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SEC. 724.70 POWERS OF THE COMMISSION.

(a) IN GENERAL.-For the purpose of carrying out this part, the Commission may hold such hearings (subject to the requirements of subsection (b)) and sit and act at such times and places, take such testimony, and receive such evidence as the Commission considers necessary to fulfill the purposes specified in section 722. (b) MEETINGS.—

(1) MINIMUM NUMBER OF PUBLIC HEARINGS.-The Commission shall hold a minimum of five public hearings.

(2) OPEN MEETINGS.-Section 552b of title 5 of the United States Code shall apply with respect to the Commission.

(3) CALLING MEETINGS.-The Commission shall meet at the call of the Chairman or a majority of its members.

(c) DELEGATION OF AUTHORITY.-When so authorized by the majority of the Commission, any member or agent of the Commission may take any action which the Commission is authorized to take by this section.

(d) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.-The Commission may secure directly from any Federal agency information necessary to enable it to carry out this part. Upon request of the Chairman of the Commission, the head of any such Federal agency shall furnish such information to the Commission, to the extent authorized by law; except that the head of any Federal agency to which a request for information is provided pursuant to this subsection may deny access to such information, or make access subject to such terms and conditions as the head of that agency may prescribe, on the basis that the information in question is classified and the Commission does not have adequate procedures to safeguard the information in question, or that the Commission does not have a need to know the classified information. In addition, a Federal agency may not provide the Commission with information that could disclose intelligence sources or methods without first securing the approval of the Director of Central Intelligence. The head of any such Federal agency may provide information on a reimbursable basis.

SEC. 725.70 STAFF.

(a) STAFF MEMBERS AND CONSULTANTS.-Subject to such rules as may be adopted by the Commission, the Chairman of the Commission, without regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments in the competitive service and without regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title relating to classifications and General Schedule pay rates, may

(1) appoint a Director who shall be paid at a rate not to exceed the rate of basic pay in effect for Level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code;

(2) appoint and fix the compensation of such other staff personnel as the Chairman considers necessary; and

(3) procure temporary and intermittent services to the same extent as is authorized by section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code.

(b) DETAILING OF GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL.-Upon request of the Commission, the head of any Federal agency may detail, on a

reimbursable basis, any of the personnel of that agency to the Commission to assist it in carrying out this part.

SEC. 726.70 REPORT.

The Commission shall transmit to the President and to the Congress a report containing a detailed statement of the findings, conclusions, and recommendations of the Commission, including minority views. This report shall be transmitted not later than 18 months after the date on which all members of the Commission have been appointed.

SEC. 727.70 FUNDING FOR THE COMMISSION.

(a) COMMISSION TO BE PRIVATELY FUNDED.-The Commission may accept and use contributions from private United States sources to carry out this part. No Federal funds may be made available to the Commission for use in carrying out this part.

(b) LIMITATION ON SIZE OF CONTRIBUTIONS.-The Commission may not accept contributions from any single source which have a value of more than 71 the greater of—

(1) $100,000, or

(2) 20 percent of the total of all contributions accepted by the Commission.

(c) COMMISSION APPROVAL OF CERTAIN CONTRIBUTIONS.-The Commission may accept contributions having a value of $1,000 or more from a single source only if more than two-thirds of the members of the Commission have approved the acceptance of those contributions.

(d) DISCLOSURE OF CONTRIBUTIONS.—

(1) PERIODIC REPORTS TO CONGRESS.-Every 30 days, the Commission shall submit to the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and to the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, a list of the source and amount of each contribution accepted by the Commission during the preceding 30 days.

(2) FINAL REPORT.-The source and amount of each contribution accepted by the Commission shall be listed in the report submitted pursuant to section 726.

(e) LIMITATION ON OBLIGATIONS AND EXPENDITURES.-Notwithstanding subsection (a), the limitations on expenditures and obligations in section 1341 of title 31, United States Code, shall apply to the Commission.

SEC. 728.70 GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE AUDITS OF THE COMMISSION.

The provisions of subchapter II of chapter 7 of title 31 of the United States Code (relating to the general duties and powers of the General Accounting Office) shall apply with respect to the programs and activities of the Commission, including the receipt, disbursement, and use of funds contributed to the Commission, to the same extent as those provisions apply with respect to other agencies of the United States Government.

71 Sec. 409 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101-246; 104 Stat. 68), inserted "the greater of" after "than".

SEC. 729.70 TERMINATION OF THE COMMISSION.

The Commission shall cease to exist 60 days after submitting its report pursuant to section 726.

SEC. 730.7 EFFECTIVE DATE.

This part shall take effect on March 1, 1989.

PART C-OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

SEC. 742. CONTRIBUTION TO THE REGULAR BUDGET OF THE INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS AND SENSE OF CONGRESS CONCERNING RECOGNITION OF RED SHIELD OF DAVID.

(a) UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTION.-Pursuant to the provisions of section 109 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987, the Secretary of State shall make an annuai contribution to the regular budget of the International Committee of the Red Cross of an amount which is not less than 10 percent of its regular budget. Such contribution may be made from the funds authorized to be appropriated by section 104 for "Migration and Refugee Assistance".

(b) LIMITATION ON CONTRIBUTIONS-Notwithstanding subsection (a), for fiscal year 1988, the United States contribution to the regular budget of the International Committee of the Red Cross shall not exceed nor be less than the amount contributed by the United States to the regular budget of the International Committee of the Red Cross in fiscal year 1987.

