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year 1988 and $1,000,000 for the fiscal year 1989 shall be used only for such educational purposes.

SEC. 105.17 OTHER PROGRAMS.

There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State for the following programs:

(1)18 "Bilateral Science and Technology Agreements", $1,900,000 for the fiscal year 1988 and $1,938,000 for the fiscal year 1989.

(2) 19 "Soviet-East European Research and Training", $4,600,000 for the fiscal year 1988 and $5,000,000 for the fiscal year 1989.

SEC. 106. REDUCTION IN EARMARKS IF APPROPRIATIONS ARE LESS THAN AUTHORIZATIONS.

If the amount appropriated for a fiscal year pursuant to any authorization of appropriations provided by this Act is less than the authorization amount and a provision of this Act provides that a specified amount of the authorization amount shall be available only for a certain purpose, then the amount so specified shall be deemed to be reduced for that fiscal year to the amount which bears the same ratio to the specified amount as the amount appropriated bears to the authorization amount.

SEC. 107. TRANSFER OF FUNDS.

(a) TRANSFERS FOR SALARIES AND EXPENSES.-The Secretary of State may transfer, without regard to section 1502 of title 31, United States Code, to the "Salaries and Expenses" account of the Department of State amounts appropriated for any fiscal year prior to fiscal year 1989 under "Acquisition and Maintenance of Buildings Abroad" which are allocated for capital programs. Any transfer under this subsection shall be treated as a reprogramming for purposes of section 34 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2706).

(b) LIMITATIONS.—

(1) Subsection (a) shall not apply to amounts appropriated for purposes of the diplomatic security program under section 401(a) of the Diplomatic Security Act (22 U.Š.C. 4851).

(2) The aggregate of

(A) the amounts transferred under this section for a fiscal year, and

(B) the amounts appropriated for "Salaries and Expenses" for that fiscal year,

may not exceed the amount authorized to be appropriated for "Salaries and Expenses" for that fiscal year.

17 The Department of State Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 100-459; 102 Stat. 2204), provided for the programs listed here, and for "Payment to the Asia Foundation": $13,700,000; and for the "Fishermen's Guaranty Fund": $1,725,000.

18 The Department of State Appropriation Act, 1988 (sec. 101(a), title III, of the Continuing Appropriations for 1988; Public Law 100-202), provided the following for "Bilateral Science and Technology Agreements": $1,900,000.

The Department of State Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 100-459; 102 Stat. 2204), provided $2,000,000.

19 The Department of State Appropriation Act, 1988 (sec. 101(a), title III, of the Continuing Appropriations for 1988; Public Law 100-202), provided the following for "Soviet-East European Research and Training": $4,600,000.

The Department of State Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 100-459; 102 Stat. 2204), provided $4,600,000.

(3) The authority contained in subsection (a) may be exercised only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance in appropriation Acts.

SEC. 108. COMPLIANCE WITH PRESIDENTIAL-CONGRESSIONAL SUMMIT AGREEMENT ON DEFICIT REDUCTION.

Notwithstanding the specific authorizations of appropriations contained in this Act, budget authority may not be provided pursuant to those authorizations in an amount which would cause the aggregate amount of discretionary budget authority provided for international affairs (budget function 150) for a fiscal year to exceed the amount of discretionary budget authority for international affairs for that fiscal year as specified in laws implementing the agreement between the President and the joint Congressional leadership on November 20, 1987.

SEC. 109. PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES.

No funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act or by any other Act authorizing funds for any entity engaged in any activity concerning the foreign affairs of the United States shall be used

(1) for publicity or propaganda purposes designed to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress;

(2) to influence in any way the outcome of a political election in the United States; or

(3) for any publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by Congress.

SEC. 110.20 LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN DATA BASES.

(a) AUTHORIZATION.-The Secretary of State, in consultation with the heads of appropriate departments and agencies of the United States, shall use not less than $1,300,000 of the funds authorized to be appropriated for each of the fiscal years 1988 and 1989 by section 101(a)(1) of this Act to provide for the establishment of a Latin American and Caribbean Data Base.

