Public Law 95–481

That the following

Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1979.

sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for Foreign Assistance and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, and for other purposes, namely:

TITLE I— FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT ACTIVITIES

Funds Appropriated to the President For expenses necessary to enable the President to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and for other purposes, to remain available until September 30, 1979, unless otherwise specified herein, as follows:

economic assistance Agriculture, rural development, and nutrition, Development Assistance: For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 103, $605,000,000: Provided, That the amounts provided for loans to carry out the purposes of this paragraph shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 1980. Population, Development Assistance: For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 104(b), $185,000,000: Provided, That the amounts provided for loans to carry out the purposes of this paragraph shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 1980. Health, Development Assistance: For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 104(c), $130,000,000: Provided, That the amounts provided for loans to carry out the purposes of this paragraph shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 1980: Provided further, That not more than $5,000,000 shall be available for an Expanded Immunization Program—Yaws Eradication Program in West Africa. Education and human resources development, Development Assistance: For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 105, $97,000,000: Provided, That the amounts provided for loans to carry out the purposes of this paragraph shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 1980. Technical assistance, energy, research, reconstruction, and selected development problems, Development Assistance: For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 106, $115,000,000: Provided, That the amounts provided for loans to carry out the purposes of this paragraph shall remain available for expenditure until September 30, 1980. Loan allocation, Development Assistance: Of the new obligational authority appropriated under this Act to carry out the provisions of sections 103–106, not less than $396,200,000 shall be available for loans for fiscal year 1979: Provided, That loans made pursuant to this authority to countries whose annual per capita gross national product is greater than $550 but less than $900 shall be repayable within twenty-five years following the date on which funds are initially made available under such loans, and loans to countries whose annual per capita gross national product is greater than $900 shall be repayable within twenty years following the date on which funds are initially made available under such loans. International organizations and programs: For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 301 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and of section 2 of the United Nations Environment Program Participation Act of 1973, $260,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be available to provide a United States contribution to the United Nations University. American schools and hospitals abroad: For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 214, $25,000,000: Provided, That $1,000,000 shall be available only for support of Israeli students studying in American sponsored centers of learning in the Arab countries and Arab students studying in American sponsored centers of learning in Israel. Contingency fund: For necessary expenses, $3,000,000, to be used for the purposes set forth in section 451. International disaster assistance: For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 491, $20,000,000: Provided, That $1,000,000 shall be available only to control locust plagues in Africa. Assistance to African refugees: For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 495F, $15,000,000. Sahel development program: For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 121, $75,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That no part of such appropriation may be available to make any contribution of the United States to the Sahel development program in excess of 10 per centum of the total contributions to such program. International narcotics control: For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 481, $38,500,000: Provided, That not to exceed $3,000,000 shall be for the United Nations Fund for Drug Abuse Control. Payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund: For payment to the “Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund,” as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended, $24,820,000: Provided, That none of these funds or other funds available to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund shall be available to carry out the provisions of section 406 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1979. Overseas training (foreign currency program): For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 612, $400,000 in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department declares to be excess to the normal requirements of the United States. None of the funds made available under this Act for “Agriculture, rural development, and nutrition, Development Assistance,” “Population, Development Assistance,” “Health, Development Assistance,” “Education and human resources development, Development Assistance,” “Technical assistance, energy, research, reconstruction, and selected development problems, Development Assistance,” International organizations and programs,” “American schools and hospitals abroad,” “Assistance to African refugees,” “Sahel development pro-gram,” “International narcotics control,” “Economic support fund,” “Peacekeeping operations,” “Operating Expenses of the Agency for International Development,” “Military assistance,” “International military education and training,” “Foreign military credit sales,” “Inter-American Foundation,” “Peace Corps,” or “Migration and refugee assistance,” shall be available for obligation for activities, programs, projects, type of materiel assistance, countries, or other operation not justified or in excess of the amount justified to the Appropriations Committees for obligation under any of these specific headings for fiscal year 1979 unless the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of the Congress are previously notified fifteen days in advance.

economic support fund Economic support fund: For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of sections 531 through 534 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, $1,882,000,000: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this paragraph, $785,000,000 shall be allocated to Israel, $750,000,000 shall be allocated to Egypt and, $93,000,000 shall be allocated to Jordan: Provided further, That not more than $45,000,000, of which sum not more than $5,000,000 shall be for refugee assistance through International Relief Organizations in Rhodesia, shall be available for the Southern Africa Program: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be used to provide a United States contribution to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency.

peacekeeping operations Peacekeeping operations: For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 551 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, $27,400,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be available for the Middle East Special Requirements Fund.

operating expenses of the agency for international development Operating expenses of the Agency for International Development: For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 667 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, $254,000,000: Provided, That not more than $97,000,000 of this amount shall be for AID-Washington Operating Expenses: Provided further, That not to exceed $700,000 of funds provided to the Agency for International Development by this Act shall be available for hiring experts and consultants pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That not to exceed $10,000,000 of the funds made available by this Act shall be made available for personal service contracts and that of this amount not to exceed $2,000,000 shall be made available from Operating Expenses of the Agency for International Development and not to exceed $8,000,000 shall be available from other funds made available by this Act.

