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) - FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS f FOR 1996 f4.AP 6/1: F 76/6/996/ ^ NNTGS )j I orei§n Operations* Export Financin... a OF THE ,E COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION SUBCOMMITTEE ON FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama, Chairman JOHNEDWARDPORTER, Illinois CHARLESWILSON,Texas BOB LIVINGSTON, Louisiana SIDNEYR.YATES, Illinois JIM LIGHTFOOT, Iowa NANCYPELOSI,California FRANKR. WOLF,Virginia ESTEBANEDWARDTORRES, California RONPACKARD,California JOE KNOLLENBERG,Michigan MICHAELP.FORBES,NewYork JIMBUNN,Oregon NOTE:UnderCommitteeRules,Mr.Livingston,asChairmanoftheFullCommittee,andMr.Obey,asRanking MinorityMemberoftheFullCommittee,areauthorizedtositasMembersofallSubcommittees. CharlesFlickner, WilliamB. Inglee, andJohn Shank,StaffAssistants, Lori Maes,AdministrativeAide PART 1 JUSTIFICATION OF BUDGET ESTIMATES Page CountrySummaryTables Export-ImportBank 55 OverseasPrivateInvestmentCorporation 71 UnitedStatesTradeandDevelopmentAgency 85 DepartmentofTreasury:InternationalFinancialInstitutions 133 DepartmentofState: ForeignOperationsPrograms 229 InternationalNarcoticsandLawEnforcementAffairs 775 PeaceCorps 865 AgencyforInternationalDevelopment 1043 AfricanDevelopmentFoundation 1759 Inter-AmericanFoundation 1791 Printed for the use ofthe Committeeon Appropriations FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1996 HEARINGS BEFOREA SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION SUBCOMMITTEE ON FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING, AND RELATED PROGRAMS SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama, Chairman JOHNEDWARD PORTER, Illinois CHARLESWILSON,Texas BOB LIVINGSTON, Louisiana SIDNEYR. YATES, Illinois JIM LIGHTFOOT, Iowa NANCYPELOSI, California FRANKR. WOLF,Virginia ESTEBANEDWARDTORRES, California RONPACKARD, California JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan MICHAELP. FORBES,NewYork JIM BUNN, Oregon NOTE:UnderCommitteeRules,Mr.Livingston,asChairmanoftheFullCommittee,andMr.Obey,asRanking MinorityMemberoftheFullCommittee,areauthorizedtositasMembersofallSubcommittees. CharlesFlickner, William B. Inglee, and John Shank,StaffAssistants, Lori Maes,AdministrativeAide PART 1 JUSTIFICATION OF BUDGET ESTIMATES Page CountrySummaryTables 1 Export-ImportBank 55 OverseasPrivateInvestmentCorporation 71 UnitedStatesTradeandDevelopmentAgency 85 DepartmentofTreasury:InternationalFinancialInstitutions 133 DepartmentofState: ForeignOperationsPrograms 229 InternationalNarcoticsandLawEnforcementAffairs 775 PeaceCorps 865 AgencyforInternationalDevelopment 1043 AfricanDevelopmentFoundation 1759 Inter-AmericanFoundation 1791 Printed for the use ofthe Committee on Appropriations U.S. GOVERNMENTPRINTINGOFFICE 89-659 WASHINGTON : 1995 ForsalebytheU.S.GovernmentPrintingOffice SuperintendentofDocuments,CongressionalSalesOffice,Washington,DC 20402 ISBN 0-16-047022-6 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS BOB LIVINGSTON, Louisiana, Chairman JOSEPH M. McDADE, Pennsylvania DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin JOHNT. MYERS, Indiana SIDNEYR. YATES, Illinois C. W. BILLYOUNG, Florida LOUISSTOKES, Ohio RALPH REGULA, Ohio TOM BEVILL, Alabama JERRY LEWIS, California JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois CHARLESWILSON,Texas HAROLD ROGERS, Kentucky