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 PUBLIC LAW 96-53—AUG. 14, 1979

93 STAT. 379

to the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons to become parties to that treaty. (b) Not later than November 1, 1979, the Secretary of State shall Report submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the *« Congress. chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, a report specifying, on a country-by-country basis, what efforts the Department of State has made to encourage nations which are not parties to the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons to become parties to that treaty. ACCELERATED LOAN REPAYMENTS

SEC. 508. (a) Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended by section 110 of this Act, is further amended by Ante, p. 363. adding at the end thereof the following new section: "SEC. 127. ACCELERATED LOAN REPAYMENTS.—The Administrator of 22 USC 2i5iy.

the agency primarily responsible for administering this part shall conduct an annual review of bilateral concessional loan balances and shall determine and identify those countries whose financial resources make possible accelerated loan repayments. In particular, European countries that were recipients of concessional loans by predecessor agencies to the agency primarily responsible for administering this part shall be contacted to negotiate accelerated repayments. The criteria used by the Administrator in making these determinations shall be established in conjunction with the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.'. (b) The annual reports on foreign assistance which are submitted to 22 USC 2l51y the Congress in 1980 and 1981 pursuant to section 634 of the Foreign note. Assistance Act of 1961 shall describe the efforts made to negotiate 92 Stat. 957. accelerated loan repayments in accordance with the amendment 22 USC 2394. made by subsection (a) of this section. REFUGEE CRISIS I N SOUTHEAST ASIA

SEC. 509. (a)(1) The refugee crisis in Indochina is unfolding as one of the great human tragedies of our time. (2) At least seven hundred and fifty thousand human beings have fled Vietnam, Kampuchea, and Laos since the spring of 1975. (3) Approximately three hundred thousand human beings currently remain in refugee camps throughout Southeast Asia. (4) As many as two hundred and fifty thousand human beings may have perished in their attempts to reach freedom and many thousands more face death should the present situation continue. (5) The international borders are closing to the refugees fleeing from Indochina. (6) The international community has failed to respond adequately to the crisis, despite the existence of adequate mechanisms to respond. (b) It is the sense of the Congress that the President should continue to support the efforts of the Secretary General of the United Nations to use appropriate fora to deal with the refugee crisis in Southeast Asia. (c) The President shall study the prospects for permanent resettlement of Indochinese refugees, in conjunction with bilateral and multilateral development assistance programs, so that no disruption of the economy of a host country would result. The President shall periodically report the results of this study to the Congress, with a

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