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PUBLIC LAW 87-195-SEPT. 4, 1961

[75 S T A T.

SEC. 614. SPECIAL AUTHORITIES.—(a) The President may authorize

in each fiscal year the use of funds made available for use under this Act and the furnishing of assistance under section 510 in a total amount not to exceed $250,000,000 and the use of not to exceed $100,000,000 of foreign currencies accruing under this Act or any other law, without regard to the requirements of this Act, any law relating to receipts and credits accruing to the United States, any Act appropriating funds for use under this Act, or the Mutual Dees Stat. 644. fense Assistance Control Act of 1951 (22 U.S.C. 1611 et seq.), in furtherance of any of the purposes of such Acts, when the President determines that such authorization is important to the security of the United States. Not more than $50,000,000 of the funds available under this subsection may be allocated to any one country in any fiscal year, u. s. obligations (b) Whenever the President determines it to be important to the ^"punds! **"'"*"^" national interest, he may use funds available for the purposes of chapter 4 of part I in order to meet the responsibilities or objectives of the United States in Germany, including West Berlin, and without regard to such provisions of law as he determines should be disregarded to achieve this purpose. (c) The President is authorized to use amounts not to exceed $50,000,000 of the funds made available under this Act pursuant to his certification that it is inadvisable to specify the nature of the use of such funds, which certification shall be deemed to be a sufficient voucher for such amounts. SEC. 615. CONTRACT AUTHORITY.—Provisions of this Act authorizing the appropriation of funds shall be construed to authorize the granting in any appropriation Act of authority to enter into contracts, within the amounts so authorized to be appropriated, creating obligations in advance of appropriations. SEC. 616. AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Except as otherwise provided in this Act, funds shall be available to carry out the provisions of this Act as authorized and appropriated to the President each fiscal year. SEC. 617. TERMINATION OF ASSISTANCE.—Assistance under any provision of this Act may, unless sooner terminated by the President, be terminated by concurrent resolution. Funds made available under this Act shall remain available for a period not to exceed twelve months from the date of termination of assistance under this Act for the necessary expenses of winding up programs related thereto. SEC.

618. ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE TO LATIN AMERICA.—Economic

assistance to Latin America pursuant to title I and title II of chapter 2 of part I of this Act shall be furnished in accordance with the principles of the Act of Bogota signed on September 13, 1960, and m order to carry out the policies of this Act and the purposes of this section, the President shall, when requested by a friendly country and when appropriate, assist in fostering measures of agrarian reform, including colonization and redistribution of land, with a view to ensuring a wider and more equitable distribution of the ownership of land. SEC. 619. ASSISTANCE TO NEWLY INDEPENDENT COUNTRIES.—As-

sistance under part I of this Act to newly independent countries shall, to the maximum extent appropriate in the circumstances of each case, be furnished through multilateral organizations or in accordance with multilateral plans, on a fair and equitable basis with due regard to self-help. SEC. 620. PROHIBITIONS AGAINST FURNISHING ASSISTANCE TO CUBA AND CERTAIN OTHER COUNTRIES.—(a) No assistance shall be furnished

under this Act to the present government of Cuba. As an additional

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