Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That Public Law 104-99 is further amended by striking out `March 29, 1996' in sections 106(c), 112, 126(c), 202(c) and 214 and inserting in lieu thereof `April 24, 1996'; and that Public Law 104-92 is further amended by striking out `April 3, 1996' in section 106(c) and inserting in lieu thereof `April 24, 1996' and by inserting in Title IV in the matter before section 401 `out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated,' and before `out of the general fund'; and that section 347(b)(3) of Public Law 104-50 is amended to read as follows:
`(3) chapter 71, relating to labor-management relations;' and that section 204(a) of the Auburn Indian Restoration Act (25 U.S.C. 1300l-2(a)) is amended by striking `shall' in the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof `may'.
Sec. 2. That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes, namely:
For an additional amount for `Assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States' for Bosnia and Herzegovina, including demining assistance, $198,000,000: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this heading by this Act that are made available for the economic revitalization program in Bosnia and Herzegovina, not less than 87.5 percent shall be obligated and expended for programs, projects, and activities, within the sector assigned to American forces of the military Implementation Force (IFOR) established by the North Atlantic Council pursuant to the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina and within the Sarajevo area: Provided further, That the preceding proviso shall not apply to any project that involves activities in both the American IFOR sector and other contiguous sectors: Provided further, That priority consideration should be given to projects and activities designated in the IFOR `Task Force Eagle civil military project list' in making available funds for the economic revitalization program: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading by this Act shall be made available for the construction of new housing or residences in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading by this Act or under this heading in Public Law 104-107 may be made available for the purposes of repairing housing in areas where refugees or displaced persons are refused, by Federation or local authorities, the right of return due to ethnicity or political party affiliation: Provided further, That not to exceed $5,000,000 may be transferred to `Debt Restructuring' to be made available only for the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of modifying direct loans and loan guarantees, notwithstanding any other provision of law: Provided further, That $3,000,000 shall be transferred to `Operating Expenses of the Agency for International Development' for administrative expenses: Provided further, That the additional amount appropriated or otherwise made available herein is designated by Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(D)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That the provisions of section 515 of Public Law 104-107, and any similar provision of law requiring advance notification to the Congress, shall be applicable to funds appropriated under this heading, except that the requirements of those provisions shall be satisfied by notification five days in advance of the obligation of such funds: Provided further, That, effective ninety days after the date of enactment of this Act, none of the funds appropriated under this heading by this Act may be made available for the purposes of economic revitalization in Bosnia and Herzegovina unless the President determines and certifies in writing to the Committees on Appropriations that the aggregate bilateral contributions pledged by non-United States donors for economic revitalization are at least equivalent to the United States bilateral contributions for economic revitalization made by this Act and in Public Law 104-107: Provided further, That 50 percent of the funds appropriated under this heading by this Act that are made available for economic revitalization shall not be available for obligation unless the President determines and certifies to the Committees on Appropriations that the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has complied with article III of Annex 1-A of the General Framework Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina concerning the withdrawal of foreign forces, and that intelligence cooperation on training, investigations, and related activities between Iranian officials and Bosnian officials has been terminated: Provided further, That funds withheld from obligation pursuant to the previous proviso may be made available for obligation and expenditure after this search.
June 15, 1996, notwithstanding the previous proviso if the President determines and reports to the Committees on Appropriations that it is important to the national security interest of the United States to do so: Provided further, That the authority contained in the previous proviso to make such a determination may be exercised by the President only and may not be delegated: Provided further, That with regard to funds appropriated under this heading by this Act (and local currencies generated by such funds) that are made available for economic revitalization, the Administrator of the Agency for International Development shall provide written approval for grants and loans prior to the obligation and expenditure of funds for such purposes, and the Administrator shall receive the agreement of grantees that such funds shall be subject to audits by the Inspector General of the Agency for International Development: Provided further, That with regard to funds appropriated under this heading by this Act (and local currencies generated by such funds) that are made available for economic revitalization, the Administrator of the Agency for International Development shall provide written approval for the use of funds that have been returned or repaid to any lending facility and grantee under the economic revitalization program prior to the use of such returned or repaid funds: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any provision of law under this heading in Public Law 104-107, the provisions of section 532 of that Act shall be applicable to funds appropriated under this heading that are used under the economic revitalization program and to local currencies generated by such funds: Provided further, That such local currencies may be used only for program purposes: Provided further, That for the purposes of this Act, local currency generations under the economic revitalization program shall include the conversion of funds appropriated under this heading into currency used by Bosnia and Herzegovina as local currency and local currency returned or repaid under such program.
The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Gutknecht). Pursuant to the order of the House today, the gentleman from Louisiana [Mr. Livingston] and the gentleman from Wisconsin [Mr. Obey] will each control 30 minutes.
The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Louisiana [Mr. Livingston].
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Mr. LIVINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks on House Joint Resolution 170, and that I may include tabular and extraneous material.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Louisiana?
There was no objection.
Mr LIVINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 5 minutes.
(Mr. LIVINGSTON asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)
Mr. LIVINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I had hoped to stand before the House today and ask for the opportunity to present the final solution, if you will, for fiscal year 1996, the wrap-up bill, the omnibus bill, the bill that has plagued this House for the last 6 months. Unfortunately, that was not to be the case.
However, I am very pleased to tell the Speaker and our colleagues that we are really within hours of presenting that solution. Unfortunately, we cannot complete it before we go on break for the district work period. Therefore, Mr. Speaker, we have to come back in a few days after the recess and complete our business. In fact, I really do not think it will take very long. Assuming our leadership continues to work with the White House, and we get cooperation from all parties, we should be able to conclude the mighty bill.
The fact is most of the issues in the remaining appropriations bills have been resolved, but there are still a few of them that are uncompleted. We also have not quite resolved both the payment of the funding level for those bills and the `paid fors' anything that exceeds the House budget levels.