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 PUBLIC LAW 98-151—NOV. 14, 1983 97 STAT. 97; tional Development and Food Assistance Act of 1977). For purposes of this section, economically and socially disadvantaged individuals shall be deemed to include women. MINORITY RESOURCE CENTER None of the funds authorized to be appropriated for the fiscal year 1984 to carry out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be used to eliminate the Minority Resource Center as a separate and distinct entity within the Agency for International Development, including implementation of a consolidation of the Minority Resource Center with the Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization under section 133(c)(8) of the International Development and Food Assistance Act of 1977, PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE HAITIAN PEOPLE AND PROVIDING FOR ORDERLY EMIGRATION FROM HAITI It is the sense of the Congress that for the fiscal year 1984 up to $24,000,000 of the funds available to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, and up to $10,000,000 of the funds available to carry out chapter 4 of part II of such Act, should be made available for development assistance for Haiti, subject to the limitation contained in the third paragraph of this heading To the maximum extent practicable, assistance for Haiti under chapter 1 of part I and under chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 should be provided through private and voluntary organizations. Funds available for fiscal year 1984 to carry out chapter 1 of part 1 or chapter 2, 4, or 5 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be obligated for Haiti, and credits may be extended and guaran- tees may be issued under the Arms Export Control Act for Haiti, only if the President determines that the Government of Haiti— (1) is continuing to cooperate with the United States in halt- ing illegal emigration to the United States from Haiti; (2) is cooperating fully in implementing United States devel- opment, food, and other economic assistance programs in Haiti (including programs for prior fiscal years); and (3) is making a concerted and significant effort to improve the human rights situation in Haiti by implementing the political reforms which are essential to the development of democracy in Haiti, including the establishment of political parties, free elec- tions, and freedom of the press. Six months after the date of enactment of this section, the President shall report to the Congress on the extent to which the actions of the Government of Haiti are consistent with each num- bered provision contained in the third paragraph of this heading. Notwithstanding the limitations of section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, funds made available under such Act for the fiscal year 1984 may be used for programs with Haiti, which shall be consistent with prevailing United States refugee policies, to assist in halting significant illegal emigration from Haiti to the United States. 22 USC 2151 note. 22 USC 2151 note. 22 USC 2151. 22 USC 2346. Presidential determination. 22 USC 2151, 2311, 2346, 234'? 22 USC 2751 note. Report to Congress. 22 USC 2420.

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