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PUBLIC LAW 101-167—NOV. 21, 1989 103 STAT. 1235 PROHIBITION OF FUNDING RELATED TO COMPETITION WITH UNITED STATES EXPORTS SEC. 547. 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, section 1202 of title 19, United States Code, 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)(l)(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)(l)(A)and(E)). PROHIBITION AGAINST INDIRECT FUNDING TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES SEC. 548. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated to finance in- directly any assistance or reparations to Angola, Cambodia, Cuba, Iraq, Libya, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, South Yemen, Iran, 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, ASSISTANCE FOR LIBERIA SEC. 549. (a) During fiscal year 1990, in determining whether to President of U.S. furnish economic support fund assistance and foreign military financing under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to Liberia, the President shall take into account whether the Government of Liberia— (1) has demonstrated its commitment to economic reform, including taking steps to fundamentally change the current financial practice of making extra-budgetary expenditures, including steps to channel the revenues from such major sources as the Liberia Petroleum Refinery Corporation and the Forestry Development Authority through the normal budgetary process; and (2) has taken significant steps to increase respect for inter- nationally recognized human rights including— (A) the removal of all restrictions on the right of political parties to operate freely; (B) the lifting of restrictions on freedom of the press; and (C) the restoration of an independent judiciary. RECIPROCAL LEASING SEC. 550. Section 61(a) of the Arms Export Control Act is amended 22 USC 2796. by Striking out "1989" and inserting in lieu thereof "1990".