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 PUBLIC LAW 99-93—AUG. 16, 1985

99 STAT. 437

personnel required and providing for a Soviet Jewry administrative unit within Radio Liberty. (4) The findings of, and the recommendations from, the study required under subsection (b). (d) MACCABEE PROGRAMMING.—RFE/RL, Incorporated, shall strengthen existing programming dealing with issues of concern to Jewish audiences in the Soviet Union, to be known as Maccabee programming. (e) EXISTING PERSONNEL TO CONDUCT STUDY AND MAKE REPORT.—

The study and the report required by this section shall be carried out by existing personnel of RFE, Inc., or the Board of International Broadceisting. TITLE IV—THE ASIA FOUNDATION SEC. 401. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

Section 404 of The Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4403) is amended to read as follows: "FUNDING

"SEC. 404. There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State $10,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1986 and 1987 for grants to The Asia Foundation pursuant to this title.". TITLE V—IRAN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT SEC. 501. RECEIPT AND DETERMINATION OF CERTAIN CLAIMS. (a) AUTHORITY OF FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION.—The

Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States is authorized to receive and determine the validity and amounts of claims by nationals of the United States against Iran which are settled en bloc by the United States. In deciding such claims, the Commission shall apply, in the following order— (1) the terms of any settlement agreement; (2) the relevant provisions of the Declarations of the Government of the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria of January 19, 1981, giving consideration to interpretations thereof by the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal; and (3) applicable principles of international law, justice, and equity. Except as otherwise provided in this title, the provisions of title I of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 (22 U.S.C. 1621 et seq.) shall apply with respect to claims under this section. Any reference in such provisions to "this title" shall be deemed to refer to those provisions and to this section. (b) CERTIFICATION AND PAYMENT.—The Commission shall certify to the Secretary of the Treasury any awards determined pursuant to subsection (a) in accordance with section 5 of title I of the International Claims Settlement Act of 1949 (22 U.S.C. 1624). Such awards shall be paid in accordance with sections 7 and 8 of such title (22 U.S.C. 1626 and 1627), except that— (1) the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to make payments pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 8(c) of such title in the amount of $10,000 or the principal amount of the award, whichever is less; and

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