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(B) LIMITATIONS ON LETHAL EQUIPMENT.-Not more than $500,000 of the funds made available under subparagraph (A) may be used for the procurement of lethal equipment. Only lethal equipment that is appropriate for standard civilian law enforcement requirements may be procured with such funds.

(C) PRIOR YEAR MILITARY ASSISTANCE FUNDS DEFINED.-As used in subparagraph (A), the term "prior military assistance funds" means funds that were appropriated for a fiscal year prior to fiscal year 1990 to carry out chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2311 and following; relating to the grant military assistance program) or section 23 of the Arms Export Control Act (22 U.S.C. 2763; relating to foreign military sales credits).

(3) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.—

(A) IN GENERAL.-Except as provided in subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, the President shall notify the congressional committees specified in section 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2394-1) in accordance with the procedures applicable to reprogrammings under that section at least 15 days before

(i) each obligation of funds under paragraph (1) of this subsection, and

(ii) each commitment to use funds under paragraph (2) of this subsection.

(B) EXCEPTION.-Such notification is not required with respect to

(i) obligations under paragraph (1), and

(ii) commitments to use funds under paragraph (2) for the procurement of uniforms and communications equipment (and related defense services),

that occur prior to the end of the 15-day period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act to the extent that such obligations or commitments, as the case may be, were previously justified to the Congress.

(c) BROOKE-ALEXANDER AMENDMENT.-The provisions of law referred to in subsections (a)(1), (a)(2), and (b)(2)(A) of this section are sections 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22_U.S.C. 2370(q); and section 518 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101-167), and the corresponding sections of foreign assistance appropriations Acts for prior fiscal years.

SEC. 102. RESUMPTION OF UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE: ANTINARCOTICS CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.

Because the vital national interests of the United States so require and because the Endara government of Panama has indicated its willingness, and is taking steps, to cooperate fully with the United States to control narcotics production, trafficking, and money laundering, the_requirements of paragraphs (1) and (5) of section 481(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291(h)) shall cease to apply to Panama as of the date of enactment of this Act to the extent that those requirements became applicable

to Panama by reason of the fact that the President did not make a certification with respect to Panama under paragraph (2) of that section at the time the international narcotics control strategy reports for 1988 and 1989 were submitted to the Congress pursuant to section 481(e) of that Act.

SEC. 103. RESUMPTION OF TRADE BENEFITS: ANTINARCOTICS CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.

(a) RESUMPTION UPON DATE OF ENACTMENT.-Because the vital national interests of the United States so require and because the Endara government of Panama has indicated its willingness, and is taking steps, to cooperate fully with the United States to control narcotics production, trafficking, and money laundering, the conditions specified in section 802(b)(4)(B) of the Narcotics Control Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2492(b)(4)(B)) shall be deemed to be satisfied as of the date of enactment of this Act with respect to the action taken pursuant to section 802(a) of that Act that is described in subsection (b) of this section.

(b) SPECIFICATION OF BENEFITS.-The action referred to in subsection (a) is the denial to articles imported from Panama of preferential tariff treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences (19 U.S.C. 2461 and following) and the Caribbean Basic Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2701 and following) pursuant to Presidential Proclamation 5779 of March 23, 1988.3

SEC. 104. REPORT ON PANAMANIAN BANK SECRECY LAWS.

(a) CONGRESSIONAL CONCERNS.-The Congress commends the Endara Government for its cooperation and assistance in freezing Panamanian bank accounts believed to be implicated in narcoticsrelated and other illegal financial transactions. The Congress remains concerned, however, that the current status of bank secrecy laws in Panama may lend itself to continued criminal abuse of those laws despite the best intentions of the Endara Government.

(b) REPORT.-Therefore, no later than April 15, 1990, the President shall submit a detailed report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate on specific actions being undertaken by the Government of Panama to modify the existing bank secrecy regime in order to facilitate detection and prosecution of criminal activities, including

(1) the modification of bank secrecy laws by the Government of Panama;

(2) the conclusion of an exchange-of-information agreement between the United States and Panama; and

(3) agreements entered into by the Government of Panama or in the process of negotiation that are designed to deter illegal financial transactions and to facilitate early detection and prosecution of such illegal activities.

3 For text of Presidential Proclamation 5779, see 53 F.R. 9850.

TITLE II-EASTERN EUROPE AND YUGOSLAVIA SEC. 201. ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY.