(b) CONDITIONS.-In developing these data bases the Secretary of State shall be required to satisfy the following conditions:

(1) Any new agreement for an on-line bibliographic data base entered into for purposes of this section shall be subject to full and open competition or merit review among qualified United States institutions with strong Latin American and Caribbean programs.

(2) The Secretary shall ensure that funds are not awarded to maintain services which are significantly duplicative of existing services.

PART B-DEPARTMENT OF STATE AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES; FOREIGN MISSIONS

20 In appropriating funds for "Salaries and Expenses", the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1988 (sec. 101(a) of the Continuing Appropriations for 1988; Public Law 100-202; 101 Stat. 1329), and the Department of State Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 100-459; 102 Stat. 2204), waived sec. 110 for fiscal years 1988 and 1989.

SEC. 122.31 * * * [Repealed-1991]

SEC. 123.22* * * [Repealed-1990]

SEC. 124.23 REPORT ON EXPENDITURES MADE FROM APPROPRIATION FOR EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE.

The Secretary of State shall provide to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives within 30 days after the end of each quarter of the fiscal year a complete report, including amount, payee, and purpose, of all expenditures made from the appropriation for "Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service" for that quarter. Items included in each such report concerning representation, official travel, and gifts shall be submitted in unclassified form.24

SEC. 127.25 * * *

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SEC. 128. LIMITATION ON THE USE OF A FOREIGN MISSION IN A MANNER INCOMPATIBLE WITH ITS STATUS AS A FOREIGN MISSION.

(a) 26 * * *

(b) EFFECTIVE DATE. (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to any foreign mission beginning on the date of enactment of this Act.

(2)(A) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply beginning 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act with respect to any nonimmigrant alien who is using a foreign mission as a residence or a place of business on the date of enactment of this Act. (B) The Secretary of State may delay the effective date provided for in subparagraph (A) for not more than 6 months with respect to any nonimmigrant alien if the Secretary finds that a hardship to that alien would result from the implementation of subsection (a).

SEC. 129. ALLOCATION OF SHARED COSTS AT MISSIONS ABROAD.

In order to provide for full reimbursement of shared administrative costs at United States missions abroad, the Secretary of State shall review, and revise if necessary, the allocation procedures under which agencies reimburse the Department of State for shared administrative costs at United States missions abroad. Within 3 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate on such review and any revision.

21 Formerly at 22 U.S.C. 2656 note. Sec. 122, relating to consular and diplomatic posts abroad, was repealed by sec. 112(b) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (Public Law 102-138; 105 Stat. 655).

22 Sec. 123, relating to the closing of diplomatic and consular posts in Antigua and Barbuda, was repealed by sec. 121 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101-246; 104 Stat. 27).

23 22 U.S.C. 2680 note.

24 Sec. 114 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993 (Public Law 102-138; 105 Stat. 655), added the last sentence.

25 Sec. 127 amended sec. 116(d) and 502B(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require the inclusion of coercive population control information in the annual human rights report.

28 Sec. 128(a) added a new sec. 215 to the State Basic Authorities Act of 1956.

SEC. 130.27 PROHIBITION ON THE USE OF FUNDS FOR FACILITIES IN ISRAEL, JERUSALEM, OR THE WEST BANK.

None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this title may be obligated or expended for site acquisition, development, or construction of any new facility in Israel, Jerusalem, or the West Bank.

SEC. 131. PURCHASING AND LEASING OF RESIDENCES.

It is the sense of the Congress that in its fiscal year 1989 budget presentations to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, the Department of State shall provide sufficient information on the advantages and disadvantages of purchasing rather than leasing residential properties to enable the Congress to determine the specific amount of savings that would or would not be achieved by purchasing such properties. The Department also shall make recommendations to the Congress on the purchasing and leasing of such properties.

SEC. 132.28 PROHIBITION ON ACQUISITION OF HOUSE FOR SECRETARY OF STATE

The Department of State shall not solicit or receive funds for the construction, purchase, lease or rental of, nor any gift or bequest of real property or any other property for the purpose of providing living quarters for the Secretary of State.

