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 PUBLIC LAW 103-236—APR. 30, 1994 108 STAT. 491 SEC. 602. AMENDMENTS TO THE PEACE CORPS ACT. (a) EXTENSION OF CONTRACTING AUTHORITY. —Section 10(c) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2509(c)) is amended by striking "thirty six months" and inserting "five years". (b) LIABILITY INSURANCE FOR MEDICAL SERVICES PERSONNEL. — Section ICKj) of the Peace Corps Act (22 U.S.C. 2509(j)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end of the first sentence ", and to individiials employed under personal services contracts to furnish medical services abroad pursuant to subsection (a)(5) of this section.". TITLE VII—ARMS CONTROL PART A—ARMS CONTROL AND ^^ Control NONPROLIFERATION ACT OF 1994 NonproUferation Act of 1994. SEC. 701. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES IN PART; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) SHORT TITLE. —This part may be cited as the "Arms Control and Nonproliferation Act of 1994". (b) REFERENCES IN PART. — Except as specifically provided in this part, whenever in this part an amendment or repeal is expressed as an amendment to or repeal of a provision, the reference shall be deemed to be made to the Arms Control and Disarmament Act. SEC. 702. CONGRESSIONAL DECLARATIONS; PURPOSE. (a) CONGRESSIONAL DECLARATiONS.The Congress declares that— (1) a fundamental goal of the United States, particularly in the wake of the highly turbulent and uncertain international situation fostered by the end of the Cold War, the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the resulting emergence of fifteen new independent states, and the revolutionary changes in Eastem Europe, is to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons and their means of delivery and of advanced conventional armaments, to eliminate chemical and biological weapons, and to reduce and limit the large numbers of nuclear weapons in the former Soviet Union, as well as to prevent regional conflicts and conventional arms races; and (2) an ultimate goal of the United States continues to be a world in which the use of force is subordinated to the rule of law and international change is achieved peacefully without the danger and burden of destabilizing and costly armaments. (b) PURPOSE. — The purpose of this part is— (1) to strengthen the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; and (2) to improve congressional oversight of the arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament activities of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, and of the Agency's operating budget. SEC. 703. PURPOSES. Section 2 (22 U.S.C. 2551) is amended in the text following the third undesignated paragraph by striking paragraphs (a), (b), (c), and (d) and by inserting the following new paragraphs:

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