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 88 STAT. ]

PUBLIC LAW 93-559-DEC. 30, 1974

(f) This section shall not be construed as a commitment by the United States to Cambodia for its defense.

1811 22 USC 2415 ote.

LIMITATIONS WITH RESPECT TO LAOS 22 SEC. 40. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no fmids note. u s e 2431 authorized to be appropriated by this or any other law may be obligated in any amount in excess of $70,000,000 during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, for the purpose of carrying out directly or indirectly any economic or military assistance, or any operation, project, or program of any kind, or for providing any goods, supplies, materials, equipment, services, personnel, or advisers in, to, for, or on behalf of Laos. Of that amount, there shall be available— (1) $30,000,000 for military assistance; and (2) $40,000,000 only for economic assistance, of which there shall be available^— (A) $11,000,000 for humanitarian assistance; (B) $6,500,000 for reconstruction and development assistance; (C) $16,100,000 for stabilization assistance; and (D) $6,400,000 for technical support. (b) No funds made available under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of this section may be transferred to, or consolidated with, the , _,. funds made available under paragraph (1) of such subsection, nor may more than 20 per centum of the funds made available under any subparagraph of paragraph (2) be transferred to, or consolidated with, the funds made available under any other such subparagraph. (c) I n computing the limitations on obligation authority under subsection (a) of this section with respect to such fiscal year, there shall be included in the computation the value of any goods, supplies, materials, equipment, services, personnel, or advisers provided, to, for, or on behalf of Laos in such fiscal year by gift, donation, loan, lease or otherwise. For the purpose of this subsection, "value" means "vaiue." the fair market value of any goods, supplies, materials, or equipment provided to, for, or on behalf of Laos but in no case less than 331/^ per centum of the amount the United States paid at the time such goods, supplies, materials, or equipment were acquired by the United States. (d) No funds may be obligated for any of the purposes described in subsection (a) of this section in, to, for, or on behalf of Laos in any fiscal year beginning after June 30, 1975, unless such funds have been specifically authorized by law enacted after the date of enactment of this section. In no case shall funds in any amount in excess of the amount specifically authorized by law for any fiscal year be obligated for any such purpose during such fiscal year. (e) After the date of enactment of this section, whenever any request Report to is made to the Congress for the appropriation of funds for use in, to, ""s""^^^* for, or on behalf of Laos, for any fiscal year, the President shall furnish a written report to the Congress explaining the purpose for which such funds are to be used in such fiscal year. (f) The President shall submit to the Congress within thirty days re^ort^to^cl^^ after the end of each quarter of each fiscal year beginning with the g r e s s. fiscal year which begins July 1, 1974, a written report showing the total amount of funds obligated in, to, for, or on behalf of Laos during the preceding quarter by the United States Government and shall include in such report a general breakdown of the total amount obligated, describing the different purposes for which such funds were obligated and the total amount obligated for such purpose.

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