Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 103 Part 2.djvu/238

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103 STAT. 1248 PUBLIC LAW 101-167—NOV. 21, 1989 COMPETITIVE INSURANCE SEC. 574. All Agency for International Development contracts and solicitations, and subcontracts entered into under such contracts, shall include a clause requiring that United States marine insur- ance companies have a fair opportunity to bid for marine insurance when such insurance is necessary or appropriate. PAY RAISES SEC. 575. Such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 1990 pay raises for programs funded by this Act shall be absorbed within the levels appropriated in this Act. IRELAND SEC. 576. It is the sense of the Congress that of the funds appro- priated or otherwise made available for the International Fund for Ireland, the Board of the Intemationsil Fund for Ireland should give great weight in the allocation of such funds to projects which will create permanent, full time jobs in the areas that have suffered most severely from the consequences of the instability of recent years. Areas that have suffered most severely from the con- sequences of the instability of recent years shall be defined as areas that have high rates of unemployment. ASSISTANCE TO AFGHANISTAN SEC. 577. Funds appropriated by this Act may not be made avail- able, directly or for the United States proportionate share of pro- grams funded under the heading "International Organizations and Programs", for assistance to be provided inside Afghanistan if that assistance would be provided through the Soviet-controlled govern- ment of Afghanistan. This section shall not be construed as limiting the United States contributions to international organizations for humanitarian assistance. EL SALVADOR ECONOMIC SUPPORT FUNDS SEC. 578. Not less than 25 per centum of the EJconomic Support Funds made available for El Salvador by this Act shall be used for projects and activities in accordance with the provisions applicable to assistance under chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. DISADVANTAGED ENTERPRISES Africa. SEC. 579. (a) Except to the extent that the Administrator of the Agency for International Development of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 determines otherwise, not less than 10 percent of the aggregate amount made available for the fiscal year 1990 for devel- opment assistance and assistance for famine recovery and develop- ment in Africa shall be made available only for activities of United States organizations and individuals that are— (1) business concerns owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals, (2) historically black colleges and universities.