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(i) a description of each project or program supported with any of those funds, and the amount allocated to it;

(ii) the identity of each private and voluntary organization or international organization receiving any of those funds, and the amount of funds each received;

(iii) the amount of those funds used for assistance to each country;

(iv) the amount of those funds, if any, which will not have been obligated as of September 30, 1985; and

(v) a list of any projects or programs supported with those funds which are not expected to be completed as of December 31, 1985.

(4) Coordination of Economic Policies for Sub-Saharan Africa

Executive Order 12599, June 23, 1987, 52 F.R. 23779

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America, including the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and in order to establish procedures for development of a common long-term goal for all United States economic programs and policies in Sub-Saharan Africa, it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. Establishment of the Coordinating Committee for SubSaharan Africa. (a) There is hereby establish a Coordinating Committee for Sub-Saharan Africa ("the Committee").

(b) The Committee shall consist of the Administrator of the Agency for International Development, who shall be Chairman; the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs, who shall be Co-Chairman; representatives designated by the Secretaries of State, Defense, Agriculture, and Commerce; and representatives of the Office of Management and Budget, the Central Intelligence Agency, the United States Information Agency, the Peace Corps, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, the United States Trade Representative, the African Development Foundation, the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, and the Assistant to the President for Policy Development.

(c) Whenever matters being considered by the Committee may be of interest to Federal agencies not represented on the Committee, the Chairman may invite the head of such agencies to designate representatives to participate in meetings and deliberations of the Committee.

(d) The Committee shall operate under the policy direction of the Secretaries of State and the Treasury.

(e) All Executive departments and agencies shall keep the Committee informed in necessary detail as to the polices, programs, and activities relating to the functions of the Committee described in section 2.

(f) Nothing herein shall be deemed to derogate from the responsibilities of the head of any agency in exercising the responsibilities vested in that person by law.

Sec. 2. Functions of the Committee. (a) The Committee shall operate in a manner best deemed appropriate by its Chairman in order to ensure the following:

(1) that all United States economic programs and policies for Sub-Saharan Africa are consistent with the goal of ending hunger in the region through economic growth, policy reform, and private sector development;

(2) United States economic programs and policies for each country of Sub-Saharan Africa are tailored to the specific needs of that

country, consistent with the goal presented in subsection (a)(1) of this section;

(3) United States economic programs and policies for Sub-Saharan Africa are fully coordinated within the United States Government prior to implementation with other donors and potential recipients; and,

(4) the overall level of aid the United States offers a country of Sub-Saharan Africa is related to continued performance of that country toward the goal presented in subsection (a)(1) of this section or willingness to undertake economic reform.

(b) The Committee shall support the Secretaries of State and the Treasury in preparing the annual report to the President required in section 3 of this Order.

(c) The Committee shall coordinate the preparation annually of a unified budget justification for transmittal to the Congress. This justification shall encompass all United States economic activities, strategies, and policies for Sub-Saharan Africa. Nothing in this subsection shall be deemed to affect the statutory authorities of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

(d) The Committee shall encourage and coordinate the alignment of United States food assistance programs in accordance with the goals presented in subsection 2(a) of this Order.

(e) The Committee shall encourage and coordinate efforts to mobilize expanded humanitarian and business involvement in Africa, both United States and international, through an outreach effort with appropriate Federal agencies.

(f) The Committee shall encourage and coordinate efforts of Federal agencies to expand United States business involvement in SubSaharan Africa by targeting trade and investment missions, prefeasibility and feasibility studies, sector and regional analyses, access to credit, and information on trade and investment opportunities in countries undertaking economic reform.

Sec. 3. Annual Report to the President. (a) The Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury shall make a joint report to the President annually on Sub-Saharan Africa.

(b) The annual report shall discuss the economic condition of Sub-Saharan Africa and highlight progress being made in the region toward achieving the goal presented in section 2(a)(1). The annual report shall also affirm that all United States economic programs and policies conform with and support the goal of ending hunger in Sub-Saharan Africa through economic growth and private enterprise development.

d. Assistance to Latin America

NOTE.-See also Legislation on Foreign Relations Through 1993, vol. I-A, for the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-532; 106 Stat. 3509), Enterprise for the Americas Facility As Established in P.L. 480 (Public Law 83-480, as amended), and Implementation of the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative (Executive Order 12757), beginning at page 770.

(1) Urgent Assistance for Democracy in Panama Act of 1990 Partial text of Public Law 101–243 [H.R. 3952], 104 Stat. 7, approved February 14, 1990

AN ACT To authorize certain United States assistance and trade benefits for Panama and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE

This Act may be cited as the "Urgent Assistance for Democracy in Panama Act of 1990".

TITLE I-PANAMA

SEC. 101. IMMEDIATE UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE. (a) ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.

(1) AUTHORITY TO USE FUNDS FOR ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE.—

(A) IN GENERAL.-The President may use up to

$32,000,000 of funds made available for economic assistance for Panama for fiscal year 1990 notwithstanding the provisions of law specified in subsection (c) of this section.

(B) DEOBLIGATION/REOBLIGATION AUTHORITY.-Funds may be made available for use under subparagraph (A) without regard to the limitation in section 515 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101-167), that funds deobligated under that section are available for reobligation only for countries within the same general region for which the funds were originally obligated.

(C) ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE DEFINED.-As used in subparagraph (A), the term "economic assistance" means assistance under part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 and following; relating to development and re

lated economic assistance programs) and assistance under chapter 4 of part II of that Act (22 U.S.C. 2346 and following; relating to the economic support fund).

(2) AUTHORITY TO USE CERTAIN GUARANTEE AUTHORITIES.-The President

(A) may use up to $10,000,000 of the guaranty authority available to carry out section 222 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2182; relating to the housing guaranty program), and

(B) may exercise the authorities of section 224 of that Act (22 U.S.C. 2184; relating to the trade credit insurance program for Central America),

with respect to Panama for fiscal year 1990 without regard to the provisions of law specified in subsection (c) of this section.

(b) LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE.

(1) ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE PROGRAM.-Up to $1,200,000 of the funds made available for Panama under subsection (a)(1) of this section may be used to provide

(A) assistance authorized by subsection (b)(3) of section 534 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346c; relating to the administration of justice program); and

(B) training for the Public Forces and other civilian law enforcement forces of Panama in human rights, civil law, and investigative and civilian law enforcement techniques, notwithstanding section 660 of that Act (22 U.S.C. 2420; relating to the prohibition on assistance for law enforcement forces).

All assistance provided for Panama under this paragraph shall be counted toward the limitation contained in the second sentence of section 534(e) of that Act1 and toward the requirement of the second sentence of section 599G(c) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101-167).2 (2) USE OF MILITARY ASSISTANCE PIPELINE FOR PANAMA TO PROCURE LAW ENFORCEMENT EQUIPMENT.

(A) AUTHORITY.-Prior year military assistance funds that are obligated for Panama shall be available to finance the procurement of defense articles by law enforcement services (other than training) notwithstanding the provisions of law specified in subsection (c) of this section and section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2420; relating to the prohibition on assistance for law enforcement forces).

1 The second sentence of sec. 534(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 provided the following regarding funds for the Administration of Justice program:

"Of the funds made available to carry out this section, not more than $7,000,000 may be made available in fiscal year 1990 to carry out the provisions of subsection (bx3) of this section.". For full text, see Legislation on Foreign Relations Through 1993, vol. I-A.

The second sentence of sec. 599G(c) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101-167), provided the following:

"Not less than $7,000,000 of the funds made available to carry out the provisions of chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for fiscal year 1990 shall be made available for the purposes of subsection 534(b)(3) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.".

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