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 PUBLIC LAW 106-113—APPENDIX B 113 STAT. 1501A-123 Bank, the first general capital increase of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency, and the first general capital increase of the Inter-American Investment Corporation; and (2) contribute on behalf of the United States to the eighth replenishment of the resources of the African Development Fund and the twelfth replenishment of the International Development Association. The following amounts are authorized to be appropriated without fiscal year limitation for payment by the Secretary of the Treasury: $40,847,011 for paid-in capital, and $639,932,485 for callable capital, of the African Development Bank; $29,870,087 for paid-in capital, and $139,365,533 for callable capital, of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency; $125,180,000 for paid-in capital of the Inter-American Investment Corporation; $300,000,000 for the African Development Fund; and $2,410,000,000 for the International Development Association. ASSISTANCE FOR COSTA RICA SEC. 595. Of the funds appropriated by Public Law 106-31, under the heading "Central America and the Caribbean Emergency Disaster Recovery Fund", $8,000,000 shall be made available only for Costa Rica. SILK ROAD STRATEGY ACT OF 1999 SEC. 596. (a) SHORT TITLE. —Th is section, may be cited as the "Silk Road Strategy Act of 1999". (b) AMENDMENT TO THE FOREIGN ASSIST.!^NCE ACT OF 1961.— Part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new chapter: " CHAPTER 12—SUPPORT FOR THE ECONOMIC AND PO- LITICAL INDEPENDENCE OF THE COUNTRIES OF THE SOUTH CAUCASUS AND CENTRAL ASIA "SEC. 499. UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE TO PROMOTE RECONCILI- ATION AND RECOVERY FROM REGIONAL CONFLICTS. "(a) PURPOSE OF ASSISTANCE.—The purposes of assistance under this section include— "(1) the creation of the basis for reconciliation between belligerents; "(2) the promotion of economic development in areas of the countries of the South Caucasus and (Uentral Asia impacted by civil conflict and war; and "(3) the encouragement of broad regional cooperation among countries of the South Caucasus <md Central Asia that have been destabilized by internal conflicts. " (b) AUTHORIZATION FOR ASSISTANCE.— "(1) IN GENERAL.—To carry out the purposes of subsection (a), the President is authorized to provide humanitarian assistance and economic reconstruction assistance for the countries of the South Caucasus and Central Asia to support the activities described in subsection (c). "(2) DEFINITION OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.— In this subsection, the term 'humanitarian assistance' means assistance to meet humanitarian needs, including needs for food, medicine, medical supplies and equipment, education, and clothing. 69-194 -01-21:QL3Part2

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