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 PUBLIC LAW 102-27—APR. 10, 1991 105 STAT. 159 Act of 1991: Provided, That the Secretary of Defense may transfer these sums as necessary to the appropriate operation and maintenance appropriations to be merged with and made available for the same purposes and the same time period as the appropriations to which transferred: Provided further. That this transfer authority shall be in addition to any other transfer authority contained in this Act. GENERAL PROVISION SEC. 501. (a) The authority provided in this title to transfer funds from the Defense Cooperation Account is in addition to any other transfer authority contained in this or any other Act making appropriations for fiscal year 1991 through fiscal year 1995. (b) Amounts transferred from the Defense Cooperation Account shall be merged with and be available for the same purposes as the appropriations to which transferred. (c) The Secretary of Defense shall notify the Committees on Appropriations and Armed Services of the Senate and House of Representatives before making any transfer from the Defense Cooperation Account. No transfer may be made until the seventh day after such committees receive the notification required by this subsection to be submitted for such transfer. SEC. 502. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN ASSISTANCE FOR JORDAN. (a) PROHIBITION.—Except as otherwise provided in this section, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991, may be obligated or expended for assistance for Jordan. OJ) EXCEPTIONS.— Subsection (a) shall not apply to— (1) assistance for refugees; or (2) assistance to finance the training or studies outside Jordan of students whose course of study or training program began before the date of enactment of this Act. (c) WAIVER. —The prohibition contained in subsection (a) shall not apply if the President determines and certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that the Government of Jordan has taken steps to advance the peace process in the Middle East, or that furnishing assistance to Jordan would be beneficial to the peace process in the Middle East. (d) DEFINITIONS.— For purposes of this section, the term "appropriate congressional committees" means the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. (e) REPEALS. —(1) The ninth proviso under the heading "Economic Support Fund" of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1991, is hereby repealed. 104 Stat. 1990. (2) The tenth proviso under the heading "Economic Support Fund" of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990, is hereby repealed. 102 Stat. 1206. (3) Any provision of law not repealed by this subsection that earmarks economic or military assistance for Jordan shall have no force or effect upon the date of enactment of this Act.

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