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 PUBLIC LAW 103-87 —SEPT. 30, 1993 107 STAT. 961 SPECIAL AUTHORITIES SEC. 549. (a) Funds appropriated in title II of this Act that are made available for Haiti, Afghanistan, Lebanon, and Cambodia, and for victims of war, displaced children, displaced Burmese, humanitarian assistance for Romania, and humanitarian assistance for the peoples of Bosnia-Hercegovina, Croatia, and Kosova, may be made available notwithstanding any other provision of law: Provided, That any such funds that are made available for Cambodia shall be subject to the provisions of section 531(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and section 906 of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1985: Provided further, That the President shall terminate assistance to any Cambodian organization that he determines is cooperating, tactically or strategically, with the Khmer Rouge in their military operations. (b) Funds appropriated by this Act to carry out the provisions of sections 103 through 106 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the purpose of supporting tropical forestry and energy programs aimed at reducing emissions of greenhouse gases with regard to the key countries in which deforestation and energy policy would make a significant contribution to global warming: Provided, That such assistance shall be subject to sections 116, 502B, and 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. (c) During fiscal year 1994, the President may use up to $50,000,000 under the authority of section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, notwithstanding the funding ceiling contained in subsection (a) of that section. President. Global warming. POLICY ON TERMINATING THE ARAB LEAGUE BOYCOTT OF ISRAEL SEC. 550. (a) FINDINGS.— The Congress finds that— (1) since 1948 the Arab countries have maintained a primary boycott against Israel, refusing to do business with Israel; (2) since the early 1950s the Arab League has maintained a secondary and tertiary boycott against American and other companies that have commercial ties with Israel; (3) the boycott seeks to coerce American firms by blacklisting those that do business with Israel and harm America's competitiveness; (4) the United States has a longstanding policy opposing the Arab League boycott and United States law prohibits American firms from providing information to Arab countries to demonstrate compliance with the boycott; (5) with real progress being made in the Middle East peace process and the serious confidence-building measures taken by the State of Israel an end to the Arab boycott of Israel and of American companies that have commercial ties with Israel is long overdue and would represent a significant confidence-building measure; and (6) in the interest of Middle East peace and free commerce, the President must take more concrete steps to press the Arab states to end their practice of blacklisting and boycotting American companies that have trade ties with Israel. (b) POLICY.— It is the sense of the Congress that— (1) the Arab League countries should immediately and publicly renounce the primary boycott of Israel and the second-

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