S.Amdt. 1205

TEXT OF AMENDMENTS

SA 1150. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Biden (for himself and Ms. Mikulski))
proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the
bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State
and international broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for
the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other
purposes; as follows:

On page 94, between lines 17 and 18, insert following new
section:

SEC. 815. SENSE OF CONGRESS RELATING TO VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) Article 4 of the Declaration on the Elimination of
Violence Against Women adopted by the United Nations General
Assembly in Resolution 48/104 on December 20, 1993, proclaims
that ``States should condemn violence against women and
should not invoke any custom, tradition or religious
consideration to avoid their obligations with respect to its
elimination.''.
(2) Paragraph 124 of chapter IV of the Platform for Action,
which was adopted along with the Beijing Declaration by the
Fourth World Conference on Women on September 15, 1995,
states that actions to be taken by governments include
condemning violence against women and refraining from
invoking any custom, tradition, or religious consideration as
a means to avoid the obligations of such governments with
respect to the elimination of violence against women as such
obligations are referred to in the Declaration on the
Elimination of Violence against Women.
(3) The United States has supported the Declaration on the
Elimination of Violence Against Women and the Beijing
Declaration and Platform for Action.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
the United States should continue to condemn violence against
women and should urge states to refrain from invoking any
custom, tradition, or practices in the name of religion or
culture as a means to avoid obligations regarding the
elimination of violence against women as referred to in
Article 4 of the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence
against Women.
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SA 1151. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Breaux) proposed an amendment to
amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

On page 94, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following
new section:

SEC. 815. AUTHORIZATION FOR PASSENGER CARRIER USE BY THE
CHIEF OF PROTOCOL.

Section 1344(b)(4) of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by inserting ``the Chief of Protocol of the United
States,'' after ``abroad,''.
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SA 1152. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Coleman) proposed an amendment to
amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

At the end of subtitle A of title XXI, add the following
new section:

SEC. 2113. REAUTHORIZATION OF RELIEF FOR TORTURE VICTIMS.

(a) Authorization of Appropriations for Foreign Treatment
Centers for Victims of Torture.--
(1) Authorization of appropriations.--Section 4(b)(1) of
the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 2152 note)
is amended to read as follows:
``(1) Authorization of appropriations.--Of the amounts
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 2004 pursuant
to chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) there is authorized to be
appropriated to the President to carry out section 130 of
such Act $11,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1)
shall take effect October 1, 2003.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations for the United States
Contribution to the United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims
of Torture.--Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for
fiscal year 2004 pursuant to chapter 3 of part I of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2221 et seq.),
there is authorized to be appropriated to the President for a
voluntary contribution to the United Nations Voluntary Fund
for Victims of Torture $6,000,000 for fiscal year 2004.
(c) Authorization of Appropriations for Domestic Treatment
Centers for Victims of Torture.--
(1) Authorization of appropriations.--Section 5(b)(1) of
the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 2152 note)
is amended to read as follows:
``(1) Authorization of appropriations.--Of the amounts
authorized to be appropriated for the Department of Health
and Human Services for fiscal year 2004, there is authorized
to be appropriated to carry out subsection (a) $20,000,000
for fiscal year 2004.''.
(2) Effective date.--The amendment made by paragraph (1)
shall take effect October 1, 2003.
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SA 1153. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Daschle) proposed an amendment to
amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to
authorize appropriation for the Department of State and international
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

At the end of title VIII, insert the following new section:

SEC. 815. ANNUAL REPORT ON SAUDI ARABIA'S COOPERATION IN THE
WAR ON TERRORISM.

(a) Requirement for Report.--Not later than May 1, 2004,
and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report on the
cooperation of the Government of Saudi Arabia in the war on
terrorism.
(b) Content.--Each report shall include--
(1) a description of the efforts of the Government of Saudi
Arabia to combat terrorism and to counter efforts to foment
intolerance in Saudi Arabia;
(2) an assessment of the cooperation of the Government of
Saudi Arabia with United States antiterrorism efforts,
including--
(A) efforts of law enforcement in Saudi Arabia to disrupt
suspected terrorist networks and apprehend suspected
terrorists; and
(B) diplomatic and law enforcement efforts of Saudi Arabia
to stop the financing of terrorists and terrorist
organizations; and
(3) an assessment of the efforts of the Government of Saudi
Arabia to investigate terrorist attacks against citizens of
the United States, including--
(A) a description of the status of efforts to investigate
such attacks; and
(B) a list of individuals convicted in Saudi Arabia of
committing such attacks.

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SA 1154. Mr. LUGAR (for Mrs. Feinstein) proposed an amendment to
amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

On page 94, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following
new section:

SEC. 815. ANNUAL REPORT ON SMALL ARMS PROGRAMS.

Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this
Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to
the appropriate congressional committees a report--
(1) describing the activities undertaken, and the progress
made, by the Department or other agencies and entities of the
United States Government in prompting other states to
cooperate in programs on the stockpile management, security,
and destruction of small arms and light weapons;
(2) listing each state that refuses to cooperate in
programs on the stockpile management, security, and
destruction of small arms and light weapons, and describing
to what degree the failure to cooperate affects the national
security of such state, its neighbors, and the United States;
and
(3) recommending incentives and penalties that may be used
by the United States Government to prompt states to comply
with programs on the stockpile management, security, and
destruction of small arms and light weapons.
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SA 1155. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Biden (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein and
Mr. Akaka)) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr.
Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations for the
Department of State and international broadcasting activities for
fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through
2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

At the end of subtitle B of title XXII, add the following:

SEC. 2241. TRANSFERS OF SMALL ARMS AND LIGHT WEAPONS.

(a) Exports Under the Arms Export Control Act.--
(1) Letters of offer.--Section 36(b)(1) of the Arms Export
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776(b)(1)) is amended by inserting
after ``such certification).'' in the fourth sentence the
following: ``Each numbered certification regarding the
proposed export of firearms listed in category I of the
United States Munitions List shall include, with regard to
the proposed export, a summary of the views of the office in
the Department of State that has responsibility for programs
relating to the collection and destruction of excess small
arms and light weapons, together with a summary of any
provision of the letter of offer or any related arrangement
for the recipient State to dispose of firearms that would
become excess as a result of the proposed export.''.
(2) Licenses.--Section 36(c) of the Arms Export Control Act
(22 U.S.C. 2776(c)) is amended by inserting after the second
sentence the following: ``Each numbered certification
regarding the proposed export of firearms listed in category
I of the United States Munitions List shall include, with
regard to the proposed export, a summary of the views of the
office in the Department of State that has responsibility for
programs relating to the collection and destruction of excess
small arms and light weapons, together with a summary of any
provision of the license or any related arrangement for the
recipient State to dispose of firearms that would become
excess as a result of the proposed export.''
(b) Transfers Under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.--
Subsection 516(f)(2) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961
(22 U.S.C. 2321j(f)(2)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (C);
(2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E);
and
(3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new
subparagraph:
``(D) for any proposed transfer of firearms listed in
category I of the United States Munitions List that would
require a license for international export under section 36
of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2776)--
``(i) with regard to the proposed transfer, the views of
the office in the Department of State that has responsibility
for programs relating to the collection and destruction of
excess small arms and light weapons; and
``(ii) a summary of any provision under the transfer or any
related arrangement for the recipient State to dispose of
firearms that would become excess as a result of the proposed
transfer; and''.
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SA 1156. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Leahy) proposed an amendment to amendment
SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize
appropriations for the Department of State and international
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

At the appropriate place insert:

SEC.  . REPORT.

Not later than 120 days after enactment, the Secretary, in
consultation with the Administrator of the United States
Agency for International Development and the Secretary of the
Treasury, shall submit a report to the appropriate
congressional committees describing the progress the United
States is making towards meeting the objectives set forth in
paragraph 1 of S. Res. 368 (107th Congress) and paragraph 1
of H. Res. 604 (107th Congress), including adopting a global
strategy to deal with the international coffee crisis and
measures to support and complement multilateral efforts to
respond to the international coffee crisis.
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SA 1157. Mr. LUGAR (for himself and Mr. Biden) proposed an amendment
to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

Strike section 2512.
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SA 1158. Mr. LUGAR proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136
proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations
for the Department of State and international broadcasting activities
for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004
through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

On page 182, line 16, insert ``AND THE UNITED KINGDOM''
after ``AUSTRALIA''.
On page 182, beginning on line 22, strike ``The
requirements'' through ``into force.'' on page 183, line 4,
and insert the following:
``(A) Australia.--Subject to the provisions of section
2233(c) of the Foreign Affairs Act, Fiscal Year 2004, the
requirements for a bilateral agreement described in paragraph
(2)(A) of this subsection shall not apply to such a bilateral
agreement between the United States Government and the
Government of Australia with respect to transfers or changes
in end use within Australia of defense items that will remain
subject to the licensing requirements of this Act after the
agreement enters into force.
``(B) United kingdom.--Subject to the provisions of section
2233(c) of the Foreign Affairs Act, Fiscal Year 2004, the
requirements for a bilateral agreement described in
paragraphs (1)(A)(ii), (2)(A)(i) and (2)(A)(ii) of this
subsection shall not apply to the bilateral agreement between
the United States Government and the Government of the United
Kingdom for an exemption from the licensing requirements of
this Act, or any other form of agreement between the United
States Government and the Government of the United Kingdom to
gain an exemption from the licensing requirements of this
Act.''.
On page 183, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following:
(c) Certification on Nonconforming Agreements.--Not later
than 14 days before the activation of an exemption from the
licensing requirements of the Arms Export Control Act
pursuant to any bilateral agreement made with the United
Kingdom or Australia for that purpose that does not conform
to the requirements applicable to such an agreement under
section 38(j) of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C.
2778)(j), the President shall certify to the appropriate
congressional committees that--
(1) the nonconforming agreement is in the national interest
of the United States;
(2) the nonconforming agreement does not in any way
adversely affect the ability of the licensing regime under
the Arms Export Control Act to provide consistent and
adequate controls for items not exempt under such agreement
from the licensing regime;
(3) the nonconforming agreement will not in any way
adversely affect--
(A) the abilities of the Secretary to ensure, pursuant to
section 2 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2752),
effective controls over the sales, finances, leases,
cooperative projects, and exports that are regulated under
such Act; or
(B) any of the duties or requirements of the Secretary
under such Act; and
(4) the nonconforming agreement will serve as an effective
nonproliferation and export control tool.
(d) Report on Issues Raised in Consultations Pursuant to
Bilateral Agreements With Australia and United Kingdom.--Not
later than one year after the date of the enactment of this
Act and annually thereafter, the President shall submit to
the appropriate congressional committees a report on any
issues raised during the previous year in consultations
conducted under the terms of the bilateral agreement with
Australia, or under the terms of the bilateral agreement or
any other form of an agreement with the United Kingdom, for
exemption from the licensing requirements of the Arms Export
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.). Each report shall
contain detailed information--
(1) on any notifications or consultations between the
United States and the United Kingdom under the terms of the
agreement with the United Kingdom, or between the United
States and Australia under the terms of the agreement with
Australia, concerning

