PUBLIC LAW 104-208—SEPT. 30, 1996 110 STAT. 3009-162 "SEC. 620L PROHIBITION ON ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES THAT 22 USC 237S-I. RESTRICT UNITED STATES HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.— "(a) IN GENERAL.—No assistance shall be furnished under this Act or the Arms Export Control Act to any country when it is made known to the President that the government of such country prohibits or otherwise restricts, directly or indirectly, the transport or delivery of United States humanitarian assistance. "(b) EXCEPTION.— Assistance may be furnished without regard to the restriction in subsection (a) if the President determines that to do so is in the national security interest of the United States. "(c) NOTICE.— Prior to making any determination under subsection (b), the President shall notify the Committee on International Relations, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives of his intention to make such a determination, the effective date of the determination, and the reasons for making the determination.". EQUITABLE ALLOCATION OF FUNDS SEC. 560. Not more than 20 percent of the funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of sections 103 through 106 and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, that are made available for Latin America and the Caribbean region may be made available, through bilateral and Latin America and the Caribbean regional programs, to provide assistance for any country in such region. PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS SEC. 561. (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.— It is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased with funds made available in this Act should be American-made. (b) NOTICE REQUIREMENT.—In providing financial assistance to, or entering into any contract with, any entity using funds made available in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the Congress. LIMITATION OF FUNDS FOR NORTH AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK SEC. 562. None of the Funds appropriated in this Act under the heading "North American Development Bank" and made available for the Community Adjustment and Investment Program shall be used for purposes other than those set out in the binational agreement establishing the Bank. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION SEC. 563. In order to pay for the United States contribution to the tenth replenishment of the resources of the International Development Association authorized in section 526 of Public Law 103-87, there is authorized to be appropriated, without fiscal year limitation, $700,000,000 for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury.
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