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second and any subsequent fiscal year of the contract period are contingent on the availability of funds for such year.

(2) A multiyear contract may provide for payment to the contractor of a reasonable cancellation charge for a contingency under paragraph (1).

(3) The Secretary is authorized to use such funds as may be available from the Foreign Service Buildings Fund for payments under paragraph (2).

(d) SUNSET PROVISION. This section shall cease to have effect after September 30, 1993.

SEC. 122. ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR SOUTH ASIAN AFFAIRS. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF POSITION.-There is established in the Department of State the position of Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs, which is in addition to the positions provided under the first section of the Act of May 26, 1949 (22 U.S.C. 2652). (b) APPOINTMENT.-The Assistant Secretary shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. (c) RESPONSIBILITIES.-The Assistant Secretary shall have responsibility within the Department of State with respect to India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, Afghanistan, and the Maldives.

(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—

(1) POSITIONS AT EXECUTIVE LEVEL IV.-Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new item:

"Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs, Department of State.".

(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.-The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on October 1, 1991.

(e) 23 IMPLEMENTATION.-In order to carry out this section, the Secretary of State shall reprogram the position of Deputy Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs.

SEC. 125. MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT OF OVERSEAS PROPERTY. The Director of the Office of Foreign Buildings Operations shall

(1) direct overseas posts to make annual building condition assessments of buildings and facilities used by the post;

(2) not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, revise the Foreign Affairs Manual to stipulate that the Buildings and Maintenance Handbook shall be used by each post to identify their maintenance needs, standardize their maintenance operations, and conduct annual assessments as required by paragraph (1);

23 Functions vested in the Secretary of State in this subsection were further delegated to the Under Secretary for Management by Delegation of Authority No. 193, January 7, 1992 (Public Notice 1555; 57 F.R. 2298; January 21, 1992).

(3) direct the Office of Foreign Buildings Operations to provide proper training and assistance to posts to ensure that annual surveys are effectively completed; and

(4) direct overseas posts to ensure that all maintenance program fiscal transactions are properly encoded in the Department of State accounting system to enable compilation of actual expenditures on routine maintenance and specific maintenance funded by the Office of Foreign Buildings Operations.

SEC. 128.24 VISA LOOKOUT SYSTEMS.

(a) VISAS.-The Secretary of State may not include in the Automated Visa Lookout System, or in any other system or list which maintains information about the excludability of aliens under the Immigration and Nationality Act, the name of any alien who is not excludable from the United States under the Immigration and Nationality Act, subject to the provisions of this section.

(b) CORRECTION OF LISTS.-Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall—

(1) correct the Automated Visa Lookout System, or any other system or list which maintains information about the excludability of aliens under the Immigration and Nationality Act, by deleting the name of any alien not excludable under the Immigration and Nationality Act; and

(2) report to the Congress concerning the completion of such correction process.

(c) REPORT ON CORRECTION PROCESS.

(1) Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the heads of other appropriate Government agencies, shall prepare and submit to the appropriate congressional committees, a plan which sets forth the manner in which the Department of State will correct the Automated Visa Lookout System, and any other system or list as set forth in subsection (b).

(2) Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall report to the appropriate congressional committees on the progress made toward completing the correction of lists as set forth in subsection (b).

(d) APPLICATION.-This section refers to the Immigration and Nationality Act as in effect on and after June 1, 1991.

(e) LIMITATION.—

(1) The Secretary may add or retain in such system or list the names of aliens who are not excludable only if they are included for otherwise authorized law enforcement purposes or other lawful purposes of the Department of State. A name included for other lawful purposes under this paragraph shall include a notation which clearly and distinctly indicates that

248 U.S.C. 1182 note. Functions vested in the Secretary of State in this section were further delegated to the Under Secretary for Management by Delegation of Authority No. 193, January 7, 1992 (Public Notice 1555; 57 F.R. 2298; January 21, 1992).

