S.Amdt. 307

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   Inserted: (d) Report to Congress on United Nations Travel Allowances.--Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report including the following:

   Inserted: (1) The total the travel allowances for the past 3 calendar years, by conference and nation, including meals, lodging, travel, and related expenses, paid by the United Nations and member states and non-governmental organizations for delegates and experts to all worldwide conferences under the auspices of, or affiliated with, the United Nations.

   Inserted: (2) A description of the means by which the amount and distribution of such travel allowances are determined.

   Inserted: (3) A description of the means by which such travel allowance costs are assigned for payment by member states and nongovernmental organizations to United Nations or directly to the delegates and experts.

   Inserted: (4) Recommendations for policies, programs, and strategies of the United States Government to ensure that fiscal efficiency in such travel allowances is improved substantially.

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   Inserted: (d) Report on Alleged Diversion of Intended Migration and Refugee Assistance.--

   Inserted: (1) In general.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, through the International Organizations Bureau of the Department of State, shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the alleged diversion of funds intended for migration and refugee assistance.

   Inserted: (2) Content.--The report required under paragraph (1) shall contain--

   Inserted: (A) for the previous three calendar years, a breakdown of the total expenses of the United States, nongovernmental organizations, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and world food aid programs incurred in providing assistance to the Saharawis and all refugees from Rwanda to Uganda and the Sudan;

   Inserted: (B) a description of the intended purposes of such assistance;

   Inserted: (C) a review of the allegations, found in European, Moroccan, and other press outlets and reported by French, Scandinavian, and other nongovernmental organizations, of the diversion of such funds to other purposes, including to the black markets in Algeria and Mauritania;

   Inserted: (D) an analysis of any possibility for cost savings resulting from the prevention of any such diversion;

   Inserted: (E) an analysis of how many lives could be saved and improved by the prevention of any such diversion; and

   Inserted: (F) recommendations for policies, programs, and strategies of the United States Government to prevent any such diversion.

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   Inserted: SEC. 107. PROMOTION OF INTERNATIONAL TAXES, TARIFFS, OR FEES.

   Inserted: Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to authorize the appropriation of funds for the Department of State to promote or in any way advocate for international taxes, tariffs, or fees.

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   Inserted: (a) Amendment.--Section

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   Inserted: (b) Calculation; Direct Payments.--

   Inserted: (1) Calculation.--The United States shall pay its share for United Nations Peacekeepers, pursuant to the amendment made by subsection (a), as calculated at such prevailing wage as military and civilian personnel are paid in their respective member states.

   Inserted: (2) Direct payments to peacekeepers.--The United States' share of the payments described in paragraph (1)--

   Inserted: (A) shall be paid directly to the military and civilian personnel engaged in peacekeeping operations; and

   Inserted: (B) shall not be paid to the member states, some of which--

   Inserted: (i) have profiteered from peacekeeping operations; or

   Inserted: (ii) have been derelict in payment of its military and civilian personnel engaged in peacekeeping operations.

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   Inserted: (7) The United Nations has experienced a proliferation of committees that perform essentially the same functions.

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   Inserted: (3) the Secretary should instruct any United States representative to the United Nations to use the voice and vote of the United States to seek to enact significant and necessary changes to improve the accountability, increase the transparency, and streamline the functioning of the United Nations processes by seeking the elimination of the Second and Third Committees of the United Nations.

   Inserted: SEC. 405. REPORTS TO CONGRESS ON UNITED NATIONS TRANSLATION EXPENSES AND DOUBLE-DIPPING.

   Inserted: (a) United Nations Translation Expenses.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, through the International Organizations Bureau of the Department of State, shall submit a report to Congress that contains--

   Inserted: (1) for the most recent 3 calendar years, a breakdown of the total of the translation expenses of the United Nations paid by the United Nations and member states and non-governmental organizations;

   Inserted: (2) a description of the means by which the amount and distribution of such translation work are determined;

   Inserted: (3) a description of the means by which such translation costs are assigned for payment by member states and non-governmental organizations to United Nations;

   Inserted: (4) an analysis of any possibility for cost savings resulting from translation into a particular languages being performed in the nation or nations where such language is autochthonous;

   Inserted: (5) an analysis of any cost savings possible by paying translators the prevailing wage for such work as is paid in the nation or nations where such language is autochthonous;

   Inserted: (6) an analysis of any possibility for cost savings resulting from translation into a more refined, smaller set of languages for any possible purposes and occasions, as such analogous initiative has been suggested for the translation work performed for the European Union; and

   Inserted: (7) recommendations for policies, programs, and strategies of the United States Government to ensure that fiscal efficiency in such translation expenses is improved substantially.

   Inserted: (b) Double-dipping.--Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary, through the International Organizations Bureau of the Department of State, shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees and to United States Senator James Inhofe that contains--

   Inserted: (1) for the most recent 3 calendar years, a breakdown of any and all monies paid concurrently by the United Nations to individuals in multiple capacities (commonly known as "double-dipping");

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   Inserted: (2) a description of the means by which the decision to pay such monies are determined;

   Inserted: (3) a description of the means by which such costs are assigned for payment to the United Nations by member states and nongovernmental organizations;

   Inserted: (4) an analysis of any possibility for cost savings resulting from the elimination of the practice of "double-dipping";

   Inserted: (5) an analysis of any possible disincentives that can result from paying 2 or more revenue streams or salaries to an individual at once, including the United Nations Mission to Eritrea and Ethiopia;

   Inserted: (6) recommendations for Federal policies, programs, and strategies to ensure that fiscal efficiency is achieved regarding "double-dipping".

