PUBLIC LAW 106-553 —APPENDIX B
114 STAT. 2762A-97
resolution, or regulation authorizing the United Nations, or any
of its specialized agencies or affiliated organizations, to tax any
aspect of the Internet.
SEC. 406. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, none
of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this
or any other Act may be used to allow for the entry into, or
withdrawal from warehouse for consumption in the United States
of diamonds if the country of origin in which such diamonds were
mined (as evidenced by a legible certificate of origin) is the Republic
of Sierra Leone, the Republic of Liberia, the Republic of Cote
d'lvoire, Burkina Faso, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, or
the Republic of Angola with the exception of diamonds certified
by the lawful governments of the Republic of Sierra Leone, the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, or the Republic of Angola.
SEC. 407. Section 37(a)(3) of the State Department Basic
Authorities Act, as amended, (22 U.S.C. 2709) is amended by—
(1) striking "and" at the end of subsection (a)(3)(C); and
(2) by inserting at the end the following new subsections:
"(E) a departing Secretary of State for a period of
up to 180 days after the date of termination of that individual's incumbency as Secretary of State, on the basis of
a threat assessment; and
"(F) an individual who has been designated by the
President to serve as Secretary of State, prior to that
individual's appointment. ".
SEC. 408. Funds appropriated by this Act for the Broadcasting
Board of Governors and the Department of State, and for the
American Section of the International Joint Commission in Public
Law 106-246, may be obligated and expended notwithstanding
section 313 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years
1994 and 1995, and section 15 of the State Department Basic
Authorities Act of 1956, as amended.
This title may be cited as the "Department of State and Related
Agency Appropriations Act, 2001".
TITLE V—RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM
For necessary expenses to maintain and preserve a U.S.-flag
merchant fleet to serve the national security needs of the United
States, $98,700,000, to remain available until expended.
OPERATIONS AND TRAINING
For necessary expenses of operations and training activities
authorized by law, $86,910,000.
MARITIME GUARANTEED LOAN (TITLE Xl) PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized by the Merchant
Marine Act, 1936, $30,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying such
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