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 112 STAT. 2681-209 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 officers of the United States, determines that such assistance has resulted in the enactment of laws or the establishment of institutions in that country that promote fiscal stability and administrative procedures, efficient resource allocation, transparent and marketoriented processes and private sector growth in a sustainable manner. "(h) REPORT.— "(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 months after the date of the enactment of this section, and every 6 months thereafter, the Secretary shall prepare and submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the conduct of the program established xinder this section during the preceding 6- month period. "(2) DEFINITION. —In this subsection, the term 'appropriate congression£d committees' means— "(A) the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives; and "(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, "(i) DEFINITIONS.— In this section: "(1) DEVELOPING OR TRANSITIONAL COUNTRY. —The term 'developing or transitional country means a country eligible to receive development assistance under this chapter. "(2) INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTION.— The term 'international financial institution' means the International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Association, the International Finance Corporation, the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, the Asian Development Bank, the African Development Bank, the Afiican Development Fund, the Inter- American Development Bank, the Inter-American Investment Corporation, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and the Bank for Economic Cooperation and Development in the Middle East and North Afiica. "(3) SECRETARY.— The term 'Secretary means the Secretary of the Treasury. "(4) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The term technical assistance' includes— "(A) the use of short-term and long-term expert advisers to assist foreign governments and foreign central banks for the purposes described in subsection (b)(1); "(B) training in the recipient country, the United States, or elsewhere for the purposes described in subsection (b)(1); "(C) grants of goods, services, or funds to foreign governments and foreign central banks; "(D) grants to United States nonprofit organizations to provide services or products which contribute to the provision of advice to foreign governments and foreign central banks; and "(E) study tours for foreign officials in the United States or elsewhere for the purpose of providing technical information to such officials. "(5) FOREIGN PARTICIPANT. —The term 'foreign participant' means the national of a developing or transitional country that is receiving assistance under the program established

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