PUBLIC LAW 101-513—NOV. 5, 1990 104 STAT. 2057 EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR COUNTRIES SUPPORTING DESERT SHIELD SEC. 589. Section 516(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is 22 USC 232ij. amended by inserting aiEter the second occurrence of the words "United States security assistance," the words "and those countries which received Foreign Military Financing (FMF) assistance in fiscal year 1990 and which, as of October 1, 1990, contributed armed forces to deter Iraqi aggression in the Arabian Gulf,". CHEMICAL WEAPONS PROLIFERATION SEC. 590. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be used to finance the procurement of chemicals, dual use chemicals, or chemical agents that may be used for chemical weapons production: Provided, TTiat the provisions of this section shall not apply to any such procurement if the President determines that such chemicals, dual use chemicals, or chemical agents are not intended to be used by the recipient for chemical weapons production. NOTIFICATIONS FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE SEC. 591. The prior notification requirements contained in section 523 of this Act may be waived if failure to do so would pose a substantial risk to human health or welfare: Provided, That in case of any such waiver, notification to the Congress, or the appropriate congressional committees, shall be provided as early as practicable, but in no event later than three days after taking the action to which such notification requirement was applicable in the context of the circumstances necessitating such waiver: Provided further. That any notification provided pursuant to this section shall contain an explanation of the circumstances necessitating the use of the authority of this section. SUPPORT FOR EGYPTIAN MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS IN THE GULF SEC. 592. MULTILATERAL DEBT NEGOTIATIONS. — The Congress finds that Egypt has official debt obligations that far exceed the amounts owed to the United States. The Congress further finds that Egypt's debt situation can be addressed effectively only in a multilateral context involving its major creditor governments and addressing both military and economic debt. Therefore, before the authority contained in subsection 0)) is President. exercised, the President shall seek to convene a multilateral conference of the major official creditors of the Government of Egypt for the purpose of adjusting Egypt's official debt in a manner which reflects the real coUectability of that debt. The President in such negotiations shall explicitly and strongly President. encourage other governments holding major amounts of Egyptian military debt to give that debt the same treatment that it is being accorded by the United States. (a) DEBT MORATORIUM.—(1) There shall be a moratorium on the payment obligation by Egypt beginning on October 1, 1990, and ending on March 31, 1991, with respect to the notes described in paragraph (2). (2) The notes with respect to which this moratorium shall apply are all notes made by Egypt evidencing amounts owed by Egypt to the United States (or any agency of the United States) as a result of loans made before October 1, 1990, by the United 39-194O-91-23:QL3Part3
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