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 PUBLIC LAW 102-511—OCT. 24, 1992 106 STAT. 3331 committees in accordance with the procedures applicable to reprogramming notifications under section 634A of this Act.". SEC. 202. INELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE OF INSTITUTIONS 22 USC 2295a WITHHOLDING CERTAIN DOCUMENTS OF UNITED STATES ^°^- NATIONALS. (a) PROHIBITION. — Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), an agency, instrumentality, or other governmental entity of an independent state of the former Soviet Union shall not be eligible to receive assistance under chapter 11 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 if— (1) on the date of enactment of this Act, there is outstanding a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction in that independent state that that governmental entity is withholding unlawfully books or other documents of religious or historical significance that are the property of United States persons; and (2) within 90 days of a request by such United States persons, the Secretary of State determines that execution of the court's judgment is blocked as the result of extrajudicial causes such as any of the following: (A) A declared refusal of the defendant to comply. (B) The unwillingness or failure of local authorities to enforce compliance. (C) The issuance of an administrative decree nullifying a court's judgment or forbidding compliance. (D) The passage of legislation, after a court's judgment, nullifying that judgment or forbidding compliance with that judgment. (b) EXCEPTION FOR HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.—The prohibition contained in subsection (a) shall not apply to the provision of assistance to alleviate suffering resulting from a natural or man-made disaster. (c) WAR^R AUTHORITY. —The Secretary of State may waive the application of subsection (a) whenever the Secretary finds that— (1) the court's judgment has been executed; or (2) it is important to the national interest of the United States to do so. (d) REPORT. — Nine months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate on the status of final judgments described in subsection (a)(1). (e) UNITED STATES F*ERSON.—For purposes of this section, the term "United States person" means— (1) any citizen, national, or permanent resident alien of the United States; and (2) any corporation, partnership, or other juridical entity which is 50 percent or more beneficially owned by individuals described in paragraph (1).

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