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the modification, deletion, or addition of defense items on
the United States Munitions List, the United Kingdom Military
List, or the Australian Defense and Strategic Goods List;
(2) listing all United Kingdom or Australia persons and
entities that have been designated as qualified persons
eligible to receive United States origin defense items exempt
from the licensing requirements of the Arms Export Control
Act under the terms of such agreements, and listing any
modification, deletion, or addition to such lists, pursuant
to the requirements of the agreement with the United Kingdom
or the agreement with Australia;
(3) on any consultations or steps taken pursuant to the
agreement with the United Kingdom or the agreement with
Australia concerning cooperation and consultation with either
government on the effectiveness of the defense trade control
systems of such government;
(4) on all special provisions and procedures undertaken
pursuant to--
(A) the agreement with the United Kingdom with respect to
the handling of United States origin defense items exempt
from the licensing requirements of the Arms Export Control
Act by persons and entities qualified to receive such items
in the United Kingdom; and
(B) the agreement with Australia with respect to the
handling of United States origin defense items exempt from
the licensing requirements of the Arms Export Control Act by
persons and entities qualified to receive such items in
Australia;
(5) on any understandings, including the text of such
understandings, between the United States and the United
Kingdom concerning retransfer of United States origin defense
items made pursuant to the agreement with the United Kingdom
or any other form of agreement with the United Kingdom to
gain exemption from the licensing requirements of the Arms
Export Control Act;
(6) on consultations with the Government of the United
Kingdom or the Government of Australia concerning the legal
enforcement of these agreements;
(7) on any United States origin defense item for which the
United States did not seek re-export or transfer
authorization under the terms of the Memorandum of
Understanding between the United States and the United
Kingdom, and on any United States origin defense item for
which the United States did not require re-export
authorization under the terms of the agreement with
Australia; and
(8) on any disagreement the Government of Australia or the
Government of the United Kingdom may have with the United
States Government concerning any aspect of the bilateral
agreements between such country and the United States, and on
any disagreement with the Government of the United Kingdom
concerning any aspect of any other form of agreement with the
United Kingdom to gain exemption from the licensing
requirements of the Arms Export Control Act.
(e) Special Reports on Unauthorized End-Use or Diversion.--
The Secretary shall notify the appropriate congressional
committees not later than 30 days after receiving any
credible information regarding the unauthorized end-use or
diversion of United States exports made pursuant to any
agreement with a country to gain exemption from the licensing
requirements of the Arms Export Control Act. Such
notification may be made in classified or unclassified form
and shall include--
(1) a description of the good or service;
(2) the United States origin of the good or service;
(3) the authorized recipient of the good or service;
(4) a detailed description of the unauthorized end-use or
diversion of the good or service, including any knowledge by
the United States exporter of such unauthorized end-use or
diversion;
(5) any enforcement action taken by the Government of the
United States; and
(6) any enforcement action taken by the government of the
recipient nation.
(f) Appropriate Congressional Committees.--In this section,
the term ``appropriate congressional committees'' means the
Committee on International Relations of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the
Senate.
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SA 1159. Mr. LUGAR proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136
proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations
for the Department of State and international broadcasting activities
for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004
through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

In section 2403(2)(B), strike ``and'' after the semicolon.
In section 2403(2)(C), strike the period and insert ``;
and''.
In section 2403(2), add at the end the following:
(D) is determined by the United States Government not to
have an offensive biological weapons program.
In section 2403(3), strike ``who is eligible to receive''
and all that follows and insert ``who--
(A) is eligible to receive a visa under the provisions of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.);
and
(B) is not currently or previously affiliated with or
employed by a laboratory or entity determined by the United
States Government to be involved in offensive biological
weapons activities.
In section 2408(b)(3), strike ``and'' after the semicolon.
In section 2408(b)(4), strike ``(4)'' and insert ``(5)''.
In section 2408(b), insert after paragraph (3) the
following:
(4) necessary to secure and monitor pathogen collections
containing select agents; and
In section 2408(e), insert ``monitor,'' after ``secure,''.
In section 2413(c), strike ``90 days'' and insert ``120
days''.
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SA 1160. Mr. LUGAR (for himself and Mr. Biden) proposed an amendment
to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

Strike section 205.
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SA 1161. Mr. LUGAR (for himself and Mr. Biden) proposed an amendment
to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

Strike section 205.
At the end of title III, add the following:

SEC. 313. CLARIFICATION OF FOREIGN SERVICE GRIEVANCE BOARD
PROCEDURES.

Section 1106(8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22
U.S.C. 4136(8)) is amended in the first sentence--
(1) by inserting ``the involuntary separation of the
grievant (other than an involuntary separation for cause
under section 610(a)),'' after ``considering''; and
(2) by striking ``the grievant or'' and inserting ``the
grievant, or''.
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SA 1162. Mr. LUGAR (for himself and Mr. Biden) proposed an amendment
to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

At the end of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 815. MODIFICATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS ON UNITED
STATES PERSONNEL INVOLVED IN THE ANTINARCOTICS
CAMPAIGN IN COLOMBIA.

Section 3204(f) of the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2000
(division B of Public Law 106-246; 114 Stat. 577) is
amended--
(1) in the heading, by striking ``Bimonthly'' and inserting
``Quarterly'';
(2) by striking ``60 days'' and inserting ``90 days''; and
(3) by striking ``to Congress'' and inserting ``appropriate
committees of Congress (as that term is defined in section
3207(b)(1) of this Act)''.
______

SA 1163. Mr. LUGAR proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136
proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations
for the Department of State and international broadcasting activities
for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004
through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

Strike section 2239.
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SA 1164. Mr. REID (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mrs. Boxer, Mr.
Bingaman, and Mr. Leahy) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136
proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations
for the Department of State and international broadcasting activities
for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004
through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

At the end of subtitle A of title XXI, add the following
new section:

SEC. 2113. SUPPORT REGARDING RURAL DEVELOPMENT CRISIS IN
MEXICO.

(a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress
that--
(1) the United States should continue working closely
with the Government of Mexico to help minimize the impact of
the current rural development crisis in Mexico; and
(2) that crisis creates a humanitarian, economic, and
security imperative for the United States Government to
support additional programs focused on the underfunded rural
communities of Mexico.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized
to be appropriated to the President for fiscal year 2004,
$100,000,000 for programs in Mexico that promote the
following:
(1) Micro credit lending.

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(2) Small business and entrepreneurial development.
(3) Small farms and farmers that have been impacted by
the collapse of coffee prices.
(4) Strengthening the system of private property
ownership in the rural communities.
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SA 1165. Mr. ALLEN (for himself, Mr. Harkin, and Mr. Nickles)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1136
proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations
for the Department of State and international broadcasting activities
for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004
through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

At the end of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 815. CLARIFICATION OF BLOCKED ASSETS FOR PURPOSES OF
TERRORISM RISK INSURANCE ACT OF 2002.

(a) Clarification.--Section 201(d)(2)(A) of the Terrorism
Risk Insurance Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-297; 116 Stat.
2339; 28 U.S.C. 1610 note) is amended by inserting before the
semicolon the following: ``, any asset or property that in
any respect is subject to any prohibition, restriction,
regulation, or license pursuant to chapter V of title 31,
Code of Federal Regulations (including parts 515, 535, 550,
560, 575, 595, 596, and 597 of such title), or any other
asset or property of a terrorist party''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall take effect on the date of the enactment of the
Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, to which such amendment
relates.
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SA 1166. Mr. LEAHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 250, line 4, insert the following before the semi-
colon: and the sustainable use of natural resources
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SA 1167. Ms. CANTWELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title VIII of division A, add the following:

SEC. 815. COUNTING TIME SPENT ABROAD AS SPOUSE OF ARMED
FORCES MEMBER FOR NATURALIZATION.

(a) In General.--Section 319(a) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1430) is amended by adding at the
end the following: ``For purposes of this subsection, if an
applicant resides abroad in marital union with a citizen
spouse who, during the entire period of such residence, is
serving honorably in the Armed Forces of the United States,
such period of residence abroad shall be considered residence
and physical presence by both spouses in the United States
and in the State and district in which the applicant files
the application.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall apply to residence abroad occurring on or after June 1,
1998.
______

SA 1168. Ms. CANTWELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ____. NORTHERN BORDER PROSECUTION INITIATIVE.

(a) Initiative Required.--From amounts made available to
carry out this section, the Attorney General, acting through
the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance of the
Office of Justice Programs, shall carry out a program, to be
known as the Northern Border Prosecution Initiative, to
provide funds to reimburse eligible northern border entities
for costs incurred by those entities for handling case
dispositions of criminal cases that are federally initiated
but federally declined-referred. This program shall be
modeled after the Southwestern Border Prosecution Initiative
and shall serve as a partner program to that initiative to
reimburse local jurisdictions for processing Federal cases.
(b) Provision and Allocation of Funds.--Funds provided
under the program shall be provided in the form of direct
reimbursements and shall be allocated in a manner consistent
with the manner under which funds are allocated under the
Southwestern Border Prosecution Initiative.
(c) Use of Funds.--Funds provided to an eligible northern
border entity may be used by the entity for any lawful
purpose, including the following purposes:
(1) Prosecution and related costs.
(2) Court costs.
(3) Costs of courtroom technology.
(4) Costs of constructing holding spaces.
(5) Costs of administrative staff.
(6) Costs of defense counsel for indigent defendants.
(7) Detention costs, including pre-trial and post-trial
detention.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) The term ``eligible northern border entity'' means--
(A) the States of Alaska, Idaho, Maine, Michigan,
Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota,
Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Washington, and Wisconsin; or
(B) any unit of local government within a State referred to
in subparagraph (A).
(2) The term ``federally initiated'' means, with respect to
a criminal case, that the case results from a criminal
investigation or an arrest involving Federal law enforcement
authorities for a potential violation of Federal criminal
law, including investigations resulting from
multijurisdictional task forces.
(3) The term ``federally declined-referred'' means, with
respect to a criminal case, that a decision has been made in
that case by a United States Attorney or a Federal law
enforcement agency during a Federal investigation to no
longer pursue Federal criminal charges against a defendant
and to refer of the investigation to a State or local
jurisdiction for possible prosecution. The term includes a
decision made on an individualized case-by-case basis as well
as a decision made pursuant to a general policy or practice
or pursuant to prosecutorial discretion.
(4) The term ``case disposition'', for purposes of the
Northern Border Prosecution Initiative, refers to the time
between the arrest of a suspect and the resolution of the
criminal charges through a county or State judicial or
prosecutorial process. Disposition does not include
incarceration time for sentenced offenders, or time spent by
prosecutors on judicial appeals.
(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized
to be appropriated to carry out this section $28,000,000 for
fiscal year 2004 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal
years thereafter.
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SA 1169. Ms. CANTWELL submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title VIII of division A, add the following:

SEC. 815. INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE BROKERS.

(a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the
``International Marriage Broker Control Act of 2003''.
(b) Limit on Concurrent Petitions for Fiance(e) Visas.--
Section 214(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. 1184(d)) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(1)'' before ``A visa''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(2) A United States citizen or a legal permanent resident
may not file more than 1 concurrent application for a visa
under section 101(a)(15)(K)(i) in any 1-year period.''.
(c) International Marriage Brokers.--Section 652 of the
Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997 (8 U.S.C.
1375), is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 652. INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGE BROKERS.

``(a) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
``(1) There is a substantial international marriage broker
business worldwide. A 1999 study by the Immigration and
Naturalization Service estimated that in 1999 there were at
least 200 such companies operating in the United States, and
that as many as 4,000 to 6,000 persons in the United States,
almost all male, find foreign spouses through for-profit
international marriage brokers each year.
``(2) Aliens seeking to enter the United States to marry
citizens of the United States currently lack the ability to
access and fully verify personal history information about
their prospective American spouses.
``(3) Persons applying for fiance(e) visas to enter the
United States are required to undergo a criminal background
information investigation prior to the issuance of a visa.
However, no corresponding requirement exists to inform those
seeking fiance(e) visas of any history of violence by the
prospective United States spouse.
``(4) Many individuals entering the United States on
fiance(e) visas for the purpose of marrying a person in the
United States are unaware of United States laws regarding
domestic violence, including protections for immigrant
victims of domestic violence, prohibitions on involuntary
servitude, protections from automatic deportation, and the
role of police and the courts in providing assistance to
victims of domestic violence.

