Subject: Appropriations Bill Language
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 1998 17:11:47 -0400
From: "John M. Miller" <fbp@igc.apc.org>Here are the Indonesia and East
Timor relevant provisions of H.R. 4328, the massive Omnibus Appropriations bill passed by
Congress this week (and here -- ETAN/US's
press release).
page 467 LIMITATIONS ON TRANSFER OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO EAST TIMOR SEC. 569. In any
agreement for the sale, transfer, or licensing of any lethal equipment or helicopter for
Indo-nesia entered into by the United States pursuant to the authority of this Act or any
other Act, the agreement shall state that the United States expects that the items will
not be used in East Timor: Provided, That nothing in this sec-tion shall be construed to
limit Indonesia’s inherent right to legitimate national self-defense as recognized
under the United Nations Charter and international law.
.... p. 396 TITLE III—MILITARY ASSISTANCE FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL MILITARY EDUCATION AND TRAINING
...Provided further, That funds appropriated under this heading for grant financed
military education and training for In-donesia and Guatemala may only be available for
ex-panded international military education and training and funds made available for
Guatemala may only be provided through the regular notification procedures of the
Commit-tees on Appropriations:...
p. 481 REPORT ON ALL UNITED STATES MILITARY TRAINING PROVIDED TO FOREIGN MILITARY
PERSONNEL SEC. 581. (a) The Secretary of Defense and the Sec-retary of State shall jointly
provide to the Congress by January 31, 1999, a report on all military training pro-vided
to foreign military personnel under programs ad-ministered by the Department of Defense
and the Depart-ment of State during fiscal years 1998 and 1999, includ-ing those proposed
for fiscal year 1999. This report shall include, for each such military training activity,
the for-eign policy justification and purpose for the training ac-tivity, the cost of the
training activity, the number of for-eign students trained and their units of operation,
and the location of the training. In addition, this report shall also include, with
respect to United States personnel, the oper-ational benefits to United States forces
derived from each such training activity and the United States military units involved in
each such training activity. This report may include a classified annex if deemed
necessary and appropriate.
(b) For purposes of this section a report to Congress shall be deemed to mean a report
to the Appropriations and Foreign Relations Committees of the Senate and the
Appropriations and International Relations Committees of the House of Representatives.
p. 2059-2060
(B) OTHER EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.—
(iii) EAST TIMORESE SCHOLAR-SHIPS.— Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated
under clause (i), $500,000 for the fiscal year 1998 and $500,000 for the fiscal year 1999
are authorized to be avail-able for ‘‘East Timorese Scholarships’’.
From the FY 99 Foreign Ops Statement of the Managers:
East Timor
The conferees continue to support a peaceful resolution of the situation in East Timor.
The conferees remain convinced that human rights and democratic pluralism in Indonesia
must be awarded greater respect and protection by the Indonesian government and every
effort must be made by the Government to ensure that human rights abuses, torture,
political intimidation and harassment are completely curtailed not only in East Timor, but
throughout Indonesia. It is the conferees' view that the current economic and political
changes in Indonesia offer a rare opportunity for the Government of Indonesia to take bold
and innovative steps to deal with the East Timor issue. In this regard, the conferees
support an internationally supported referendum to determine a comprehensive settlement of
the political status of East Timor.
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