and the Republic of South Africa, signed at the United Nations on December 22, 1988; and

(3) the term "appropriate congressional committees" means the Committees on Appropriations, Foreign Affairs, and Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the House of Representatives, and the Committees on Appropriations, Foreign Relations, and the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate.

TITLE V-ASIA FOUNDATION 69

TITLE VI-INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION 70

TITLE VII-REFUGEE AND OTHER PROVISIONS

SEC. 702. TIBETAN AND BURMESE REFUGEES.

(a) 71 TIBETAN REFUGEES. Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 104(a)(1) for the Department of State for "Migration and Refugee Assistance" $500,000 for the fiscal year 1990 and $500,000 for the fiscal year 1991 shall be available only for assistance for displaced Tibetans in India and Nepal. The Secretary of State shall determine the best means for providing such assist

ance.

(b) 71. 72 BURMESE REFUGEES. Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 104(a)(1) for the Department of State for "Migration and Refugee Assistance" $250,000 for the fiscal year 1990 and $250,000 for the fiscal year 1991 shall be available only for humanitarian assistance for displaced Burmese on both sides of the border between Thailand and Burma.

SEC. 703. REPORT REGARDING BURMESE STUDENTS.

(a) REPORTING Requirement.-Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee

69 Title V amended sec. 404 of the Asia Foundation Act (Public Law 98-164). For text, see page 802.

fo Title VI amended the Inter-American Foundation Act (title IV of Public Law 91-175). For text, see Legislation on Foreign Relations Through 1992, vol. I, page 569.

71 Sec. 1102 of this Act waived sec. 702(a) and (b) for fiscal years 1990 and 1991, effective on date of enactment of this Act (February 16, 1990).

72 Title II of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101-167; 103 Stat. 1211), under Migration and Refugee Assistance, provided: "That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $250,000 shall be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law, for food, medicine, medical supplies, medical training, clothing, and other humanitarian assistance for displaced Burmese students at camps on the border with Thailand.".

Title II of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991 (Public Law 101-513; 104 Stat. 1996), under Migration and Refugee Assistance, provided: "That of the funds appropriated under this heading, $250,000 shall be made available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for food, medicine, medical supplies, medical training, clothing, and other humanitarian assistance for any Burmese person in Burma or Thailand who is displaced as a result of events relating to civil conflict".

on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report on the immigration and refugee policy of the United States regarding Burmese pro-democracy protesters who have fled from the military government of Burma and are now located in border camps or inside Thailand. Specifically, the report shall include—

(1) a description of the number and location of such persons in border camps in Burma, inside Thailand, and in third countries;

(2) the number of visas, parole applications, applications for refugee status, and approvals for such persons by the United States and the feasibility of using parole or the need for creating statutory alternatives to parole to facilitate the entry of such persons;

(3) the immigration policy of Thailand and other countries from which such persons have sought immigration assistance;

(4) the involvement of international organizations, such as the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, in meeting the residency needs of such persons; and

(5) the involvement of the United States, other countries, and international organizations in meeting the humanitarian needs of such persons.

(b) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR LEGISLATIVE CHANGES.-The Secretary of State shall recommend in the report required by subsection (a) any policy or legislative changes he deems appropriate to meet the asylum, refugee, parole, or visa status needs of such persons.

(c) DEFINITION.-As used in this section, the term "pro-democracy protester" means any person who has fled from the current military regime of Burma since the outbreak of pro-democracy demonstrations in Burma in 1988.

SEC. 704. THE TREATMENT OF THE TURKISH MINORITY BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA AND BULGARIAN REFUGEES IN TURKEY.

