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 PUBLIC LAW 97-377—DEC. 21, 1982 SEC. 159. Funds in this joint resolution may not be made available for payment to the International Atomic Energy Agency unless the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency certifies to the United States Government that the State of Israel is allowed to participate fully as a member nation in the activities of that Agency, and the Secretary of State transmits such certification to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the United States Senate. SEC. 160. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, there is appropriated $100,000,000 for carrying out title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, relating to low-income home energy assistance, which is in addition to amounts otherwise available for such title XXVI under this joint resolution. SEC. 161. The Nation's economy is entering the seventeeth month of a severe recession, with few signs of recovery; Nearly twenty million people are underemployed or unemployed due to this recession; Our Nation's steel, auto and housing industries and our agricultural sector remain mired in a depression; Given the current underutilization of both labor and capital, lower interest rates will not rekindle inflation; Lower interest rates are the key to higher employment, higher production and sustained economic growth; therefore, be it Declared that it is the Sense of the Congress that: In recent months, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve and the Federal Open Market Committee have made a significant contribution to the lower interest rates without rekindling inflation, and that, with due regard for controlling inflation so as not to have an opposite effect of driving interest rates upward, they should continue to take such actions as are necessary to achieve and maintain a level of interest rates low enough to generate significant economic growth and thereby reduce the current intolerable level of unemployment. SEC. 162. For an additional amount for "Employment and training assistance", $25,000,000, which shall be for carrying out title III of the Job Training Partnership Act (Public Law 97-300). SEC. 163. None of the funds made available by this joint resolution shall be used to furnish, or facilitate the sale or transfer of, sensitive United States defense equipment, materials or technology to any country for which the President does not certify to the Congress that he has reliable assurances that such country will not transfer sensitive United States equipment, materials or technology in violation of agreements entered into under the Arms Export Control Act to any Communist country, or to any country which receives arms from a Communist country. SEC. 164. Notwithstanding any other provision of this joint resolution, $94,000 is appropriated to the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, "Resource Management". SEC. 165. (a) Section 922a))(5), title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding the words "except.22 caliber rimfire ammunition" after the words "or ammunition". (b) Section 923(9), title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding the words "except.22 caliber rimfire ammunition" after the words "and ammunition" the first time they appear.

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