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(0) SENATE PROCEDURES.-A joint resolution which is introduced in the Senate within 3 calendar days after the day on which the Congress receives a Presidential request described in subsection (k and which, if enacted, would grant the President the authority to take any or all of the actions described in subsection (k) shall be considered in accordance with procedures contained in paragraphs (3) through (7) of section 8066(c) of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1985 (as contained in Public Law 98-473), except that

(1) references in such paragraphs to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate shall be deemed to be references to the appropriate committee or committees of the Senate; and (2) amendments to the joint resolution are in order.

(p) 37 *** [Repealed-1987]

(q) STATEMENT TO BE INCLUDED.-The President's request pursuant to subsection (p) shall include a detailed statement as to why the negotiations or other measures have failed to resolve the conflict in the region.

(r) CONSULTATION WITH THE CONGRESS.-In formulating a request pursuant to subsection (p), the President shall consult with the Congress.

(s) 38***

* [Repealed-1987]

37 Subsec. (p) was repealed by sec. 111(m)(1) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 1988 (Pub lic Law 100-202; 101 Stat. 1329-441). It formerly read as follows:

"(p) SUBMISSION OF REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR NICARAGUAN DEMOCRATIC RESISTANCE. If the President determines at any time after the enactment of this Act that

"(1) negotiations based on the Contadora Document of Objectives of September 9, 1983, have failed to produce an agreement, or

"(2) other trade and economic measures have failed to resolve the conflict

the President may submit to the Congress a request for budget and other authority to provide additional assistance for the Nicaraguan democratic resistance.".

38 Subsec. (s) was repealed by sec. 111(m)(1) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 1988 (Pablic Law 100-202; 101 Stat. 1329-441). It formerly read as follows:

"(s) HOUSE PROCEDURES.—(1) The provisions of this subsection apply, during the 99th Congress, to the consideration in the House of Representatives of a joint resolution with respect to the request submitted by the President pursuant to subsection (p).

"(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term 'joint resolution' means only a joint resolution introduced within 3 legislative days after the Congress receives the request submitted by the President pursuant to subsection (p)

"(A) the matter after the resolving clause of which is as follows: That the Congress hereby approves the additional authority and assistance for the Nicaraguan democratic resistance that the President requested pursuant to the International Security and Development Co operation Act of 1985, notwithstanding section 10 of Public Law 91672.';

"(B) which does not have a preamble; and

"(C) the title of which is as follows: Joint Resolution relating to Central America pursuant to the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985.'.

“(3) A joint resolution shall, upon introduction, be referred to the appropriate committee or committees of the House of Representatives.

"(4) If all the committees of the House to which a joint resolution has been referred have not reported the same joint resolution by the end of 15 legislative days after the first joint resolution was introduced, any committee which has not reported the first joint resolution introduced shal be discharged from further consideration of that joint resolution and that joint resolution shail be placed on the appropriate calendar of the House.

"(5)(A) At any time after the first joint resolution placed on the appropriate calendar has beet on that calendar for a period of 5 legislative days, it is in order for any Member of the House (after consultation with the Speaker as to the most appropriate time for the consideration of that joint resolution) to move that the House resolve itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union for the consideration of that joint resolution. The motion is highly privileged and is in order even though a previous motion to the same effect has been disagreed to. All points or order against the joint resolution under clauses 2 and 6 of Rule XXI of the Rules of the House are waived. If the motion is agreed to, the resolution shall remain the unfinished business of the House until disposed of. A motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion is disagreed to shall not be in order.

"(B) Debate on the joint resolution shall not exceed ten hours, which shall be divided equally between a Member favoring and a Member opposing the joint resolution. A motion to limit de bate is in order at any time in the House or in the Committee of the Whole and is not debatable

(t) 39*** [Repealed-1987] (u) CONGRESSIONAL RULEMAKING POWERS.-Subsections (n), (o), (s), and (t) are enacted

(1) as exercises of the rulemaking powers of the House of Representatives and Senate, and as such they are deemed a part of the Rules of the House and the Rules of the Senate, respectively, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in the House and the Senate in the case of joint resolutions under this section, and they supersede other rules only to the extent that they are inconsistent with such rules; and

(2) with full recognition of the constitutional right of the House and the Senate to change their rules at any time, in the same manner, and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule in the House or Senate, and of the right of the Committee on Rules of the House of Representatives to report a resolution for the consideration of any measure.