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``(5) Evidence indicates that a disproportionate number of
women from foreign countries who meet their American husbands
through international marriage brokers become victims of
domestic violence.
``(b) Definitions.--In this section:
``(1) Client.--The term `client' means a United States
citizen or legal permanent resident who makes a payment or
incurs a debt in order to utilize the services of an
international marriage broker.
``(2) Crime of violence.--The term `crime of violence' has
the same meaning given the term in section 16 of title 18,
United States Code.
``(3) Domestic violence.--The term `domestic violence'
means any crime of violence, or other act forming the basis
for past or outstanding protective orders, restraining
orders, no-contact orders, convictions, arrests, or police
reports, committed against a person by--
``(A) a current or former spouse of the person;
``(B) an individual with whom the person shares a child in
common;
``(C) an individual who is cohabiting with or has cohabited
with the person;
``(D) an individual similarly situated to a spouse of the
person under the domestic or family violence laws of the
jurisdiction where the offense occurs; or
``(E) any other individual;
if the person is protected from that individual's acts under
the domestic or family violence laws of the United States or
any State, Indian tribal government, or unit of local
government.
``(4) Foreign national client.--The term `foreign national
client' means an alien residing outside the United States who
utilizes the services of an international marriage broker.
``(5) International marriage broker.--
``(A) In general.--The term `international marriage broker'
means a corporation, partnership, business, individual, or
other legal entity, whether or not organized under any law of
the United States, that charges fees for providing dating,
matrimonial, social referrals, or matching services between
United States citizens or legal permanent residents and
nonresident aliens by providing information that would permit
an individual to contact a person, including--
``(i) providing the name, telephone number, address,
electronic mail address, or voicemail of that person; or
``(ii) providing an opportunity for an in-person meeting.
``(B) Exceptions.--Such term does not include--
``(i) a traditional matchmaking organization of a religious
nature that operates on a nonprofit basis and otherwise
operates in compliance with the laws of the countries of the
foreign national clients of such organization and the laws of
the United States; or
``(ii) an entity that provides dating services between
United States citizens and aliens, but not as its principal
business, and charges comparable rates to clients regardless
of the gender or country of residence of the client.
``(6) Personal contact information.--
``(A) In general.--The term `personal contact information'
means information that would permit an individual to contact
a person, including--
``(i) the name, address, phone number, electronic mail
address, or voice message mailbox of that person; and
``(ii) the provision of an opportunity for an in-person
meeting.
``(B) Exception.--Such term does not include a photograph
or general information about the background or interests of a
person.
``(c) Obligations of International Marriage Broker With
Respect to Informed Consent.--An international marriage
broker shall not provide any personal contact information
about any foreign national client, not including photographs,
to any person unless and until the international marriage
broker has--
``(1) provided the foreign national client with information
in the native language of the foreign national client that
explains the rights of victims of domestic violence in the
United States, including the right to petition for residence
independent of, and without the knowledge, consent, or
cooperation of, the spouse; and
``(2) received from the foreign national client a signed
consent to the release of personal contact information.
``(d) Mandatory Collection of Information.--
``(1) In general.--Each international marriage broker shall
require each client to provide the information listed in
paragraph (2), in writing and signed by the client (including
by electronic writing and electronic signature), to the
international marriage broker prior to referring any personal
contact information about any foreign national client to the
client.
``(2) Information.--The information required to be provided
in accordance with paragraph (1) is as follows:
``(A) Any arrest, charge, or conviction record for
homicide, rape, assault, sexual assault, kidnap, or child
abuse or neglect.
``(B) Any history of a court ordered restriction on
physical contact with another person, including any temporary
or permanent restraining order or civil protection order.
``(C) Marital history, including if the person is currently
married, if the person has previously been married and how
many times, and how previous marriages were terminated and
the date of termination.
``(e) Additional Obligations of the International Marriage
Broker.--An international marriage broker shall not provide
any personal contact information about any foreign national
client, unless and until--
``(1) the client has been informed that the client will be
subject to a criminal background check should they petition
for a visa under section 101(a)(15)(K)(i) of the Immigration
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C 1101(a)(15)(K)(i)); and
``(2) the foreign national client has been provided a copy
of the information required under subsection (d).
``(f) Civil Penalty.--
``(1) Violation.--An international marriage broker that the
Director of Homeland Security determines has violated any
provision of this section or subsection (g) of the
International Marriage Broker Control Act of 2003 shall be
subject, in addition to any other penalties that may be
prescribed by law, to a civil penalty of not more than
$20,000 for each such violation.
``(2) Procedures for imposition of penalty.--A penalty
imposed under paragraph (1) may be imposed only after notice
and an opportunity for an agency hearing on the record in
accordance with sections 554 through 557 of title 5, United
States Code.
``(g) Criminal Penalty.--An international marriage broker
that, within the special maritime and territorial
jurisdiction of the United States, violates any provision of
this section or subsection (g) of the International Marriage
Broker Control Act of 2003 shall be fined in accordance with
title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned for not less than
1 year and not more than 5 years, or both.
``(h) Study and Report.--
``(1) Study.--Not later than 2 years after the date of
enactment of the International Marriage Broker Control Act of
2003, the Attorney General, in consultation with the Director
of the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services within
the Department of Homeland Security, shall conduct a study--
``(A) regarding the extent of compliance with this section
and subsection (g) of the International Marriage Broker
Control Act of 2003;
``(B) that assesses information gathered under this section
and subsection (g) of the International Marriage Broker
Control Act of 2003 from clients and petitioners by
international marriage brokers and the Bureau of Citizenship
and Immigration Services; and
``(C) that describes, based on the information gathered,
the extent to which persons with a history of violence are
using the services of international marriage brokers and the
extent to which such persons are providing accurate
information to international marriage brokers in accordance
with this section and subsection (g) of the International
Marriage Broker Control Act of 2003.
``(2) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date of
enactment of the International Marriage Broker Control Act of
2003, the Secretary of Homeland Security shall submit a
report to the Committees on the Judiciary of the Senate and
the House of Representatives setting forth the results of the
study conducted pursuant to paragraph (1).''.
(d) Criminal Background Check.--Section 214(d) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(d)), as
amended by subsection (b), is further amended by adding at
the end the following:
``(3) A petitioner for a visa under section
101(a)(15)(K)(i) shall undergo a national criminal background
check prior to the petition being approved by the Secretary
of Homeland Security, and the results of the background check
shall be included in the petition forwarded to the consular
office under that section.''.
(e) Changes in Consular Processing of Fiance(e) Visa
Applications.--
(1) In general.--During the consular interview for purposes
of the issuance of a visa under section 101(a)(15)(K)(i) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(K)(i)), a consular officer shall disclose to the
alien applicant information in writing in the native language
of the alien concerning--
(A) the illegality of domestic violence in the United
States and the availability of resources for victims of
domestic violence (including aliens), including protective
orders, crisis hotlines, free legal advice, and shelters;
(B) the requirement that international marriage brokers
provide foreign national clients with responses of clients to
questions regarding the client's domestic violence history
and marital history and inform the foreign national client
that this information may not be accurate;
(C) the right of an alien who is or whose children are
subjected to domestic violence or extreme cruelty by a United
States citizen spouse or legal permanent resident spouse, to
self-petition for legal permanent immigration status under
the Violence Against Women Act independently of, and without
the knowledge, consent, or cooperation of, such United States
citizen spouse or legal permanent resident spouse; and
(D) any information regarding the client that was--
(i) provided to the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration
Services within the Department of Homeland Security pursuant
to subsection (g); and
(ii) contained in the background check conducted in
accordance with section 214(d)(3) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act, as added by subsection (d), relating to

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any conviction for a crime of violence, act of domestic
violence, or child abuse or neglect.
(2) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``client'',
``domestic violence'', ``foreign national client'', and
``international marriage brokers'' have the same meaning
given such terms in section 652 of the Omnibus Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 1997 (8 U.S.C.1375).
(f) Interagency Task Force To Monitor and Combat
Trafficking.--Section 105 of the Victims of Trafficking and
Violence Protection Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7103) is amended--
(1) in subsection (d)(2), by inserting ``and the role of
international marriage brokers (as defined in section 652 of
the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997 (8 U.S.C.
1375))'' after ``public corruption''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(f) Meetings.--The Task Force shall meet not less than 2
times in a calendar year.''.
(g) Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services.--The
Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services within the
Department of Homeland Security shall require that
information described in section 652(c) of the Omnibus
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997 (8 U.S.C. 1375(c)), as
amended by subsection (b), be provided to the Bureau of
Citizenship and Immigration Services by the client (as
defined in section 652 of the Omnibus Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 1997 (8 U.S.C.1375)) in writing and
signed under penalty of perjury as part of any visa petition
under section 214(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1184(d)).
(h) Good Faith Marriages.--The fact that an alien who is in
the United States on a visa under section 101(a)(15)(K)(i) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(a)(15)(K)(i)) is aware of the criminal background of a
client (as defined in section 652 of the Omnibus Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 1997 (8 U.S.C.1375)) cannot be used as
evidence that the marriage was not entered into in good
faith.
(i) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Section 214(d) of
the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1184(d)) is
amended by striking ``Attorney General'' each place that term
appears and inserting ``Secretary of Homeland Security''.
(j) Preemption.--Nothing in this section, or the amendments
made by this section, shall preempt any state law that
provides additional protection for aliens who are utilizing
the services of an international marriage broker (as defined
in section 652 of the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 1997 (8 U.S.C.1375)).
______

SA 1170. Mrs. MURRAY (for herself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Durbin, Mr.
Daschle, Mr. Sarbanes, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Reed, Ms. Cantwell, Mr.
Dayton, and Mr. Harkin) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136
proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations
for the Department of State and international broadcasting activities
for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004
through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

After title IX, add the following:

TITLE ____--UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION

SEC. ____. ADDITIONAL WEEKS OF TEMPORARY EXTENDED
UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FOR EXHAUSTEES.

(a) Additional Weeks.--Section 203 of the Temporary
Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law
107-147; 116 Stat. 28) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(d) Increased Amounts in Account for Certain
Exhaustees.--
``(1) In general.--In the case of an eligible exhaustee,
this Act shall be applied as follows:
``(A) Subsection (b)(1)(A) shall be applied by substituting
`100 percent' for `50 percent'.
``(B) Subsection (b)(1)(B) shall be applied by substituting
`26 times' for `13 times'.
``(C) Subsection (c)(1) shall be applied by substituting `7
times the individual's average weekly benefit amount for the
benefit year' for `the amount originally established in such
account (as determined under subsection (b)(1))'.
``(D) Section 208(b) shall be applied--
``(i) in paragraph (1), as if ``, including such
compensation payable by reason of amounts deposited in such
account after such date pursuant to the application of
subsection (c) of such section'' were inserted before the
period at the end;
``(ii) as if paragraph (2) had not been enacted; and
``(iii) in paragraph (3), by substituting ``the date that
is 21 weeks after the date of enactment of Energy Policy Act
of 2003'' for ``March 31, 2004''.
``(2) Eligible exhaustee defined.--For purposes of this
subsection, the term `eligible exhaustee' means an
individual--
``(A) to whom any temporary extended unemployment
compensation was payable for any week beginning before the
date of enactment of this subsection; and
``(B) who exhausted such individual's rights to such
compensation (by reason of the payment of all amounts in such
individual's temporary extended unemployment compensation
account, including amounts deposited in such account by
reason of subsection (c)) before such date of enactment.''.
(b) Effective Date and Application.--
(1) In general.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply with respect to weeks of unemployment beginning on or
after the date of enactment this Act.
(2) TEUC-X amounts deposited in account prior to date of
enactment deemed to be the additional teuc amounts provided
by this section.--In applying the amendment made by
subsection (a) under the Temporary Extended Unemployment
Compensation Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat. 26),
the Secretary of Labor shall deem any amounts deposited into
an eligible exhaustee's (as defined in section 203(d)(2) of
the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 2002,
as added by subsection (a)) temporary extended unemployment
compensation account by reason of section 203(c) of such Act
(commonly known as ``TEUC-X amounts'') prior to the date of
enactment of this Act to be amounts deposited in such account
by reason of section 203(b) of such Act, as amended by
subsection (a) (commonly known as ``TEUC amounts'').
(3) Redetermination of eligibility for augmented amounts
for all eligible exhaustees.--The determination of whether
the eligible exhaustee's (as so defined) State was in an
extended benefit period under section 203(c) of such Act that
was made prior to the date of enactment of this Act shall be
disregarded and the determination under such section, as
amended by subsection (a) with respect to eligible exhaustees
(as so defined), shall be made as follows:
(A) Eligible exhaustees who received and exhausted teuc-x
amounts.--In the case of an eligible exhaustee whose
temporary extended unemployment account was augmented under
such section 203(c) before the date of enactment of this Act,
the determination shall be made as of such date of enactment.
(B) Eligible exhaustees who exhausted teuc amounts but were
not eligible for teuc-x amounts.--In the case of an eligible
exhaustee whose temporary extended unemployment account was
not augmented under such section 203(c) as of the date of
enactment of this Act, the determination shall be made at the
time that the individual's account established under section
203 of the Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act
of 2002 (Public Law 107-147; 116 Stat. 28), as amended by
subsection (a), is exhausted.

