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 101 STAT. 1329-169

PUBLIC LAW 100-202—DEC. 22, 1987

foreign country of an agricultural commodity for export which would compete with a similar commodity grown or produced in the United States: Provided, That this section shall not prohibit: (1) activities designed to increase food security in developing countries where such activities will not have a significant impact in the export of agricultural commodities of the United States; or (2) research activities intended primarily to benefit American producers. PROHIBITION OF FUNDING RELATED TO COMPETITION WITH UNITED STATES EXPORTS

SEC. 553. None of the funds provided in this Act to the Agency for International Development, other than funds made available to carry out Caribbean Basin Initiative programs under the Tariff Schedules of the United States, 19 U.S.C. 1202, schedule 8, part I, subpart B, item 807.00, shall be obligated or expended— (1) to procure directly feasibility studies or prefeasibility studies for, or project profiles of potential investment in, the manufacture, for export to the United States or to third country markets in direct competition with United States exports, of import-sensitive articles as defined by section 503(c)(l)(A) and (E) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(l)(A) and (E)); or (2) to assist directly in the establishment of facilities specifically designed for the manufacture, for export to the United States or to third country markets in direct competition with United States exports, of import-sensitive articles as defined in section 503(c)(l)(A) and (E) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 2463(c)(l)(A) and (E)). PROHIBITION AGAINST INDIRECT FUNDING TO CERTAIN COUNTRIES

SEC. 554. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act shall be obligated to finance indirectly any assistance or reparations to Angola, Cambodia, Cuba, Iraq, Libya, the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, South Yemen, or Syria unless the President of the United States certifies that the withholding of these funds is contrary to the national interest of the United States. ASSISTANCE FOR UBERIA

SEC. 555. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Military Assistance" or "Economic Support Fund" may be made available for assistance for Liberia only if— (1) the Administrator of the Agency for International Development certifies to the Congress that the Government of Liberia— (A) has taken significant steps to: reduce extra-budgetary expenditures; reduce borrowing from any source (whether local or foreign) in anticipation of future tax receipts, profit sharing, maritime revenues, or other revenues; reduce the use of off-shore funds for the financing of domestic expenditures; and reduce the extent to which public expenditures exceed allocations; and (B) has ceased diverting and misusing United States assistance, and has paid all amounts owed to the local

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