Sec. 127 of this Act added a new sec. 51 to the State Department Basic Authorities Act (22 U.S.C. 2723), relating to the denial of certain visas. For text, see page 52.

such person is not presently excludable. The Secretary of State shall adopt procedures to ensure that visas are not denied to such individuals for any reason not set forth in the Immigration and Nationality Act.

(2) The Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register regulations and standards concerning maintenance and use by the Department of State of systems and lists for purposes described in paragraph (1).

(3) Nothing in this section may be construed as creating new authority or expanding any existing authority for any activity not otherwise authorized by law.

(f) DEFINITION.-As used in this section the term "appropriate congressional committees" means the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.

SEC. 129.25 PROHIBITION ON ISSUANCE OF ISRAEL-ONLY PASSPORTS. (a) PURPOSE.-It is the purpose of this section—

(1) to direct the Secretary of State to seek an end to the policy of the majority of Arab League nations of rejecting passports, and denying entrance visas to persons whose passport or other documents reflect that the holder has visited Israel, and to secure the adoption of policies that assure that travel to such Arab League nations by persons who have visited Israel shall not be unreasonably impeded; and

(2) to prohibit United States Government acquiescence in the policy of the majority of Arab League nations of rejecting Israel by rejecting passports of, and denying entrance visas to, persons whose passport or other documents reflect that the holder has visited Israel, especially with respect to travel by officials of the United States.

(b) NEGOTIATIONS.-The Secretary of State shall immediately undertake negotiations to seek an end to the policy of the majority of Arab League nations of rejecting passports of, and denying en

25 Sec. 503 of the Department of State and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992 (title V of Public Law 102-140; 105 Stat. 820), provided the following:

"SEC. 503. None of the funds provided in this Act shall be used by the Department of State to issue any passport that is designated for travel only to Israel, and 90 days after the enactment of this Act, none of the funds provided in this Act shall be used by the Department of State to issue more than one official or diplomatic passport to any United States Government employee for the purpose of enabling that employee to acquiesce in or comply with the policy of the majority of Arab League nations of rejecting passports of, or denying entrance visas to, persons whose passports or other documents reflect that that person has visited Israel.".

Sec. 503 of the Department of State and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (title V of Public Law 102-395; 106 Stat. 1868), provided the following:

"SEC. 503. None of the funds made available by this Act may be obligated or expended by the Department of State for contracts with any foreign or United States firm that complies with the Arab League Boycott of the State of Israel or with any foreign or United States firm that discriminates in the award of subcontracts on the basis of religion: Provided, That the Secretary of State may waive this provision on a country-by-country basis upon certification to the Congress by the Secretary that such waiver is in the national interest and is necessary to carry on the diplomatic functions of the United States.".

Functions vested in the Secretary of State in this section were reserved to the Secretary of State by Delegation of Authority No. 193, January 7, 1992 (Public Notice 1555; 57 F.R. 2298; January 21, 1992).

In Public Notices 1563 and 1564 of January 22, 1992, the Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of State, announced the cancellation of all passports that are endorsed as valid only for travel to Israel, effective as of April 25, 1992, to expire on October 28, 2002 (57 F.R. 3454 and 3282; January 29, 1992).

trance visas to, private persons and officials of all nations whose passports or other documents reflect that the holder thereof has visited Israel.

(c) REPORT TO CONGRESS.-The Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives within 60 days of the date of enactment of this Act. The report shall describe the status of efforts to secure an end to the passport and visa policy of the majority of Arab League nations as described in subsection (a), and describe the prospects that such efforts would be successful within 90 days of the date of enactment of this Act.

(d) PROHIBITION ON THE ISSUANCE OF ISRAEL-ONLY PASSPORTS.—

(1) PROHIBITION.-Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of State shall not issue any passport that is designated for travel only to Israel.

