PUBLIC LAW 103-87 —SEPT. 30, 1993 107 STAT. 973 $35,000,000 should be made available for a program of cooperation between scientific and engineering institutes in the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union and national laboratories and other qualified academic institutions in the United States designed to stabilize the technology base in the cooperating states as each strives to convert defense industries to civilian applications: Provided, That priority be assigned to programs in support of international agreements that prevent and reduce proliferation of weapons of mass destruction: Provided further. That the President may enter into agreements involving private United States industry that include cost share arrangements where feasible: Provided further, That the President may participate in programs that enhance the safety of power reactors: Provided further. That the intellectual property rights of all parties to a program of cooperation be protected: Provided further. That funds made available by this section may be reallocated in accordance with the authority of section 560(b) of this Act. RUSSIAN ASSISTANCE TO CUBA SEC. 576. Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings "Assistance for the New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union" and "Operations and Maintenance, Defense Agencies", $380,000,000 shall not be available for obligation for Russia unless the President certifies on April 1, 1994, that the Government of Russia has not provided assistance to Cuba during the preceding eighteen months: Provided, That funds may be furnished without regard to the provisions of this section if the President determines that to do so is in the national interest. RESTRICTION ON ASSISTANCE FOR RUSSIA SEC. 577. (a) PROHIBITION. — None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act (other than funds to carry out humanitarian assistance) may be available in any fiscal year for Russia unless the President has certified to the Congress not more than 6 months in advance of the obligation or expenditure of such funds that— (1) the Government of Russia and the Governments of Latvia and Estonia have established a timetable for the withdrawal of the armed forces of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States, and all parties are complying with such timetable; or (2) Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States continue to make substantial progress toward the withdrawal of their armed forces from Latvia and Estonia. (b) TERMINATION OF CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENT. —Subsection (a) shall remain in force until the President certifies to the Congress that all of the armed forces of Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States have withdrawn from Latvia and Estonia or that the status of those armed forces has been otherwise resolved by mutual agreement of the parties. MIDDLE EAST PEACE FACILITATION ACT SEC. 578. (a) Until February 15, 1994, the President shall have the authority to waive section 307 of the Foreign Assistance Act, as amended, with respect to the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), programs for the PLO, and programs for the benefit
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