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106 STAT. 4928 PUBLIC LAW 102-583 —NOV. 2, 1992 "(iii) in preventing and punishing the laundering in that country of drug-related profits or drug-related moneys, and "(iv) in preventing and punishing bribery and other forms of public corruption which facilitate the production, processing, or shipment of narcotic and psychotropic drugs and other controlled substances, or which discourage the investigation and prosecution of such acts; or , "(B) for a country that would not otherwise qualify for certification under subparagraph (A), the vital national interests of the United States require tiiat the assistance withheld pursuant to subsection (a)(1) be provided and that the United States not vote against multilateral development bank assistance for that country pursuant to subsection (a)(2). "(2) BILATERAL NARCOTICS AGREEMENT.—A b ilateral narcotics agreement referred to in paragraph (i)(A)(i) is an a^eement between the United States and a foreign country m which the foreign country agrees to take specific activities, including, where applicable, efforts to— "(A) reduce drug production, drug consumption, and drug trafficking within its territory, including activities to address illicit crop eradication and crop substitution; "(B) increase drug interdiction and enforcement; "(C) increase drug treatment; "(D) increase the identification of and elimination of illicit drug laboratories; "(E) increase the identification of, and elimination of trafficking in, essential precursor chemicals for use in the illicit production of narcotic and psychotropic drugs and ^^ other controlled substances; "(F) increase cooperation with United States drug enforcement officials; and "(G) where applicable, increase participation in extradition treaties, mutual legal assistance provisions directed at money laundering, sharing of evidence, and other initiatives for cooperative drug enforcement. "(3) REQUIREMENT FOR NARCOTICS AGREEMENT FOR CERTAIN COUNTRIES.—A countxy which in the previous year was designated as a mtgor illicit drug producing country or a msyor drug-transit country may not be determined to be cooperating fully under paragraph (I)(A) unless it has in place a bilateral narcotics agreement with the United States or a multilateral agreement which achieves the objectives of paragraph (2). "(4) INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN CERTIFICATION.— If the President makes a certification with respect to a country pursuant to paragraph dXB), the President shall include in such certification— "(A) a full and complete description of the vital national interests placed at risk if United States bilateral assistance to that country is terminated pursuant to this section and multilateral development bank assistance is not provided to such country; and "(B) a statement weighing the risk described in subparagraph (A) against the risks posed to the vital national interests of the United States by the failure of