Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 107 Part 1.djvu/1000

 107 STAT. 974 PUBLIC LAW 103-87 —SEPT. 30, 1993 of entities associated with it, which accept the commitments made President. by the FLO on September 9, 1993: Provided, That before exercising this authority, the President shall consult with the relevant committees of the Senate and the House of Representatives: Provided further, That the President determines, and notifies Congress that to do so is in the national interest. (b) Subsection (a) shall cease to have effect if at any time prior to February 15, 1994, the President determines and so notifies Congress that the FLO has ceased to comply with the commitments it made on September 9, 1993, or the Congress, by joint resolution, determines that the FLO has ceased to comply with the commitments it made on September 9, 1993. RUSSIAN REFORM SEC. 579. (a) FINDINGS. —The Congress finds that— (1) President Yeltsin has consistently tried to push forward economic and political reform; (2) President Yeltsin was given a mandate by the Russian people to hold elections and continue the process of economic reform; (3) Boris Yeltsin is the first and only popularly elected president of Russia, and the parliament of Russia is a holdover from the Soviet regime; (4) the conservative parliament has consistently impeded political and economic progress in Russia; (5) slow progress on economic reform has prompted the IMF to review its disbursement of Russia's second tranche from the Systemic Transformation Facility; (6) political and economic reform has been impeded by the actions of the hardline parliament; and (7) corruption is rampant and is impeding economic and political reform and must be vigorously and effectively combated. (b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS. — It is the sense of the Congress that^ (1) the Congress supports President Yeltsin in his effort to continue the reform process in Russia, including his call for new parliamentary elections consistent with the results of the April 25, 1993 referendum; and (2) further United States Government economic assistance should be provided in accordance with President Yeltsin's call for the holding of free, fair, and democratic parliamentary elections. Titles I through V of this Act may be cited as the "Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1994". Supplemental Appropriations for the New Independent States of the Former Soviet Union Act, 1993. TITLE VI—FISCAL YEAR 1993 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS The following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1993, and for other purposes, namely:

