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 728 Definitions.

PUBLIC LAW 93-189-DEC. 17, 1973

STAT.

" (d) For the purposes of this section— "(1) 'foreign assistance' means any tangible or intangible item provided by the United States Government under this or any other law to a foreign country or international organization, including, but not limited to, any training, service, or technical advice, any item of real, personal, or mixed property, any agricultural commodity. United States dollars, and any currencies owned by the United States Government of any foreign country; and "(2) 'provided by the United States Government' includes, but is not limited to, foreign assistance provided by means of gift, loan, sale, credit, or guaranty." INDOCHINA

75 Stat. 424. 22 USC 2151 note.

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SEC. 24. The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new part: "PAET V

Refugees of South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, assistance.

801. GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The President is authorized to furnish, on such terms and conditions as he may determine, assistance for relief and reconstruction of South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, including especially humanitarian assistance to refugees, civilian war casualties, and other persons disadvantaged by hostilities or conditions related to those hostilities in South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Xo assistance shall be furnished under this section to South Vietnam unless the President receives assurances satisfactory to him that no assistance furnished under this part, and no local currencies generated as a result of assistance furnished under this part, will be used for support of police, or prison construction and administration, within South Vietnam. "SEC. 802. AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the President to carry out the purposes of this chapter, in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, for the fiscal year 1974 not to exceed $504,000,000, which amount is authorized to remain available until expended. "SEC.

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803.

ASSISTANCE TO SOUTH VIETNAMESE CHILDREN.— (a)

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is the sense of the Congress that inadequate provision has been made (1) for the establishment, expansion, and improvement of day care centers, orphanages, hostels, school feeding programs, health and welfare programs, and training related to these programs which are designed for the benefit of South Vietnamese children, disadvantaged by hostilties in Vietnam or conditions related to those hostilities, and (2) for the adoption by United States citizens of South Vietnamese children who are orphaned or abandoned, or whose parents or sole sur^iving parent, as the case may be, has irrevocably relinquished all parental rights, particularly children fathered by United States citizens. " (b) The President is, therefore, authorized to provide assistance, on terms and conditions he considers appropriate, for the purposes described in clauses (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of this section. Of the funds appropriated pursuant to section 802 for fiscal year 1974, $5,000,000, or its equivalent in local currency, shall be available until expended solely to carry out this section. Not more than 10 per centum of the funds made available to carry out this section may be expended for the purposes referred to in clause (2) of subsection (a). Assistance provided under <:his section shall be furnished, to the maximum extent practicable, under the auspices of and by international agencies or private voluntary agencies.

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