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 PUBLIC LAW 97-113—DEC. 29, 1981

95 STAT. 1529

inserting in lieu thereof "$2,623,500,000 for the fiscal year 1982 and $2,723,500,000 for the fiscal year 1983". PROVISIONS RELATING TO USE OF FUNDS

SEC. 202. Chapter 4 of part 11 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by striking out sections 532 and 533 and inserting in lieu thereof the following new sections: "SEC. 532. MIDDLE EAST PROGRAMS.—(a)(1) Of the funds authorized 22 USC 2346a. to be appropriated to carry out this chapter for the fiscal year 1982 and for the fiscal year 1983, not less than $785,000,000 for each such year shall be available only for Israel and not less than $750,000,000 for each such year shall be available only for Egypt. Amounts made available for Israel and Egypt for thefiscalyear 1982 pursuant to this paragraph shall be in addition to the amounts made available to those countries pursuant to paragraph (4) of this subsection. "(2) All of the funds made available to Israel and to Egypt under this chapter for the fiscal years 1982 and 1983 shall be provided on a grant basis. "(3) The total amovmt of funds allocated for Israel under this chapter for the fiscal year 1982 and for the fiscal year 1983 may be made available as a cash transfer. In exercising the authority of this paragraph, the President shall ensure that the level of cash transfers made to Israel does not cause an adverse impact on the total amount of nonmilitarv exports from the United States to Israel. "(4) In addition to the amounts requested for Israel and Egypt under this chapter for the fiscal year 1982, $21,000,000 shall be made available for Israel for the fiscal year 1982 and $21,000,000 shall be made available for Egypt for the fiscal year 1982 in order to replace the funds which were authorized and appropriated for those countries in the fiscal year 1981 but which were reprogrammed in order to provide assistance for Liberia and El Salvador. "(5) Of the amounts provided to Egypt under this chapter for the fiscal year 1982 and for the fiscal year 1983, up to $50,000,000 for each such year may be used under title Xn of chapter 2 of part I of this Act 22 USC 2220a. in building agricultural extension services in Egypt for the small farmer in order to upgrade the skills of the agricultural faculty in provincial universities, improve the agricultural curriculum offered and the equipment avaiilable in provincial universities, and establish a provincial university extension service with an outreach program which can directly reach the Egyptian small farmer. "(b)(1) Of the funds authorized to be appropriated to carry out this chapter for the fiscal year 1982 and for the fiscal year 1983, $11,000,000 for each such year may be used for special requirements in the Middle East, including regional cooperative projects of a scientific and technological nature in accordance with paragraph (2) of this subsection, other regional programs, development programs on the West Bank and in Gaza, population programs, project development and support, and programs of participant training. "(2) It is the sense of the Congress that, in order to continue to build the structure of peace in the Middle East, the United States should finance, and where appropriate participate in, cooperative projects of a scientific and technological nature involving Israel and Egypt and other Middle East countries wishing to participate. These cooperative projects should include projects in the fields of agriculture, health, energy, the environment, education, water resources, and the social sciences. Of the funds available under paragraph (1) of this subsection for the fiscal year 1982 and for thefiscalyear 1983, $4,000,000 for each

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