TITLE VIII-AFRICA

SEC. 801. BALANCE-OF-PAYMENTS SUPPORT FOR COUNTRIES IN AFRI

CA.

(a) ESF COMMODITY IMPORT AND SECTOR PROGRAMS.-Agreements with countries in Africa which provide for the use of funds made available to carry out chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for the fiscal years 1986 and 1987 to finance imports by those countries (under commodity import programs or sector programs) shall require that those imports be used to meet long-term development needs in those countries in accordance with the following criteria:

(1) Spare parts and other imports shall be allocated on the basis of evaluations, by the agency primarily responsible for administering part I of that Act, of the ability of likely recipients to use such spare parts and imports in a maximally productive, employment generating, and cost effective way.

(2) Imports shall be coordinated with investments in accordance with the recipient country's plans for promoting economic development. The agency primarily responsible for administering part I of that Act shall assess such plans to determine whether they will effectively promote economic development.

“(C) An amendment to the joint resolution is not in order.

"(D) At the conclusion of the debate on the joint resolution, the Committee of the Whole shall rise and report the joint resolution back to the House, and the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the joint resolution to final passage without intervening motion.

"(6) As used in this subsection, the term legislative day' means a day on which the House is in session.".

39 Subsec. (t) was repealed by sec. 111(m)(1) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 1988 (Public Law 100-202). It formerly read as follows:

"(t) SENATE PROCEDURES.-A joint resolution which is introduced in the Senate within 3 calendar days after the day on which the Congress receives a Presidential request described in subsection (p) and which, if enacted, would grant the President the authority to take any or all of the actions described in subsection (p) shall be considered in accordance with procedures contained in paragraphs (3) through (7) of section 8066(c) of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1985 (as contained in Public Law 98-473), except that

"(1) references in such paragraphs to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate shall be deemed to be references to the appropriate committee or committees of the Senate; and

“(2) amendments to the joint resolution are in order.".

(3) Emphasis shall be placed on imports for agricultural activities which will expand agricultural production, particularly activities which expand production for export or production to reduce reliance on imported agricultural products.

(4) Emphasis shall also be placed on a distribution of imports having a broad development impact in terms of economic sectors and geographic regions.

(5) In order to maximize the likelihood that the imports financed by the United States under such chapter are in addition to imports which would otherwise occur, consideration shall be given to historical patterns of foreign exchange uses. (6)(A) Seventy-five percent of the foreign currencies generated by the sale of such imports by the government of the country shall be deposited in a special account established by that government and, except as provided in subparagraph (B) shall be available only for use in accordance with the agree ment for economic development activities which are consistent with the policy directions of section 102 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and which are the types of activities for which assistance may be provided under sections 103 through 106 of that Act.

(B) The agreement shall require that the government of the country make available to the United States Government such portion of the amount deposited in the special account as may be determined by the President to be necessary for requirements of the United States Government.

(b) ANNUAL EVALUATIONS.-The agency primarily responsible for administering part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall conduct annual evaluations of the extent to which the criteria set forth in this subsection have been met.

SEC. 802.40 ECONOMIC SUPPORT ASSISTANCE FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA. (a) FUNDS FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA REGIONAL PROGRAMS. Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not less than $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1986 and not less than $30,000,000 for fiscal year 1987 shall be available only for regional programs in southern Africa. Not less than 50 percent of each of these amounts shall be allocated to assist sector projects supported by the Southern Africa Development Coordination Conference (SADCC) to enhance the economic development of the nine member states forming this important regional institution, especially in the following sectors: transportation, agriculture research and training, manpower development, and institutional support for the SADCC secretariat.

(b) STUDIES RELATING TO SOUTHERN AFRICA REGIONAL PROGRAMS. (1) The administrator of the agency primarily responsible for administering part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall conduct a study which evaluates

40 Sec. 4(b)(1) of the South African Democratic Transition Support Act of 1993 (Public Law 103-149; 107 Stat. 1505) repealed subsecs. (c) and (d) of this section. Those subsections stated eligibility criteria for funds for South Africa educational training programs and for the Human Rights Fund for South Africa through chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for fiscal years 1986 and 1987.

