the program as a basis for judgments, to improve effectiveness, and to inform decisions about current and future programming. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(a) In General- Not more than $21,207,400,000 is authorized to be appropriated to the President for ‘Bilateral Economic Assistance’ for fiscal year 2012. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Development Credit Authority- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) SENSE OF CONGRESS- It is the sense of Congress that-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) access to financial services for underserved populations and sectors in developing countries is essential to expanding economic opportunities for poor households and small businesses to build assets and invest in enterprise development and growth; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) the Development Credit Authority, through the issuance of partial loan guarantees, has proven to be a vital and effective tool in bolstering microenterprise development in impoverished countries by reducing the risk of private investors and financial institutions that invest in underserved sectors or creditworthy borrowers that otherwise would not qualify for such loans. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) LIMITATION ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS- Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), not more than $8,300,000 is authorized to be appropriated to the President for administrative expenses to carry out credit programs administered by the United States Agency for International Development for fiscal year 2012. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(c) Millennium Challenge Corporation- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) LIMITATION ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS- Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), not more than $900,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated to the President for necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 for fiscal year 2012. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) MAINTAINING CANDIDATE STATUS FOR PURPOSES OF INCOME CATEGORY- Section 606 of the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003 (22 U.S.C. 2373(c)) is amended in the second sentence--

(1) by striking ‘60-day’ the second place it appears and inserting ‘90-day’; and

(2) by inserting before the period at the end the following: ‘, including a detailed description of programs and activities funded by the United States7705) is amended-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink




(A) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) by inserting after subsection (b) the following: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(c) Maintaining Candidate Status- Any candidate country whose per capita income changes in a given fiscal year such that the country’s income-classification as ‘low income’ or ‘lower middle income’ changes, should retain its candidacy at the former income category only for the year of such transition.’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(d) Democracy Fund- Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a), not more than $115,000,000 is authorized to be appropriated to the President for necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the promotion of democracy globally for fiscal year 2012. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(a) Findings- Congress finds the following: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) There is a growing need in developing countries in Africa to educate and properly train future business leaders in such a way to help achieve the reunification of Cyprus’them adapt to the demanding complexities of leadership. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) This growing need has led to the call for Africa to develop and train the next generation of leaders that will bring Africa forward into a peaceful and prosperous new century and ensure that democracy lasts across the continent. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) One of the ways to help train the next generation of leaders is through entrepreneurial education, entrepreneurship may be one of the most important channels through which education raises economic productivity. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) All youth should be provided with the access to any and all opportunities to develop skills, attitudes, and abilities that are needed in later life that can lead to entrepreneurship and leadership. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(5) One of the goals of educators should be to train students to become self-employed after graduation and produce the goods and services that are needed locally, thereby initiating significant internal economic activity. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(6) It is important that the youth be assisted to achieve higher levels of access and entry into the economy as potentially self-employed people since there are simply not enough employment opportunities within the private and public sectors for them all. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(7) Business and management education is especially critical in Africa where, in the face of huge shortages in both the private and public sectors, only 50 business schools exist to serve nearly 800 million people, compared with 1,000 business schools in India and 1,200 in the United States. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(8) While many institutions in Africa do offer a business certificate/degree, the training can lack certain practical elements, which makes it difficult for graduates to readily apply their skills in the real-world. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(9) Educational institutions are not rapidly responding to this urgent challenge. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Partnerships Between Businesses and Postsecondary Educational Institutions in Africa- Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 105 the following new section: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(a) Restriction- Except as provided in subsection (b), no United States economic or development assistance authorized to be appropriated by this Act or any amendment made by this Act may be provided to the government of a country that does not meet the corruption performance indicator of the Millennium Challenge Corporation used for purposes of determining eligibility for assistance under the Millennium Challenge Act of 2003. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Waiver- The President may waive the restriction on assistance under subsection (a) on a case-by-case basis for a period of not more than 6 months if-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) the President determines that such a waiver is important to the national security interests of United States; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) the President provides to the appropriate congressional committees at least 15 days prior to exercising the waiver a report on concrete steps that the recipient country has undertaken to meet the corruption benchmarks and on United States implementation and enforcement of end-use monitoring mechanisms in the country to ensure United States assistance provided is being used as intended. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(c) Appropriate Congressional Committees Defined- In this section, the term ‘appropriate congressional committees’ means-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 807. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE 922. FOREIGN ORGANIZATIONS THAT PROMOTE OR PERFORM ABORTION.

