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100 STAT. 3341-241
PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1986
100 STAT. 3341-241

100 STAT. 3341-241

PUBLIC LAW 99-591—OCT. 30, 1986

SEC. 557. (a) It is the sense of Congress that pursuant to Section 701 of the International Institutions Act of 1977, the United States Government should oppose all loans to Chile from multilateral development institutions, except for those for basic human needs, until— (1) the Government of Chile has ended its practice and pattern of gross abuse of internationaly recognized human rights; (2) significant steps have been taken by the Government of Chile to restore democracy, including— '• (A) the implementation of political reforms which are ^ essential to the development of democracy, such as the ' legalization of political parties, the enactment of election laws, the establishment of freedom of speech and the press, and the fair and prompt administration of justice; and (B) a precise and reasonable timetable has been established for the transition to democracy. (b) None of the funds made available by this Act for the "Economic support fund" or for Title III shall be obligated or expended for Chile. SEC. 558. None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be available for any testing or breeding feasibility study, variety improvement or introduction, consultancy, publication, conference, or training in connection with the growth or production in a foreign country of an agricultural commodity for export which would compete with a similar commodity grown or produced in the United States: Provided, That this section shall not prohibit: (1) activities designed to increase food security in developing countries where such activities will not have a significant impact in the export of agricultural commodities of the United States; or (2) research activities intended primarily to benefit American producers. SEC. 559. None of the funds provided in this Act to the Agency for International Development, other than funds made available to carry out Caribbean Basin Initiative programs under the Tariff Schedules of the United States, 19 U.S.C. 1202, Schedule 8, Part I, Subpart B, Item 807.00, shall be obligated or expended— (1) to procure directly feasibility studies or prefeasibility studies for, or project profiles of potential investment in, the ,„ manufacture, for export to the United States or to third country ^ markets in direct competition with United States exports, of ,. import-sensitive articles as defined by section 503(c)(1)(A) and

  • (E) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(l)(A) and (E)); or

(2) to assist directly in the establishment of facilities specifi•' cally designed for the manufacture, for export to the United States or to third country markets in direct competition with ^ * United States exports, of import-sensitive articles as defined in '^ ' section 503(c)(l)(A) and (E) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(1)(A) and (E)). SEC. 560. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated to finance indirectly any assistance or reparations to Angola, Cambodia, Cuba, Iraq, Libya, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, South Yemen, or Syria unless the President of the United States certifies that the withholding of these funds is contrary to the national interest of the United States.