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 PUBLIC LAW 99-93—AUG. 16, 1985

99 STAT. 409

SEC. 106. AUSTRALIAN BICENTENNIAL.

(a) FINDING.—The Congress finds that the American-Australian Corporation. Bicentennial Foundation, a private, nonprofit corporation established in 1983 for the purpose of coordinating all United States official and private participation in the 1988 Australian Bicentennial celebration, deserves and needs financial support to effectively carry out that purpose. (b)

GRANT TO AMERICAN-AUSTRALIAN BICENTENNIAL FOUNDA-

TION.—From the amounts authorized to be appropriated for "Administration of Foreign Affairs" by section 101(1), the Secretary of State may make a grant in each of the fiscal years 1986 and 1987 to the American-Australian Bicentennial Foundation in support of its programs and operations to prepare for United States participation in the Australian Bicentennial celebration. (c) AUTHORITY OF U S I A NOT AFFECTED.—Subsection (b) shall not be construed to affect the authority delegated to the Director of the United States Information Agency under section 102(a)(3) of the Mutual Education and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2452(a)(3)). SEC. 107. WORLD COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT.

Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for "International Organizations and Conferences" by section 101(2), $750,000 for each of the fiscal years 1986 and 1987 shall be available only for a voluntary contribution to the World Commission on Environment and Development. SEC. 108. EARMARKING OF REFUGEE ASSISTANCE FUNDS.

Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated for "Migration and Refugee Assistance" by section 101(4)— (1) $12,500,000 for the fiscal year 1986 and $25,000,000 for the fiscal year 1987 shall be available only for assistance for refugees resettling in Israel; (2) $56,000,000 for the fiscal year 1986 and $56,000,000 for the fiscal year 1987 shall be available only for assistance for African refuffees' and (3) $2,500,000 for the fiscal year 1986 and $1,750,000 for the fiscal year 1987 shall be available to combat piracy in the Gulf of Thailand, for assistance to pirate victims, to promote the rescue of refugees in distress at sea in Southeast Asia, and to strengthen protection measures for Indochinese boat refugees. SEC. 109. INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS.

(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— (1) the International Committee of the Red Cross carries out humanitarian missions vital to the United States, including— (A) the promulgation and implementation of international humanitarian law; (B) the protection of prisoners of war and of noncombatants in time of conflict; (C) the protection of political prisoners; (D) assistance in tracing persons who have disappeared in conflicts or for political reasons; (E) the provision of medicine, food, and essential assistance to refugees and other victims of man-made disasters; and (F) assistance in family reunification;

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