SEC. ____. TEMPORARY AVAILABILITY OF EXTENDED UNEMPLOYMENT
BENEFITS UNDER THE RAILROAD UNEMPLOYMENT
INSURANCE ACT FOR EMPLOYEES WITH LESS THAN 10
YEARS OF SERVICE.

Section 2(c)(2) of the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act
(45 U.S.C. 352(c)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(D) Temporary availability of extended unemployment
benefits for employees with less than 10 years of service.--
``(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii), in the case of
an employee who has less than 10 years of service (as so
defined), with respect to extended unemployment benefits,
this paragraph shall apply to such an employee in the same
manner as this paragraph applies to an employee who has 10 or
more years of service (as so defined).
``(ii) Application.--Clause (i) shall apply to--

``(I) an employee who received normal benefits for days of
unemployment under this Act during the period beginning on
July 1, 2002, and ending on December 31, 2003; and
``(II) days of unemployment beginning on or after the date
of enactment of the this subparagraph.''.

______

SA 1171. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Leahy) proposed an amendment to amendment
SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize
appropriations for the Department of State and international
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

On page 250, line 4, insert the following before the semi-
colon: and the sustainable use of natural resources
______

SA 1172. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Santorum (for himself and Mr. Biden)
proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the
bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State
and international broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for
the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other
purposes; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ____. TECHNICAL CORRECTION RELATING TO THE ENHANCED HIPC
INITIATIVE.

Section 1625(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the International Financial
Institutions Act (as added by section 501 of the United
States Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria
Act of 2003 (Public Law 108-25)) is amended by striking
``subparagraph (A)'' and inserting ``clause (i)''.
______

SA 1173. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Kyl) proposed an amendment to amendment
SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize
appropriations for the Department of State and international
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

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On page 90, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following
new section:

SEC. 815. REQUIREMENT FOR REPORT ON THE ROLE OF NORTH KOREA
IN THE TRAFFICKING OF ILLEGAL NARCOTICS.

(a) Requirement.--Not later than 90 days after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report that describes
the role of North Korea, since January 1, 2000, in the
trafficking of illegal narcotics.
(b) Classified Report.--If the President submits the report
in a classified form, the President shall also submit an
unclassified version of the report.
(c) Content.--The report shall--
(1) address each aspect of North Korea's role in the
trafficking of illegal narcotics, including any role in the
cultivation, sale, or transshipment of such narcotics;
(2) identify the origin and destination of all narcotics
that are transshipped through North Korea;
(3) provide an estimate of the total amount of income
received by the Government of North Korea each year as a
result of such trafficking and the currencies in which such
income is received;
(4) describe the role of North Korean government officials
and military personnel in such trafficking, including any use
of diplomatic channels to facilitate such trafficking; and
(5) include an assessment of whether the leadership of the
Government of North Korea is aware and approves of such
trafficking activities in North Korea.
______

SA 1174. Mr. BINGAMAN (for himself, Mr. Daschle, Mr. Leahy, Mr.
Durbin, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Feingold, Mr. Harkin, Mrs. Clinton, Mr.
Corzine, Ms. Stabenow, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Levin, Mr. Sarbanes, and Mr.
Lieberman) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr.
Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations for the
Department of State and international broadcasting activities for
fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through
2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

On page 94, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following
new section:

SEC. 815. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON FUNDING FOR COMBATTING AIDS
GLOBALLY.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) With the President's support, Congress overwhelmingly
and expeditiously approved the United States Leadership
Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of 2003
(Public Law 108-25; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.), indicating the
gravity with which Congress considers the pandemic of HIV and
AIDS infection.
(2) The Act, which was supported and signed into law by the
President, authorized the appropriation of a total
$15,000,000,000 for fiscal years 2004 through 2008.
Specifically, the Act authorized $3,000,000,000 to be
appropriated in fiscal year 2004 for HIV/AIDS and related
programs, of which up to $1,000,000,000 was authorized to be
made available for the United States contributions to the
Global Fund.
(3) In contrast to the amounts authorized to be
appropriated in the Act, the President's budget for fiscal
year 2004, includes only $1,900,000,000 for HIV/AIDS and
related programs, of which only $200,000,000 is for the
United States contribution to the Global Fund.
(4) Approximately 5,000 people contract HIV each day.
(5) In Africa, more than 17,000,000 people have died from
AIDS, another 28,000,000 are infected with HIV, including
1,500,000 infected children, and 11,000,000 children have
been orphaned by AIDS.
(6) The United Nations Development Programme Annual Report
for 2003 states, ``HIV/AIDS is a catastrophe for economic
stability [and] may be the world's most serious development
crisis.''.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
Congress, when considering appropriations Acts for fiscal
year 2004, should fully appropriate all the amounts
authorized for appropriation in the Act, even to the extent
that appropriating such amounts will require Congress to
appropriate amounts over and above the funding levels
contained in the Concurrent Resolution on the Budget for
Fiscal Year 2004 (H.Con.Res. 95, 108th Congress, 1st
session).
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Act.--The term ``Act'' means the United States
Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Act of
2003 (Public Law 108-25; 22 U.S.C. 7601 et seq.).
(2) Global fund.--The term ``Global Fund'' means the
public-private partnership known as the Global Fund to Fight
AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria established pursuant to
Article 80 of the Swiss Civil Code.
______

SA 1175. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 815. CONDITIONS ON ANY SUSPENSION OF IMMIGRATION
PROCESSING OF ALIEN ORPHANS.

(a) Requirements of the Department of Homeland Security.--
The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the
Secretary of State, shall notify each House of Congress upon
suspending the processing of petitions for classification of
nationals of a country as alien orphans in accordance with
subsection (h). The notification shall set forth the
following:
(1) Explanation.--Information, to the extent available,
supporting the suspension, including the following:
(A) Failure to obtain birth parent consent.--Information
indicating that in recent cases the consent of a birth parent
to termination of parental rights or to the adoption was not
obtained.
(B) Fraud, duress, or improper inducement.--Information
indicating that in recent cases the consent of a birth parent
to termination of parental rights or to the adoption was
obtained as a result of fraud, duress, or improper
inducement.
(C) Improper relinquishment.--Information indicating that
in recent cases birth parents have relinquished their
children in return for improper reward.
(D) Inadequate sending country adoption process.--
Information indicating that the system utilized by the
sending country for the arrangement of international
adoptions of alien orphans who are nationals of the sending
country is inadequate and, as a result, the processing of
cases according to the requirements of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) is compromised.
(E) Department of state inability to process.--Information
indicating that the system of the Department of State in that
country for the processing of petitions for the
classification of nationals of that sending country as alien
orphans is insufficient, and as a result, the Department of
State is unable to make an informed determination under
section 101(b)(1)(F) of the Immigration and Nationality Act
(8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)(F)).
(F) Department of homeland security inability to process.--
Information indicating that the system of the Department of
Homeland Security in that country for the processing of
petitions for the classification of nationals of that sending
country as alien orphans is insufficient, and as a result,
the Department of Homeland Security is unable to make an
informed determination under section 101(b)(1)(F) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)(F)).
(G) Combination of conditions.--Information indicating that
a combination of the conditions listed in this paragraph
exist, such that the Department of State or the Department of
Homeland Security is unable to make an informed determination
under section 101(b)(1)(F) of the Immigration and Nationality
Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(b)(1)(F)).
(H) Other conditions.--Information indicating such other
conditions that justify a suspension of orphan processing, as
appropriate.
(2) Summary of prior action.--Whenever applicable, a
summary of recent actions taken in the sending country and
information regarding previous efforts to address conditions
articulated in paragraph (1).
(3) Plan.--To the extent possible, a plan that includes--
(A) ways to remedy the circumstance or circumstances
described in paragraph (1) justifying the suspension;
(B) a process to notify United States citizens who might be
affected by the suspension; and
(C) a good faith estimate--
(i) of the time needed to remedy the circumstance or
circumstances described in paragraph (1); and
(ii) that recognizes and addresses the degree to which
resolution of the circumstance or circumstances described in
paragraph (1) depend upon the cooperation of the sending
country.
(b) Exemptions From Suspension.--The Secretary of Homeland
Security shall give consideration to exempting from the
suspension those adoptions involving extraordinary
humanitarian concerns in accordance with section 212(d)(5)(A)
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1182(d)(5)(A)).
(c) Ongoing Consultation.--Not later than 180 days after a
suspension takes effect after the date of enactment of this
Act, and every 180 days until the suspension is terminated,
the Secretary of Homeland Security shall inform Congress that
the circumstance or circumstances justifying the suspension
still exist.
(d) Transition Provision.--Not later than 30 days after the
date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Homeland
Security shall submit to Congress, for each country for which
a suspension is in effect on the date of enactment of this
Act, a report containing a summary of the evidence, plan, and
estimate described in subsection (a).
(e) Statutory Construction.--Nothing in this section shall
be construed to require the inclusion of information that--
(1) reasonably could be expected to adversely affect or
compromise a civil or criminal enforcement proceeding or
investigation; or
(2) would disclose techniques and procedures for law
enforcement investigations or prosecutions.

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(f) Limitation.--Under no circumstances shall a suspension
issued under this section be longer than 18 months.
(g) Requirements of the Department of State.--Neither the
Secretary of State nor any other official of the Department
of State shall urge a foreign government to suspend the
processing of international adoptions by United States
citizens unless the Secretary of State provides notice in
writing to each House of Congress, in accordance with
subsection (h), of the intention of the Secretary of State to
take such action.
(h) Submission of Notices to Congress.--The submission of a
notice under subsection (a) or a notice under subsection (g)
is satisfied if the notice, as appropriate, is submitted on
the day the action is to be taken.
(i) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Alien orphan.--The term ``alien orphan'' means an alien
child described in subparagraph (F) or (G) of section
101(b)(1) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C.
1101(b)(1) (F) or (G)).
(2) Sending country.--The term ``sending country'' means
the country with legal authority to process the adoption of
the child in question.
(3) Suspension.--The term ``suspension'' means, with
respect to a country, the decision by the Secretary of
Homeland Security to suspend the processing of petitions for
classification of alien orphans who are natives of that
country.
______

SA 1176. Mr. FRIST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 815. VISA WAIVER PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--Section 217(c)(1) of the Immigration and
Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(c)(1)) is amended by adding at
the end the following: ``Poland shall be designated as a
program country under this subsection.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made in subsection (a)
shall take effect 60 days after the date of enactment of this
Act.
______

SA 1177. Mr. FRIST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 242, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following:

