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 99 STAT. 206

PUBLIC LAW 99-83—AUG. 8, 1985 (3) by adding the following new clause after clause (2): "(3) with respect to assistance, including training, in maritime law enforcement and other maritime skills.". SEC. 128. SPECIAL WAIVER AUTHORITY.

22 USC 2364.

22 USC 2751 note.

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22 USC 2751 note. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. France.

Section 614(a)(4) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended to read as follows: "(4)(A) The authority of this subsection may not be used in any fiscal year to authorize— "(i) more than $750,000,000 in sales to be made under the Arms Export Control Act; "(ii) the use of more than $250,000,000 of funds made available for use under this Act or the Arms Export Control Act; and "(iii) the use of more than $100,000,000 of foreign currencies accruing under this Act or any other law. "(B) If the authority of this subsection is used both to authorize a sale under the Arms Export Control Act and to authorize funds to be used under the Arms Export Control Act or under this Act with respect to the financing of that sale, then the use of the funds shall be counted against the limitation in subparagraph (A)(ii) and the portion, if any, of the sale which is not so financed shall be counted against the limitation in subparagraph (A)(i). "(C) Not more than $50,000,000 of the $250,000,000 limitation provided in subparagraph (A)(ii) may be allocated to any one country in any fiscal year unless that country is a victim of active Communist or Communist-supported aggression, and not more than $500,000,000 of the aggregate limitation of $1,000,000,000 provided in subparagraphs (A)(i) and (A)(ii) may be allocated to any one country in any fiscal year.". SEC. 129. CONVENTIONAL ARMS TRANSFERS.

(a) NEGOTIATIONS.—At the earliest possible date, the President should, in consultation with United States allies, initiate discussions with the Soviet Union and France aimed at beginning multilateral negotiations to limit and control the transfer of conventional arms to less developed countries. (b) REPORT.—Within one year after the date of enactment of this President of U.S. Act, the President shall submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report which specifies steps being taken to fulfill the requirements of subsection (a) and which examines and analyzes United States policies concerning the export of conventional arms, especially sophisticated weapons, and possible approaches to developing multilateral limitations on conventional arms sales. This report shall examine and analyze— (1) the lessons of earlier efforts to negotiate restraints on the export of conventional arms; (2) the evolution of supplier practices and policies; (3) the evolution of recipient country attitudes regarding conventional arms transfers; (4) the effect upon regional stability and security of conventional arms transfers by the United States and its allies and the Soviet Union and its allies; (5) the relationship between arms imports and the external debt of recipient countries, the allocation of their internal resources, and their economic well-being;

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