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 PUBLIC LAW 101-189—NOV. 29, 1989 103 STAT. 1409 sure and Realignment Act (Public Law 100-526; 102 Stat. 2631), $500,000,000. SEC. 304. HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE (a) PURPOSE.—Funds appropriated pursuant to the authorizations in subsections (a)(16) and (b)(16) of 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 funds appropriated for each of fiscal years 1990 and 1991 pursuant to such subsections 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. Qo) 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 such subsections for each of fiscal years 1990 and 1991 for humanitarian assistance to provide for— (1) the payment of administrative costs incurred in providing the transportation described in subsection (a); and (2) the purchase or other acquisition of transportation assets for the distribution of humanitarian relief supplies in the coun- try of destination. (c) TRANSPORTATION UNDER DIRECTION OP THE SECRETARY OF STATE.— Transportation for humanitarian relief provided with funds appropriated pursuant to such subsections for humanitarisin assist- ance shall be provided under the direction of the Secretary of State. (d) MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION TO BE USED.— Transportation for humanitarian relief provided with funds appropriated pursuant to such subsections for humanitarian assistance shall be provided 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 provide transportation other than by the most economical means available. The means used to provide such transportation may include the use of aircraft and personnel of the reserve components of the Armed Forces. (e) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS. —Funds appropriated pursuant to such subsections for humanitarian assistance shall remain available until expended, to the extent provided in appropriation Acts. (f) REPORTS TO CONGRESS. —(1) The Secretary of Defense shall submit (at the times specified in paragraph (2)) 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 on the provision of humanitarian assist- ance under the humanitarian relief laws specified in paragraph (4). (2) A report required by paragraph (1) shall be submitted— (A) not later thsm 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act; (B) not later than June 1, 1990; and (C) not later than June 1 of each year thereafter until all funds available for humanitarian assistance under the humani- tarian relief laws specified in paragraph (4) have been obligated. (3) A report required by paragraph (1) shall contain (as of the date on which the report is submitted) the following information: Refugees. Afghanistan. Thailand. Cambodia.

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