SEC. 2522. COMMENDATION OF THE LEADERSHIP AND PEOPLE OF
COLOMBIA ON THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF
PLAN COLOMBIA.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) July 13, 2003, marks the third anniversary of the
passage of legislation providing initial United States
assistance for the Plan Colombia initiative.
(2) In the preceding years, the Government of Colombia has
made significant progress in the eradication of the
production of illegal drugs.
(3) Due to the efforts of the Government of Colombia--
(A) the total area of coca cultivation in Colombia has
declined 59.9 percent from 163,289 hectares in 2000 to
102,071 at the end of 2002, with a further additional 65,000
hectares sprayed with herbicides in 2003;
(B) Colombia has sprayed 3,300 hectares of poppy crop with
herbicides in 2002, and an additional 1,658 hectares in 2003;
and
(C) between January 2002 and May 2003, the Government has
seized 100 tons of pure cocaine and 850 kilos of heroin with
a street value of approximately $3,000,000,000.
(4) The armed forces of Colombia are better trained (with
60 percent more combat-ready troops than in 1999, including
three United States-trained counterdrug brigades and five
riverine brigades) and have established and equipped the Tres
Esquinas base for counterdrug operations in southern
Colombia.
(5) The armed forces of Colombia are defeating the drug
traffickers and terrorists in Colombia, as demonstrated by
the capture, as of July 2003, of a total of 3,553 guerrillas
and 1,336 members of paramilitaries and the surrender of an
additional 1,138 members of illegal groups, the destruction
of more than 1,000 coca laboratories, the confiscation of
billions of gallons of solid and liquid chemicals used for
manufacturing cocaine, and the seizure of more than 4,000
weapons from guerrillas and drug traffickers.
(6) The Government of Colombia has extradited 78 persons to
the United States to face trial on narcotics and terrorism
charges.
(7) The Government of Colombia has made progress in
establishing law and order in Colombia, as demonstrated by
the facts that--
(A) homicides have declined in Colombia by 20 percent
during the first months of 2003, as compared to the same
period in 2002; and
(B) kidnappings have declined by 40 percent, during the
first months of 2003, as compared to the same period in 2002.
(8) The Government of Colombia is training and equipping
during 2003, 78,000 new police officers who will be stationed
in hundreds of rural towns where there is little or no police
presence.
(9) The Government of Colombia is showing its commitment to
fighting the scourge of illegal drugs by increasing defense
spending from 3.5 percent of its gross domestic product in
2002 to 5.8 percent of its gross domestic product by 2006,
and by enlarging its armed forces by 126,000 troops.
(10) The Government of Colombia is actively providing
peasants with alternatives to coca development, including
encouraging 22,829 families to abandon coca production and
participate in development programs, supporting 24,549
hectares of legal crops with technical and agricultural
assistance, and completing 349 community and social
infrastructure projects such as roads, bridges, sewer
systems, water treatment facilities, schools, and health
clinics.
(11) The Government of Colombia is providing humanitarian
assistance to internally displaced persons, including
providing aid to 774,601 persons, training 31,721 individuals
for new jobs, giving vocational and skill development
training to 10,106 individuals, providing health care for
360,946 persons, improving access to education for 92,172
children, and assisting 13,820 individuals in returning to
their homes.
(12) The Government of Colombia is taking steps to protect
the human rights of the people of Colombia by establishing
the national early warning system, with 13 regional offices,
to prevent forced displacement and human rights violations,
and by providing protection for 2,731 human rights workers,
labor leaders, journalists, and local government officials.
(13) The Government of Colombia is taking steps to ensure
military accountability--
(A) by establishing in its armed forces a Judge Advocate
General center and Military Penal Justice Corps with United
States assistance;
(B) by establishing human rights units under the Colombian
Attorney General's office, the armed forces, and the national
police; and
(C) by implementing procedures to prevent United States
assistance from being distributed to any unit of the
Colombian armed forces that has engaged in human rights
violations.
(14) The Government of Colombia is taking steps to ensure
the fair administration of justice in Colombia by
establishing 31 Casas de Justicia that have handled 1,600,000
cases by July 2003, by creating 19 oral trial courtrooms and
training 3,400 judges to administer justice, and by training
Colombian law enforcement personnel, judges, and prosecutors
in anti-corruption, money-laundering, and anti-kidnapping
measures.
(15) It is in the national interests of the United States
to continue to support the efforts of President Alvaro Uribe
Velez of Colombia, and the Government and people of Colombia,
to stop narcotics trafficking, end terrorism, strengthen
democracy, and protect human rights.
(b) Commendation.--The Senate--
(1) commends President Alvaro Uribe Velez of Colombia and
the Government and the people of Colombia for their
successful implementation of Plan Colombia and for their
commitment to fighting illegal drugs and terrorism;
(2) supports the efforts of President Uribe and the
Government and people of Colombia, and their commitment, to
preserve and strengthen democracy, protect human rights, and
provide economic opportunity in Colombia; and
(3) commemorates, and observes the third anniversary of,
the enactment of legislation providing initial United States
assistance for the Plan Colombia initiative.
______

SA 1178. Mr. FRIST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 94, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following
new section:

SEC. 815. UNITED STATES-RUSSIA INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP.

(a) Authorization.--Congress is authorized to appoint
Members of Congress to meet annually with representatives of
the Federation Council of Russia for discussion of common
problems in the interest of relations between the United
States and Russia. The Members of Congress so appointed shall
be referred to as the ``United States group'' of the United
States-Russia Interparliamentary Group.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--
(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated
$75,000 for each fiscal year to assist in meeting the
expenses of the United States group.
(2) Availability of funds.--Amounts appropriated pursuant
to this subsection are authorized to be available until
expended.
______

SA 1179. Mr. FRIST submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to
authorize

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appropriations for the Department of State and international
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 94, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following
new section:

SEC. 815. UNITED STATES-CHINA INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP.

(a) Authorization.--Congress is authorized to appoint
Members of Congress to meet annually with representatives of
National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China
for discussion of common problems in the interest of
relations between the United States and China. The Members of
Congress so appointed shall be referred to as the ``United
States group'' of the United States-China Interparliamentary
Group.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--
(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated
$75,000 for each fiscal year to assist in meeting the
expenses of the United States group.
(2) Availability of funds.--Amounts appropriated pursuant
to this subsection are authorized to be available until
expended.
______

SA 1180. Mr. VOINOVICH submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 94, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following
new section:

SEC. 815. REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM TO INCLUDE INFORMATION ON
ANTI-SEMITISM.

Section 102(b)(1) of the International Religious Freedom
Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6412(b)(1)) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subparagraph:
``(G) Acts of anti-semitism.--A description for each
foreign country of--
``(i) acts of anti-Semitic violence that occurred in that
country;
``(ii) the response of the government of that country to
such acts of violence;
``(iii) actions by the government of that country to enact
and enforce laws relating to the protection of the right to
religious freedom with respect to people of the Jewish faith;
``(iv) societal attitudes in that country toward people of
the Jewish faith; and
``(v) trends relating to such attitudes in that country.''.
______

SA 1181. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 123, line 15, strike ``$475,000,000'' and insert
``$521,600,000''.
______

SA 1182. Mr. LUGAR submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to
amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of section 2123, add the following:
(d) Assistance for Pakistan.--
(1) In general.--Of the funds authorized to be appropriated
to carry out chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 for fiscal year 2004, $200,000,000 may be made
available for assistance for Pakistan, of which up to
$200,000,000 may be made available for the costs, as defined
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of
modifying direct loans and guarantees for Pakistan.
(2) Treatment of certain assistance.--The amount made
available under paragraph (1) for the cost of modifying
direct loans and guarantees shall not be considered
assistance for purposes of any provision of law limiting
assistance to a country.
(3) Limitation.--The authority provided by paragraph (1)
shall be subject to the requirements of section 634A of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
______

SA 1183. Mr. LUGAR proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136
proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations
for the Department of State and international broadcasting activities
for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004
through 2007, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the
table; as follows:

On page 31, between lines 23 and 24, insert the following:
(c) For the purposes of the program authorized by
subsection (a), Congress consents to employees of a
designated country or designated entity continuing to receive
payment of salary and benefits from such designated country
or designated entity while they serve in offices of profit or
trust within the Department of State.
______

SA 1184. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Frist) proposed an amendment to amendment
SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize
appropriations for the Department of State and international
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

On page 94, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following
new section:

SEC. 815. UNITED STATES-RUSSIA INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP.

(a) Authorization.--The United States Senate is authorized
to appoint Senators to meet annually with representatives of
the Federation Council of Russia for discussion of common
problems in the interest of relations between the United
States and Russia. The Senators so appointed shall be
referred to as the ``United States group'' of the United
States-Russia Interparliamentary Group.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--
(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated
$75,000 for each fiscal year to assist in meeting the
expenses of the United States group.
(2) Availability of funds.--Amounts appropriated pursuant
to this subsection are authorized to be available until
expended.
______

SA 1185. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Frist (for himself and Mr. Stevens))
proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the
bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State
and international broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for
the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other
purposes; as follows:

On page 94, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following
new section:

SEC. 815. UNITED STATES-CHINA INTERPARLIAMENTARY GROUP.

(a) Authorization.--The United States Senate is authorized
to appoint Senators to meet annually with representatives of
National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China
for discussion of common problems in the interest of
relations between the United States and China. The Senators
so appointed shall be referred to as the ``United States
group'' of the United States-China Interparliamentary Group.
(b) Authorization of Appropriations.--
(1) In general.--There is authorized to be appropriated
$75,000 for each fiscal year to assist in meeting the
expenses of the United States group.
(2) Availability of funds.--Amounts appropriated pursuant
to this subsection are authorized to be available until
expended.
______

SA 1186. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Voinovich) proposed an amendment to
amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

On page 94, between lines 17 and 18, insert the following
new section:

SEC. 815. REQUIREMENT FOR ANNUAL REPORT ON INTERNATIONAL
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM TO INCLUDE INFORMATION ON
ANTI-SEMITISM.

Section 102(b)(1) of the International Religious Freedom
Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6412(b)(1)) is amended by adding at
the end the following new subparagraph:
``(G) Acts of anti-semitism.--A description for each
foreign country of--
``(i) acts of anti-Semitic violence that occurred in that
country;
``(ii) the response of the government of that country to
such acts of violence;
``(iii) actions by the government of that country to enact
and enforce laws relating to the protection of the right to
religious freedom with respect to people of the Jewish faith;
``(iv) societal attitudes in that country toward people of
the Jewish faith; and
``(v) trends relating to such attitudes in that country.''.
______

SA 1187. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Akaka (for himself and Mr. Inouye)
proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the
bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State
and international broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for
the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other
purposes; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

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SEC.   . AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND
TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST.

Of the amounts authorized in this Act under Section 102 for
United States Educational, Cultural, And Public Diplomacy
Programs up to $4 million is authorized to be appropriated,
in addition to such funds authorized under Section 102(a)(3)
in support of the Center for Cultural and Technical
Interchange Between East and West.
______

SA 1188. Mrs. CLINTON (for Mr. Schumer (for himself and Mrs.
Clinton)) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr.
Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations for the
Department of State and international broadcasting activities for
fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through
2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following new section:

SEC. ____. PENALTY FOR UNPAID PROPERTY TAXES.

(a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), an amount equal
to 110 percent of the total amount of unpaid property taxes
owed by a foreign country to the District of Columbia and New
York, New York as reported by the District of Columbia and
New York, New York, respectively, shall be withheld from
obligation for such country from funds that are--
(1) appropriated pursuant to an authorization of
appropriations in this Act; and
(2) made available for such foreign country under part I of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.).
(b) Payment.--Funds withheld from obligation for a country
under subsection (a)(2) shall be paid to the District of
Columbia or New York, New York, as appropriate, to satisfy
any judgment for unpaid property taxes against such foreign
country.
(c) Certification.--The withholding of funds under
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to a foreign country
until the Secretary of State certifies to the designated
congressional committees that the total unpaid property taxes
owed by such country have been paid in full.
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Designated congressional committees.--The term
``designated congressional committees'' means the Committees
of Foreign Relations and Appropriations of the Senate and the
Committees on International Relations and Appropriations of
the House of Representatives.
(2) Judgment.--The term ``judgment'' means a judgment,
order, or decree, including a judgment rendered by default or
nonappearance of a party, entered in favor of the District of
Columbia or New York, New York in a court of the United
States or any State or subdivision thereof, arising from a
proceeding regarding unpaid property taxes.
(3) Unpaid property taxes.--The term ``unpaid property
taxes'' means the amount of the unpaid taxes, and interest on
such taxes, that have accrued on real property under
applicable laws.
______

SA 1189. Mr. DODD proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136 proposed
by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations for the
Department of State and international broadcasting activities for
fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through
2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

On page 247, strike the period at the end of Section
3102(a) and add the following:

``, except that the Corporation is prohibited from providing
assistance to any entity for any project which is likely to--
``(i) cause the substantial loss of U.S. jobs, or the
displacement of U.S. production, or
``(ii) pose an unreasonable or major environmental, health,
or safety hazard.''
______

SA 1190. Mr. BIDEN (for himself, Mr. Levin, Mr. Daschle, and Mr.
Kennedy) proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr.
Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations for the
Department of State and international broadcasting activities for
fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through
2007, and for other purposes, as follows:

At the appropriate place insert:

SEC.   . IN APPRECIATION OF OUR ARMED FORCES AND REGARDING
RESTORING STABILITY AND SECURITY IN IRAQ.

