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 107 STAT. 962 PUBLIC LAW 103-87—SEPT. 30, 1993 ary and tertiary boycott of American firms that have commercial ties with Israel and (2) the President should— (A) take more concrete steps to encourage vigorously Arab League countries to renounce publicly the primary boycotts of Israel and the secondary and tertiary boycotts of American firms that have commercial relations with Israel as a confidence-building measure; (B) take into consideration the participation of any recipient country in the primary boycott of Israel and the secondary and tertiary boycotts of American firms that have commercial relations with Israel when determining whether to sell weapons to said country; (C) report to Congress on the specific steps being taken by the President to bring about a public renunciation of the Arab primary bovcott of Israel and the secondary and tertiary boycotts of American firms that have commercial relations with Israel; and (D) encourage the allies and trading partners of the United States to enact laws prohibiting businesses from complying with the boycott and penalizing businesses that do comply. ANTI-NARCOTICS ACTIVITIES SEC. 551. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Economic Support Fund", assistance may be provided as follows: (1) To strengthen the administration of justice in countries in Latin America and the Caribbean in accordance with the provisions of section 534 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, except that programs to enhance protection of participants in judicial cases may be conducted notwithstanding section 660 of that Act. (2) Notwithstanding section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, up to $6,000,000 may be made available for technical assistance, training, and commodities with the objective of creating a professional civilian police force for Panama, and for programs to improve penal institutions and the rehabilitation of offenders in Panama (which programs may be conducted other than through multilateral or regional institutions), except that such technical assistance shall not include more than $3,000,000 for the procurement of equipment for law enforcement purposes, and shall not include lethal equipment. (b) Funds made available pursuant to this section may be made available notwithstanding the third sentence of section 534(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Funds made available pursuant to subsection (a)(1) for Bolivia, Colombia and Peru and subsection (a)(2) may be made available notwithstanding section 534(c) and the second sentence of section 534(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE SEC. 552. (a) ASSISTANCE THROUGH NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS.— Restrictions contained in this or any other Act with respect to assistance for a country shall not be construed to restrict assistance in support of programs of nongovernmental organizations from funds appropriated by this Act to carry out

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