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103 STAT. 1254 PUBLIC LAW 101-167—NOV. 21, 1989 that country, the Administrator of the Agency for International Development shall— Contracts. (A) require that local currencies be deposited in a separate account established by that government; (B) enter into an agreement with that government which sets forth— (i) the amount of the local currencies to be generated, and (ii) the terms and conditions under which the currencies so deposited may be utilized, consistent with this section; and (C) established by agreement with that government the responsibilities of the Agency for International Development and that government to monitor and account for deposits into and disbursements from the separate account. (2) USES OF LOCAL CURRENCIES. — As may be agreed upon with the foreign government, local currencies deposited in a separate account pursuant to subsection (a), or an equivalent amount of local cur- rencies, shall be used only— (A) to carry out chapter 1 of part I or chapter 4 of part II (as the case may be), or (B) for the administrative requirements of the United States Government. (3) PROGRAMMING ACCOUNTABILITY. — The Agency for Inter- national Development shall take all appropriate steps to ensure that the equivalent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant to subsec- tion (a)(2)(A) from the separate account established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection (a)(2). (4) TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS.— Upon termination of assistance to a country under chapter 1 of part I or chapter 4 of part II (as the case may be), any unencumbered balances of funds which remain in a separate account established pursuant to subsection (a) shall be disposed of for such purposes as may be agreed to by the government of that country and the United States Government. (b) SEPARATE ACCOUNTS FOR CASH TRANSFERS. —(1) If assistance is made available to the government of a foreign country, under chapter 1 of part I (including assistance for Sub-Saharan Africa) or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that country shall be required to maintain such funds in a separate account and not commingle them with any other funds. (2) APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW. — Such funds may be obligated and expended notwithstanding provisions of law which are inconsistent with the nature of this assistance including provi- sions which are referenced in the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of (Donference accompanying House Joint Resolution 648 (H. Report No. 98 -1159). President of U.S. (3) NOTIFICATION. —At least fifteen days prior to obligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sector assistance, the President shall submit a notification through the regular notification proce- dures of the (Dommittees on Appropriations, which shall include a detailed description of how the funds proposed to be made available will be used, with a discussion of the United States interests that will be served by the assistance (including, as appropriate, a descrip- tion of the economic policy reforms that will be promoted by such assistance). -«