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(3) effective criminal penalties for the swift punishment of perpetrators of terrorism.

(d) CONSIDERATION OF AN INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL.-The President should also consider including on the agenda for these negotiations the possibility of eventually establishing an international tribunal for prosecuting terrorists.

SEC. 1202.84 EXTRATERRITORIAL CRIMINAL JURISDICTION OVER TERRORIST CONDUCT. *

TITLE XIII-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

SEC. 1302. DEMONSTRATIONS AT EMBASSIES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

It is the sense of the Congress that—

(1) the District of Columbia law concerning demonstrations near foreign missions in the District of Columbia (D.C. Code, sec. 22-1115) may be inconsistent with the reasonable exercise of the rights of free speech and assembly, that law may have been selectively enforced, and peaceful demonstrations may have been unfairly arrested under that law;

(2) the obligation of the United States to provide adequate security for the missions and personnel of foreign governments must be balanced with the reasonable exercise of the rights of free speech and assembly; and

(3) therefore, the Council of the District of Columbia should review and, if appropriate, make revisions in the laws of the District of Columbia concerning demonstrations near foreign missions, in consultations with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury.

SEC. 1303. KURT WALDHEIM'S RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE.

(a) FINDINGS.-The Congress finds that

(1) Kurt Waldheim's misrepresentations about his past enabled him to rise to the position of Secretary General of the United Nations;

(2) Kurt Waldheim currently receives $81,650 a year as a retirement allowance for his service in that position; and

(3) Kurt Waldheim's misrepresentations went to matters that lie at the very heart of the purposes of the United Nations.

(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.-It is the sense of the Congress that the President should instruct the Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations to act to amend the 19861987 Regular Program Budget to eliminate funding of Kurt Waldheim's retirement allowance and to act to deny Kurt Waldheim a retirement allowance in all future budgets.

84 Sec. 1202 added a new chapter 113A to title 18, U.S.C. (redesignated as chapter 113B).

SEC. 1305. STRENGTHENING FOREIGN LANGUAGE SKILLS.

It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State should substantially strengthen the foreign language training of Foreign Service officers and other United States diplomatic personnel who may serve in embassies overseas, and to work toward early implementation of a program focusing on acquisition and retention of effective linguistic skills the careers of United States diplomatic personnel.

SEC. 1306. FORFEITURE OF PROCEEDS DERIVED FROM ESPIONAGE ACTIVITIES.

(a) GATHERING, TRANSMITTING, OR LOSING DEFENSE INFORMATION.-Section 793 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:

"(h)(1) Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall forfeit to the United States, irrespective of any provision of State law, any property constituting, or derived from, any proceeds the person obtained, directly or indirectly, from any foreign government, or any faction or party or military or naval force within a foreign country, whether recognized or unrecognized by the United States, as the result of such violation.

"(2) The court, in imposing sentence on a defendant for a conviction of a violation of this section, shall order that the defendant forfeit to the United States all property described in paragraph (1) of this subsection.

"(3) The provisions of subsections (b), (c), and (e) through (o) of section 413 of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 853(b), (c), and (e)-(o)) shall apply to"(A) property subject to forfeiture under this subsection; "(B) any seizure or disposition of such property; and

"(C) any administrative or judicial proceeding in relation to such property,

if not consistent with this subsection.

"(4) Notwithstanding section 524(c) of title 28, there shall be deposited in the Crime Victims Fund in the Treasury all amounts from the forfeiture of property under this subsection remaining after the payment of expenses for forfeiture and sale authorized by law.".

(b) GATHERING OR DELIVERING DEFENSE INFORMATION TO AID FOREIGN GOVERNMENT.-Section 794 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection:

"(d)(1) Any person convicted of a violation of this section shall forfeit to the United States irrespective of any provision of State law

"(A) any property constituting, or derived from, any proceeds the person obtained, directly or indirectly, as the result of such violation, and

"(B) any of the person's property used, or intended to be used, in any manner or part, to commit, or to facilitate the commission of, such violation.

"(2) The court, in imposing sentence on a defendant for a conviction of a violation of this section, shall order that the defendant forfeit to the United States all property described in paragraph (1) of this subsection.

"(3) The provisions of subsections (b), (c) and (e) through (o) of section 413 to the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 (21 U.S.C. 853(b), (c), and (e) (o)) shall apply to“(A) property subject to forfeiture under this subsection; "(B) any seizure or disposition of such property; and

"(C) any administrative or judicial proceeding in relation to such property,

if not inconsistent with this subsection.

"(4) Notwithstanding section 524(c) of title 28, there shall be deposited in the Crime Victims Fund in the Treasury all amount from the forfeiture of property under this subsection remaining after the payment of expenses for forfeiture and sale authorized by law."

(c) ORDER OF SPECIAL FORFEITURE.-Subsection (a) of section 3671 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by inserting after "conviction of a defendant for" the following: “an offense under section 794 of this title or for".

