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SEC. 133. ASSISTANCE FOR FOREIGN NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS UNDER PART I OF THE FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1961.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, regulation, or policy, in determining eligibility for assistance authorized under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.), foreign nongovernmental organizations--

(1) shall not be ineligible for such assistance solely on the basis of health or medical services including counseling and referral services, provided by such organizations with non-United States Government funds if such services do not violate the laws of the country in which they are being provided and would not violate United States Federal law if provided in the United States; and

(2) shall not be subject to requirements relating to the use of non-United States Government funds for advocacy and lobbying activities other than those that

apply to United States nongovernmental organizations receiving assistance under part I of such Act.

TITLE II--AUTHORITIES AND ACTIVITIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Subtitle A--Basic Authorities and Activities

SEC. 201. CONTINUATION OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

(a) REPORTS ON CLAIMS BY UNITED STATES FIRMS AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT OF SAUDI ARABIA- Section 2801(b)(1) of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (as enacted by division G of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999; Public Law 105-277) is amended by striking `seventh' and inserting `eleventh'.

(b) REPORTS ON DETERMINATIONS UNDER TITLE IV OF THE LIBERTAD ACT- Section 2802(a) of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (as enacted by division G of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999; Public Law 105-277) is amended by striking `September 30, 2001,' and inserting `September 30, 2003,'.

(c) RELATIONS WITH VIETNAM- Section 2805 of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (as enacted by division G of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999; Public Law 105-277) is amended by striking `September 30, 2001,' and inserting `September 30, 2003,'.

(d) REPORTS ON BALLISTIC MISSILE COOPERATION WITH RUSSIA- Section 2705(d) of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 (as enacted by division G of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999; Public Law 105-277) is amended by striking `and January 1, 2001,' and inserting `January 1, 2001, January 1, 2002, and January 1, 2003'.

SEC. 202. CONTINUATION OF OTHER REPORTS.

(a) SEMIANNUAL REPORTS ON UNITED STATES SUPPORT FOR MEMBERSHIP OR PARTICIPATION OF TAIWAN IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS- Section 704(a) of the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 (section 704(a) of division A of H.R. 3427, as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(7) of Public Law 106-113, appendix G; 113 Stat. 1501A-460) is amended by striking `and 2001,' and inserting `, 2001, 2002, and 2003,'.

(b) REPORT ON TERRORIST ACTIVITY IN WHICH UNITED STATES CITIZENS WERE KILLED AND RELATED MATTERS- Section 805(a) of the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 (section 805(a) of division A of H.R. 3427, as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(7) of Public Law 106-113; appendix G; 113 Stat. 1501A-470) is amended by striking `October 1, 2001,' and inserting `October 1, 2003,'.

SEC. 203. ROYAL ULSTER CONSTABULARY TRAINING.

(a) REPORT ON PAST TRAINING PROGRAMS- Section 405(b) of the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001 (as enacted into law by section 1000(a)(7) of Public Law 106-113; 113 Stat. 1501A-447) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1)--

(1) by striking `The President' and inserting `Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003, the President'; and

(2) by striking `during fiscal years 1994 through 1999' and inserting `during each of the fiscal years 1994 through 2000'.

(b) REPORT ON RELATED MATTERS- Section 405 of the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001, is amended--

(1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and

(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following:

`(c) REPORT ON RELATED MATTERS- Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2002 and 2003, the President shall report on the following:

`(1) The extent to which the Government of the United Kingdom has implemented the recommendations relating to the 175 policing reforms contained in the Patten Commission report issued on September 9, 1999, including a description of the progress of the integration of human rights, as well as recruitment procedures aimed at increasing Catholic representation, in the new Northern Ireland police force.

`(2) The status of the investigations into the murders of Patrick Finucane, Rosemary Nelson, and Robert Hamill, including the extent to which progress has been made on recommendations for independent judicial inquiries into these murders.'.

(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS- Section 405 of the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001, as amended by subsections (a) and (b), is further amended--

(1) in subsection (a)--

(A) by striking `the report required by subsection (b)' and inserting `the reports required by subsections (b) and (c)'; and

(B) by striking `subsection (c)(1)' and inserting `subsection (d)(1)'; and

(2) in subsection (d)(2) (as redesignated)--

(A) in the heading, by striking `2001' and inserting `2003'; and

(B) by striking `2001' and inserting `2003'.

