To withhold funds for foerign assistance for nations that refuse to pay diplomatic parking tickets.

1. Rewrites page 98, line 24 through page 99, line 10

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   Removes page 98, line 24 through page 99, line 10 of the printed bill. See that page

   Inserted: Sec. 644. (a) Subject to subsection (c), of the funds appropriated by this Act that are made available for assistance for a foreign country, an amount equal to 110 percent of the total amount of the unpaid fully adjudicated parking fines and penalties owed by such country shall be withheld from obligation for such country until the Secretary of State submits a certification to the appropriate congressional committees stating that such parking fines and penalties are fully paid.

   Inserted: (b) Funds withheld from obligation pursuant to subsection (a) may be made available for other programs or activities funded by this Act, after consultation with and subject to the regulation notification procedures of the appropriate congressional committees, provided that no such funds shall be made available for assistance to a foreign country that has not paid the total amount of the fully adjudicated parking fines and penalties owed by such country.

   Inserted: (c) Subsection (a) shall not include amounts that have been withheld under any other provision of law.

   Inserted: (d) The Secretary of State may waive the requirements set forth in subsection (a) with respect to a country if the Secretary--

   Inserted: (1) determines that the waiver is in the national security interests of the United States; and

   Inserted: (2) submits to the appropriate congressional committees a written justification for such determination that includes a description of the steps being taken to collect the parking fines and penalties owed by such country.

   Inserted: (e) In this section:

   Inserted: (1) The term "appropriate congressional committees" means the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

   Inserted: (2) The term "fully adjudicated" includes circumstances in which the person to whom the vehicle is registered--

   Inserted: (A)(i) has not responded to the parking violation summons; or

   Inserted: (ii) has not followed the appropriate adjudication procedure to challenge the summons; and

   Inserted: (B) the period of time for payment or challenge the summons has lapsed.

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   Inserted: (3) The term "parking fines and penalties" means parking fines and penalties--

   Inserted: (A) owed to--

   Inserted: (i) the District of Columbia; or

   Inserted: (ii) New York, New York; and

   Inserted: (B) incurred during the period April 1, 1997 through September 30, 2003.

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   Beginning on page 98, strike line 24 and all that follows through page 99, line 10 and insert the following:

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