NORMAN D. DICKS, Washington JOE SKEEN, New Mexico MARTINOLAV SABO, Minnesota FRANK R. WOLF, Virginia JULIAN C. DDCON, California TOM DELAY, Texas VIC FAZIO, California JIM KOLBE,Arizona W. G. (BILL) HEFNER, North Carolina BARBARAF. VUCANOVICH, Nevada STENYH. HOYER, Maryland JIM LIGHTFOOT, Iowa RICHARDJ. DURBIN, Illinois RON PACKARD, California RONALD D. COLEMAN,Texas SONNYCALLAHAN,Alabama ALANB. MOLLOHAN, WestVirginia JAMEST. WALSH, NewYork JIM CHAPMAN, Texas CHARLESH. TAYLOR, NorthCarolina MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio DAVID E. SKAGGS, Colorado ERNESTJ. ISTOOK,Jr., Oklahoma NANCYPELOSI, California HENRY BONILLA,Texas PETERJ. VISCLOSKY, Indiana JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan THOMAS M. FOGLIETTA, Pennsylvania DANMILLER, Florida ESTEBAN EDWARDTORRES, California JAYDICKEY, Arkansas NITAM. LOWEY, NewYork JACK KINGSTON,Georgia RAYTHORNTON, Arkansas FRANK RIGGS,California RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, NewJersey ROGERF. WICKER, Mississippi MICHAEL P. FORBES, NewYork GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT,Jr.,Washington JIM BUNN, Oregon MARKW. NEUMANN, Wisconsin JamesW. Dyer,ClerkandStaffDirector (ID U.S. Agency for International Development Congressional Presentation SUMMARY TABLES Fiscal Year 1996 mum (i) TABLEOFCONTENTS PageNumber ExplanationofTables 1 InternationalAffairsBudgetAuthorityTracker-FYs1994-1996 BudgetFunction150Summary(Table1) 4 BudgetAuthoritybyAccount(Table2) 5 USAIDProgramTrends: FYs1993-1996(Table3) U.S.EconomicandMilitaryAssistance('AllSpigots"Tables)-Appropriations FY1994(Table4A) 10 FY1995(Table4B| 16 FY1996-Request(Table4C) 22 U.S.EconomicandMilitaryAssistance("AllSpigots"Tables)-Obligations FY1994Actuals(Table5A) 28 FY1995Estimates(Table5B) 35 InternationalOrganizationsandPrograms(Table6) 42 P.L.480FoodforPeace-FYs1994-1996 TitleIII(Table7A) 43 TitleII(Table7B1 44 EXPLANATIONOFTABLES Overview ThetablesinthisbookletillustratetheforeignassistancebudgetrequestforFY1996,whichisa partofthePresident'sBudget. ThetablesalsoincludebudgetlevelsforFY1994andFY1995for comparisonand, inTable3, FY 1993. ThelevelsforFYs 1994and 1995 arebasedonthe FY1994andFY1995appropriationsactsandalsoreflectenactedrescissions. AproposedFY 1995supplementalisreflectedinTable1only. TheU.S.AgencyforInternationalDevelopment(USAID)administerscertainU.S.bilateralassistance programsincludingDevelopmentAssistance (DA), whichincludesthe DevelopmentAssistance Fund,theDevelopmentFundForAfrica,otherspecializedDAaccountsforcreditprogramsand disasterassistance;theEconomicSupportFundIESF);programsforCentralandEasternEurope undertheSupportforEastEuropeanDemocracyAct(SEED);theNewIndependentStatesofthe formerSovietUnion(NIS)undertheFreedomSupportAct;andFoodForPeaceTitlesIIandIII(P.L. 480). Thetablesfollow USAIDfundingfromtheoverallaccountsummariestotheindividual country program levels. There are differences between some of the tables because of the alternativebudgetconceptsbeingpresented. Eachtabledescribesfundingfromoneofseveralapproaches. Newbudgetauthority (alsoreferred toasnewobligationalauthorityorNOA)referstothefundinglevelsappropriatedbyCongressin agivenyearaftercertainlegislativelymandatedtransfersorrescissions. Fortheactualresultsof theprioryear,totalbudgetauthority(BA)referstothenewbudgetauthorityplusreappropriations (suchasdeobligationsandreobligations)andtransfers. Theprogramlevel(orobligationlevel)is