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 PUBLIC LAW 99-93—AUG. 16, 1985

99 STAT. 429

SEC. 154. DAMAGES RESULTING FROM DELAYS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN MOSCOW. (a) RESTRICTION; REIMBURSEMENT FOR DAMAGES INCURRED.—The

Secretary of State shall not permit the Soviet Union to occup)^ the new chancery building at its new embassy complex in Washinjjton, D.C., or any other new facility in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, if the Soviet Union fails to provide prompt and full reimbursement to the United States for damages incurred as a result of the construction of the new United States Embassy in Moscow. The amount of such reimbursement shall be determined by agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union or, in the event of disagreement, by international arbitration pursuant to subsection (b). (b) INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall initiate actions to begin the international arbitration process, which is provided for in the embassy construction agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union, in order to resolve all United States claims against the Soviet Union for damages arising from delays in the construction of the new United States Embassy complex in Moscow. (c) REPORT.—In the event the amount of reimbursement provided to the United States under subsection (a) by the Soviet Union is less than the amount of funds expended for the damages describtjd in subsection (a) that are determined by the Secretary of State to be the responsibility of the Soviet Union, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. Such report shall contain a detailed explanation of the reasons the Secretary accepted the settlement arrangements of the United States claims and the financial costs to the United States of doing so. (d) SUSPENSION OF RESTRICTIONS.—The Secretary of State may suspend the restrictions in subsection (a) in the interests of United States national security if the Secretary certifies to the Congress that a substantial number of the claims described in subsection (a) are settled and that resolution of any remaining claims is proceeding in a satisfactory manner. If the Secretary exercises the authority under this subsection, the Secretary shall report to the appropriate committees of the Congress every six months concerning progress on resolution of any outstanding claims.

Defense and national security. Claims. Report.

SEC. 155. SOVIET AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNIST BEHAVIOR.

Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this section, Report, the Secretary of State shall prepare and transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, an unclassified report on the advisability of establishing a permanent office in the Department of State to study Soviet and international Communist behavior that violates the concepts of national sovereignty and peace between nations. In Study. conducting the study required by this section, the Secretary may make use of suitably qualified journalists and scholars. TITLE II—UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

In addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes, there are authorized to be appropriated for the United States Information Agency $887,900,000 for the fiscal year 1986 and $887,900,000 for the fiscal year 1987 to carry out international

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