‘SEC. 620N. LIMITATION ON ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY.

‘(a) Limitation- Funds may not be provided under this Act to the Palestinian Authority except during a period for which a certification described in subsection (b) is in effect. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(b) Certification- Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(1) the President shall certify in writing, to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the President pro tempore of the Senate, and the Committees on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and Foreign Relations of the Senate that leaders of the Palestinian Authority or any caretaker or follow-on government have not unilaterally declared independence in 2011 or thereafter, are engaged in peace negotiations with the State of Israel, and are not pursuing recognition of Palestinian statehood at the United Nations; or CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) if the President is unable to make such a certification, the President shall transmit to the individuals and committees described in paragraph (1) a report that contains the reasons therefor. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(c) Waiver- The President may waive subsection (a) if-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(1) the President determines that it is vital to the national security interest of the United States to do so; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) the President transmits to the individuals and committees described in subsection (b)(1) a report detailing-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) the justification for the waiver, the purposes for which the funds for the Palestinian Authority will be spent, and the reasons the President is unable to make the certification contained in subsection; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) the steps the Palestinian Authority has taken to arrest terrorists, confiscate weapons, dismantle terrorist infrastructure, halt incitement, and to promote peace with the Jewish state of Israel.’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 935. FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA.

(a) Findings- Congress finds the following: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) Greece has demonstrated an enormous good will gesture in agreeing that ‘Macedonia’ may be included in the future name of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) as long as that term is combined with a geographic qualifier that makes it clear that there are no territorial ambitions on the part of the FYROM with regard to the historical boundaries of the Greek province of Macedonia. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) The FYROM continues to utilize materials that violate provisions of the United Nations-brokered Interim Agreement between the FYROM and Greece regarding incendiary rallies, rhetoric, or propaganda, and United Nations-led negotiations between the FYROM and Greece have so far failed to achieve the longstanding goals of the United States and the United Nations to find a mutually acceptable, new official name for the FYROM. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Sense of Congress- It is the sense of Congress that all United States assistance to the FYROM should be conditioned on the FYROM’s willingness to engage in meaningful discussions with Greece in accordance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 817. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(c) Limitation- The Secretary of State may not use funds authorized to be appropriated under this Act for programs and activities that directly or indirectly promote incendiary rallies, rhetoric, or propaganda by state-controlled agencies of the FYROM or encourage acts by private entities likely to incite violence, hatred, or hostility, including support for printing and publishing of textbooks, maps, and teaching aids that may include inaccurate information on the histories and geographies of Greece and FYROM. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 808. STATEMENT OF POLICY REGARDING THE ECUMENICAL PATRIARCHATE.

The United States calls on the Republic of Turkey to--

(1) based on the goals specified in the draft of theubtitle D--Administrative Provisions CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(a) Transfer of Liquidated Assets- The President, acting through the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, should transfer to the Treasury of the United States for purposes of payment on the public debt not less than 50 percent of all assets from the liquidation, dissolution, or winding up of each Enterprise Fund described in subsection (b). CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Enterprise Funds Described- The Enterprise Funds described in this subsection are the following: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) The U.S.-Russia Investment Fund and the Western Newly Independent States Enterprise Fund established pursuant to section 498b(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2295b(c)). CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) The Baltic-American Enterprise Fund established pursuant to section 201 of the Support for East European Union Constitution, eliminate all forms of discrimination, particularly those forms based on race or religion, and immediately--

(A) grant the Ecumenical Patriarchate appropriate international recognition and ecclesiastic succession;

(B) grant the Ecumenical Patriarchate the right to train clergy of all nationalities, not just Turkish nationals; and

(C) respect the human rights and property rights of the Ecumenical Patriarchate;

(2) pledge to uphold and safeguard religious and human rights without compromise; and

(3) continue the achievement of processes and programs to modernize and democratize its societyDemocracy (SEED) Act of 1989 (22 U.S.C. 5421). CommentsClose CommentsPermalink




(3) The South African Enterprise Development Fund established pursuant to sections 496 and 635(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

SEC. 809. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON RESTRICTIONS ON RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IN VIETNAM942. LIMITATION ON FUNDS FOR USAID’S OFFICE OF BUDGET AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT.