(2) CANCELLATION.-Not later than ninety days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall promulgate regulations for the cancellation not later than 180 days after the enactment of this Act of any currently valid passport which is designated for travel only to Israel. (e) POLICY ON NONACQUIESCENCE.—

(1) REQUIREMENT OF SINGLE PASSPORT.-The Secretary of State shall not issue more than one official or diplomatic passport to any official of the United States Government for the purpose of enabling that official to acquiesce in or comply with the policy of the majority of Arab League nations of rejecting passports of, or denying entrance visas to, persons whose passport or other documents reflect that the person has visited Israel.

(2) IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICY OF NONCOMPLIANCE.-The Secretary of State shall promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to ensure that officials of the United States Government do not comply with, or acquiesce in, the policy of the majority of Arab League nations of rejecting passports of, or denying entrance visas to, persons whose passport or other documents reflect that the person has visited Israel.

(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—

(A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), this subsection shall take effect 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

(B) If the report under subsection (c) is not submitted within 60 days of the date of enactment of this Act, this subsection shall take effect 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

PART C-DIPLOMATIC RECIPROCITY AND SECURITY

SEC. 132.26 CONSTRUCTION OF DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES.

(a) LIMITATION.-Amounts appropriated pursuant to section 101(a)(7) shall be available for obligation and expenditure subject to the provisions of this section.

(b) COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.-(1) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, in coordination with the heads of other appropriate Government agencies, shall prepare and submit to the appropriate committees of the Congress, a comprehensive plan which sets forth current and future space requirements for the United States Mission in Moscow and how such requirements will be met.

(2) In addition to such other information as the Secretary of State considers necessary and appropriate, such plan shall include detailed information concerning requirements for

(A) United States constructed and secure office space to house all classified or sensitive activities from the most secure to unclassified but sensitive functions;

(B) unclassified nonsensitive office functions;

(C) staff housing that is physically safe, secure, and adequate for the needs of the entire United States Mission, both permanent and transient;

(D) secure and unsecured warehousing;

(E) recreational facilities;

(F) expanded activities of the United States Information Agency, including offices and cultural activities;

(G) expanded consular activities of the Mission;

(H) expanded activities of the Foreign Commercial Service of the Department of Commerce;

(I) activities of the Immigration and Naturalization Service; and

(J) all other anticipated United States Government space requirements.

(3) In the preparation of such plan, the Secretary shall ensure that detailed consideration be given to at least three construction options for the new chancery building at the United States Embassy in Moscow: (A) full teardown and rebuild; (B) four floor "top hat" in which two floors are removed from the unfinished New Office Building and four floors added; and (C) a two floor "top hat" in which no floors are removed but two are added.

26 Functions vested in the Secretary of State in this section (except sec. 132(f)(2), which was repealed by sec. 803 of Public Law 102-511) were further delegated to the Under Secretary_for Management by Delegation of Authority No. 193, January 7, 1992 (Public Notice 1555; 57 F.R. 2298; January 21, 1992).

Subsecs. (f) and (g) of this section were repealed by sec. 504 of the Department of State and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102-395; 106 Stat. 1869). Sec. 803 of the FREEDOM Support Act (Public Law 102-511; 106 Stat. 3353) also repealed these subsecs. Subsection (f) required that the Secretary of State "not permit the Soviet Union to use any new office building at the Soviet Union's new Mount Alto embassy complex in Washington, District of Columbia, or any other new facility in the Washington metropolitan area, until-" (1) the new chancery building at the United States Embassy in Moscow is ready for occupancy; (2) the Secretary of State and the Director of Central Intelligence certify that the new chancery building in Moscow provides a secure working environment for all sensitive diplomatic activities; and (3) the Soviet Union agrees to provide full reimbursement to the United States for costs incurred by the United States as a result of noncompliance with the terms and requirements of the reciprocal land agreement between the two governments.

Subsec. (g) required that the Secretary of State submit a report to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Foreign Relations if reimbursement fell short of costs to the United States.

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