(a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) The United States, with the support of forces from
Great Britain and other countries, historically and
courageously liberated Iraq in three weeks;
(2) Conditions on the ground in parts of Iraq continue to
pose a grave threat to American troops, thereby complicating
efforts to restore law and order and essentially public
services for Iraqis and these efforts are further complicated
by the absence of effective communications with the Iraqi
people;
(3) Ultimately, maintaining law and order in Iraq and
preserving its territorial integrity will require the
creation of a professionally trained Iraqi police force and a
reformed Iraqi military but that will take a significant
amount of time and in the meantime international armed forces
and police must assume these responsibilities;
(4) Approximately 145,000 U.S. troops are currently
deployed in Iraq, meaning that American troops comprise
roughly 90% of Coalition forces, and even if, as the
Department of Defense has stated, an additional 10,000
international troops join the Coalition effort in Iraq by
September, Americans will still comprise roughly 85% of
Coalition forces;
(5) Maintaining the existing force level in Iraq currently
requires $3.9 billion each month;
(6) The Department of Defense has stated that it will
require one year to train a new Iraqi Army of 12,000 soldiers
and three years to train 40,000 soldiers;
(7) The Coalition Provisional Authority has stated that it
will require at least one year to recruit and train a police
force of 40,000 officers capable of assuming minimal policy
functions in Iraq, that it will require five years to recruit
and train a full force of 75,000 officers, and that at least
5500 additional international police are needed to train,
assist and jointly patrol with the existing Iraqi police
force;
(8) President Bush has noted that ``The rise of Iraq, as an
example of moderation and democracy and prosperity, is a
massive and long-term undertaking,'' and it is clear that
increasing the number of troops and police from countries
other than the United States will reduce risks to American
soldiers and the financial cost to the United States;
(9) Secretary Rumsfeld testified that ``We certainly want
assistance from NATO and from NATO countries'' and it is
clear that involving the North Atlantic Organization, as is
being done in Afghanistan and has been done in Kosovo and
Bosnia, allows the Coalition to maintain a robust military
presence while decreasing the exposure and risk to American
troops; and
(10) Rebuilding Iraq's neglected infrastructure and economy
and administering Iraq--including providing basic services
and paying public sector salaries--is likely to require tens
of billions of dollars over several years and projected Iraqi
oil revenues will be insufficient to meet these costs.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that
(1) It is in the national security interests of the United
States to remain engaged in Iraq in order to ensure a
peaceful, stable, unified Iraq with a representative
government;
(2) The President should request formally and expeditiously
that NATO raise a force for deployment in post-war Iraq
similar to what it has done in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Kosovo
and the Congress urges NATO allies and other nations to
provide troops and police to Coalition efforts in Iraq.
(3) The President should call on the United Nations to urge
its member states to provide military forces and civilian
police to promote stability and security in Iraq and
resources to help rebuild and administer Iraq.
______

SA 1191. Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Lieberman, Mr.
Corzine, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Reid) submitted an amendment
intended to be proposed to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to
the bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations for the Department of
State and international broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004
and for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 815. SENSE OF SENATE ON EXECUTIVE BRANCH COOPERATION
WITH THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TERRORIST
ATTACKS UPON THE UNITED STATES.

(a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
(1) On November 15, 2002, Congress passed legislation by a
wide bipartisan margin to establish the National Commission
on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States to determine the
facts surrounding the attacks of September 11, 2001, and to
help the Nation prevent any future terrorist attacks. On
November 27, 2002, President Bush signed the legislation into
law as title VI of the Intelligence Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-306; 116 Stat. 2408; 6
U.S.C. 101 note).
(2) There was broad bipartisan consensus that the work of
the Commission was of national importance and of particular
significance to the families of the victims of the attacks of
September 11, 2001.
(3) The work of the Commission is essential to discovering
what weaknesses and vulnerabilities were exploited to
successfully perpetrate the deadly attacks of September 11,
2001.
(4) The Commission is required to ``ascertain, evaluate,
and report on the evidence developed by all relevant
governmental agencies regarding the facts and circumstances
surrounding the attacks'' and to complete its work by May,
2004.
(5) Both the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Commission
have recently announced that many of the relevant agencies--
most notably the Department of Defense, the Department of
Justice, the Department of

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Homeland Security, and the Central Intelligence Agency--have
failed to provide the bulk of the documents the Commission
has requested and some of those agencies have prevented the
Commission from conducting independent interviews with
officials who may have important information about the tragic
events of September 11, 2001.
(6) Members of the Commission have also acknowledged that
if this cooperation is not forthcoming in the next several
weeks, the Commission will not be able to meet the May 2004
statutory deadline to conclude its investigation and report
its findings to Congress and the President.
(b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) President Bush should immediately and publicly require
all executive branch agencies, especially the Department of
Defense, the Department of Justice, the Department of
Homeland Security, and the Central Intelligence Agency, to
provide their fullest and most timely cooperation to the
Commission, and permit the Commission unfettered access to
agency officials for interviews, so that the Commission can
complete its mission in the time allotted by law;
(2) President Bush should require the Department of
Defense, the Department of Justice, the Department of
Homeland Security, and the Central Intelligence Agency to
submit to Congress and the President, by August 15, 2003, and
quarterly thereafter, a report on the actions taken by each
such department or agency to comply with the requests of the
Commission; and
(3) the Commission should submit to Congress and the
President, by August 15, 2003, and quarterly thereafter, a
report assessing the compliance of each department and agency
referred to in paragraph (2) with the requests of the
Commission.
______

SA 1192. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Ensign) proposed an amendment to
amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

Strike Section 401 and insert the following:

SEC. 401. LIMITATION ON THE UNITED STATES SHARE OF
ASSESSMENTS FOR UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING.

(a) In General.--Section 404 of the Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law
103-236) is amended by amending subparagraph (B), added by
Section 402 of P.L. 107-228 (FY 2003 Foreign Relations
Authorization Act), to amend subparagraph (iv) as follows and
add subparagraph (v) at the end:
``(iv) For assessments made during calendar year 2004, 27.1
percent.
``(v) For assessments made during calendar year 2005, 27.1
percent.''
______

SA 1193. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Warner (for himself and Mr. Stevens))
proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the
bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State
and international broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for
the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other
purposes; as follows:

Strike section 206.
______

SA 1194. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Frist) proposed an amendment to amendment
SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize
appropriations for the Department of State and international
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

On page 242, between lines 12 and 13, insert the following:

SEC. 2522. COMMENDATION OF THE LEADERSHIP AND PEOPLE OF
COLOMBIA ON THE SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF
PLAN COLOMBIA.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) July 13, 2003, marks the third anniversary of the
enactment of legislation providing initial United States
assistance for the Plan Colombia initiative. Since then, the
United States has provided over $3 billion in support of Plan
Colombia.
(2) During this period, the Government of Colombia, with
United States support, has made progress in the eradication
and seizure of illegal drugs.
(3) According to reports--
(A) the total area of coca cultivation in Colombia has
declined 59.9 percent from 163,289 hectares in 2000 to
102,071 at the end of 2002, with a further additional 65,000
hectares to be sprayed with herbicides in 2003;
(B) 3,300 hectares of poppy crop have been sprayed with
herbicides in 2002, and an additional 1,658 hectares to be
sprayed in 2003; and
(C) between January 2002 and May 2003, 100 tons of pure
cocaine and 850 kilos of heroin have been seized, with a
street value of approximately $3,000,000,000.
(4) The armed forces of Colombia have 60 percent more
combat-ready troops than in 1999, including three United
States-trained counterdrug brigades and five riverine
brigades.
(5) The armed forces of Colombia are taking steps against
the drug traffickers and terrorists in Colombia, as
demonstrated by the capture, as of July 2003, of some 3,553
guerrillas and 1,336 members of paramilitaries and the
surrender of an additional 1,138 members of illegal groups,
the destruction of more than 1,000 coca laboratories, the
confiscation of solid and liquid chemicals used for
manufacturing cocaine, and the seizure of weapons from
guerrillas and drug traffickers.
(6) In the past several years, the Government of Colombia
has extradited 78 persons to the United States to face trial
on narcotics and terrorism charges.
(7) The Government of Colombia is working to establish law
and order in Colombia--
(A) homicides have reportedly declined in Colombia during
the first months of 2003, as compared to the same period in
2002; and
(B) kidnappings have reportedly declined during the first
months of 2003, as compared to the same period in 2002.
(8) The Government of Colombia is training and equipping
during 2003, thousands of new police officers who will be
stationed in hundreds of rural towns where there is little or
no police presence.
(9) The Government of Colombia plans to increase defense
spending from 3.5 percent of its gross domestic product in
2002 to 5.8 percent of its gross domestic product by 2006,
and to enlarge its armed forces by 126,000 troops.
(10) It is in the national interests of the United States
to continue to support the efforts of President Alvaro Uribe
Velez of Colombia, and the Government and people of Colombia,
to stop narcotics trafficking, end terrorism, strengthen
democracy, and protect human rights.
(b) Commendation.--The Senate--
(1) commends President Alvaro Uribe Velez of Colombia and
the Government and the people of Colombia on the third
anniversary of Plan Colombia and for their efforts in
fighting illegal drugs and terrorism; and
(2) supports and encourages the efforts of President Uribe
and the Government and people of Colombia to preserve and
strengthen democracy, protect human rights, and provide
economic opportunity in Colombia.
______

SA 1195. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Schumer (for himself, Mrs. Clinton, Mr.
Lieberman, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Dodd, and Mr. Reid))
proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the
bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State
and international broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for
the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other
purposes; as follows:

At the end of title VIII, add the following:

SEC. 815. SENSE OF SENATE ON EXECUTIVE BRANCH COOPERATION
WITH THE NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TERRORIST
ATTACKS UPON THE UNITED STATES.