SEC. 204. REPORT CONCERNING ELIMINATION OF COLOMBIAN OPIUM.

(a) FINDINGS- The Congress makes the following findings:

(1) There is a growing heroin crisis in the United States resulting from increasingly cheap, pure, and deadly heroin flooding into this country, much of it from Colombia.

(2) Interdicting heroin entering the United States is difficult, in part because it can be trafficked in such small quantities.

(3) Destruction of opium, from which heroin is derived, at its source in Colombia is traditionally one of the best strategies to combat the heroin crisis according to Federal law enforcement officials.

(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS- Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, through the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, shall submit to the Congress a report which outlines a comprehensive strategy to address the crisis of heroin in the United States due to opium originating from Colombia including destruction of opium at its source.

SEC. 205. REPEAL OF PROVISION REGARDING HOUSING FOR FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL ATTACHE.

Section 738 of the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001 (as enacted into law by Public Law 106-387; 114 Stat. 1549A-34) is repealed.

SEC. 206. HUMAN RIGHTS MONITORING.

Funds authorized to be appropriated for the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor pursuant to section 101(1)(B)(ii) are authorized to be available to fund positions at United States posts abroad that are primarily responsible for following human rights developments in foreign countries and that are assigned at the recommendation of such bureau in conjunction with the relevant regional bureau.

SEC. 207. CORRECTION OF FISHERMEN'S PROTECTIVE ACT OF 1967.

Section 7(a)(3) of the Fishermen's Protective Act of 1967 (22 U.S.C. 1977(A)(3)) is amended by striking `Secretary of Commerce' and inserting `Secretary of State'.

SEC. 208. INTERNATIONAL LITIGATION FUND.

Section 38 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2710) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:

`(e) RETENTION OF FUNDS-

`(1) IN GENERAL- To reimburse the expenses of the United States Government in preparing or prosecuting a claim against a foreign government or other foreign entity, the Secretary of State shall retain 1.5 percent of any amount between $100,000 and $5,000,000, and one percent of any amount over $5,000,000, received per claim under chapter 34 of the Act of February 27, 1896 (22 U.S.C. 2668a; 29 Stat. 32).

`(2) TREATMENT- Amounts retained under the authority of paragraph (1) shall be deposited into the fund under subsection (d).'.

SEC. 209. EMERGENCY EVACUATION SERVICES.

Section 4(b)(2)(A) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2671(b)(2)(A)) is amended to read as follows:

`(A) the evacuation when their lives are endangered by war, civil unrest, or natural disaster of (i) United States Government employees and their dependents, and (ii) private United States citizens or third-country nationals, on a reimbursable basis to the extent feasible, with such reimbursements to be credited to the applicable Department of State appropriation and to remain available until expended. No reimbursement shall be required which is greater than the amount the person evacuated would have been charged for a commercial air fare at the lowest rate available immediately prior to the onset of the war, civil unrest, or natural disaster giving rise to the evacuation;'.

SEC. 210. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION ACT OF 2000.

The Secretary of State, acting through the Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, shall consult with the appropriate congressional committees on a regular basis on the implementation of the Intercountry Adoption Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-279; 42 U.S.C. 14901 et seq.).

SEC. 211. REPORT CONCERNING THE EFFECT OF PLAN COLOMBIA ON ECUADOR.

(a) FINDINGS- The Congress makes the following findings:

(1) There is a growing alarm concerning the spillover effect of Plan Colombia on Ecuador, a frontline state. The northern region of Ecuador, including the Sucumbios province, is an area of particular concern. It faces the Colombian Putumayo zone, where there is no presence of military or law enforcement personnel.

(2) Activities relating to the implementation of Plan Colombia have resulted in incursions on Ecuadorian territory by drug traffickers and guerrilla and paramilitary groups from Colombia and a concomitant increase in the levels of violence and delinquency. Recent kidnappings of American and other foreign nationals, as well as discoveries of clandestine cocaine laboratories, are especially troublesome.

(3) Ecuador is receiving an influx of Colombian refugees and its own indigenous communities have been displaced from their ancestral villages.

(4) Ecuador has demonstrated its moral and political commitment in the fight against drugs. The agreement signed in November 1999 with the United States to establish a forward operating location in Manta is a clear sign of this active stance.

(5) Ecuador is implementing a comprehensive program aimed at reinforcing its security mechanisms in the northern border, as well as converting the area into a buffer zone of peace and development.

