An original bill authorizing appropriations for fiscal years 1984 and 1985 for the Department of State, the United States Information Agency, and the Board for International Broadcasting, and for other purposes.

(Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H. R. 2915 passed in lieu)

Title I: Department of State - Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 - Authorizes appropriations for the Department of State for FY 1984 and 1985 for: (1) administration of foreign affairs; (2) international organizations and conferences; (3) international commissions; (4) migration and refugee assistance; and (5) Bilateral Science and Technology Agreements.

Removes the limitation on the percentage of the expenses of the International Bureau of Intellectual Property which the United States shall pay.

Repeals certain obsolete reporting requirements and annual reporting requirements dealing with: (1) reports by the President to the Congress on the operations of the Institute for Scientific and Technological Cooperation; (2) reports by the Secretary of State to the President and Congress on the professional development program for Foreign Service Officers; and (3) reports by the President to Congress on personnel requirements for Federal agencies dealing with foreign affairs and on bilateral and multilateral activities involving science and technology.

Amends the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 to repeal the requirement that the Secretary of State provide the appropriate Regional Fishery Management Council, upon request, with a copy of a fishing permit application by a foreign nation.

Authorizes appropriations for the Secretary of State for FY 1984 and 1985 for providing protective services for consulates in locations where funds are not otherwise available for protective services. Authorizes providing such assistance for foreign missions through State and local authorities only if the Secretary has determined that there are reasonable grounds to believe that there exists a threat of violence to or conditions inconsistent with appropriate security of the foreign mission or of the personnel of the foreign mission. Sets conditions for providing such assistance.

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the U.S. representatives to United Nations-related agencies and to other international organizations should oppose the adoption of international marketing and distribution regulations which impede U.S. exports.

Earmarks specified amounts of the funds authorized for the administration of foreign affairs for: (1) the Coordinating Committee on Export Controls; (2) funding new positions overseas for political and economic reporting; (3) expenses related to an alternative communications center for the State Department; (4) the United States National Commission to the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization; (5) U.S. contribution to the World Heritage Trust Fund; and (6) grants to nongovernmental organizations in South Africa promoting efforts to foster a just society and to help victims of apartheid, except that ten percent of that amount shall be available only if the proposed recipient has available for its use an equal amount.

Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to limit the activities for which the Secretary of State is authorized to make emergency expenditures. Directs the Inspector General to conduct an annual confidential audit of the State Department's emergency expenditures and to report to Congress on whether such expenditures were made according to the intent of the basic authority. Lists requirements for the repatriation loan program.

Amends the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to authorize a member of the Foreign Service residing outside the United States to vote in the State in which the member was last domiciled immediately before entering the Service if specified conditions are met.

Directs the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Interior, within 12 months of enactment of this Act, to divide the world into ten geographic regions, the International Wildlife Resources Conservation Regions. Directs the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, to assign abroad Regional Wildlife Resources Attaches. Sets forth methods of determining whether the Attaches have the appropriate training.

Directs the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Interior, in consultation with other concerned agencies, to review and make recommendations concerning the effectiveness of existing U.S. international activities relating to the conservation of international wildlife resources. Requires the Secretaries to report to Congress: (1) on all Federal programs concerned with international wildlife resources conservation programs; and (2) recommendations for an integrated U.S. plan of action to assist foreign governments and international organizations in conserving wildlife. Requires the report to focus on the role and functions of the Wildlife Resources Attache. Sets forth the activities such role and functions shall include.

Directs the Secretary of State, in conjunction with the Director of the U.S. Information Agency (USIA), to insure that Foreign Service officers of the USIA are able to compete for chief of mission positions and have opportunities for assignments outside their area of specialization on the same basis as other Foreign Service officers. Requires the Secretary of State to report to Congress on the policies and procedures adopted to ensure such opportunities.

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) respond constructively to the Canadian offer to reduce air pollution emissions if the United States reduces its emissions by a similar amount; (2) negotiate as expeditiously as possible a bilateral agreement with Canada providing for significant reductions in transboundary air pollution; (3) consider a joint Government-supported program to develop new cost-effective technologies that will facilitate reduction of sulfur dioxide emissions and other copollutants; and (4) instruct the Secretary of State to report to Congress by December 1, 1983, on the progress toward achieving a new transboundary air pollution agreement.

Expresses the concern of the Congress about the delays in the publication of the State Department's series of historical volumes, "The Foreign Relations of the United States." Directs the Historian of the Department of State to report to Congress on the reasons for the delays and on the steps that would be required to reach the goal of publishing within 25 years of the events.

