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110 STAT. 750 PUBLIC LAW 104-107—FEB. 12, 1996 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance of 1961, and under the Support for East European Democracy Act of 1989; or (2) for which in excess of $1,000,000 has been obligated during the previous fiscal year by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. (c) CONSULTATION. —The Secretary of State shall submit the report required by subsection (a) in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, the Administrator of the Agency for International Development, and the President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. The report shall be submitted with the annual congressional presentation for appropriations. SEC. 575. To the maximum extent possible, the funds provided by this Act shall be used to provide surveying and mapping related services through contracts entered into through competitive bidding to qualified United States contractors. REPORTS REGARDING HONG KONG SEC. 576. (a) Section 301 of the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act of 1992 (22 U.S.C. 5731) is amended in the text above paragraph (1) by inserting "March 31, 1996," after "March 31, 1995,". 22 USC 5731 (b) In light of the deficiencies in reports submitted to the note. Congress pursuant to section 301 of the United States-Hong Kong Policy Act (22 U.S.C. 5731), the Congress directs that the additional report required to be submitted under such section by subsection (a) of this section include detailed information on the status of, and other developments affecting, implementation of the Sino-British Joint Declaration on the Question of Hong Kong, including— (1) the Basic Law and its consistency with the Joint Declaration; (2) the openness and fairness of elections to the legislature; (3) the openness and fairness of the election of the chief executive and the executive's accountability to the legislature; (4) the treatment of political parties; (5) the independence of the judiciary and its ability to exercise the power of final judgment over Hong Kong law; and (6) the Bill of Rights. SEC. 577. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, $20,000,000 of the funds made available under the headings "Development Assistance" and/or "Economic Support Fund" may be transferred to, and merged with, the appropriations account entitled "International Narcotics Control" and may be available for the same purposes for which funds in such account are available. GUATEMALA SEC. 578. (a) Funds provided in this Act may be made available for the Guatemalan military or security forces, and the restrictions on Guatemala under the headings "International Military Education and Training" and "Foreign Military Financing Program" shall not apply, only if the President determines and certifies to the Congress that the Guatemalan military is cooperating with efforts to resolve human rights abuses which elements of the Guatemalan military