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 99 STAT. 212

PUBLIC LAW 99-83—AUG. 8, 1985 (2) All of the funds made available to Egypt under that chapter for the fiscal years 1986 and 1987 shall be provided on a grant basis. (3) Up to $115,000,000 of the amounts provided for Egypt for each of the fiscal years 1986 and 1987 pursuant to paragraph (1) may be provided as a cash transfer with the understanding that Egypt will undertake economic reforms or development activities which are additional to those which would be undertaken in the absence of the cash transfer. (c) COOPERATIVE SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL PROJECTS.—It is

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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. SEC. 203. ASSISTANCE FOR CYPRUS.

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(a) EARMARKS.—Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated to Carry out chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, not less than $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1986 and not less than $15,000,000 for fiscal year 1987 shall be available only for Cyprus. (b) CYPRUS PEACE AND RECONSTRUCTION FUND.—It is the sense of the Congress that, at the appropriate time, $250,000,000 should be authorized to be appropriated to provide assistance for Cyprus under chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 if the President certifies to the Congress that an agreement has been concluded by the Greek and Turkish Cypriots which is supported by Greece and Turkey and which achieves substantial progress toward settlement of the Cyprus dispute. Such an agreement should include an agreement on Varosha/Famagusta, foreign troop levels in the Republic of Cyprus, the disposition of the international airport on Cyprus, or other significant steps which are evidence of substantial progress toward an overall settlement of the Cyprus dispute. SEC. 204. ASSISTANCE FOR PORTUGAL.

Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $80,000,000 for fiscal year 1986 and $80,000,000 for fiscal year 1987 shall be available only for Portugal. SEC. 205. ACQUISITION OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY IMPORT PROGRAMS.

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The President shall use not less than 18 percent of the funds which are authorized to be appropriated to carry out chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for each of the fiscal years 1986 and 1987, and which are made available for commodity import programs, for the purchase of agricultural commodities of United States-origin. SEC. 206. TIED AID CREDIT PROGRAM.

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Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 which are allocated for Commodity Import Program s CD not less than $50,000,000 for fiscal year 1986, and

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