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 106 STAT. 3346 PUBLIC LAW 102-511—OCT. 24, 1992 engineers in the university or academic sectors, and which shall include some contribution from industrial participants, (d) FUNDING.— (1) USE OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE FUNDS.— (A) To the extent funds appropriated to carry out subtitle E of title XIV of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1993 (relating to joint research and development programs with the independent states of the former Soviet Union) are otherwise available for such purpose, such funds may be made available to the Director for use by the Director in establishing the endowment of the Foundation and otherwise carrying out this section. (B) For each fiscal year after fiscal year 1993, not more than 50 percent of the funds made available to the Foundation by the United States Government may be funds appropriated in the national defense budget function (function 050). (2) CONTRIBUTION TO ENDOWMENT BY PARTICIPATING INDEPENDENT STATES.— As a condition of participation in the Foundation, an independent state of the former Soviet Union must make a minimum contribution to the endowment of the Foundation, as determined by the Director, which shall reflect the ability of the independent state to make a financial contribution and its expected level of participation in the Foundation's programs. (3) DEBT CONVERSIONS. — To the extent provided in advance by appropriations Acts, local currencies or other assets resulting from government-to-government debt conversions may be made available to the Foundation. For purposes of this paragraph, the term "debt conversion" means an agreement whereby a countr3r's government-to-government or commercial external debt burden is exchanged by the holder for local currencies, policy commitments, other assets, or other economic activities, or for an equity interest in an enterprise theretofore owned by the debtor government. (4) LOCAL CURRENCIES.—In addition to other uses provided by law, and subject to agreement with the foreign government, local currencies generated by United States assistance programs may be made available to the Foundation. (5) INVESTMENT OF GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.— The Foundation may invest any revenue provided to it through United States Government assistance, and any interest earned on such investment may be used only for the purpose for which the assistance was provided. (6) OTHER FUNDS FROM GOVERNMENT AND NON- GOVERNMENTAL SOURCES.— The Foundation may accept such other funds as may be provided to it by Government agencies or nongovernmental entities. TITLE VI—SPACE TRADE AND COOPERATION 22 USC 5871. SEC. 601. FACILITATING DISCUSSIONS REGARDING THE ACQUISITION OF SPACE HARDWARE, TECHNOLOGY, AND SERVICES FROM THE FORMER SOVIET UNION. (a) EXPEDITED REVIEW. —Any request for a license or other approval described in subsection (c) that is submitted to any United

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