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the United States should promote lower prices and fair market conditions for imported natural gas; and (2) 30 days after enactment of this Act the Secretary of State should report to Congress on the progress made in achieving such lower prices and fair market conditions.

Prohibits using any of the funds made available for international organizations and programs for FY 1984 and 1985 for any programs for the Palestine Liberation Organization, the South West Africa Peoples Organization, Cuba, or Iran.

Repeals a provision of Federal law prohibiting appropriations for the support of U.S. diplomatic relations with the Vatican.

Provides for the appointment of a maximum of 24 Members of Congress to meet with representatives of the European Parliament to discuss common problems in the interests of relations between the United States and nations of the European Community. Authorizes appropriations to provide for the participation of such Members. Requires those Members to report to Congress each fiscal year in which funds are appropriated for them.

Prohibits international commissions from using the funds authorized by this Act for such commissions for FY 1984 and 1985 for herbicides containing dioxin compounds. Provides that funds appropriated for the use of a herbicide by an international commission shall not be available unless specified congressional committees and the Governors of the affected border States are notified 45 days in advance of such use.

Earmarks specified amounts of the funds authorized for migration and refugee assistance for FY 1984 for Lebanon and El Salvador.

Directs the President to try to ensure that the 1985 Conference to commemorate the conclusion of the United Nations Decade for Women is not dominated by political issues extraneous to the goals of the Conference and which would jeopardize U.S. support for that Conference. Directs the President to report to Congress concerning the Conference.

Prohibits the U.S. assessed payments for calendar year 1984 to the United Nations, the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, the World Health Organization, the Food and Agricultural Organization, and the International Labor Organization from exceeding the U.S. assessed payments of 1980. Reduces such payments for each of 1985, 1986, and 1987. Prohibits any payments for 1985, 1986, and 1987 to such organizations unless the organizations accept the payments as payments in full of the U.S. assessment.

Amends the Hatch Act to prohibit ambassadors or ministers from taking part in political activities except for Presidential political campaigns.

Amends the Foreign Service Buildings Act of 1926 to limit eligibility for contracts to build, alter, or repair foreign service buildings abroad which are worth more than $2,000,000 to: (1) American-owned bidders; and (2) bidders from countries which permit substantially equal access to American bidders for comparable diplomatic and consular building projects. Gives American-owned bidders a ten percent preference. Limits eligibility for contracts to build, alter, or repair U.S. foreign service buildings within the United States to: (1) American-owned bidders; and (2) bidders from countries which permit substantially equal access to American bidders for comparable diplomatic and consular building projects.

Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 to pay the U.S. expenses for the thirty-first annual meeting of the North Atlantic Assembly.

Requires a report to be made to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee concerning the extent to which the United States has received the foreign government authorization to reopen certain U.S. consulates.

Declares that the presence of nonessential personnel or dependents shall not preclude payment of danger pay to Federal employees serving under dangerous conditions. Requires the Secretary of State to inform the Congress whenever danger pay is initiated or terminated.

Establishes in the Department of State the position of Under Secretary of State for Agricultural Affairs to deal with agricultural issues, including U.S. policy toward farm exports.

Authorizes appropriations for FY 1984 to build additional consular facilities and for certain improvements in existing consular facilities at the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City, Mexico.

Requires that periods of service by State Department and Foreign Service security officers while protecting the foreign dignitaries and high-level U.S. officials shall be considered periods of service as a law enforcement officer for retirement purposes.

Extends for one year the period of time during which certain Foreign Service personnel may be converted to Civil Service personnel.

Amends the International Organizations Immunities Act to extend privileges and immunities to the European Space Agency.

Urges the President to encourage: (1) Government-wide participation in implementing the recommendations of the United Nations World Assembly on Aging and in planning for the scheduled 1985 review by the United Nations of the implementation of the Vienna International Plan of Action on Aging; (2) the exchange of information and the promotion of research on aging among the States, the Government, international organizations, and other nations; and (3) greater private sector involvement in responding to the concerns of the aging. Urges the President to inform developing nations that the United States recognizes aging as an important issue requiring national attention.

Transfers the functions of the President relating to human rights which are currently carried out by the Administrator of the Agency for International Development to the Secretary of State acting through the Assistant Secretary for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs. Earmarks specified amounts for such transferred functions during FY 1984 and 1985.

Prohibits the head of any Federal agency, before April 15, 1984, from enforcing, issuing, or implementing, any order which would require prepublication review of the writings of a Federal employee and is different from the rules in effect March 1, 1983.

Directs the Secretary of State to provide for an independent position classification audit of a significant portion of Foreign Service positions in the agencies employing the Foreign Service personnel system.