(a) Findings.--The Senate makes the following findings:
(1) On November 15, 2002, Congress passed legislation by a
wide bipartisan margin to establish the National Commission
on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States to determine the
facts surrounding the attacks of September 11, 2001, and to
help the Nation prevent any future terrorist attacks. On
November 27, 2002, President Bush signed the legislation into
law as title VI of the Intelligence Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 2003 (Public Law 107-306; 116 Stat. 2408; 6
U.S.C. 101 note).
(2) There was broad bipartisan consensus that the work of
the Commission was of national importance and of particular
significance to the families of the victims of the attacks of
September 11, 2001.
(3) The work of the Commission is essential to discovering
what weaknesses and vulnerabilities were exploited to
successfully perpetrate the deadly attacks of September 11,
2001.
(4) The Commission is required to ``ascertain, evaluate,
and report on the evidence developed by all relevant
governmental agencies regarding the facts and circumstances
surrounding the attacks'' and to complete its work by May,
2004.
(5) Both the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Commission
have recently announced that many of the relevant agencies--
most notably the Department of Defense, the Department of
Justice, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Central
Intelligence Agency--have failed to provide the bulk of the
documents the Commission has requested and some of those
agencies have prevented the Commission from conducting
independent interviews with officials who may have important
information about the tragic events of September 11, 2001.
(6) Members of the Commission have also acknowledged that
if this cooperation is not forthcoming in the next several
weeks, the Commission will not be able to meet the May 2004
statutory deadline to conclude its investigation and report
its findings to Congress and the President.
(b) Sense of Senate.--It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) President Bush should immediately and publicly require
all executive branch agencies, especially the Department of
Defense, the Department of Justice, the Department of
Homeland Security, and the Central Intelligence Agency, to
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most timely cooperation to the Commission, and permit the
Commission unfettered access to agency officials for
interviews, so that the Commission can complete its mission
in the time allotted by law;
(2) the Department of Defense, the Department of Justice,
the Department of Homeland Security, and the Central
Intelligence Agency should submit to Congress, by August 15,
2003, and quarterly thereafter for the life of the
commission, a report on the actions taken by each such
department or agency to comply with the requests of the
Commission; and
(3) the Commission should submit to Congress and the
President, by August 15, 2003, and quarterly thereafter, a
report assessing the compliance of each department and agency
referred to in paragraph (2) with the requests of the
Commission.
______

SA 1196. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Durbin (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Ms.
Landrieu, Ms. Snowe, Mr. Corzine, and Mrs. Hutchison)) proposed an
amendment to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S.
925, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and
international broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the
Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes;
as follows:

On page 250, line 19, strike ``Such'' and insert ``In
recognition of the essential role of women in developing
countries, the CEO shall ensure that such indicators where
appropriate, take into account and assess the role of women
and girls. The approved''.
______

SA 1197. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Durbin (for himself, Mr. Roberts, Mr.
Rockefeller, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Warner, Mr. Lott, Ms. Snowe, Mr.
Chambliss, Mr. Hagel, Mr. DeWine, Mr. Lugar, Mr. Levin, and Mr. Bond)
proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the
bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State
and international broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for
the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other
purposes; as follows:

On page 94, between lines 17 and 18 insert the following
new section:

SEC. 815. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON AN INVESTIGATION INTO
ASSERTIONS THAT IRAQ ATTEMPTED TO OBTAIN
URANIUM FROM AFRICA.

(a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(1) In the State of the Union address in January 2003, the
President asserted that ``[t]he British government has
learned that Saddam Hussein recently sought significant
quantities of uranium from Africa''.
(2) It has been determined that the claim regarding the
efforts of Iraq to obtain uranium from Africa cannot be
substantiated.
(3) In May 2003, the Chairman and Vice Chairman of the
Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate requested that
the Inspector General of the Department of State and the
Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency work
jointly to investigate the handling and characterization of
the underlying documents behind the assertions regarding the
efforts of Iraq to obtain uranium from Africa.
(b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) Congress supports the thorough and expeditious joint
investigation by the Inspector General of the Department of
State and the Inspector General of Central Intelligence
Agency into the documents or other materials that the
President relied on to conclude that Iraq had attempted to
obtain uranium from Africa;
(2) the findings and conclusions of the joint investigation
should be completed not later than September 12, 2003; and
(3) such findings and conclusions should be unclassified to
the maximum extent possible, while fully protecting any
intelligence sources or methods.
(4) the findings and conclusions of the joint investigation
should be sent to the House and Senate Select Committees on
Intelligence and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and
the House International Relations Committee.
______

SA 1198. Mr. LUGAR (for Mr. Dorgan) proposed an amendment to
amendment SA 1136 proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to
authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international
broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps
for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC.  . EMERGENCY FOOD AID FOR HIV/AIDS VICTIMS.

(a) Findings.--The Senate finds the following:
(1) Whereas the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
found that ``For persons living with HIV/AIDS, practicing
sound nutrition can play a key role in preventing
malnutrition and wasting syndrome, which can weaken an
already compromised immune system.''.
(2) Whereas there are immediate needs for additional food
aid in sub-Saharan Africa where the World Food Program has
estimated that more than 40,000,000 people are at risk of
starvation.
(3) Whereas prices of certain staple commodities have
increased by 30 percent over the past year, which was not
anticipated by the President's fiscal year 2004 budget
request.
(4) The Commodity Credit Corporation has the legal
authority to finance up to $30,000,000,000 for ongoing
agriculture programs and $250,000,000 represents a use of
less than 1 percent of such authority to combat the worst
public health crisis in 500 years.
(b) Commodity Credit Corporation.--
(1) In general.--The Secretary of Agriculture shall
immediately use the funds, facilities, and authorities of the
Commodity Credit Corporation to provide an additional
$250,000,000 in fiscal year 2003 to carry out programs
authorized under title II of the Agricultural Trade
Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 et
seq.) to assist in mitigating the effects of HIV/AIDS on
affected populations in sub-Saharan Africa and other
developing nations, and by September 30, 2003, the
Administrator of the United States Agency for International
Development shall enter into agreements with private
voluntary organizations, non-governmental organizations, and
other appropriate organizations for the provision of such
agricultural commodities through programs that--
(A) provide nutritional assistance to individuals with HIV/
AIDS and to children, households, and communities affected by
HIV/AIDS; and
(B) generate funds from the sale of such commodities for
activities related to the prevention and treatment of HIV/
AIDS, support service and care for HIV/AIDS infected
individuals and affected households, and the creation of
sustainable livelihoods among individuals in HIV/AIDS
affected communities, including income-generating and
business activities.
(2) Requirement.--The food aid provided under this
subsection shall be in addition to any other food aid
acquired and provided by the Commodity Credit Corporation
prior to the date of enactment of this Act. Agricultural
commodities made available under this subsection may,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, be shipped in
fiscal years 2003 and 2004.
______

SA 1199. Mr. BIDEN proposed an amendment to amendment SA 1136
proposed by Mr. Lugar to the bill S. 925, to authorize appropriations
for the Department of State and international broadcasting activities
for fiscal year 2004 and for the Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004
through 2007, and for other purposes; as follows:

On page 131, after line 2, insert the following:
``(d) Clinton Scholars.--Of the amounts authorized to be
appropriated under section 532(a) of the Foreign Assistance
Act of 1961 (as amended by this act), $3,000,000 is
authorized to be appropriated for scholarships to
Palestinians who are future private and public sector leaders
and managers for Graduate-level education in the United
States. Such program shall be known as the ``Clinton
Scholarship Program.''
______

SA 1200. Mr. HARKIN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 2657, making appropriations for the Legislative
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other
purposes; as follows:

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, during the
period from September 1 through September 30, 2003, the
Secretary of Education shall transfer to the Education for
the Disadvantaged account an amount not to exceed $4,353,368
from amounts that would otherwise lapse at the end of fiscal
year 2003 and that were originally made available under the
Department of Education Appropriations Act, 2003 or any
Department of Education Appropriations Act for a previous
fiscal year: Provided, That the funds transferred to the
Education for the Disadvantaged account shall be obligated by
September 30, 2003: Provided further, That the Secretary
shall notify the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses
of Congress of any such transfer.
Provided further, Any amounts transferred to the Education
for the Disadvantaged account pursuant to the previous
paragraph shall be for carrying out subpart 2 of part A of
title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965, and shall be allocated, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, only to those States that received funds
under that subpart for fiscal year 2003 that were less than
those States received under that subpart for fiscal year
2002: Provided further, That the Secretary of Education shall
use these additional funds to increase those States'
allocations under that subpart up to the amount they received
under that subpart for fiscal year 2002: Provided further,
that each such State shall use the funds appropriated under
this paragraph to ratably increase the amount of funds for
each eligible local educational agency in the State that
received less under that subpart in fiscal year 2003 than it
received under that subpart in fiscal year 2002: Provided
further, that the Secretary shall not take into account the

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funds made available under this paragraph in determining
State allocations under any other program administered by the
Secretary in any fiscal year.
______

SA 1201. Mr. REID (for Mrs. Feinstein) proposed an amendment to the
bill H.R. 2657, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as
follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:
Sec. ____. (a) Additional Amount for Cooperative Forestry
Assistance.--The amount appropriated by title III of this Act
under the heading ``Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management, Wildland Fire Management'' is hereby
increased by $25,000,000.
(b) Availability of Amount.--Of the amount appropriated by
title III of this Act under the heading ``Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Land Management, Wildland Fire
Management'', as increased by subsection (a), $25,000,000
shall be available for emergency actions to reduce the threat
to human safety in areas declared under a State of Emergency
by the Governor of any State due to the danger of
catastrophic fire from dead and dying trees including--
(1) clearing of evacuation routes;
(2) clearing around emergency shelter locations;
(3) clearing around emergency communication sites; and
(4) clearing buffer zones around highly populous
communities in order to prevent fire sweeping though such
communities.
______

SA 1202. Mr. SESSIONS proposed an amendment to the bill H.R. 2657,
making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; as follows:

In title III, strike the following: ``Provided further,
That for an additional amount for `Corporation for National
and Community Service, National and Community Service
Programs Operating Expenses', for grants under the National
Service Trust program authorized under subtitle C of title I
of the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (the `Act')
(42 U.S.C. 12571 et seq.) (relating to activities including
the AmeriCorps program) and for educational awards authorized
under subtitle D of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12601),
$100,000,000, with funds for grants to remain available until
September 30, 2004, and funds for educational awards to
remain available until expended:''.
______

SA 1203. Mrs. BOXER (for herself, Mr. Smith, and Ms. Collins)
submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S.
925, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and
international broadcasting activities for fiscal year 2004 and for the
Peace Corps for fiscal years 2004 through 2007, and for other purposes;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of division A, add the following:

TITLE X--SYRIA ACCOUNTABILITY

SEC. 1001. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the ``Syria Accountability Act
of 2003''.

SEC. 1002. FINDINGS.

Congress makes the following findings:
(1) United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373
(September 28, 2001) mandates that all states ``refrain from
providing any form of support, active or passive, to entities
or persons involved in terrorist acts'', take ``the necessary
steps to prevent the commission of terrorist acts'', and
``deny safe haven to those who finance, plan, support, or
commit terrorist acts''.
(2) The Government of Syria is currently prohibited by
United States law from receiving United States assistance
because it is listed as a state sponsor of terrorism.
(3) Although the Secretary of State lists Syria as a state
sponsor of terrorism and reports that Syria provides ``safe
haven and support to several terrorist groups'', fewer United
States sanctions apply with respect to Syria than with
respect to any other country that the Secretary lists as a
state sponsor of terrorism.
(4) Terrorist groups, including Hizballah, Hamas, the
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and the
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine-General
Command, maintain offices, training camps, and other
facilities on Syrian territory and operate in areas of
Lebanon occupied by the Syrian armed forces and receive
supplies from Iran through Syria.
(5) United Nations Security Council Resolution 520
(September 17, 1982) calls for ``strict respect of the
sovereignty, territorial integrity, unity and political
independence of Lebanon under the sole and exclusive
authority of the Government of Lebanon through the Lebanese
Army throughout Lebanon''.
(6) More than 20,000 Syrian troops and security personnel
occupy much of the sovereign territory of Lebanon, thereby
exerting undue influence upon its government and undermining
its political independence.
(7) Since 1990 the Senate and House of Representatives have
passed seven bills and resolutions calling for the withdrawal
of Syrian armed forces from Lebanon.
(8) Large and increasing numbers of the Lebanese people
from across the political spectrum in Lebanon have mounted
peaceful and democratic calls for the withdrawal of the
Syrian Army from Lebanese soil.
(9) Israel has withdrawn all of its armed forces from
Lebanon in accordance with United Nations Security Council
Resolution 425 (March 19, 1978), as certified by the United
Nations Secretary General.
(10) Even in the face of this United Nations certification
that acknowledged Israel's full compliance with Resolution
425, Syria permits attacks by Hizballah and other militant
organizations on Israeli outposts at Shebaa Farms, under the
false guise that it remains Lebanese land. Syria also permits
attacks on civilian targets in Israel.
(11) Syria will not allow Lebanon, a sovereign country, to
fulfill its obligation in accordance with Security Council
Resolution 425 to deploy its troops to southern Lebanon.
(12) As a result, the Israeli-Lebanese border and much of
southern Lebanon is under the control of Hizballah, which
continues to attack Israeli positions and allows Iranian
Revolutionary Guards and other militant groups to operate
freely in the area, destabilizing the entire region.
(13) The United States provides $40,000,000 in assistance
to the Lebanese people through private nongovernmental
organizations, $7,900,000 of which is provided to Lebanese-
American educational institutions.
(14) In the State of the Union address on January 29, 2002,
President George W. Bush declared that the United States will
``work closely with our coalition to deny terrorists and
their state sponsors the materials, technology, and expertise
to make and deliver weapons of mass destruction''.
(15) The Government of Syria continues to develop and
deploy short- and medium-range ballistic missiles.
(16) The Government of Syria is pursuing the development
and production of biological and chemical weapons.
(17) United Nations Security Council Resolution 661 (August
6, 1990) and subsequent relevant resolutions restrict the
sale of oil and other commodities by Iraq, except to the
extent authorized by other relevant resolutions.
(18) Syrian President Bashar Assad promised the Secretary
of State in February 2001 to end violations of Security
Council Resolution 661 but this pledge has not been
fulfilled.
(19) In direct violation of United Nations Sanctions, Syria
has been importing 200,000 barrels of Iraqi oil on a daily
basis since 2000, which has provided Iraq with up to
$1,200,000,000 annually.
(20) There are reports that Syria is pursuing the
development of chemical weapons, such as VX and Sarin, and is
harboring fugitive Iraqi officials.
(21) On April 20, 2003, President Bush said there were
positive signs that Syria will cooperate on the issue of
harboring fugitive Iraqi officials.