(a) FINDINGS.-The Congress finds that

(1) the Government of the People's Republic of Bulgaria is a signatory to the 1947 Paris Peace Treaty, the Universal Declaration on Human Rights by the United Nations, and the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (also known as the Helsinki Accords);

(2) the Helsinki Accords express the commitment of the participating states to respect the fundamental freedoms of conscience, religion, expression, and emigration, and to guarantee the rights of minorities;

(3) the 1971 Constitution of the People's Republic of Bulgaria declares that fundamental rights will not be restricted because of distinction of national origin, race, or religion, and guarantees minorities the rights to study in their mother tongue and freely practice their religion;

(4) despite its international obligations and constitutional guarantees, the Government of the People's Republic of Bulgaria has taken numerous steps to repress Turkish language and culture, including prohibiting the study of the Turkish language in schools, banning the use of the Turkish language in public, making the receipt and reading of Turkish publica

tions a punishable act, and jamming the reception of Turkish radio and television programs in Bulgaria;

(5) the right of the ethnic Turkish community to freedom of religion has been severely circumscribed by the Government of the People's Republic of Bulgaria, which has closed a number of mosques and barred the importation of copies of the Koran; (6) emigration by ethnic Turks and others has been banned with only a few exceptions;

(7) beginning in December 1984, the Bulgarian authorities forced the Turkish minority to change their Turkish names to Bulgarian ones, and hundreds of ethnic Turks were killed, injured, or arrested by Bulgarian forces in 1984 and 1985 when they protested this new policy;

(8) the Bulgarian authorities have used both force and coercion to resettle ethnic Turks from their local villages to areas in Bulgaria with small Turkish populations;

(9) in May 1989, Bulgarian troops and police attacked ethnic Turks and others who were peacefully demonstrating against their discriminatory treatment in Bulgaria;

(10) hundreds of demonstrators were killed or wounded in these attacks, and hundreds more were arrested; and

(11) since these demonstrations, the Government of the People's Republic of Bulgaria has forcibly expelled or coerced into emigrating to Turkey thousands of ethnic Turks without either their money or their possessions, often resulting in the separation of families.

(b) POLICY.-It is the sense of the Congress that the Congress

(1) strongly condemns the brutal treatment of, and blatant discrimination against, the Turkish minority by the Government of the People's Republic of Bulgaria;

(2) calls upon the Bulgarian authorities to immediately cease all discriminatory practices against this community and to release all ethnic Turks and others currently imprisoned because of their participation in nonviolent political acts;

(3) calls upon the Government of Bulgaria to honor its obligations and public statements concerning the right of all Bulgarian citizens to emigrate freely; and

(4) urges the President and Secretary of State to make strong diplomatic representations to Bulgaria protesting its discriminatory treatment of its Turkish minority and to raise this issue in all appropriate international forums, including the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe meeting on the environment in Sofia, Bulgaria, this year.

(c) 73 ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR ASSISTANCE TO CERTAIN TURKISH REFUGEES. Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by section 104(a)(1) for the fiscal year 1990, $10,000,000 shall be available only to the Republic of Turkey for assistance for shelter, food, and other basic needs to ethnic Turkish refugees fleeing the People's Republic of Bulgaria and resettling in the sovereign territory of Turkey.

73 Sec. 1102 of this Act waived sec. 704(c) for fiscal years 1990 and 1991, effective on date of enactment of this Act (February 16, 1990).

TITLE VIII-PLO COMMITMENTS COMPLIANCE ACT OF

1989 74

SEC. 801. SHORT TITLE.

This title may be cited as the "PLO Commitments Compliance Act of 1989".

SEC. 802. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds that

(1) United States policy regarding contacts with the Palestine Liberation Organization (including its Executive Committee, the Palestine National Council, and any constituent groups related thereto (hereafter in this title referred to as the "PLO")) set forth in the Memorandum of Agreement between the United States and Israel, dated September 1, 1975, stated that the United States "will not recognize or negotiate with the Palestine Liberation Organization so long as the PLO does not recognize Israel's right to exist and does not accept United Nations Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338";