   Inserted: SEC. 406. RENOVATION OF UNITED NATIONS BUILDING IN NEW YORK CITY.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no Federal funds shall be used to process any acceptance of the offer of a loan for $1,200,000,000 at 5.5 percent interest, or any other loan amount at any other interest rate, for the renovation of the United Nations building in New York, New York, until the Secretary of State certifies the falsehood of reports from approximately 6 renovation experts with particular experience in the costs of renovating high-end facilities and structures in New York, New York that the costs proposed by the United Nations for such renovation is above commercial, fair market prices.

   Inserted: (b) Additional Offers.--In examining such reports of severely inflated cost estimates (some estimating charges in excess of 200 percent of fair market value), the Secretary shall arrange a meeting of the Bureau of International Organizations to discuss and receive written offers for the renovation of the United Nations building in New York, New York from not less than 12 different renovation enterprises or experts.

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    Inserted: SEC. 2106. REMOVAL OF IRAQ FROM LIST OF COUNTRIES DENIED ASSISTANCE UNDER TITLE III OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.

    Inserted: Section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2227(a)) is amended by striking "Iraq,". Section 307(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2227(a)) is amended by striking "Iraq,".

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    In S. 600 · Reported to Senate

    (A) by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:

    "(1) [struck: $680,735,000][inserted: $678,705,000] for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007 for necessary operating expenses of the United States Agency for International Development; and"; and

    (B) in paragraph (2) of such subsection, by striking "agency" and inserting "Agency";

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    Inserted: (a) In General.--Section

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    Inserted: (b) Sense of the Senate.--It is the Sense of the Senate that regularly scheduled dues of the United States to the United Nations for its share of peacekeeping funding shall not be paid by emergency, "off-budget" appropriations.

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    SEC. 2132. AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION.

    The first sentence of section 510 of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 290h-8) is amended by striking "$3,872,000 for fiscal year 1986 and $3,872,000 for fiscal year 1987" and inserting "[struck: $18,850,000][inserted: $20,850,000] for fiscal year 2006 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007".

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    Inserted: (c) National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism.--

    Inserted: (1) In general.--The Secretary shall--

    Inserted: (A) contract with the National Memorial Institute for the Prevention of Terrorism (referred to in this subsection as the "NMIPT") to review national response plans and the training of first responders; and

    Inserted: (B) make use of the expertise of the NMIPT in carrying out activities under subsection (a).

    Inserted: (2) Findings.--Established in 1997 by Public Law 105-58, the NMIPT is a nonprofit nongovernmental entity under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, with a mission to prevent terrorism and assist the emergency responder community. The NMIPT provides a neutral forum for discussion of the issues associated with combating terrorism and provides an excellent setting for a world-class library of resources related to terrorism. The NMIPT sponsors and works with partners to explore counterterrorism research. One of the most important functions the NMIPT performs is to provide a means for emergency first responders to share information, the foundation of which information sharing effort is a manual of lessons learned by first responders.

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    Inserted: (8) The United Nations Children's Fund, Maranatha Chapel, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, reports from international human rights organizations, including Human Rights Watch's 1997 report, "The Scars of Death: Children Abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda", and Amnesty International's 1997 report, "UGANDA: BREAKING GOD'S COMMANDS: THE DESTRUCTION OF CHILDHOOD BY THE LORD'S RESISTANCE ARMY", the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of State's report "COUNTRY REPORTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES-2000", and others have identified an international crisis involving a group named the Lord's Resistance Army, which is active in northern Uganda and southern Sudan.

    Inserted: (9) Since 1987, the Lord's Resistance Army has conducted a terror campaign against the people of Northern Uganda and Southern Sudan in an effort to overthrow the government of Uganda. The terror is still occurring in 2005, with recent abductions of children and adults and mutilation of those abducted through dismemberment.

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    …combat[inserted: the atrocities committed by the Lord's Resistance Army and]…

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    [struck: abuses and to …][inserted: abuses, with specific attention to the atrocities committed by the Lord's Resistance Army, and to increase independent judicial capacity in Sudan, Burundi,]

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    Inserted: (d) Report on Lord's Resistance Army Operations in Northern Uganda.--Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, through the International Organizations Bureau of the Department of State, shall submit a report to Congress that contains an analysis of--

    Inserted: (1) the effect the guerilla type warfare described in subsection (a)(8) has had both physically and psychologically on the people of the region;

    Inserted: (2) action that could be taken by the international community, or by the United States, with Uganda to end this terror on the Acholi people;

    Inserted: (3) the reasons that so little has been done by the international community to address this situation;

    Inserted: (4) the action taken by United Nations agencies and nongovernmental organizations to relieve this crisis.

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