SEC. 944. INTERNET WEBSITE TO MAKE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE COMPREHENSIVE, TIMELY, COMPARABLE, AND ACCESSIBLE INFORMATION ON UNITED STATES FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

(a) Findings- Congress finds the following:(1) The Secretary of State, under the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998Establishment; Publication and Updates- Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the President shall establish and maintain an Internet website to make publicly available comprehensive, timely, comparable, and accessible information on United States foreign assistance programs. The head of each Federal department or agency that administers such programs shall on a regular basis publish and update on the website such information with respect to the programs of the department or agency. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Matters to Be Included- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) IN GENERAL- Such information shall be published on a detailed program-by-program basis and country-by-country basis. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) TYPES OF INFORMATION- To ensure transparency, accountability, and effectiveness of United States foreign assistance programs, the information shall include country assistance strategies, annual budget documents, congressional budget justifications, and reports and evaluations for such programs and projects under such programs. Each type of information described in this paragraph shall be published on the website not later than 30 days after the date of issuance of the information and shall be continuously updated. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(c) Scope of Information- The website shall contain such information relating to the current fiscal year and the immediately preceding 5 fiscal years. The website shall also contain a link to a searchable database available to the public containing such information relating to fiscal years prior to such immediately preceding 5 fiscal years. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(d) Form- Such information shall be published on the website in unclassified form. Any information determined to be classified information may be submitted to Congress in classified form and an unclassified summary of such information shall be published on the website. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

Section 634 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 6402394) is amended-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) in subsection (a)-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘Chairman of the Development Coordination Committee’ and insert ‘President’; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) by striking paragraphs (6) and (7); and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(C) by redesignating paragraphs (8) through (12) as paragraphs (6) through (10), respectively; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(c) Report Required- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(1) IN GENERAL- The President shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees, at such time that the President submits the annual budget request undersection 1105 of title 31, United States Code, a report providing the most up-to-date and detailed information on aid commitments and disbursements by other donors and international organizations to countries and regions for which the President is seeking United States assistance funds. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(2) USE OF READILY AVAILABLE RESOURCES AND STATISTICS- In carrying out this subsection, the President shall utilize all readily available resources and statistics, including information provided by such organizations as the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(3) APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DEFINED- In this subsection, the term ‘appropriate congressional committees’ means-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(A) the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(a) Purpose- The purpose of this section is to strengthen the capacity, transparency, and accountability of United States foreign assistance programs to steward American tax dollars wisely in effectively adapting and responding to new challenges of the 21st century. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Reports- The Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall require any organization or business that receives more than 50 percent of its funding from the United States Government under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) and authority delegated by the President, designates nations found guilty of ‘particularly severe violations of religious freedom’ as ‘Countries of Particular Concern’ (‘CPC’).

(2) In November 2006, the Secretary of State announced that the Socialist Republic of Vietnam was no longer designated as a ‘Country of Particular Concern’.

(3) The Unified Buddhist Church of Vietnam (UBCV), the Hoa Hao Buddhists, and the Cao Dai groups continue to face unwarranted abuses because of their attempts to organize independently of the Government of Vietnam, including the detention and imprisonment of individual members of these religious communities.

(4) In September 2009, Vietnamese police cordoned off a Lang Mai Buddhist monastery, and monks were beaten, degraded, and sexually assaulted by undercover policemen and civilians.

(5) Protestants continue to face beatings and other ill-treatment, harassment, fines, threats, and forced renunciations of faith.

(6) According tofor any fiscal year to submit to the United States Agency for International Development a report that contains the names and all forms of compensation paid by the organization or business to the 5 most highly-compensated employees of the organization or business. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink




(c) Public Disclosure- The Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall make the reports submitted under subsection (b) publicly accessible on the website of the Agency. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(a) Statement of Policy- It shall be the policy of the United States to declare sex-selection abortion a human rights violation. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Human Rights Watch, 355 Montagnard Protestants remain in prison, arrested after 2001 and 2004 demonstrations for land rights and religious freedom in the Central Highlands.

