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 102 STAT. 1948

PUBLIC LAW 100-456—SEPT. 29, 1988

gigencies of the Department of Defense for providing capital for working-capital funds in amounts as follows: For the Army Stock Fund, $291,900,000. For the Navy Stock Fund, $184,700,000. For the Air Force Stock Fund, $186,900,000. For the Defense Stock Fund, $25,000,000. SEC. 303. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE

(a) PURPOSE.—The amount authorized in section 301 for humanitarian assistance shall be used for the purpose of providing transportation for humanitarian relief for persons displaced or who are refugees because of the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union. Of the amount authorized in such section for such purpose, not more than $3,000,000 may be used for distribution of humanitarian relief supplies to the non-Communist resistance organization at or near the border between Thailand and Cambodia. (b) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER FUNDS.—The Secretary of Defense may transfer to the Secretary of State not more than $3,000,000 of the funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization in section 301 for humanitarian assistance to provide for (1) paying for administrative costs of providing the transportation describBd in subsection (a), and (2) the purchase or other acquisition of transportation assets for the distribution of relief supplies in the country of destination. (c) TRANSPORTATION UNDER DIRECTION OF THE SECRETARY OF

STATE.—Transportation provided with funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization in section 301 for humanitarian assistance shall be under the direction of the Secretary of State. (d) MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO B E USED.—Transportation for

humanitarian relief provided with funds appropriated pursuant to the authorization in section 301 for humanitarian assistance shall be by the most economical commercial or military means available, unless the Secretary of State determines that it is in the national interest of the United States to use means other than the most economical means available. Such means may include the use of aircraft and personnel of the reserve components of the Armed Forces. (e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Amounts appropriated pursuant to the authorization in section 301 for humanitarian assistance shall remain available until expended, to the extent provided in appropriation Acts. (£) REPORTS.—The Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committees on Armed Services and Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committees on Armed Services and Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. The Secretary shall also submit a report to those committees not later than June 1, 1989, and not later than June 1 of each year thereafter, until all funds available under this section have been obligated. Each such report shall contain (as of the date on which the report is submitted) the following information: (A) The total amount of funds obligated for humanitarian relief under the humanitarian relief laws specified in paragraph (2). (B) The number of scheduled and completed flights for purposes of providing humanitarian relief under the humanitarian relief laws specified in paragraph (2).

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