(b) REPORT TO CONGRESS- Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, through the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement, shall submit to Congress a report which outlines a comprehensive strategy to address the spillover effect of Plan Colombia on Ecuador.

SEC. 212. REPORT CONCERNING EFFORTS TO PROMOTE ISRAEL'S DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES.

(a) FINDINGS- The Congress makes the following findings:

(1) Israel is a friend and ally of the United States whose security is vital to regional stability and United States interests.

(2) Israel currently maintains diplomatic relations with 162 countries. Approximately 25 countries do not have any diplomatic relations with Israel and another 4 countries have only limited relations.

(3) The government of Israel has been actively seeking to establish formal relations with a number of countries.

(4) The United States should assist its ally, Israel, in its efforts to establish diplomatic relations.

(5) After 52 years of existence, Israel deserves to be treated as an equal nation by its neighbors and the world community.

(b) REPORT CONCERNING UNITED STATES EFFORTS TO PROMOTE ISRAEL'S DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH OTHER COUNTRIES- Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit a report which includes the following information (in classified or unclassified form, as appropriate) to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives:

(1) Actions taken by representatives of the United States to encourage other countries to establish full diplomatic relations with Israel.

(2) Specific responses solicited and received by the Secretary of State from countries that do not maintain full diplomatic relations with Israel with respect to the status of negotiations to enter into diplomatic relations with Israel.

(3) Other measures being undertaken, and measures that will be undertaken, by the United States to ensure and promote Israel's full participation in the world diplomatic community.

SEC. 213. REPORTS ON ACTIVITIES IN THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA.

(a) REPORT ON REFORM ACTIVITIES-

(1) IN GENERAL- Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and every 180 days thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the status of activities funded or authorized, in whole or in part, by the Department of State in the Republic of Colombia to promote alternative development, recovery and resettlement of internally displaced persons, judicial reform, the peace process, and human rights.

(2) CONTENTS- Each such report shall contain the following:

(A) A summary of activities described in paragraph (1) during the previous 180-day period.

(B) An estimated timetable for the conduct of such activities in the subsequent 180-day period.

(C) An explanation of any delays in meeting timetables contained in previous reports submitted in accordance with this subsection.

(D) An assessment of steps to be taken to correct any delays in meeting such timetables.

(b) REPORT ON CERTAIN COUNTERNARCOTICS ACTIVITIES-

(1) DECLARATION OF POLICY- It is the policy of the United States to encourage the transfer of counternarcotics activities carried out in the Republic of Colombia by United States businesses that have entered into agreements with the Department of State to conduct such activities, to Colombian nationals, in particular personnel of the Colombian antinarcotics police, when properly qualified personnel are available.

(2) REPORT- Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and not later than March 1 of each year thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the activities of United States businesses that have entered into agreements with the Department of State to carry out counternarcotics activities in the Republic of Colombia.

(3) CONTENTS- Each such report shall contain the following:

(A) The name of each United States business described in paragraph (2) and description of the counternarcotics activities carried out by the business in Colombia.

(B) The total value of all payments by the Department of State to each such business for such activities.

(C) A written statement justifying the decision by the Department of State to enter into an agreement with each such business for such activities.

(D) An assessment of the risks to personal safety and potential involvement in hostilities incurred by employees of each such business as a result of their activities in Colombia.

(E) A plan to provide for the transfer of the counternarcotics activities carried out by such United States businesses to Colombian nationals, in particular personnel of the Colombian antinarcotics police.

(4) DEFINITION- In this subsection, the term `United States business' means any corporation, partnership, or other organization that employs 3 or more individuals and is organized under the laws of the United States.

Subtitle B--Consular Authorities

SEC. 231. MACHINE READABLE VISAS.

Section 140(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (8 U.S.C. 1351 note) is amended in the first sentence of paragraph (3)--

(1) by striking `2001, and 2002,' and inserting `2001, 2002, and 2003,'; and

(2) by striking `and $316,715,000 for fiscal year 2002' and inserting `$414,000,000 for fiscal year 2002, and $422,000,000 for fiscal year 2003,'.

SEC. 232. ESTABLISHMENT OF A CONSULAR BRANCH OFFICE IN LHASA, TIBET.

The Secretary of State shall make best efforts to establish a branch office in Lhasa, Tibet, of the United States Consulate General in Chengdu, People's Republic of China, to monitor political, economic, and cultural developments in Tibet.

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