(C) RECOGNITION OF THE RED SHIELD OF DAVID.-It is the sense of the Congress that a diplomatic conference of governments should grant identical status of recognition to the Red Shield of David Magen David Adem as that granted to the Red Cross and the Red Crescent and that the Red Shield of David Society of Israel should be accepted as a full member of the League of Red Cross Societies and the quadrennial International Conferences of the Red Cross.

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SEC. 746. RECOGNITION OF CARICOM.

It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State should consider recognizing the Cariccean Community and Common Market CARICOM as a regional planning organization in the Carbbean.

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SEC. 747. ASIAN-PACIFIC REGIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS CONVENTION. Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Congress which

(1) examines the nature and extent of human rights problems in the Asian-Pacific region; and

(2) assesses the willingness of the countries in the region to negotiate a regional human rights convention similar to the American Convention on Human Rights, the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, and the African Charter on Peoples' and Human Rights.

TITLE VIII-INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL 75 SEC. 801. ASSIGNMENT OF DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION AGENTS ABROAD.

If the Secretary of State, in exercising his authority to establish overseas staffing levels for Federal agencies with activities abroad, authorizes the assignment of any Drug Enforcement Administration agent to a particular United States mission abroad, the Secretary shall authorize the assignment of at least two such agents to that mission.

SEC. 803. REQUIREMENT THAT EXTRADITION OF DRUG TRAFFICKERS BE A PRIORITY ISSUE OF UNITED STATES MISSIONS IN MAJOR ILLICIT DRUG PRODUCING OR TRANSIT COUNTRIES.

The Secretary of State shall ensure that the Country Plan for the United States diplomatic mission in each major illicit drug producing country and in each major drug-transit country (as those terms are defined in section 481(e) 76 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961) includes, as an objective to be pursued by the mission

(1) negotiating an updated extradition treaty which ensures that drug traffickers can be extradited to the United States, or (2) if an existing treaty provides for such extradition, taking such steps as may be necessary to ensure that the treaty is effectively implemented.

SEC. 804. INFORMATION-SHARING SYSTEM SO THAT VISAS ARE DENIED TO DRUG TRAFFICKERS.

Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Congress a report on the status of the comprehensive information system on drug arrests of foreign nationals which was required to be established by section 132 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987.

78 22 U.S.C. 2656 note. For other legislation on international narcotics control, see Legislation on Foreign Relations Through 1994, vol. I-B.

78 Formerly read “481(i)”. Sec. 6(a) of the International Narcotics Act of 1992 (Public Law 102583; 106 Stat. 4932) provided that any reference in any provision of law enacted before November 2, 1992, to section 481(i) shall be deemed to be a reference to section 481(e). The text has been so amended.

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SEC. 806. SANCTIONS ON DRUG PRODUCING AND DRUG-TRANSIT

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(c) ALIENS EXCLUDABLE FROM ADMISSION TO THE UNITED STATES.-Section 212(a)(23) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(23)) is amended to read as follows:

"(23) Any alien who

"(A) has been convicted of a violation of, or a conspiracy to violate, any law or regulation of a State, the United States, or a foreign country relating to a controlled substance (as defined in section 102 of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. 802)); or

"(B) the consular officers or immigration officers know or have reason to believe is or has been an illicit trafficker in any such controlled substance or is or has been a knowing assistor, abettor, conspirator, or colluder with others in the illicit trafficking in any such controlled substance;". TITLE IX-IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE PROVISIONS SEC. 901.77 PROHIBITION ON EXCLUSION OR DEPORTATION ALIENS ON CERTAIN GROUNDS. * * * [Repealed-1990]

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SEC. 902.78 ADJUSTMENT TO LAWFUL RESIDENT STATUS OF CERTAIN NATIONALS OF COUNTRIES FOR WHICH EXTENDED VOLUNTARY DEPARTURE HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE.

(a) ADJUSTMENT OF STATUS.-The status of any alien who is a national of a foreign country the nationals of which were provided (or allowed to continue in) "extended voluntary departure" by the Attorney General on the basis of a nationality group determination at any time during the 5-year period ending on November 1, 1987, shall be adjusted by the Attorney General to that of an alien lawfully admitted for temporary residence if the alien—

(1) applies for such adjustment within two years after the date of the enactment of this Act;

(2) establishes that (A) the alien entered the United States before July 21, 1984, and (B) has resided continuously in the United States since such date and through the date of the enactment of this Act;

(3) establishes continuous physical presence in the United States (other than brief, casual, and innocent absences) since the date of the enactment of this Act;

(4) in the case of an alien who entered the United States as a nonimmigrant before July 21, 1984, establishes that (A) the alien's period of authorized stay as a nonimmigrant expired not later than six months after such date through the passage of time or (B) the alien applied for asylum before July 21, 1984; and

77 Sec. 603(aX21) of the Immigration Act of 1990 (Public Law 101-649; 104 Stat. 5084) repealed sec. 901, which had prohibited exclusion or deportation of aliens on grounds of beliefs, statements or associations, if such beliefs, statements, or associations would be protected under the Constitution of the United States if engaged in by a U.S. citizen. Subsec. (d) of sec. 901 had been repealed by sec. 128(b) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (Public Law 101-246; 104 Stat. 30).

78 8 U.S.C. 1255a note.

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