SEC. 133. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF STATE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION.

(a) FINDING.-Congress finds that the United States Department of State, on September 15, 1987, declared itself to be a temporary foreign diplomatic mission for the purpose of denying free speech to American citizens who planned to protest the tyranny of the Soviet regime.

(b) PROHIBITION.—It is not in the national security interest of the United States for the Department of State to declare, and it shall not declare, itself to be a foreign diplomatic mission.

SEC. 134.30

SEC. 137. STUDY AND REPORT CONCERNING THE STATUS OF INDIVIDUALS WITH DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY IN THE UNITED STATES.

(a) STUDY.-The Secretary shall undertake a study of the minimum liability insurance coverage required for members of foreign missions and their families and the feasibility of requiring an increase in such minimum coverage. In conducting such study, the

27 Sec. 305 of the Department of State Appropriations Act, 1989 (Public Law 100-459; 102 Stat. 2208), waived sec. 414 of the Diplomatic Security Act, and provided the following:

"such funds may be hereafter obligated or expended for site acquisition, development, and construction of two new diplomatic facilities in Israel, Jerusalem, or the West Bank, pro vided that each facility (A) equally preserves the ability of the United States to locate its Ambassador or its Consul General at that site, consistent with United states policy, (B) shall note be denominated as the United States Embassy or Consulate until after construction of both facilities has begun, and construction of one facility has been completed, or is near completion; and (C) unless security considerations require otherwise, commences operation simultaneously.". 28 22 U.S.C. 2697 note.

29 22 U.S.C. 4301 note.

30 Sec. 134 repealed subsec. 413(b) of the Diplomatic Security Act (Public Law 99-399; 100 Stat. 853) which had established an Office of Policy and Program Review in the Department

of State.

Secretary shall consult with members of the insurance industry, officials of State insurance regulatory bodies, and other experts, as appropriate. The study shall consider the following:

(1) The adequacy of the currently required insurance minimums, including the experiences of injured parties.

(2) The feasibility and projected cost of increasing the current minimum coverages to $1,000,000 or some lesser amount in the commercial insurance market, including consideration of individual umbrella policies to provide additional coverage above the current minimum.

(3) The feasibility and cost of requiring additional coverage up to $1,000,000 through a single group insurance arrangement, administered by the Department, providing umbrella coverage for the entire class of foreign officials who are immune from the jurisdiction of the United States.

(4) The consequences to United States missions abroad, including their costs of operation, that might reasonably be anticipated as a result of requiring an increase in the insurance costs of foreign missions in the United States.

(5) Any other issues and recommendations the Secretary may consider appropriate.

(b) REPORT.—The Secretary shall compile a report to the Congress concerning the problem arising from diplomatic immunity from criminal prosecution and from civil suit. The report shall set forth the background of the various issues arising from the problem, the extent of the problem, an analysis of proposed and other potential measures to address the problem (including an analysis of the costs associated with and difficulties of implementing the various proposals), consider the potential and likely impact upon United States diplomatic personnel of actions in other nations that are comparable to such proposals, and make recommendations for addressing the problem with respect to the following:

(1) The collection of debts owed by foreign missions and members of such missions and their families to individuals and entities in the United States.

(2) A detailed catalog of incidents of serious criminal offenses by persons entitled to immunity under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and other treaties to assist in developing an understanding of the extent of the problem.

(3) The feasibility of having the Department of State develop and periodically submit to the Congress a report concerning

(A) serious criminal offenses committed in the United States by individuals entitled to immunity from the criminal jurisdiction of the United States; and

(B) delinquency in the payment of debts owed by foreign missions and members of such missions and their families to individuals and entities in the United States.

(4) Methods for improving the education of law enforcement officials on the extent of immunity provided to members of foreign missions and their families under the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations and other treaties.

(5) Proposals to assure that law enforcement officials fully investigate, charge, and institute and maintain prosecution of members of foreign missions and their families to the extent

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