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 PUBLIC LAW 103-306 —AUG. 23, 1994 108 STAT. 1647 (3) Each person with contracting authority who is attached to the Agency's headquarters in Washington, as well as all Agency missions and regional offices, shall notify the Agency's Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization at least seven business days before advertising a contract in excess of $100,000, except to the extent that the Administrator determines otherwise on a case-by-case or category-of-contract basis. (4) The Administrator shall include, as part of the performance evaluation of any mission director of the agency, the mission director's efforts to carry out this section. (5) The Administrator shall submit to the Congress annual Reports, reports on the implementation of this section. Each such report shall specify the number and dollar value or amount (as the case may be) of prime contracts, subcontracts, grants, and cooperative agreements awarded to entities described in subsection (a) during the preceding fiscal year. (c) As used in this section, the term "socially and economically disadvantaged individuals" has the same meaning that term is given for purposes of section 8(d) of the Small Business Act, except that the term includes women. \ USE OF AMERICAN RESOURCES SEC. 556. To the maximum extent possible, assistance provided under this Act should make full use of American resources, including commodities, products, and services. LIMITATIONS ON ASSISTANCE FOR NICARAGUA Sec. 557. (a) Funds appropriated by this Act under the heading "Economic Support Fund" may only be made available to the Government of Nicaragua upon the notification, in writing, by the Secretary of State to the appropriate committees that he has determined that significant and tangible progress is being made by the Government of Nicaragua toward— (1) the prosecution of any individual identified as part Terrorism, of a terrorist/kidnapping ring by the investigation of issues raised by the discovery, after the May 23, 1993, explosion in Managua, of weapons caches, false passports, identity papers and other documents, suggesting the existence of such a ring, including all government officials (including any members of the armed forces or security forces); (2) the resolution of expropriation claims and the effective compensation of legitimate claims; (3) the timely implementation of recommendations made by the Tripartite Commission as it undertakes to review and identify those responsible for gross human rights violations, including the expeditious prosecution of individuals identified by the commission in connection with such violations; (4) the enactment into law of legislation to reform the Nicaraguan military and security forces in order to guarantee civilian control over the armed forces; (5) the establishment of civilian control over the police, and the independence of the police from the military; and (6) the effective reform of the Nicaraguan judicial system, (b) The notification pursuant to subsection (a) above shall include a detailed listing of the tangible evidence that forms the basis for such determination.

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