PUBLIC LAW 105-338 —OCT. 31, 1998
112 STAT. 3179
in Iraq, and has persisted in a pattern of deception and concealment regarding the history of its weapons of mass destruction
programs.
(10) On August 5, 1998, Iraq ceased all cooperation with
UNSCOM, and subsequently threatened to end long-term monitoring activities by the International Atomic Energy Agency
and UNSCOM.
(11) On August 14, 1998, President Clinton signed Public WUliam Clinton.
Law 105-235, which declared that "the Government of Iraq
is in material and unacceptable breach of its international
obligations" and urged the President "to take appropriate
action, in accordance with the Constitution and relevant laws
-of the United States, to bring Iraq into compliance with its
international obligations.".
(12) On May 1, 1998, President Clinton signed Public Law
105-174, which made $5,000,000 available for assistance to
the Iraqi democratic opposition for such activities as organization, training, communication and dissemination of information,
developing and implementing agreements among opposition
groups, compiling information to support the indictment of Iraqi
officials for war crimes, and for related purposes.
SEC. 3. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING UNITED STATES POLICY Saddam Hussein.
TOWARD IRAQ.
It should be the policy of the United States to support efforts
to remove the regime headed by Saddam Hussein from power
in Iraq and to promote the emergence of a democratic government
to replace that regime.
SEC. 4. ASSISTANCE TO SUPPORT A TRANSITION TO DEMOCRACY IN
IRAQ.
(a) AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE.— The President may
provide to the Iraqi democratic opposition organizations designated
in accordance with section 5 the following assistance:
(1) BROADCASTING ASSISTANCE.—(A) Grant assistance to
such organizations for radio and television broadcasting by
such organizations to Iraq.
(B) There is authorized to be appropriated to the United Appropriation
States Information Agency $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 to authorization,
carry out this paragraph.
(2) MILITARY ASSISTANCE. —(A) The President is authorized President,
to direct the drawdown of defense articles from the stocks
of the Department of Defense, defense services of the Department of Defense, and military education and training for such
organizations.
(B) The aggregate value (as defined in section 644(m) of
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961) of assistance provided
under this paragraph may not exceed $97,000,000.
(b) HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE. — The Congress urges the President to use existing authorities under the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 to provide humanitarian assistance to individuals living
in areas of Iraq controlled by organizations designated in accordance
with section 5, with emphasis on addressing the needs of individuals
who have fled to such areas from areas under the control of the
Saddam Hussein regime.
(c) RESTRICTION ON ASSISTANCE.— No assistance under this
section shall be provided to any group within an organization designated in accordance with section 5 which group is, at the time
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