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105 STAT. 732 PUBLIC LAW 102-138—OCT. 28, 1991 (B) that government has provided rehable assurances that it will not in the future engage in any such activities, and (C) that government is willing to allow on-site inspections by United Nations observers or other internationaly recognized, impartial observers, or other reliable means exist, to ensure that that government is not using chemical or biological weapons in violation of international law and is not using lethal chemical or biological weapons against its own nationals, then the President, after consultation with the Congress, shall impose on that country the sanctions set forth in at least 3 of subparagraphs (A) through (E) of paragraph (2). (2) SANCTIONS.—The sanctions referred to in paragraph (1) are the following: (A) MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANK ASSISTANCE.— The United States Government shall oppose, in accordance with section 701 of the International Financial Institutions Act (22 U.S.C. 262d), the extension of any loan or financial or technical assistance to that country by international financial institutions. (B) BANK LOANS. —The United States Government shall prohibit any United States bank from making any loan or providing any credit to the government of that country, except for loans or credits for the purpose of purchasing food or other agricultural commodities or products. (C) FURTHER EXPORT RESTRICTIONS. —The authorities of section 6 of the Export Administration Act of 1979 shall be used to prohibit exports to that country of all goods and technology not otherwise prohibited under subsection (a)(5) ir. (excluding food and other agricultural commodities and products). (D) DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS. — The President shall use his constitutional authorities to downgrade or suspend diplomatic relations between the United States and the government of that country. (E) PRESIDENTIAL ACTION REGARDING AVIATION. — (i)(I) The President is authorized to notify the government of a country with respect to which the President has made a determination pursuant to section 506(a)(1) of his intention to suspend the authority of foreign air carriers owned or controlled by the government of that country to engage in foreign air transportation to or from the United States. (II) Within 10 days after the date of notification of a government under subclause (I), the Secretary of Transportation shall take all steps necessary to suspend at the earliest possible date the authority of any foreign air carrier owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that government to engage in foreign air transportation to or from the United States, notwithstanding any agreement relating to air services. (ii)(I) The President may direct the Secretary of State to terminate any air service agreement between the United States and a country with respect to which the President has made a determination pursuant to section 506(a)(1), in accordance with the provisions of that agreement.