israel-united states binational agricultural research and development fund For payment to the Israel-United States Binational Agricultural Research and Development Fund as authorized by section 1458 of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977, $40,000,000, to remain available until expended.

overseas private investment corporation The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized to make such expenditures within the limits of funds available to it and in accordance with law (including not to exceed $10,000 for entertainment allowances), and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 849), as may be necessary in carrying out the program set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year.

inter-american foundation For expenses necessary to carry out the functions of the Inter-American Foundation in accordance with the provisions of section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969, as amended, and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, $10,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $3,618,000 of previously appropriated funds shall also be available for necessary expenses during the current fiscal year.

military assistance Military assistance: For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 503 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, including administrative expenses and purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only for use outside of the United States, $83,375,000, in addition to which amount the unobligated balance as of September 30, 1978, in the basic account symbol assigned by the Treasury for the appropriation made available under this heading for the fiscal year 1977 and the unobligated balance as of September 30, 1978, in the basic account symbol assigned by the Treasury for the appropriation made available under this heading for the fiscal year 1978 are continued available for the fiscal year 1979 and, further, amounts obligated as of September 30, 1978, in the basic account symbol assigned by the Treasury for the appropriation made available under this heading for the fiscal year 1978 are, if deobligated, continued available for the fiscal year 1979, the total of all such funds made available not to exceed $210,375,000. The unobligated and obligated balances as of September 30, 1978, shall be merged with and accounted for under the same basic account symbol assigned by the Treasury for the appropriation made under this heading: Provided, That the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of the Congress are notified fifteen days in advance of the obligation of such deobligated funds for activities, programs, projects, type of materiel assistance, countries or other operations not justified or in excess of the amount justified for the fiscal year 1979: Provided further, That none of the funds contained under this heading shall be available for the purchase of new automotive vehicles outside of the United States.

international military education and training International military education and training: For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 541 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, $27,900,000, in addition to which amount the unobligated balance as of September 30, 1978, in the basic account symbol assigned by the Treasury for the appropriation made available under this heading for the fiscal year 1977 and the unobli-gated balance as of September 30, 1978, in the basic account symbol assigned by the Treasury for the appropriation made available under this heading for the fiscal year 1978 are continued available for the fiscal year 1979 and, further, amounts obligated as of September 30, 1978, in the basic account symbol assigned by the Treasury for the appropriation made available under this heading for the fiscal year 1978 are, if deobligated, continued available for the fiscal year 1979, the total of all such funds made available not to exceed $28,755,000. The unobligated and obligated balances as of September 30, 1978, shall be merged with and accounted for under the same basic account symbol assigned by the Treasury for the appropriation made under this heading: Provided, That the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of the Congress are notified fifteen days in advance of the obligation of such deobligated funds for activities, programs, projects, type of materiel assistance, countries or other operations not justified or in excess of the amount justified for the fiscal year 1979.

TITLE II— FOREIGN MILITARY CREDIT SALES

Foreign Military Credit Sales For expenses not otherwise provided for, necessary to enable the President to carry out the provisions of sections 23 and 24 of the Arms Export Control Act, $654,500,000: Provided, That of the amount provided for the total aggregate credit sale ceiling during the current fiscal year, not less than $1,000,000,000 shall be allocated to Israel.

TITLE III— FOREIGN ASSISTANCE (OTHER)

Independent Agency Action—International Programs peace corps For expenses necessary for Action to carry out the provisions of the Peace Corps Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2501 et seq.), $95,000,000: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not more than $320,000 shall be available for the United Nations Volunteer Program: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to pay for abortions.

Department of State migration and refugee assistance For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to enable the Secretary of State to provide, as authorized by law, a contribution to the International Committee of the Red Cross and assistance to refugees, including contributions to the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; salaries and expenses of personnel and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 801–1158); allowances as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5921–5925; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $111,544,200: Provided, That not to exceed $3,225,000 of this amount shall be available for refugees in Africa: Provided further, That $20,000,000 of these funds be expended only by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare for the resettlement in the United States of Soviet and other refugees not currently covered by existing Federal refugee programs: Provided further, That these funds shall be administered in a manner that ensures equity in the treatment of all refugees receiving Federal assistance: Provided further, That no funds herein appropriated shall be used to assist directly in the migration to any nation in the Western Hemisphere of any person not having a security clearance based on reasonable standards to insure against Communist infiltration in the Western Hemisphere. united states emergency refugee and migration assistance fund For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 2(c) of the Migration and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2601(c)), $9,500,000, to remain available until expended.

