Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 82.djvu/1183

 82 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 90-581-OCT. 17, 1968

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SEC, 114. None of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant to this Act for carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be used to pay in whole or in part any assessments, 22 USC 2151 arrearages, or dues of any member of the United Nations. "°'^' SEC. 115. None of the funds made available by this Act for carrying unde^dive'io Ta'" out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be obligated countrie^s. for financing, in whole or in part, the direct costs of any contract for the construction of facilities and installations in any underdeveloped country, unless the President shall have promulgated regulations designed to assure, to the maximum extent consistent with the national interest and the avoidance of excessive costs to the United States, that none of the funds made available by this Act and thereafter obligated shall be used to finance the direct costs under such contracts for construction work performed by persons other than qualified nationals of the recipient country or qualified citizens of the United States: Provided, however, That the President may waive the application of this amendment if it is important to the national interest. SEC. 116. No assistance shall be furnished under the Foreign Assist- in^^^r'th^viefnim ance Act of 1961, as amended, to any country that sells, furnishes, or '"^ permits any ships under its registry to carry to North Vietnam any of the items mentioned in subsection 107(a) of this Act. SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated or made available in this pubiic^'^ ^'^^'^' ^^ Act for carry^ing out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, shall be available for assistance to the United Arab Republic, unless the President determines that such availability is essential to the national interest of the United States. SEC. 118. None of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant ^^^ ^"'^ ^'*"^ to this Act for carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as X^vlll^s^m. "^^ amended, may be used to finance the procurement of iron and steel products for use in Vietnam containing any component acquired by the producer of the commodity, in the form in which imported into the country of production, from sources other than the United States or a country designated as a limited free world country by code number 901 in the September 1964 Geographic Code Book compiled by the Agency for International Development, and at a total cost (delivered to the point of production) that amounts to more than 10 per centum of the lowest price (excluding the cost of ocean transportation and marine insurance) at which the supplier makes the commodity available for export sale (whether or not financed by the Agency for International Development). SEC. 119. The President is directed to withhold economic assistance E'^penditures by in an amount equivalent to the amount spent by any underdeveloped coumrie^^for' country for the purchase of sophisticated weapons systems, such as weapons systems. missile systems and jet aircraft for military purposes from any country, unless the President determines that such purchase or acquisition ^^^^^^l^^^^ ^^' of weapons systems is important to the national security of the United Re'^ort'°o conStates and reports within thirty days each such determination to the ^ress. Congress. TITLE II—FOREIGN ASSISTANCE

(OTHER)

F U N D S APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT PEACE CORPS

For expenses necessary to enable the President to carry out the provisions of the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), as amended, including ^^22 USC 2501 purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for use outside the United States, $102,000,000, of which not to exceed $29,500,000 shall be available for administrative expenses.

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