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 90 STAT. 760

Report to Speaker of the House and congressional committee.

PUBLIC LAW 94-329—JUNE 30, 1976 combined with efforts to secure fair and humane treatment for citizens of all countries. (b)(1) The Congress requests that the President communicate directly to the President and Government of the Republic of Mexico, a nation with which we have friendly and cooperative relations, the continuing desire of the United States for such relations between our two countries and the concern of the United States over treatment of United States citizens arrested in Mexico. (2) The Secretary of State shall report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate within one hundred and twenty days after the date of enactment of this section, and every one hundred and twenty days thereafter, on progress toward full respect for the human and legal rights of all United States citizens detained in Mexico. EMERGENCY FOOD NEEDS OF PORTUGAL

22 USC 2293 note.

SEC. 409. I t is the sense of the Congress that the President should undertake immediately an evaluation of the emergency food needs of Portugal. It is further the sense of the Congress that the President should take timely action to alleviate such emergency by providing Portugal with food commodities under the provisions of pertinent statutes. STRIFE I N

22 USC 2441 note.

LEBANON

SEC. 410. It is the sense of the Congress that the situation in Lebanon, a nation traditionally friendly to the United States, poses a danger to peace in the Middle East. The Congress deplores the armed civil strife and the continuing erosion of national institutions which threaten to destroy the political and economic fabric of Lebanon with such tragic impact on all its people. The Congress views with grave concern any outside efforts to exploit the current strife with the purpose of transforming Lebanon into a radical state in confrontation with Israel. The Congress requests that the President use his good offices to secure an end to the civil strife and national discord in Lebanon and to preserve the traditional friendly attitude of Lebanon toward the United States. REPORT ON KOREA

22 USC 2428.

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SEC. 411. Chapter 3 of part III of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "SEC. 668. REPORT ON KOREA.—Within ninety days after the enactment of this section, and at least once during each of the next five years, the President shall transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the Committees on Foreign Relations and Armed Services of the Senate a report which (1) reviews the progress made under the announced program of the Republic of Korea to modernize its armed forces so as to achieve military self-sufficiency by 1980, (2) reports on the role of the United States in mutual security efforts in the Republic of Korea, and (3) reports on the prospects for or implementation of phased reduction of United States Armed Forces assigned to duty in the Republic of Korea, in coordination with the timetable of the Republic of Korea for military self-sufficiency.".

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