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PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2681-182 Development Foundation Act. The appropriate agency shall promptly report to the Committees on Appropriations whenever it is conducting activities or is proposing to conduct activities in a country for which assistance is prohibited. (b) Unless expressly provided to the contrary, limitations on the availability of funds for "International Organizations and Programs" in this or any other Act, including prior appropriations Acts, shall not be construed to be applicable to the International Fund for Agricultural Development. IMPACT ON JOBS IN THE UNITED STATES SEC. 538. None of the funds appropriated by this Act may be obligated or expended to provide— (a) any financial incentive to a business enterprise currently located in the United States for the purpose of inducing such an enterprise to relocate outside the United States if such incentive or inducement is Ukely to reduce the number of employees of such business enterprise in the United States because United States production is being replaced by such enterprise outside the United States; (b) assistance for the purpose of establishing or developing in a foreign country any export processing zone or designated area in which the tax, tariff, labor, environment, and safety laws of that country do not apply, in part or in whole, to activities carried out within that zone or area, unless the President determines and certifies that such assistance is not likely to cause a loss ofjobs within the United States; or (c) assistance for any project or activity that contributes to the violation of internationaly recognized workers rights, as defined in section 502(a)(4) of the Trade Act of 1974, of workers in the recipient country, including any designated zone or area, in that country: Provided, That in recognition that the application of this subsection should be commensurate with the level of development of the recipient country and sector, the provisions of this subsection shall not preclude assistance for the informal sector in such country, micro and small-scale enterprise, and smallholder agriculture. SERBIA-MONTENEGRO AND KOSOVA SEC. 539.(a) RESTRICTIONS.— None of the funds in this or any so use i70i other Act may be made available to modify or remove any sanction, "o^. prohibition or requirement with respect to Serbia-Montenegro unless the President first submits to the Congress a certification described in subsection (c). (b) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.— The Secretary of the Treasury shall instruct the United States executive directors of the international financial institutions to work in opposition to, and vote against, any extension by such institutions of any financial or teclmical assistance or grants of any kind to the government of Serbia-Montenegro, unless the President first submits to the Congress a certification described in subsection (c). (c) CERTIFICATION.— A certification described in this subsection is a certification that— (1) there is substantial improvement in the human rights situation in Kosova;