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 PUBLIC LAW 102-511—OCT. 24, 1992 106 STAT. 3335 SEC. 305. REPORTS TO CONGRESS. 22 USC 5825. Not later than January 31 of each year (beginning in 1994), the Secretary of Commerce shall submit to the Congress a report— (1) describing the implementation of the preceding sections of this title; (2) analyzing the programs of other industrialized nations to assist their companies with their efforts to transact business in the independent states of the former Soviet Union, and (3) examining the trading practices of other Orgginization for Economic Cooperation and Development nations, as well as the pricing practices of transitional economies in the independent states, that may disadvantage against United States companies. SEC. 306. POLICY ON COMBATTING TIED AID PRACTICES. 22 USC 5826. Should the Secretary of the Treasury determine that foreign countries are engaged in tied aid practices with respect to any of the independent states of the former Soviet Union that violate the 1991 Helsinki agreement of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the President should give priority attention to combatting such practices. SEC. 307. TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST. 22 USC 5827. (a) AUTHORIZATION.— The President is authorized to provide technical assistance, through an American university in a region which received nonstop air service to and from the Russian Far East as of July 1, 1992, to facilitate the development of United States business opportunities, free markets, and democratic institutions in the Russian Far East. (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. —There are authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 to carry out subsection (a). SEC. 308. FUNDING FOR OPIC PROGRAMS. 22 USC 5828. (a) AUTHORITY TO MAICE ADDITIONAL FUNDS AVAILABLE.— Funds authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1993 to carry out chapter 11 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be made available to cover costs incurred by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation in carrying out programs with respect to the independent states of the former Soviet Union under title IV of chapter 2 of part I of that Act (22 U.S.C. 2191 and following), in addition to amounts otherwise available for that purpose. (b) ENACTMENT OF OPIC AUTHORIZATION ACT. —The authority Termination of subsection (a) shall cease to be effective upon the enactment ^^• of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation Act Amendments Act of 1992. TITLE IV—THE DEMOCRACY CORPS SEC. 401. AUTHORIZATION FOR ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DEMOC- 22 USC 5841. RACY CORPS. (a) ESTABLISHMENT; PURPOSE. — The President is authorized to provide for the establishment of the Democracy Corps as a private nonprofit organization, incorporated in the District of Columbia, whose purpose shall be to maintain a presence in the independent states of the former Soviet Union as described in subsection (c).

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