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PUBLIC LAW 100-000—MMMM. DD, 1988

PUBLIC LAW 100-690—NOV. 18, 1988

102 STAT. 4277

SEC. 4406. WAIVER OF RESTRICTIONS ON UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE FOR CERTAIN MAJOR DRUG-TRANSIT COUNTRIES.

Section 481(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall not apply with respect to a major drug-transit country for fiscal year 1989 if the President certifies to the Congress, during that fiscal year, that— (1) section 481(i)(5)(C) of that Act (relating to money laundering) does not apply to that country; (2) the country previously was a major illicit drug producing country but, during each of the preceding two years, has effectively eliminated illicit drug production; and (3) the country is cooperating fully with the United States or has taken adequate steps on its own— (A) in satisfying the goals agreed to in an applicable bilateral narcotics agreement with the United States (as described in section 481(h)(2) of that Act) or a multilateral agreement which achieves the objectives of that section; (B) in preventing narcotic and psychotropic drugs and other controlled substances transported through such country from being sold illegally within the jurisdiction of such country to United States Government personnel or their dependents or from being transported, directly or indirectly, into the United States; and (C) in preventing and punishing bribery and other forms of public corruption which facilitate the production, processing, or shipment of narcotic and psychotropic drugs and other controlled substances, or which discourage the investigation and prosecution of such acts. SEC. 4407. ANNUAL CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES FOR BILATERAL AND MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE.

(a) REVISION OF PROCEDURES.—Section 481(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by striking out all that precedes 22 USC 2291. subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "(h) ANNUAL CERTIFICATION PROCEDURES.— "(1) WITHHOLDING OF BILATERAL ASSISTANCE AND OPPOSITION TO MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE.—(A) F i f t y p e r c e n to f

the United States assistance allocated each fiscal year in the report required by section 653(a) for each major illicit drug producing country or major drug-transit country shall be withheld from obligation and expenditure, except as provided in paragraph (2). "(B) The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the United States Executive Director of the International Development Association, the United States Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank, and the United States Executive Director of the Asian Development Bank to vote, on and after March 1 of each year, against any loan or other utilization of the funds of their respective institution to or for any major illicit drug producing country or major drug-transit country, except as provided in paragraph (2). "(2) CERTIFICATION PROCEDURE.—(A) Subject to paragraph (4), the assistance withheld from a country pursuant to paragraph (I)(A) may be obligated and expended, and the requirement of