(2) section 1302 of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985 (22 U.S.C. 2151 note; Public Law 99-83), effective October 1, 1985, stated that "no officer or employee of the United States Government and no agent or other individual acting on behalf of the United States Government shall negotiate with the PLO or any representatives thereof (except in emergency or humanitarian situations) unless and until the PLO recognizes Israel's right to exist, accepts United Nations Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338, and renounces the use of terrorism";

(3) the Department of State statement of November 26, 1988, found that "the United States Government has convincing evidence that PLO elements have engaged in terrorism against Americans and others" and that "Mr. [Yasser] Arafat, Chairman of the PLO, knows of, condones, and lends support to such acts; he therefore is an accessory to such terrorism";

(4) Secretary of State Shultz declared on December 14, 1988, that "the [PLO] today issued a statement in which it accepted United Nations Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338, recognized Israel's right to exist in peace and security, and renounced terrorism. As a result, the United States is prepared for a substantive dialogue with PLO representatives";

(5) President Ronald Reagan, subsequent to the decision to open a United States-PLO dialogue, stated that the PLO "must demonstrate that its renunciation of terrorism is pervasive and permanent" and if the PLO reneges on its commitments, the United States "will certainly break off communications";

(6) since the United States agreed to enter into a dialogue with the PLO, there have been several attempted incursions into Israel by the following PLO-affiliated groups: the Popular

74 On March 14, 1990, the President designated and empowered "the Secretary of State to perform, without the approval, ratification, or other approval of the President, the functions of the President set forth in Title VIII of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991; Public Law 101-246." (55 F.R. 11131).

See other legislation on "Diplomatic Security and Anti-Terrorism" at page 619.

Struggle Front, the Palestine Liberation Front, the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, and the Islamic Jihad group;

(7) Yasser Arafat has not renounced any of these incidents, that he has threatened "ten bullets in the chest" to those Palestinians who advocate a cessation of the unrest, and that his principal deputy, Abu Iyad, as well as other senior Al-Fatah figures, have been quoted as saying that the PLO recognition of Israel and renunciation of terrorism is merely tactical and that a Palestinian state is but the first step in the "liberation of Palestine"; and

(8) that the United States should regularly evaluate the PLO's compliance with the commitments made by Yasser Arafat on behalf of the PLO in Geneva on December 14, 1988. SEC. 803. POLICY.

(a) IN GENERAL.-The Congress reiterates long-standing United States policy that any dialogue with the PLO be contingent upon the PLO's recognition of Israel's right to exist, its acceptance of United Nations Security Council Resolutions 242 and 338, and its abstention from and renunciation of all acts of terrorism.

(b) POLICY TOWARD IMPLEMENTATION OF PLO COMMITMENTS.-It is the sense of the Congress that the United States, in any discussions with the PLO, should seek

(1) the prevention of terrorism and other violent activity by the PLO or any of its factions; and

(2) the implementation of concrete steps by the PLO consistent with its commitments to recognize Israel and renounce terrorism, including concrete actions that will further the peace process such as

(A) disbanding units which have been involved in terrorism;

(B) publicly condemning all acts of terrorism;

(C) ceasing the intimidation of Palestinians who advocate a cessation of or who do not support the unrest;

(D) calling on the Arab states to recognize Israel and to end their economic boycott of Israel; and

(E) amending the PLO's Covenant to remove provisions which undermine Israel's legitimacy and which call for Israel's destruction.

(c) POLICY TOWARD RECENT ARMED INCURSIONS INTO ISRAEL BY PLO-AFFILIATED GROUPS.-During the next round of talks with the PLO, should such talks occur after the date of enactment of this Act, the representative of the United States should obtain from the representative of the PLO a full accounting of the following attempted incursions into Israel which occurred after Yasser Arafat's statement of December 14, 1988:

(1) On December 26, 1988, an attempted armed infiltration into Israel by boat by four members of the PLO-affiliated Popular Struggle Front.

(2) On December 28, 1988, an attempted armed infiltration into Israel by three members of the PLO-affiliated Palestine Liberation Front.