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 105 STAT. 1696 PUBLIC LAW 102-228—DEC. 12, 1991 PART D—REPORTING REQUIREMENTS SEC. 231. PRIOR NOTICE OF OBLIGATIONS TO CONGRESS. Not less than 15 days before obligating any funds for a program under part B, the President shall transmit to the Congress a report on the proposed obligation. Each such report shall specify— (1) the account, budget activity, and particular program or programs from which the funds proposed to be obligated are to be derived and the amount of the proposed obligation; and (2) the activities and forms of assistance under part B for which the President plans to obligate such funds. SEC. 232. QUARTERLY REPORTS ON PROGRAM. Not later than 30 days after the end of each quarter of fiscal years 1992 and 1993, the President shall transmit to the Congress a report on the activities to reduce the Soviet military threat carried out under part B. Each such report shall set forth, for the preceding quarter and cumulatively, the following: (1) Amounts spent for such activities and the purposes for which they were spent. (2) The source of the funds obligated for such activities, stated specifically by program. (3) A description of the participation of the Department of Defense, and the participation of any other United States Government department or agency, in such activities. " (4) A description of the activities Carried out under part B and the forms of assistance provided under part B. (5) Such other information as the President considers appropriate to fully inform the Congress concerning the operation of the program under part B. ^ TITLE III—EMERGENCY AIRLIFT AND OTHER SUPPORT SEC. 301. AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER CERTAIN FUNDS TO PROVIDE EMER- GENCY AIRLIFT AND OTHER SUPPORT. (a) FINDINGS.— The Congress finds- CD that political and economic conditions within the Soviet Union and its republics are unstable and are likely to remain so for the foreseeable future; (2) that these conditions could lead to the return of antidemocratic forces in the Soviet Union; (3) that one of the most effective means of preventing such a situation is likely to be the immediate provision of humanitarian assistance; and (4) that should this need arise, the United States should have funds readily available to provide for the transport of such assistance to the Soviet Union, its republics, and any successor entities. (b) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER CERTAIN FUNDS. — (1) IN GENERAL.— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of Defense, at the direction of the President, may during fiscal year 1992, to the extent provided in an appropriations Act or joint resolution, transfer to the appropriate defense accounts sufficient funds, not to exceed $100,000,000, from funds described in paragraph (3) in order to transport, by military or commercial means, food, medical supplies, and other types of

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