SEC. 1003. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

It is the sense of Congress that--
(1) the Government of Syria should immediately and
unconditionally halt support for terrorism, permanently and
openly declare its total renunciation of all forms of
terrorism, and close all terrorist offices and facilities in
Syria, including the offices of Hamas, Hizballah, the Popular
Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and the Popular Front
for the Liberation of Palestine-General Command;
(2) in accordance with United Nations Security Council
Resolution 520 (September 17, 1982), which calls for the
strict respect for Lebanon's sovereignty and territorial
integrity, the Government of Syria should immediately declare
its commitment to completely withdraw its armed forces,
including military, paramilitary, and security forces, from
Lebanon, and set a firm schedule for such withdrawal;
(3) the Government of Syria should halt the development and
deployment of short- and medium-range ballistic missiles and
cease the development and production of biological and
chemical weapons;
(4) the Government of Syria should halt illegal imports and
transshipments of Iraqi oil and come into full compliance
with United Nations Security Council Resolution 661 and
subsequent relevant resolutions;
(5) the Governments of Lebanon and Syria should enter into
serious unconditional bilateral negotiations with the
Government of Israel in order to realize a full and permanent
peace; and
(6) the United States should continue to provide
humanitarian and educational assistance to the people of
Lebanon only through appropriate private, nongovernmental
organizations and appropriate international organizations,
until such time as the Government of Lebanon asserts
sovereignty and control over all of its territory and borders
and achieves full political independence, as called for in
United Nations Security Council Resolution 520.

SEC. 1004. STATEMENT OF POLICY.

It is the policy of the United States that--
(1) Syria should bear responsibility for all attacks
committed by Hizballah and other terrorist groups with
offices or other facilities in Syria, or bases in areas of
Lebanon occupied by Syria;

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(2) the United States will work to deny Syria the ability
to support acts of international terrorism and efforts to
develop or acquire weapons of mass destruction;
(3) the Secretary of State will continue to list Syria as a
state sponsor of terrorism until Syria ends its support for
terrorism, including its support of Hizballah and other
terrorist groups in Lebanon and its hosting of terrorist
groups in Damascus, and comes into full compliance with
United States law relating to terrorism and United Nations
Security Council Resolution 1373 (September 28, 2001);
(4) the full restoration of Lebanon's sovereignty,
political independence, and territorial integrity is in the
national security interest of the United States;
(5) Syria is in violation of United Nations Security
Council Resolution 520 (September 17, 1982) through its
continued occupation of Lebanese territory and its
encroachment upon its political independence;
(6) Syria's obligation to withdraw from Lebanon is not
conditioned upon progress in the Israeli-Syrian or Israeli-
Lebanese peace process but derives from Syria's obligation
under Security Council Resolution 520;
(7) Syria's acquisition of weapons of mass destruction and
ballistic missile programs threaten the security of the
Middle East and the national interests of the United States;
(8) Syria has violated United Nations Security Council
Resolution 661 (August 6, 1990) and subsequent relevant
resolutions by purchasing oil from Iraq; and
(9) the United States will restrict assistance to Syria and
will oppose multilateral assistance for Syria until Syria
withdraws its armed forces from Lebanon, halts the
development and deployment of weapons of mass destruction and
ballistic missiles, and complies with Security Council
Resolution 661 and subsequent relevant resolutions.

SEC. 1005. PENALTIES AND AUTHORIZATION.

(a) Sanctions.--Unless the President makes the
certification described in subsection (d), the President
shall take the following actions:
(1) Prohibit the export to Syria, and prohibit the issuance
of a license for the export to Syria, of--
(A) any defense articles or defense services for which
special export controls are warranted under the Arms Export
Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.), as identified on the
United States Munitions List maintained under section 121.1
of title 22, Code of Federal Regulations; and
(B) any item identified on the Commerce Control List
maintained under part 774 of title 15, Code of Federal
Regulations.
(2) Impose two or more of the following sanctions:
(A) Prohibit the export of products of the United States
(other than food and medicine) to Syria.
(B) Prohibit United States businesses from investing or
operating in Syria.
(C) Restrict travel of Syrian diplomats assigned to
Washington, District of Columbia or the United Nations in New
York, New York, to a 25-mile radius of Washington or the
United Nations headquarters building, respectively.
(D) Reduce United States diplomatic contacts with Syria
(other than those contacts required to protect United States
interests or carry out the purposes of this title).
(E) Block transactions in any property in which the
Government of Syria has any interest, by any person, or with
respect to any property, subject to the jurisdiction of the
United States.
(b) Waiver.--The President may waive the application of
paragraph (2) of subsection (a) if--
(1) the President determines that it is in the national
security interest of the United States to do so; and
(2) submits to the appropriate congressional committees a
report that contains the reasons for such determination.
(c) Authority To Provide Assistance to Syria and Lebanon.--
The President is authorized to provide assistance to Syria
and Lebanon under chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign
Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) (relating to
development assistance), if the President--
(1) makes the certification described in subsection (d);
(2) determines that substantial progress has been made in
negotiations aimed at achieving--
(A) a peace agreement between Israel and Syria; and
(B) a peace agreement between Israel and Lebanon; and
(3) determines that the Government of Syria is strictly
respecting the sovereignty, territorial integrity, unity, and
political independence of Lebanon under the sole and
exclusive authority of the Government of Lebanon through the
Lebanese army throughout Lebanon, as required under paragraph
(4) of United Nations Security Council Resolution 520 (1982).
(d) Certification.--The President shall transmit to the
appropriate congressional committees a certification of any
determination made by the President that--
(1) the Government of Syria does not--
(A) provide support for international terrorist groups; and
(B) allow terrorist groups, such as Hamas, Hizballah, the
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and the
Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine--General
Command to maintain facilities in Syria;
(2) the Government of Syria has withdrawn all Syrian
military, intelligence, and other security personnel from
Lebanon;
(3) the Government of Syria has ceased the development and
deployment of ballistic missiles and has ceased the
development and production of biological and chemical
weapons; and
(4) the Government of Syria is no longer in violation of
United Nations Security Council Resolution 661 or a
subsequent relevant United Nations resolution.

SEC. 1006. REPORT.

(a) Report.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and every 12 months thereafter until
the President makes the certification described in section
1005(d), the Secretary of State shall submit to the
appropriate congressional committees a report on--
(1) the progress made by the Government of Syria toward
meeting the conditions described in paragraphs (1) through
(4) of section 1005(d); and
(2) any connection between individual terrorists and
terrorist groups that maintain offices, training camps, or
other facilities on Syrian territory, or operate in areas of
Lebanon occupied by the Syrian armed forces, and the attacks
against the United States that occurred on September 11,
2001, and other terrorist attacks on the United States or its
citizens, installations, or allies.
(b) Form.--The report submitted under subsection (a) shall
be in unclassified form but may include a classified annex.
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SA 1204. Mr. LEVIN (for himself and Ms. Stabenow) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 2657, making
appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2004, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on
the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ____. FLOOD DAMAGE, UPPER PENINSULA, MICHIGAN.

The Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to the
Secretary of the Army $10,000,000 for use by the Corps of
Engineers in remediating severe impacts on roads, bridges,
water control structures, and utility infrastructure and
remediating environmental and ecological damage to waterways
in the State of Michigan resulting from, and carrying out
such other projects as the Chief of Engineers considers
necessary and advisable to recover from, flooding in the
Upper Peninsula of that State in May 2003, to remain
available until expended.
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SA 1205. Ms. LANDRIEU submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill H.R. 2657, making appropriations for the Legislative
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

Corps of Engineers--Civil

flood control and coastal emergencies

For an additional amount for Flood Control and Coastal
Emergencies, for emergency expenses for flood control,
hurricane, and shore protection activities, as authorized by
section 5 of the Act of August 18, 1941 (33 U.S.C. 701n)
(commonly known as the ``Flood Control Act of 1941''),
$60,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That the entire amount made available under this heading is
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement under
section 502(c) of H. Con. Res. 95 (108th Cong.).
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SA 1206. Mr. STEVENS (for himself and Ms. Landrieu) proposed an
amendment to the bill H.R. 2657, making appropriations for the
Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and
for other purposes; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:
``Provided further, That for an additional amount for
``Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies,'' for emergency
expenses due to flood control, hurricane, and shore
protection activities, as authorized by section 5 of the
Flood Control Act of August 16, 1941, as amended (33 USC
701n), $10,000,000, to remain available until expended:''
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SA 1207. Mrs. CLINTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill H.R. 2657, making appropriations for the Legislative
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency

EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM

For an additional amount for the emergency conservation
program established under title IV of the Agricultural Credit
Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), $48,700,000: Provided,
That the entire amount made available under this heading
shall be available only to the extent that the President
submits to Congress an official budget request for a specific
dollar amount that includes designation of the entire amount
of the request as an emergency requirement for the purposes
of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of
1985 (2 U.S.C. 900

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et seq.): Provided further, That the entire amount made
available under this heading is designated by Congress as an
emergency requirement under sections 251(b)(2)(A) and 252(e)
of that Act (2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A), 902(e)).
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SA 1208. Mrs. CLINTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill H.R. 2657, making appropriations for the Legislative
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency

EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM

For an additional amount for the emergency conservation
program established under title IV of the Agricultural Credit
Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), $25,000,000: Provided,
That the entire amount made available under this heading is
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement under
sections 251(b)(2)(A) and 252(e) of that Act (2 U.S.C.
901(b)(2)(A), 902(e)).
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SA 1209. Mrs. CLINTON submitted an amendment intended to be proposed
by her to the bill H.R. 2657, making appropriations for the Legislative
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other
purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

Farm Service Agency

EMERGENCY CONSERVATION PROGRAM

For an additional amount for the emergency conservation
program established under title IV of the Agricultural Credit
Act of 1978 (16 U.S.C. 2201 et seq.), $48,700,000: Provided,
That the entire amount made available under this heading is
designated by Congress as an emergency requirement under
sections 251(b)(2)(A) and 252(e) of that Act (2 U.S.C.
901(b)(2)(A), 902(e)).
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SA 1210. Mr. REID (for himself and Mr. Ensign) proposed an amendment
to the bill H.R. 2657, making appropriations for the Legislative Branch
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other purposes;
as follows:

At the appropriate place, insert the following:

SEC. ____. MORMON CRICKET CONTROL.

The Secretary of Agriculture shall use $20,000,000 of the
funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation, to remain
available until expended, for the suppression and control of
the Mormon cricket infestation on public and private land in
Nevada, Utah, and Idaho, that amount to be expended in equal
amounts among the 3 States.

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