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 108 STAT. 452 PUBLIC LAW 103-236—APR. 30, 1994 meaning given that term by section 415 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995.". SEC. 408. TRANSFERS OF EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR INTER- NATIONAL PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS. Chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by adding sifter section 519 (22 U.S.C. 2321m) the following: 22 USC 2321n. "SEC. 520. TRANSFERS OF EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES FOR INTER- NATIONAL PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS. "(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The President may transfer to international and regional organizations of which the United States is a member such excess defense articles as the President determines necessary to support international peacekeeping operations and other activities ana operations to maintain and restore international peace and security. Such transfers shall be on such terms and conditions as the President may determine, consistent with this section. "(b) CONDITIONALITY OF AUTHORITY.— "(1) IN GENERAL. —The authority of subsection (a) may not be exercised with respect to an international or regional •-- organization until the United States has entered into a written agreement with that organization providing that the value of any excess defense articles transferred under this section shall be credited against United States assessed contributions to that organization. For purposes of this paragraph, the term Value* means such amount as may be agreed upon by the United States and the recipient organization, except that such amount may not be less than the value (as defined in section 644(m)(l) of this Act) of the articles transferred. "(2) CREDITING OF TRANSFERS.— (A) The credit provided for pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be counted against United States assessed contributions to the recipient organization that are payable from the 'Contribution to International Peacekeeping Activities' account of the Department of State, except to the extent such credit is counted, in accordance with subparagraph (B), against an assessed contribution payable from an account established within the Department of Defense. " (B) If— "(i) an account is established within the Department of Defense for payment of a portion of United States assessed contributions for United Nations operations, "(ii) excess defense articles are transferred under this section for a United Nations operation, and "(iii) the United States assessed contribution for that operation is payable from that account, the credit for those excess defense articles shall be counted against the assessed contribution payable from that account, but only to the extent that the value of the excess defense articles so transferred for that operation during a fiscal year does not exceed the total United States assessed contribution payable for that operation from that account during that fiscal year. "(c) LIMITATIONS ON TRANSFERS. — The President may transfer excess defense articles under this section only if— "(1) they are drawn from existing stocks of the Department of Defense (or the Coast Guard);

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