4 For text, see page 67.

(2) Survival Assistance to Victims of Civil Strife in Central

America

Public Law 101-215 [H.R. 3696], 103 Stat. 1852, approved December 11, 1989, as amended by Public Law 101-513 [Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991; H.R. 5114], 104 Stat. 1979, approved November 5, 1990

AN ACT To provide survival assistance to victims of civil strife in Central America. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SURVIVAL ASSISTANCE

(a) AUTHORIZATION.-The Agency for International Development shall use unobligated funds made available pursuant to section 8(a) of Public Law 100-276 1 to provide medical care and other relief for noncombatant victims of strife in Central America. Such assistance shall be used to make available prosthetic devices and rehabilitation, provide medicines and immunizations, assist burn victims, help orphans, and otherwise provide assistance for noncombatants who have been physically injured or displaced by civil strife in Central America. Priority shall be given to those with the greatest needs for assistance.

(b) USE OF PVO'S AND INTERNATIONAL RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS.Assistance pursuant to this section shall be provided only through nonpolitical private and voluntary organizations and international relief organizations. Preference in the distribution of such assistance shall be given to organizations presently providing similar services such as Catholic Relief Services, the International Committee of the Red Cross, CARE, the United Nations Children's Fund, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees, Partners of the Americas, and the Pan American Health Organization. (c) 2 ASSISTANCE IN NICARAGUA.

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[Repealed-1990]

1 For text, see page 101.

2 Sec. 577(b) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991 (Public Law 101-513; 104 Stat. 2044), repealed subsec. (c). It previously read as follows:

"(c) Not more than one-half of the assistance provided under this section may be provided through nonpolitical private and voluntary organizations and international relief organizations operating inside Nicaragua. None of the assistance pursuant to this section may be provided to or through the Government of Nicaragua.".

Sec. 577(a) of that Act also provided that:

"(a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act [Public Law 101-513] shall be provided for any member of the Nicaraguan resistance who has not disarmed and is not abiding by the terms of the cease-fire agreement and the addendums to the Toncontin Agreement signed on April 19, 1990.".

(3) Central American Peace Assistance

Public Law 100-276 [H.J.Res. 523], 102 Stat. 62, approved April 1, 1988

JOINT RESOLUTION To provide assistance and support for peace, democracy, and reconciliation in Central America.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. GENERAL POLICY.-It is the policy of the United States to advance peace and democracy in Central America, and to preserve and protect security interests in the region. Pursuant to that policy, it is the purpose of this joint resolution to assist in bringing peace and democracy to Central America, in a manner compatible with the Guatemala Peace Accord of August 7, 1987, the Declaration of the Presidents of the Central American Nations at San Jose, Costa Rica on January 16, 1988, the Agreement Between the Government of Nicaragua and the Nicaraguan Resistance signed March 23, 1988 at Sapoa, Nicaragua (hereinafter referred to as the "Sapoa Agreement") and consistent with the national security interests of the United States.

SEC. 2. CONSISTENCY WITH SAPOA AGREEMENT.-The assistance and support for which this joint resolution provides shall be administered consistent with the Sapoa Agreement. No authority contained in this joint resolution is intended to be exercised in any manner that might be determined by the Verification Commission established by the Sapoa Agreement to be inconsistent with that Agreement or any subsequent agreement between the Government of Nicaragua and the Nicaraguan democratic resistance.

SEC. 3. PURPOSE OF ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE NICARAGUAN DEMOCRATIC RESISTANCE. (a) CONGRESSIONAL INTENT.-It is the intention of Congress in providing additional assistance to the Nicaraguan democratic resistance to reinforce the Central American peace process by supporting negotiations leading to a permanent negotiated ceasefire agreement. Such an agreement is seen by the Congress as an essential step towards the establishment of peace and democracy in Nicaragua. The Congress provides assistance under this section with the understanding and strong expectation that the Government of Nicaragua and the Nicaraguan democratic resistance will cease permanently offensive military activities against each other and engage in good faith negotiations towards a permanent ceasefire.

(b) TRANSFER and Use. (1) The President is authorized to transfer to the Agency for International Development $17,700,000 of unobligated funds from the appropriations accounts specified in section 6 to provide assistance for the Nicaraguan democratic resistance in accordance with this joint resolution. Funds so transferred shall remain available through September 30, 1988.

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