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 PUBLIC LAW 101-179—NOV. 28, 1989 103 STAT. 1313 paid out for a claim arising out of liabilities guaranteed under subsection (a), amounts received after the date of such payment, with respect to such claim, shall be credited to the reserve fund established pursuant to subsection (d), shall be merged with the funds in such reserve, and shall be available for the purpose of payments by the Administrator to the Bank for guarantees under subsection (a). "(f) APPROPRIATIONS ACTION REQUIRED.— Commitments to guaran- tee under subsection (a) are authorized only to the extent and in the amounts provided in advance in appropriations Acts. "(g) LIMITATION ON OUTSTANDING COMMITMENTS. — The aggregate amount of outstanding commitments under subsection (a) may not exceed $200,000,000 of contingent liability for loan principal during any fiscal year. "(h) BIANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS.— Every 6 months, the Administrator and the President of the Bank shall prepare and transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on the amount and extension of guarantees and insurance provided by the Bank and guaranteed under this section during the preceding 6-month period. "(i) ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. —The Bank shall provide, without reimbursement, such administrative and technical assistance to the administering agency as the Bank and the Administrator determine appropriate to assist the administering agency in carrying out this section. "(j) FEES AND PREMIUMS. —The Bank is authorized to charge fees and premiums, in connection with guarantees or insurance guaran- teed by the administering agency under subsection (a), that are commensurate (in the judgment of the Bank) with the Bank's administrative costs and the risks covered by the agency's guaran- tees. Any amounts received by the Bank in excess of the estimated costs incurred by the Bank in administering such guarantees or insurance— "(1) shall be credited to the reserve fund established pursuant to subsection (d), "(2) shall be merged with the funds in such reserve, and "(3) shall be available for the purpose of payments by the administering agency to the Bank for guarantees under subsec- tion (a), " (k) RESTRICTIONS NOT APPLICABLE.— Prohibitions on the use of foreign assistance funds for assistance for Poland shall not apply with respect to the funds made available to carry out this section. "(1) EXPIRATION OF AUTHORITY. —The President may not enter into any commitments to guarantee under subsection (a) after Septem- ber 30, 1992. "(m) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— "(1) the term 'administering agency' means the Agency for International Development; "(2) the term 'Administrator' means the Administrator of the Agency for International Development; and "(3) the term 'Bank' means the Export-Import Bank of the United States.", (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— Section 224 of that Act is amended by inserting "FOR CENTRAL AMERICA" after "PROGRAM" in the section caption. Banks and banki ng. Banks and banki ng. 22 USC 2184.

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