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States shall call upon El Salvador to: (1) appoint a special prosecuting attorney to investigate those responsible for the murders of four American church women; and (2) bring the accused to trial by December 2, 1983.

Title II: United States Information Agency - United States Information Agency Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 - Authorizes appropriations for the USIA for FY 1984 and 1985. Earmarks specified amounts for FY 1984 and 1985 in order for the USIA to employ 20 more professional internal auditors than it did in FY 1983.

Amends the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 to authorize the Director of the USIA to grant a supplemental living allowance for up to five USIA personnel stationed in New York City. Authorizes the Director to lease radio facilities for 25 years (currently 10 years).

Earmarks specified amounts of the funds authorized for the USIA for FY 1984 and 1985 for: (1) the National Endowment for Democracy; (2) the Fulbright Academic Exchange Programs; (3) International Visitor Program; and (4) Humphrey Fellowship Program.

Earmarks specified amounts for FY 1984 for the Private Sector Program. Prohibits using Private Sector Program funds to pay for foreign travel by any U.S. citizen who in the last five years has made two or more trips financed by the Program. Excludes from such prohibition escort interpreters, artists accompanying exhibitions, persons engaging in theatrical or musical performances, or staff members of certain recipient organizations.

Authorizes the USIA to make grants from Private Sector Program funds to youth and youth service organizations to promote participation in International Youth Year activities. Prohibits an organization from being designated the official U.S. Commission for United States participation in International Youth Year, unless: (1) the membership of such organization is open to all major youth and youth service organizations; (2) the organization's charter provides that it will have full financial responsibility for its own assets, receipts, and expenditures; and (3) the Governing Board reflects the membership of the constituent organizations. Prohibits the funding of organizations planning for U.S. participation in International Youth Year if the organizations do not meet specified criteria. Authorizes the Secertary of State to designate the official U.S. Commission on International Youth Year. Requires the Secretary, in designating the official organization, to give major weight to the number of young people who are members of the constitutent organizations.

Amends the Mutual Education and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 to establish in the USIA or other appropriate agency a Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs to coodinate and oversee programs established pursuant to such Act and administered by the USIA.

Requires that all programs under the authority of the Bureau: (1) maintain their nonpolitical character; (2) be representative of the diversity of American political, social, and cultural life; and (3) maintain their scholarly integrity.

Amends the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 to prohibit specified types of reprograming of USIA funds unless the House Foreign Affairs and the Senate Foreign Relations Committees are notified 15 days before the proposed reprograming. Authorizes the USIA to award program grants for FY 1984 and 1985 only if those committees are notified 15 days in advance of the proposed grant.

Authorizes appropriations for the USIA for FY 1984 and 1985 to carry out a United States-German teenage exchange sponsored by the Congress and the West German Burdestag.

Authorizes appropriations for the USIA for FY 1984 for use in connection with the Tsukuba, Japan Exposition 1985.

Directs the Administrator of General Services to provide for the distribution within the United States of the USIA film "Thanksgiving in Peshawar."

Limits the amount available to the USIA for FY 1984 and 1985 for domestic representation and entertainment expenses.

Prohibits using any of the funds authorized under this title for lobbying or propaganda which is directed to influence Federal, State, or local public policy decisions.

Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to establish an Office of Inspector General within the USIA.

Title III: Board for International Broadcasting - Board for International Broadcasting Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1983, 1984, and 1985 - Amends the Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973 to authorize appropriations for FY 1983, 1984, and 1985. Requires that appropriations which because of foreign currency fluctuations exceed the amount needed for the budgeted level of operation of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Incorporated, (RFE/RL) shall be deposited in a separate account to enhance the benefits for RFE/RL retirees and their surviving spouses.

Expresses the sense of the Congress that RFE/RL and the Voice of America are to be commended for their coverage of religious persecution in the Soviet Union and are encourage to intensify their efforts in this regard.

Prohibits using the funds authorized by this Act for the Board for International Broadcasting unless: (1) the Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian radio services of RFE/RL are organized as a separate division within Radio Liberty; and (2) they begin broadcasts under a named which would accurately reflect U.S. policy of not recognizing the illegal incorporation of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania into the Soviet Union.

Amends the Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973 to require that gains made in amounts appropriated for international broadcasting because of currency fluctuations shall be merged with and made available for the operating losses of RFE/RL caused by currency fluctuations.

Title IV: National Endowment for Democracy - National Endowment for Democracy Act - Requires the Director of the USIA and the Secretary of Labor to make grants to the National Endowment for Democracy. Requires such grants to be made pursuant to grant agreements which require grant funds to be used for activities which are consistent with the purposes of the Endowment.