thesameasthetotalBAplusobligationsofunobligatedbalancescarriedoverfromprioryearsless unobligatedbalancescarriedintosubsequentyears. Fundsappropriatedarenotalwaysobligated withinthesameyeariftheyareavailableformorethanoneyear. Table1andtables4aand4breflectactualbudgetauthorityforFYs1994and1995. Table3and tables5aand5breflectprogramorobligationlevelsforFYs1994and1995. AmountsshownforFY1996representproposednewbudgetauthorityonalltablesandassume nounobligatedbalancesfromprioryears. InternationalAffairsBudgetAuthorityTracker-FYs1994-1996 BudgetFunction150Summary (Table1) TheInternationalAffairsbudgetfunction"150Account"istheportionofthePresident'sBudget whichpertainstoInternationalAffairs. Table1showsthebudgetauthorityforsubfunctionsofthe 150 account for FY 1994 and FY 1995, and the request for FY 1996. Subfunction 151, International Development and Humanitarian Assistance, includes multilateral and bilateral assistanceforDevelopmentAssistanceandPL.480foodassistance. Programsundersubfunction 152,InternationalSecurityAssistance,helpcountriesofstrategicimportancetotheUnitedStates throughMilitaryAssistanceandtheEconomicSupportFund(ESF). Subfunction153,Conductof Foreign Affairs, relates principallythe operationsofthe State Department. Subfunction 154, ForeignInformationandExchangeActivities, pertainstotheoperationsoftheU.S. Information Agency, the Board for International Broadcasting, and other public information activities. Subfunction155,InternationalFinancialPrograms,providesfundingfortheExport-ImportBankand . theForeignMilitarySalesTrustFund. The150accountisunderthedirectionoftheSecretaryof State. BgdgetAuthoritybyAccount (Table21 ProgramsandactivitieswithintheInternationalAffairs150Accountfallunderthejurisdictionof threeappropriationsubcommittees. Table 2showsthe 150accountsubdividedaccordingto subcommitteejurisdiction(ForeignOperations,Agriculture,andCommerce/Justice/State)forFYs 1994through1996. o ForeignOperationscontainsmostoftheprogramsundersubfunction 151 (International Development and Humanitarian Assistance) including USAID-administered DA and humanitarianassistance,andsubfunction152(InternationalSecurityAssistance)including the USAID-administered ESF programs. Other programs in the Foreign Operations classificationincludemultilateralassistance,otherbilateralassistanceagenciessuchasthe Trade and Development Agency, the Peace Corps, and the African Development Foundation,plusmilitaryassistance,andExport-ImportBankcontributions. o The Agriculture portion of the 150 Account refers principally to the food assistance providedunderPL.480(subfunction151)whichisappropriatedtotheU.S.Department ofAgriculture(USDA),but.inthecaseofTitleIIandTitleIIIprograms,ismanagedby USAID. o The Commerce/Justice/State portion of the budget reflects Department of State administrativeoperations(Subfunction153),theoperationsoftheUnitedStatesInformation Agency (USIA) and other public information programs, and assessed contributionsto internationalorganizations(subfunction154). o TheMandatoryportionofthebudgetincludesreceiptsandcertainreconcilingitemssuch astrustfundswhichareoutsidetheresponsibilityoftheappropriationscommittees. Table2showstotalbudgetauthoritylevelsforbothFYs1994and1995andtherequestlevelfor FY1996. Thetotalforthe150accountisthesameasthatindicatedforTable1 USAIDProgramTrends:FYs1993-1996 (Table3) Thistablecomparesobligations(programlevels)forallUSAID-administeredaccountsforFYs1993 throughFY1996. Inanygivenyeartheprogramlevelvariesfromthenewbudgetauthorityshown onotherbudgettables(seeexplanationinoverview). "AllSpigots" -U.S.EconomicandMilitaryAssistanceLevelsAppropriatedLevels:FYs1994-1996 (Tables4A.4Band4C) Therearetwosetsof"allspigots"tables:Oneset(Tables4A,4Band4C)showsappropriated levelsforFYs1994and1995andtherequestedappropriationsforFY1996;theothersetreflects theprogramlevelsforFYs1994and1995. TheappropriationstablesshowthelevelsbybureauandcountryforDA,ESF,SAI,NIS,Peace Corps,Narcotics,PL480,andMilitaryAssistanceaccounts. Appropriatedlevelsarethoseenacted bytheCongressanddonotincludecarryoveramounts, transfersorfundsavailableunderthedeobligation/reobligationauthority. NOTE: ForFYs1995and1996,countrytotalsinclude,forUSAID-managedprograms,attributions fromregionalorcentralfunds.Affectedregionalorcentralprogramswillshowadecreasefromprior yearfundsduetotheseattributions "AllSpigots"-U.S.EconomicandMilitaryAssistanceLevels-Program(Obligation)Levels:FY1994 (actuals)andFY1995(estimates)- (Tables5Aand5B) These"All-Spigots"tablesshowtheprogramlevel(obligations)bybureauandcountryforDA,ESF, SAI,andNIS. ThePeaceCorps,Narcotics,PL480,andMilitaryAssistancedata,however,isthe sameasintheappropriationspigots. TheFY1995programlevelonTable5equalsthefundsavailableforobligationontheFY1995 programtrendstable3. Table5representsnewbudgetauthorityplusanycountryallocationsof prioryearfundswhichareknownatthistime. (Notalloftheunobligatedprioryearfundsare allocatedtospecificcountriesatthistime). Table5FY 1995allocationschangeuntiltheyear's obligationsarefinalizedattheendofthefiscalyear. TheprogramleveltablesforFY 1994andFY 1995areincludedbecausetheobligatedlevelis consideredtobethemostcompletepictureofassistance actuallyprovidedtoaparticularrecipient inagivenyear. NOTE: CountrytotalsforFYs1995-1996include,forUSAID-managedprograms,attributionsfrom regional orcentral funds forprograms that can be directly attributed to a particularcountry. Affected regional or central programs will show a decrease from prior years due to these attributions. InternationalOrganizationsandPrograms(IO&P) (Table6) USAIDcooperates with the Department of State onthe planningand monitoringofvoluntary contributionstotheUnitedNationsandotherinternationalorganizations. Table6showstheBA funding levels for FYs 1994-1995 and the request level for FY 1996 for the International OrganizationsandPrograms. Thetable, whichisalsopresentedintheFY1996Departmentof StateCongressionalPresentation,breaksoutIO&PfundingbythecategoriesofBuildingDemocracy andthefoursustainabledevelopmentthemes. Thesecontributionsaredifferentfromtheassessed contributionstotheUnitedNationswhichareincludedundersubfunction153. PL 480Spigots-TitlesIIandIIIProgramLevels (Tables7Aand7B) USAIDisresponsiblefortheadministrationandimplementationofPL.480TitlesIIandIII. Table 7A(TitleIII)andTable7B(TitleII)showactualprogramlevelsforFY1994,estimatedlevelsforFY 1995andtheFY1996requestfortransport,voluntaryagencies(Volags),theWorldFoodProgram (WFP), andtheInternational EmergencyFoodReserve (IEFR). TabiesforTitle IIprogramsare brokenoutintotwosections. Thefirstsectionreflectsfundingatthecountrylevel. Thesecond sectionreflectstonnageamounts. TIANTBELREN1ATIONALAFFAIRS($Thousands) BUDGETAUTHORITY

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