(A) the assistance which that agency provides to the Southern Africa Development Coordination Conference and other African regional institutions and economic development organizations, and

(B) ways to improve such assistance.

(2) The administrator shall also conduct a study which assesses what type of bureaucratic mechanism within that agency might be established to coordinate assistance to all African regional institutions.

(3) The administrator shall submit the results of the studies conducted pursuant to this subsection to the Congress within 3 months after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 803. POLICY TOWARD SOUTH AFRICAN "HOMELANDS”. (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that

(1) the sanctity of the family, individual liberty, maximum freedom of choice, ownership of private property, and equal treatment of all citizens, regardless of race, are principles which are fully supported by the American people;

(2) the forced relocation of blacks by the Government of the Republic of South Africa to designated "homelands" divides. families, as families are required to remain in the "homelands" while fathers seek work in the so-called "white areas";

(3) the forced removal of persons living in so-called "black spots" in "white" rural areas in South Africa denies them the fundamental right to live and to farm on land they have legally occupied for years, and subjects them to arbitrary arrest and detention when they seek these rights;

(4) compared to "white" South Africa, the designated "homelands", which are meant to accommodate the largest South African population group on a fraction of South African territory and were established without the consent of the vast majority of the governed, are characterized by high rates of infant mortality, unemployment, and malnutrition and by a severe shortage of medical services;

(5) the policy of the Government of the Republic of South Africa denies blacks their rightful claim to full South African citizenship; and

(6) the recent violence in South Africa must be seen as an inevitable result of the denial of the full rights of citizenship. (b) STATEMENT OF POLICY.-It is the sense of the Congress that

(1) the policy of separate development and the forced relocation of the people of the Republic of South Africa are inconsistent with fundamental American values and internationally recognized principles of human rights;

(2) the Government of the United States should continue to regard as citizens of South Africa all persons born within the internationally recognized boundaries of the Republic of South Africa, and not differentiate among these citizens on the basis of the South African Government's claim to have granted independence to various "homelands";

(3) at such times that any "homeland" official applies for a visa for travel to the United States, such visa should not be

granted unless that official holds a passport which is recognized as valid by the Government of the United States; and

(4) the Government of the United States should urge that the forced relocation of South African citizens be discontinued and that policies be adopted for all South Africa's citizens which protect the sanctity of the family, individual liberty maximum freedom of choice, ownership of private property. and equal treatment of all citizens, regardless of race.

SEC. 804. ASSISTANCE FOR ZAIRE.

(a) ECONOMIC SUPPORT ASSISTANCE.-Funds allocated for assistance for Zaire under chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for each of the fiscal years 1986 and 1987 shall be used only for assistance which is provided in accordance with the provisions applicable to assistance under chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Such assistance shall be provided, to the maximum extent practicable, through private and voluntary organizations. (b) MILITARY ASSISTANCE.-For each of the fiscal years 1986 and 1987

(1) the value of assistance provided under chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for Zaire may not exceed $7,000,000; and

(2) financing may not be provided under the Arms Export Control Act of Zaire.

SEC. 805. ASSISTANCE FOR TUNISIA.

(a) POLICY CONCERNING SECURITY ASSISTANCE.-The United States provides security assistance to Tunisia in recognition of the traditional friendship between the United States and Tunisia and our common interests in the region. The provision of such assistance is also based on the expectation that political stability and development in Tunisia will be best advanced through continued growth of democratic institutions.

(b) EARMARKING OF MAP AND ESF.-For each of the fiscal years 1986 and 1987

(1) not less than $15,000,000 of the amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and

(2) not less than $20,000,000 41 of the amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out chapter 4 of part II of that Act, shall be available only for Tunisia.

SEC. 806. POLITICAL SETTLEMENT IN SUDAN.

(a) FINDINGS.-The Congress finds that

(1) friendship and mutual interests bind the United States and Sudan; and

(2) the peace, security, and economic development of Sudan depend in large part on addressing the problems associated with the traditional north-south division in that country through political rather than military means.

41 Title III of the Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1986 see 101(1) of Public Law 99-190; 99 Stat. 1301), appropriated for Foreign Military Sales for fiscal year 1986: "not less than $27,000,000 of concessional credits shall be provided only for Tunisia

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