Funds Appropriated to the President International Financial Institutions contribution to the asian development bank For payment to the Asian Development Bank by the Secretary of the Treasury, $265,000,000, for the (1) United States share of the increase in subscriptions to the (a) paid-in capital stock, and (b) callable capital stock, and (2) the United States contribution to the increase in resources of the Asian Development Fund as authorized by the Act of October 3, 1977 (Public Law 95–118), to remain available until expended: Provided, That no such payment may be made while the United States Director to the Bank is compensated by the Bank at a rate which, together with whatever compensation such Direc-tor receives from the United States, is in excess of the rate provided for an individual occupying a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, or while any alternate United States Director to the Bank is compensated by the Bank in excess of the rate provided for an individual occupying a position at level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code. contribution to the inter-american development bank For payment to the Inter-American Development Bank by the Secretary of the Treasury, $763,728,483, for the United States share of (1) the increase in subscriptions to (a) paid-in capital stock, and (b) callable capital stock, and (2) the fifth replenishment of the resources of the Fund for Special Operations as authorized by the Act of May 31, 1976 (Public Law 94–302), to remain available until expended: Provided, That no such payment may be made while the United States Executive Director to the Bank is compensated by the Bank at a rate in excess of the rate provided for an individual occupying a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, or while the alternate United States Executive Director to the Bank is compensated by the Bank at a rate in excess of the rate provided for an individual occupying a position at level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code. contribution to the international bank for reconstruction and development For payment to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development by the Secretary of the Treasury, $163,079,165, for the United States snare of the increase in subscriptions to the (1) paid-in capital stock, and (2) callable capital stock, as authorized by the Act of October 3, 1977 (Public Law 95–118), to remain available until expended: Provided, That no such payment may be made while the United States Executive Director to the Bank is compensated by the Bank at a rate in excess of the rate provided for an individual occupying a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, or while the alternate United States Executive Director to the Bank is compensated by the Bank at a rate in excess of the rate provided for an individual occupying a position at level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code. contribution to the international finance corporation For payment to the International Finance Corporation by the Secretary of the Treasury, $40,045,100, for the United States share of the increase in subscriptions to capital stock, as authorized by the Act of October 3, 1977 (Public Law 95–118), to remain available until expended. contribution to the international development association For payment to the International Development Association by the Secretary of the Treasury, $458,000,000 for the United States contribution to the fourth replenishment as authorized by the Act of August 14, 1974 (Public Law 93–373), to remain available until expended and $800,000,000, for the second installment of the United States contribution to the fifth replenisliment as authorized by the Act of October 3, 1977 (Public Law 95–118), to remain available until expended: Provided, That no such payment may be made while the United States Executive Director to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development is compensated by the Bank at a rate in excess of the rate provided for an individual occupying a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, or while the alternate United States Executive Director to the Bank is compensated by the Bank at a rate in excess of the rate provided for an individual occupying a position at level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code. contribution to the african development fund For payment to the African Development Fund by the Secretary of the Treasury, $25,000,000, for the United States contribution to the increase in resources as authorized by the Act of October 3, 1977 (Public Law 95–118), to remain available until expended. future united states contributions to the international financial institutions It is the sense of the Congress that the United States share of contributions to future replenishments of the International Financial Institutions should not exceed the percentages enumerated below for each of the respective accounts within these institutions: Asian Development Bank: Paid-in capital, 16.3 percent; Callable capital, 16.3 percent; Asian Development Fund, 22.2 percent; African Development Bank: Special Fund, 18 percent; Inter-American Development Bank: Paid-in capital, 34.5 percent; Callable capital, 34.5 percent; Fund for Special Operations, 40 percent; International Bank for Reconstruction and Development: Paid-in capital, 24 percent; Callable capital, 24 percent; International Development Association, 25 percent; International Finance Corporation, 23 percent.

TITLE IV— EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE UNITED STATES

Limitation on Program Activity Not to exceed $5,347,345,000 (of which not to exceed $3,750,000,000 shall be for direct loans) shall be authorized during the current fiscal year for other than administrative expenses.

Limitation on Administrative Expenses Not to exceed $13,515,000 (to be computed on an accrual basis) shall be available during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $24,000 for entertainment allowances for members of the Board of Directors: Provided, That (1) fees or dues to international organizations of credit institutions engaged in financing foreign trade, (2) necessary expenses (including special services performed on a contract or a fee basis, but not including other personal services) in connection with the acquisition, operation, maintenance, improvement, or disposition of any real or personal property belonging to the Bank or in which it has an interest, including expenses of collections of pledged collateral, or the investigation or appraisal of any property in respect to which an application for a loan has been made, and (3) expenses (other than internal expenses of the Bank) incurred in connection with the issuance and servicing of guarantees, insurance, and reinsurance, shall be considered as nonadmmistrative expenses for the purposes hereof.

TITLE V— UNITED STATES PARTICIPATION, SUPPLEMENTARY FINANCING FACILITY, INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND

For the purpose of participation by the United States, in an amount equivalent to 1,450,000,000 Special Drawing Rights, in the Supplementary Financing Facility established by decision numbered 5508-(77/127) of the Executive Directors of the Fund, as provided in the decision numbered 5509-(77/127) of the Fund, and for the expenditures resulting therefrom, not to exceed $1,831,640,000, to remain available until the termination of the facility: Provided, That no such payment may be made while the United States Executive Director to the International Monetary Fund is compensated by the Fund at a rate in excess of the rate provided for an individual occupying a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, or while the alternate United States Executive Director to the Fund is compensated by the Fund at a rate in excess of the rate provided for an individual occupying a position at level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code.

TITLE VI— GENERAL PROVISIONS