Allocates funds from the Endowment for each of FY 1984 and 1985 for: (1) the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs; (2) the National Republican Institute for International Affairs; (3) the Free Trade Union Institute; and (4) the private enterprise development programs of the National Chamber Foundation.

Sets forth the requirements which the Endowment must meet in order for grants to be made to the Endowment.

Prohibits the appointment of an individual as an officer of the Endowment or the employment of an individual by the Endowment if such individual has engaged in intelligence work since 1963.

Limits compensation and travel expenses to officers or employees of the Endowment who are not Federal employees.

Title V: Foreign Missions Amendments Act of 1983 - Foreign Missions Amendments Act of 1983 - Amends the Diplomatic Relations Act to authorize the Director of the Office of Foreign Missions to establish and enforce the liability insurance requirements for persons connected with foreign missions in the United States.

Amends the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to require the head of a foreign mission to notify the Director of the lapse or termination of any liability insurance coverage held by certain persons connected with the foreign mission. Requires the head of each foreign mission to transmit to the Director a report listing the motor vehicles, vessels, and aircraft registered in the United States by such persons. Sets forth the information to be included in such list.

Requires the Director to impose a surcharge or fee on a foreign mission whenever the Director finds that a member of a foreign mission, a member of the family of such member, or an individual described in section 19 of the Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations: (1) is at fault for personal injury, death, or property damage arising out of the operation of a motor vehicle, vessel, or aircraft in the United States, is not covered by liability insurance; and (2) has not satisfied a court-rendered judgement or the person is not legally liable. Requires that the fee shall be available only for compensation to the victim or the victim's estate.

Title VI: The Asia Foundation - Asia Foundation Act - Authorizes appropriations for the Secretary of State to make grants to The Asia Foundation in each of FY 1984 and 1985.

Title VII: International Environmental Protection - International Environment Protection Act of 1983 - Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to declare that the preservation of animal and plant species should be an important objective of U.S. development assistance. Authorizes assistance to countries in protecting and maintaining wildlife habitats and in developing sound wildlife management and plant conservation programs. Directs the Administrator of the Agency for International Development, in conjunction with the heads of appropriate Federal agencies, to develop a U.S. strategy to protect and conserve biological diversity in developing countries. Requires an annual report to Congress on the implementation of this strategy. Directs the President, within one year of enactment of this Act, to submit a comprehensive report to Congress on such strategy.

Amends the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 to authorize the President, in furtherance of the purposes of such Act, to provide for visits between the United States and other countries of experts in environmental science and environmental management. Provides for the financing of such program.

Title VIII: Soviet-Eastern European Research and Training Act of 1983 - Soviet-Eastern European Research and Training Act of 1983 - Establishes within the Department of State the Soviet-Eastern European Studies Advisory Board which shall recommend grant policies for the advancement of research on the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. Directs the Secretary of State to make payments, after consultation with the Advisory Board, out of funds made available to carry out this title. Requires part of the funds to be used: (1) to develop a research agenda and to conduct a national research program in accordance with such agenda; (2) to establish a fellowship program for advanced training in Soviet and Eastern European studies and to disseminate data on such studies; (3) to provide fellowship support for advanced research by American specialists in such studies and to conduct workshops to facilitate research collaboration between Government and private specialists; (4) to conduct specialized programs in advanced training and research on a reciprocal basis in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe; (5) to support language training in Russian and Eastern European languages; and (6) to carry out other research and training in such studies. Sets forth the method of applying for such payments.

Directs the Secretary to report to the President and Congress on such payments. Earmarks specified amounts of the FY 1984 and 1985 funds for the administration of foreign affairs to be used to carry out this title. Terminates the provisions of this title in ten years.

Title IX: United States-India Endowment for Cultural, Educational, and Scientific Cooperation - United States-India Endowment for Cultural, Educational, and Scientific Cooperation Act - Authorizes the President to enter into an agreement with India providing for the establishment of a United States-India Endowment for Cultural, Educational, and Scientific Cooperation which would provide grants and other assistance for cultural, educational, and scientific exchanges.

Authorizes the President to make available for the Endowment specified sums owed to the United States by India.

Title X: Peace Corps Strategy Commission -

Peace Corps Strategy Commission Act - Establishes the Peace Corps Strategy Commission to evaluate the potential and future role of the Peace Corps and to provide for public participation in the evaluation. Sets forth the membership and powers of the Commission. Requires the Commission to submit reports to the President and the Congress. Authorizes appropriations.

Title XI: General Provisions - Directs the President to report to Congress on the record of Soviet compliance or noncompliance with existing arms control agreements.

