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 PUBLIC LAW 102-511—OCT. 24, 1992 106 STAT. 3355 (d) AGRIBUSINESS EXCHANGES.— (1) AUTHORIZATION.—The President is authorized to estab- President, lish regional agribusiness offices at State universities and land uni\^sities grant colleges in the United States for the purpose of expanding exchanges between agribusiness practitioners in the United States and agribusiness practitioners in the independent states of the former Soviet Union. (2) LIMITATION ON FUNDING SOURCES.—Funds authorized to be appropriated by this section or other provisions of this Act (including chapter 11 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961) may not be used to carry out this subsection. TITLE IX—OTHER PROVISIONS SEC. 901. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT LIST OF COMMUNIST COUNTRIES. Paragraph (1) of section 620(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2370(f)(1)) is amended by striking out from the list of countries in the last sentence of that paragraph the following: "Czechoslovak Socialist Republic", "Estonia.", "German Democratic Republic", "Hungarian People's Republic", "Latvia.", "Lithuania.", "People's Republic of Albania.", "People's Republic of Bulgaria.", "Pohsh People's Republic", "SociaHst Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.", "Socialist Republic of Romania.", and "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (including its captive constituent republics). ". SEC. 902. JOHNSON ACT. 18 USC 955 note. Section 955 of title 18, United States Code, shall not apply with respect to any obligations of the former Soviet Union, or any of the independent states of the former Soviet Union, or any political subdivision, organization, or association thereof. SEC. 903. SUPPORT FOR EAST EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY (SEED) ACT. (a) SCOPE OF AUTHORITY.— The Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 is amended by inserting after section 2 (22 U.S.C. 5401) the following: "SEC. 3. SCOPE OF AUTHORITY. 22 USC 5402. " (a) GENERAL AUTHORIZATION.—The President is authorized to conduct activities for any East European country that are similar to any activity authorized by this Act to be conducted in Poland or Hungary (excluding those authorized by section 102 or the amendments made by sections 301 and 304) if such similar activities would effectively promote a transition to market-oriented democracy. "(b) ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS.—In order to strengthen the administration ofjustice in East European countries, the President may exercise the same authorities with respect to those countries as are available under section 534 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, subject to the limitations and requirements of that section, other than subsection (c) and the last two sentences of subsection (e). " (c) DEFINITION OF EAST EUROPEAN COUNTRY.— For purposes of this Act, the term 'East European country includes Albania, Bulgaria, the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, and states that were part of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.".

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