(7) According to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, there are reports that some Montagnard Protestants were imprisoned because of their religious affiliation or activities or because religious leaders failed to inform on members of their religious community who allegedly participated in demonstrations.

(8) Ksor Tino, a Degar Christian, died on September 6, 2009, after being detained in a Plei Ku city prison andReports- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink




(1) SECTION 116 REPORT- Section 116 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151n), as amended by section 503 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(h) Sex-selection Abortion- The report required by subsection (d) of this section shall include, wherever applicable, systematic assessments and conclusions of the extent and nature of sex-selection abortion in each foreign country.’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) SECTION 502B REPORT- Section 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2304), as amended by section 503 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





‘(k) Sex-selection Abortion- The report required by subsection (b) of this section shall include, wherever applicable, systematic assessments and conclusions of the extent and nature of sex-selection abortion in each foreign country.’. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(a) Findings- Congress finds the following: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) Malaria is a leading cause of death and disease in many developing countries, despite being tortured repeatedly with electric prods andcompletely preventable and treatable. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 35 countries, the majority of them in sub-Saharan Africa, account for 98 percent of global malaria deaths. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) Young children and pregnant women are particularly vulnerable and disproportionately affected by malaria. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) Malaria greatly affects child health, with estimates that children under the age of 5 account for 85 percent of malaria deaths each year. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(5) Malaria poses great risks to maternal health, causing complications during delivery, anemia, and low birth weights, with estimates that malaria infection causes 400,000 cases of severe physical punishment for refusing to join a government sanctioned religion.(9) On November 11, 2010,maternal anemia and from 75,000 to 200,000 infant deaths annually in sub-Saharan Africa. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(6) Heightened national, regional, and international efforts to prevent and treat malaria over recent years have made measurable progress and have helped save hundreds of Vietnamese police violently attacked a Catholic prayer service in the Gia Lai Provence, leaving 9 of the beaten unconscious from strokes to the head.(10) According to the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom 2010 Annual Report, religious freedom advocates and human rights defenders Nguyen Van Dai, Le Thi Cong Nhan, and Fr. Thaddeus Nguyen Van Ly are in prison under Article 88 of the Criminal Code and Fr. Phan Van Loi is being held without official detention orders under house arrestthousands of lives. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(7) The World Health Organization’s World Malaria Report 2010 reports that in 2010, more African households (42 percent) owned at least one insecticide-treated mosquito net (ITN), more children under 5 years of age (35 percent) were using an ITN compared to previous years, and household ITN ownership reached more than 50 percent in 19 African countries. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(8) The World Health Organization’s World Malaria Report 2010 further states that a total of 11 countries and one area in the African region showed a reduction of more than 50 percent in either confirmed malaria cases or malaria admissions and deaths in recent years (Algeria, Botswana, Cape Verde, Eritrea, Madagascar, Namibia, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zanzibar, United Republic of Tanzania), and that in all countries, the decreases are associated with intense malaria control interventions. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(9) Continued national, regional, and international investment is critical to continue to reduce malaria deaths and to prevent backsliding in those areas where progress has been made. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(10) The United States Government has played a major leadership role in the recent progress made toward reducing the global burden of malaria, particularly through the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) and the United States contribution to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(11) At least 15 individuals are being detained in long term house arrest for reasons related to their faith, including the most venerable Thich Quang Do and most of the leadership of the UBCV.(12) UBCV monks and youth groups leaders are harassed and detained and charitable activities are denied, Vietnamese officials discriminate against ethnic minority Protestants by denying medical, housing, and educational benefits to children and families, an ethnic minority Protestant was beaten to death for refusing to recant his faith, over 600 Hmong Protestant churches are refused legal recognition or affiliation, leading to harassment, detentions, and home destructions, and a government handbook on religion instructs Recognizing the burden of malaria on many partner countries, PMI has set the target for 2015 of reducing the burden of malaria by 50 percent for 450,000,000 people, representing 70 percent of the at-risk population in Africa. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Sense of Congress- Congress-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) supports the achievable target of ending malaria deaths by 2015; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) recognizes the importance of reducing malaria prevalence and deaths to improve overall child and maternal health, especially in sub-Saharan Africa; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) commends the recent progress made toward reducing global malaria deaths and prevalence, particularly through the efforts of the President’s Malaria Initiative and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(4) welcomes ongoing public-private partnerships to research and develop more effective and affordable tools for malaria diagnosis, treatment, and vaccination; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(5) supports continued leadership by the United States in bilateral and multilateral efforts to combat malaria; and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(6) encourages other members of the international community to sustain and scale up their support and financial contributions for efforts worldwide to combat malaria. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