SEC. 1307. EXPRESSION OF SUPPORT OF ACTIVITIES OF THE UNITED STATES TELECOMMUNICATIONS TRAINING INSTITUTE.

Nothing in this Act, the Communications Act of 1934, or any other Act, shall be construed to preclude the Department of State, the United States Agency for International Development, or the United States Information Agency from participation in support of any activities of the United States Telecommunications Training Institute (including use of staff, other appropriate resources and service of the board of the Institute).

SEC. 1308. POLICY TOWARD AFGHANISTAN.

(a) FINDINGS.-The Congress finds that

(1) the Soviet Union invaded the sovereign territory of Afghanistan on December 27, 1979, and continues to occupy and attempt to subjugate that nation through the use of force, relying upon a puppet regime and an occupying army of an estimated 120,000 Soviet troops;

(2) the outrageous and barbaric treatment of the people of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union is repugnant to all freedomloving peoples as reflected in seven United Nations resolutions of condemnation, violates all standards of conduct befitting a responsible nation, and contravenes all recognized principles of international law;

(3) the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, in his November 5, 1985, report to the General Assembly, concludes that "whole groups of persons and tribes are endangered in their existence and in their lives because their living conditions are fundamentally affected by the kind of warfare being waged" and that the "Government of Afghanistan, with heavy support from foreign [Soviet] troops, acts with great severity against opponents or suspected opponents of the regime without any respect for human rights obligations" including "use of antipersonnel mines and of so-called toy bombs" and "the indiscriminate mass killings of civilians, particularly women and children";

(4) the Special Rapporteur also concludes that the war in Afghanistan has been characterized by "the most cruel methods of warfare and by the destruction of large parts of the country

which has affected the conditions of life of the population, destabilizing the ethnic and tribal structure and disrupting family units" and that the "demographic structure of the country has changed, since over 4 million refugees from all provinces and all classes have settled outside the country and thousands of internal refugees have crowded into the cities like Kabul"; (5) the United Nations General Assembly, in a recorded vote of 80-22 on December 13, 1985, accepted the findings of the Special Rapporteur and deplored the refusal of Soviet-led Afghan officials to cooperate with the United Nations, and expressed "profound distress and alarm" at "the widespread violations of the right to life, liberty, and security of person, cluding the commonplace practice of torture and summary executions of the regime's opponents, as well as increasing evidence of a policy of religious intolerance";

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(6) in a subsequent report of the Special Rapporteur of February 14, 1986, the Special Rapporteur found that "The only solution to the human rights situation in Afghanistan is the withdrawal of the foreign troops" and that "Continuation of the military solution will, in the opinion of the Special Rapporteur, lead inevitably to a situation approaching Genocide, which the traditions and culture of this noble people cannot permit";

(7) the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan caused the United States to postpone indefinitely action on the SALT II Treaty in 1979, and the presence of Soviet troops in that country today continues to adversely affect the prospects for long-term improvement of the United States-Soviet bilateral relationship in many fields of great importance to the global community;

(8) the Soviet leadership appears to be engaged in a calculated policy of raising hopes for a withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan in the apparent belief that words will substitute for genuine action in shaping world opinion; and

(9) President Reagan, in his February 4, 1986, State of the Union Address promised the Afghan people that "America will support with moral and material assistance your right not just to fight and die for freedom, but to fight and win freedom". (b) POLICY. (1) It is the sense of the Congress that the United States, so long as Soviet military forces occupy Afghanistan, should support the efforts of the people of Afghanistan to regain the sovereignty and territorial integrity of their nation through

(A) the appropriate provisions of material support;

(B) renewed multilateral initiatives aimed at encouraging Soviet military withdrawal, the return of an independent and nonaligned status to Afghanistan, and a peaceful political settlement acceptable to the people of Afghanistan, which includes provision for the return of Afghan refugees in safety and dignity;

(C) a continuous and vigorous public information campaign to bring the facts of the situation in Afghanistan to the attention of the world;

(D) frequent efforts to encourage the Soviet leadership and the Soviet-backed Afghan regime to remove the barriers erected against the entry into and reporting of events in Afghanistan by international journalists; and

(E) vigorous efforts to impress upon the Soviet leadership the penalty that continued military action in Afghanistan imposes upon the building of a long-term constructive relationship with the United States, because of the negative effect that Soviet policies in Afghanistan have on attitudes toward the Soviet Union among the American people and the Congress. (2) It is further the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State should

(A) determine whether the actions of Soviet forces against the people of Afghanistan constitute the international crime of Genocide as defined in Article II of the International Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, signed on behalf of the United States on December 11, 1948, and, if the Secretary determines that Soviet actions may constitute the crime of genocide, he shall report his findings to the President and the Congress, along with recommended actions; and

(B) review United States policy with respect to the continued recognition of the Soviet puppet government in Kabul to determine whether such recognition is in the interest of the United States.

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