"This amendment added a new sec. 108 to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. These amendments added a new chapter 8 to part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 . International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981 artial text of Public Law 97-113 [S. 1196], 95 Stat. 1519, approved December 29, 1981; as amended by Public Law 97-233 [H.J. Res. 494], 96 Stat. 260, approved August 10, 1982; Public Law 98-53 [Conditions on Aid to El Salvador, H.R. 1271], 97 Stat. 287, approved July 15, 1983; Public Law 9983 [International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985, S. 960], 99 Stat. 190 at 247, approved August 8, 1985; Public Law 101-162 [Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990; H.R. 2991], 103 Stat. 1030, approved November 21, 1989; Public Law 101-513 [Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991; H.R. 5114], 104 Stat. 1979, approved November 5, 1990; and by Public Law 103-199 [FRIENDSHIP Act; H.R. 3000], 107 Stat. 2317, approved December 17, 1993 NOTE.-Except for the provisions noted below, the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981 consists of amendments to the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, the Arms Export Control Act, the Peace Corps Act, Public Law 480, and to several former foreign aid annual authorization acts. These amendments are incorporated into the texts of these Acts at the appropriate locations. AN ACT To authorize appropriations for the fiscal years 1982 and 1983 for international security and development assistance and for the Peace Corps, to establish the Peace Corps as an autonomous agency, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SHORT TITLE Section 1. This Act may be cited as the "International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1981". TITLE I-MILITARY SALES AND RELATED PROGRAMS 1 Sec. 108(a) amended the Arms Export Control Act by adding a new chapter 5 concerning the Special Defense Acquisition Fund. (b) Section 138 of title 10, United States Code, is amended by adding immediately following subsection (f) the following new subsection: "(g) The size of the Special Defense Acquisition Fund established pursuant to chapter 5 of the Arms Export Control Act may not exceed $300,000,000 in fiscal year 1982, may not exceed $600,000,000 in fiscal year 1983, and may not exceed $900,000,000 in fiscal year 1984 or any fiscal year thereafter.".2 ACQUISITION OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES AND RELATED Sec. 203.3 The Congress directs the President to allocate at least 15 percent of the funds which are made available each fiscal year under this title for commodity import programs for use in financing the purchase of agricultural commodities and agricultural related products which are of United States-origin. TITLE III-DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AND NUTRITION Sec. 301. (a) *** (b)(1) It is the sense of the Congress that the United States should strongly support the efforts of developing countries to improve infant feeding practices, in particular through the promotion of breast feeding. As a demonstration of that support, the President is authorized to use up to $5,000,000 of the funds made available for the fiscal year 1982 to carry out the purposes of sections 103 and 104(c) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 in order to assist developing countries establish or improve programs to encourage improved infant feeding practices. In carrying out this paragraph, the Agency for International Development should provide funds for necessary research to obtain better information on the precise nature and magnitude of problems relating to infant feeding practices, including the use of infant formula, in developing countries. (2) The President shall, as part of the congressional presentation documentation for the fiscal years 1983 and 1984, include information relevant to the implementation of this subsection, including— (A) a description of actions taken by the Agency for International Development to promote breast feeding and to improve supplemental infant feeding practices in developing countries through funds made available in this subsection and through its regular programs in the fields of health, nutrition. and population activities; 2 Sec. 1103 of the Department of Defense Authorization Act, 1983 (Public Law 97-252; 96 Stat. 738), amended subsec. (g) by inserting the ceiling figure for fiscal year 1984. 322 U.S.C. 2346 note. (B) a summary of the results of studies authorized by this subsection on the nature and magnitude of problems in developing countries related to infant feeding practices; and (C) a summary of reports by member countries of the World Health Organization on their actions to implement the International Code of Marketing of Breast Milk Substitutes. SELF-HELP MEASURES TO INCREASE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; VERIFICATION OF SELF-HELP PROVISIONS (c) 4 The amendments made by this section shall not be effective if the Agriculture and Food Act of 1981 is enacted (either before or after the enactment of this Act) and contains the same amendments. (2) 6 Assistance provided from funds appropriated, before the enactment of this Act, to carry out section 481 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be made available for purposes prohibited by subsection (d) of such section as in effect immediately before the enactment of this subsection. (3)6 Funds appropriated for the fiscal year 1980 to carry out section 481 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which were obligated for assistance for the Republic of Colombia may be used for purposes other than those set forth in section 482(a)(2) of that Act as in effect immediately before the enactment of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980. (4)6 Paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection shall apply only to the extent provided in advance in an appropriations Act. For such purpose, the funds described in those paragraphs are authorized to be made available for the purposes specified in those paragraphs. * * * * * 4 Subsecs. (a) and (b) of sec. 403 contained amendments to Public Law 83-480. The Agriculture and Food Act of 1981, referred to in subsec. (c) was enacted on December 22, 1981 (Public Law 97-98; 95 Stat. 1213), and contained the same amendments as sec. 403. The amendments made by subsecs. (a) and (b), therefore, did not come into force. 5 Para. (1) amended sec. 481(d) of the FA Act of 1961. 622 U.S.C. 2291 note. RESTORATION OF CERTAIN AUTHORITIES FORMERLY CONTAINED IN THE FOREIGN SERVICE ACT EMERGENCY HUMANITARIAN HELP FOR THE PEOPLE OF POLAND Sec. 708. (a) The people of Poland, with whom the people of the United States have a longstanding friendship, now face serious domestic food shortages which will be worsened by large-scale loss of their livestock this winter if feed supplies do not arrive quickly. Therefore, the President is urged, for urgent humanitarian reasons, to use existing authorities promptly in order to provide to the people of Poland, under as favorable terms as possible, feed grains from Commodity Credit Corporation stocks or other appropriate commodities. (b) For the longer term, the President is encouraged to pursue discussions with other Western countries about a multilateral effort to help the people of Poland achieve self-sustaining economic recovery in the years ahead. (c) 13 *** 7 Sec. 601(a) amended the Peace Corps Act by adding a new sec. 2A providing for the Peace Corps as an independent agency. For text, see Legislation on Foreign Relations Through 2005. vol. I-B. 8 For text of freestanding provisions of sec. 601, see Legislation on Foreign Relations Through 2005, vol. I-B. 9 Sec. 604(a) amended sec. 10 of the Peace Corps Act by adding new subsecs. (i) and (j) For text, see Legislation on Foreign Relations Through 2005, vol. I–B. 10 Sec. 604(b) amended sec. 5(h) of the Peace Corps Act. For text, see Legislation on Foreign Relations Through 2005, vol. I-B. 11 For text of sec. 604(c), see Legislation on Foreign Relations Through 2005, vol. I-B. 12 Sec. 705 amended sec. 2 and 11 of and added a new sec. 8A to the Inspector General Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-452; 99 Stat. 1101). Sec. 705 also amended the FA Act of 1961 to conform with the new sec. 8A. 13 Subsec. (c) amended the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 by adding a new sec. 540 providing $5,000,000 for Poland during fiscal year 1982. |