(a) Findings- Congress finds the following: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) provides access to financial services and helps create sustainability for financial institutions in Cape Verde, both of which are critical components to that country’s economic growth. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) The MCC strategy in Cape Verde, a developing nation in which 30 percent of its citizens live below the poverty level, focuses on microfinance development and improved access to credit for farmers. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(3) The MCC Compact with Cape Verde contributed to e-government officials to control existing religious practice, halt ‘enemy forces’ from ‘abusing religion’ to undermine the Vietnamese Government, and ‘overcome the extraordinary growth of Protestantism.’

(13) Since August 2008, the Vietnamese Government has arrested and sentenced at least eight individuals and beaten, tear-gassed, harassed, publicly slandered, and threatened Catholics engaged in peaceful activities seeking the return of Catholic Church properties confiscated by the Vietnamese Government after 1954 in Hanoi, including in the Thai Ha parish.

(14) Local police and mobile ‘anti-riot’ police attacked a funeral procession in the Con Dau parish on May 4, 2010, shooting tear gas and rubber bullets, beating residents with batons and electric rods, injuring 100, and killing at least one.

(15) The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom, prominent nongovernmental organizations, and representative associations of Vietnamese-American, Montagnard-American, and Khmer-American organizations have called for the redesignation of Vietnam as a CPC.

(b) Sense of Congress- It is service by investing in software, equipment, and technical assistance. As a result, the number of days it takes to start a business has decreased from an average of 52 days in 2007, to less than one day to do so in 2010. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink




(4) Preliminary findings of the MCC Compact with Cape Verde indicate substantial results for farmers receiving assistance through the sense of Congress that--(1) the Secretary of State should place Vietnam on the list of ‘Countries of Particular Concern’ forAgricultural Support Project. For example, following a year of very bad rains, farmers who did not receive MCC assistance experienced a drop in income of 88 percent, while farmers who did receive such assistance faced a decrease of only 18 percent. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(5) As a result of the MCC Compact with Cape Verde, the following outputs have been completed: CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(A) The construction of 28 reservoirs. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(B) 549 farmers have received training in new technologies. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(C) Four participating microfinance institutions have issued $617,000 in rural agricultural loans to 209 farmers on agribusiness. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(D) Increased financial intermediation and competition in the government securities market and development of the private sector. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(E) Eight microfinance institutions have received technical assistance, and capacity-building in accounting, credit appraisal, delivery, collection, human resources management, and marketing. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(6) As a result of the MCC, Cape Verde is launching its first private credit bureau. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(7) Because the compact with Cape Verde was among the first MCC compacts approved, a number of unanticipated issues arose regarding timing and design that required rescoping of projects and revision of targets and indicators. Without the ability to extend the compact beyond the 5-year limit, the MCC was unable to provide full support for the activities initially envisioned. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(b) Sense of Congress- It is the sense of Congress that-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) Cape Verde has demonstrated a commitment to transforming its economy and creating sustainable growth, as well as an ability to effectively utilize the assistance provided by the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC); and CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(2) a second compact with the MCC would allow Cape Verde to build on the success of its first compact, accelerate economic growth, raise incentives in other countries to maintain high levels of performance on MCC programs, and exemplify the results-based approach to foreign assistance. CommentsClose CommentsPermalink

It is the sense of Congress that-- CommentsClose CommentsPermalink





(1) access to financial markets is essential to economic growth; CommentsClose CommentsPermalink