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 PUBLIC LAW 98-164—NOV. 22, 1983 97 STAT. 1047 (iv) the potential impact upon wildlife resources abroad of actions authorized, funded, or carried out by the United States Government; and (v) opportunities to initiate or enhance the efficiency of international wildlife resources conservation by the transfer of United States expertise through technical assistance, training, exchange of publications, or other means; (E) maintedning liaison, for the purposes of providing information needed to make sound conservation decisions, with persons responsible for implementing actions abroad which are authorized, funded, or carried out by Federal agencies or other persons under the jurisdiction of the United States; and (F) the performance of any other activities which may be relevant to the United States obligations, authorities, or interests in the field of international wildlife resources conservation; (4) recommending steps which could be taken to increase the capabilities of the Department of State and other relevant Federal agencies in carrying out the functions described in paragraph (3), including estimates of the costs of taking those steps and estimates of the personnel required to increase those capabilities; and (5) analyzing the desirability of delineating geographic regions abroad (which would be known as "International Wild- life Resources Conservation Regions") and assigning qualified members of the Foreign Service to be responsible for wildlife resource conservation issues in those regions. TITLE VIII—SOVIET-EASTERN EUROPEAN RESEARCH AND TRAINING SHORT TITLE Soviet-Eastern European Research and Training Act of 1983. SEC. 801. This title may be cited as the "Soviet-Eastern European 22 USC 4501 Research and Training Act of 1983". """^^ FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS SEC. 802. The Congress finds and declares that— (1) factual knowledge, independently verified, about the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries is of the utmost importance for the national security of the United States, for the furtherance of our national interests in the conduct of foreign relations, and for the prudent management of our domestic affairs; (2) the development and maintenance of knowledge about the Soviet Union and Eastern European countries depends upon the national capability for advanced research by highly trained and experienced specialists, available for service in and out of Government; (3) certain essential functions are necessary to ensure the existence of that knowledge and the capability to sustain it, including— (A) graduate training; (B) advanced research; 22 USC 4501.

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