Requires that all foreign assistance funds that have been obligated for Syria shall be deobligated. Prohibits making any appropriations for FY 1983 or any prior fiscal year available for Syria.

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should take the necessary steps: (1) to ensure substantial equivalence between the number of Soviet officials in the United States (other than news media personnel and persons assigned to the United Nations) and the number of U.S. officials in the Soviet Union; (2) to insure that travel restrictions on Soviet personnel in the United States are not less than those imposed on U.S. personnel in the Soviet Union. Requests the President to report to Congress on such actions.

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should urge the Soviet Union to stop jamming broadcasts of the Voice of America and Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty.

Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require an annual report by the President to the Congress on the plans of each major illicit drug producing country which receives U.S. aid to prevent controlled substances from being cultivated, produced, or processed illicitly in such country or from being transported through such country to U.S. Government personnel or their dependents or from entering the United States lawfully. Directs the President to make a preliminary determination of the maximum amount of reduction in illicit drug production which is achievable during the next fiscal year by each major illicit drug producing country for which U.S. aid is being proposed by the President. Requires consultations with the appropriate congressional committees concerning such preliminary determination. Requires the President to report the final determination on such reduction after hearings have been held or within 90 days of the beginning of the consultations.

Requires the President to suspend all U.S. aid to a major illicit drug producing country and the Secretary of the Treasury to instruct the U.S. Executive Directors of specified international financial institutions to vote against loans to such country if the country fails to achieve the projected reductions in drug production unless the President reports to Congress that: (1) the failure was due to factors beyond the country's control; or (2) furnishing U.S. aid or approving loans by international financial institutions to such country is in the U.S. national security interest.

Requires the suspension of U.S. aid to continue and the United States to continue to vote against loans by international financial institutions to such country, until the President reports to Congress that: (1) the country has committed itself to a plan for controlling, reducing, and gradually eliminating illicit drug cultivation, production, processing, transportation, and distribution; and (2) the country has taken legal and law enforcement measures to enforce such activities.

Prohibits funds from being appropriated or obligated for U.S. foreign aid and security assistance programs in FY 1984 which exceed the amounts appropriated in Public Law 98-107 except: (1) if higher amounts are specifically authorized by Congress; and (2) that the levels of assistance authorized for Israel and Egypt shall be the levels contained in specified Senate bill.

Prohibits using funds authorized by this Act to promote, sustain, or augment the capacity of the Khmen Rouge to conduct military or paramilitary operations in Kampuchea or elsewhere in Indochina.

Amends the War Powers Resolution to require the President, if troops are engaged in hostilities outside the United States without a declaration of war or statutory authorization, to remove the troops if a joint resolution or bill directing such removal is enacted. (Current law requires the President to remove the troops if the Congress so directs by concurrent resolution.) Limits the time for debate on a Presidential veto of any such joint resolution or bill to ten hours in each House.

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) a review of U.S. participation in the United Nations is urgently called for, including a review of U.S. financial contributions to the United Nations, the importance of United Nations to fulfilling U.S. objectives, and the benefits of participation in the United Nations; (2) the President should review and make recommendations to Congress regarding such matters by June 30, 1984; and (3) the Secretary of State should communicate this policy to member states of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) inform the governments of countries that have large concentrations of refugees and receive U.S. aid that the United States is concerned about the proper and efficient processing of refugees; and (2) urge such governments to process as expeditiously as possible those refugees who would be welcomed for resettlement in other countries.

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should take all possible steps to ascertain the whereabouts of Jan Kaplan and to request an interview with him in order to learn more about the location of Raoul Wallenberg.

Provides that the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate shall take turns designating as chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe a Commission member appointed from the House during odd numbered years and a Commission member appointed from the Senate during even numbered years.

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should disapprove the export of and should suspend or revoke approval for the export of nuclear material to India, Argentina, or South Africa until such country gives the United States stronger nuclear nonproliferation guarantees including: (1) reliable assurance that it is not engaged in any program leading to development, testing, or detonation of nuclear explosive devices; and (2) agreement to accept international safeguards on all its nuclear facilities.

Directs the Secretary of State to conduct a study of each program of the United Nations or of its specialized agencies to determine whether U.S. contributions to the United Nations benefit the Palestinian Liberation Organization or the South West African Peoples Organization. Requires the Secretary to report to Congress on such study by June 15, 1984.

Prohibits making funds authorized by this Act available for any United Nations program if the President certifies to Congress that such program poses a threat to the national security or vital economic interests of the United States.

Requires the President to make an annual report to Congress which assesses with respect to each foreign country associated with the United States in a defense pact or other security arrangement, the effectiveness of the contribution of that country to the pact or arrangement during the preceding 12 months.