PUBLIC LAW 104-208—SEPT. 30, 1996 110 STAT. 3009 -136
defense services, including research and development: Provided further, That of the funds made available under this paragraph,
$30,000,000 shall be available for assistance on a grant basis for
Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic to carry out title II
of Public Law 103-477 and section 585 of Public Law 104-107:
Provided further, That funds made available under this paragraph
shall be nonrepayable notwithstanding any requirement in section
23 of the Arms Export Control Act: Provided further, That, for
the purpose only of providing support for NATO expansion and
the Warsaw Initiative Program, of the funds appropriated by this
Act under the headings "Assistance for Eastern Europe and the
Baltic States" and "Assistance for the New Independent States
of the Former Soviet Union", up to a total of $7,000,000 may
be transferred, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to the
funds appropriated under this paragraph: Provided further. That
none of the funds made available under this heading shall be
available for any non-NATO country participating in the Partnership for Peace Program except through the regular notification
procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
For the cost, as defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans authorized by section 23 of
the Arms Export Control Act as follows: cost of direct loans,
$60,000,000: Provided, That these funds are available to subsidize
gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans of not
to exceed $540,000,000: Provided further, That the rate of interest
charged on such loans shall be not less than the current average
market yield on outstanding marketable obligations of the United
States of comparable maturities: Provided further. That of the funds
appropriated under this paragraph $20,000,000 shall be made available to Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic: Provided further.
That funds appropriated under this heading shall be made available
for Greece and Turkey only on a loan basis, and the principal
amount of direct loans for each country shall not exceed the following: $122,500,000 only for Greece and $175,000,000 only for Turkey.
None of the funds made available under this heading shall
be available to finance the procurement of defense articles, defense
services, or design and construction services that are not sold by
the United States Government under the Arms Export Control
Act unless the foreign country proposing to make such procurements
has first signed an agreement with the United States Government
specifying the conditions under which such procurements may be
financed with such funds: Provided, That all country and funding
level increases in allocations shall be submitted through the regular
notification procedures of section 515 of this Act: Provided further.
That funds made available under this heading shall be obligated
upon apportionment in accordance with paragraph (5)(C) of title
31, United States Code, section 1501(a): Provided further. That
none of the funds appropriated under this heading shall be available
for Zaire, Sudan, Liberia, and Guatemala: Provided further. That
funds made available under this heading may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for activities related to the
clearance of landmines and unexploded ordnance, and may include
activities implemented through nongovernmental and international
organizations: Provided further. That only those countries for which
assistance was justified for the "Foreign Military Sales Financing
Program" in the fiscal year 1989 congressional presentation for
security assistance programs may utilize funds made available
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