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PUBLIC LAW 90-137-NOV. 14, 1967

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principal officer of such agency in the country in which the project is located as to the capability of the country (both financial and human resources) to effectively maintain and utilize the project taking into account among other things the maintenance and utilization of projects in such country previously iijumced or assisted by the United K^tateS.

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(e) Section 614(a), which relates to special authorities, is amended 22 USC 2364. by striking out "510" and substituting "506". 22 USC 2370 (f) Section 620, which relates to prohibitions against furnishing assistance, is amended as follows: (1) Subsection (j) is amended to read as follows: u s ro ert "(j) The President shall consider terminating assistance under this^ damagJ'bTm'ab or any other Act to any country which permits, or fails to take ade- action. quate measures to prevent, the damage or destruction by mob action of ^^ ^*^*" United States property within such country, and fails to take appro..t pri'dte measures to prevent a recurrence thereof and to provide adequate compensation for such damage or destruction." (2) Subsection (k) is amended by striking out "510" and sub- ^° ^'^'- *°^stituting "506". (3) Subsection (n) is amended to read as follows: " (n) No loans, credits, guaranties, or grants or other assistance ,, shall be furnished under this or any other Act, and no sales shall be made under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, to any country which sells or furnishes to North Vietnam, 8o^stir*i526*' or which permits ships or aircraft under its registry to transport 7 USC i69]. to or from North Vietnam, any equipment, materials, or commodities, "°*^ so long as the regime in North Vietnam gives support to hostilities in South Vietnam." (4) A t the end of section 620, add the following new subsections: "(s) I n furnishing development assistance under this Act, and in *^°""*'"'f!„Mf^ 1 •

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making sales under the Agricultural I r a d e Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, the President shall take into account (1) termination of the percentage of the recipient or purchasing country s budget which is devoted to military purposes, and (2) the degree to which the recipient or purchasing country is using its foreign exchange resources to acquire military equipment. When the President finds that development assistance under this Act, or sales under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, are being diverted to military expenditures, or a recipient or purchasing country is diverting its own resources to unnecessary military expenditures, to a degree which materially interferes with its development, the President shall terminate such assistance and sales until he is assured that such diversion wll no longer take place. No other provision of this Act shall be construed to authorize the President to waive the provisions of this subsection. " (t) No assistance shall be furnished under this or any other Act, and no sales shall be made under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, in or to any country which has severed or hereafter severs diplomatic relations with the United States or with which the United States has severed or hereafter severs diplomatic relations, unless (1) diplomatic relations have been resumed with such country and (2) agreements for the furnishing of such assistance or the making of such sales, as the case may be, have been negotiated and entered into after the resumption of diplomatic relations with such country. " (u) I n any decision to provide or continue to provide any program of assistance to any country under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, there shall be taken into account the status of the country with respect to its dues, assessments, and other obligations to

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