Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 105 Part 1.djvu/712

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105 STAT. 684 PUBLIC LAW 102-138—OCT. 28, 1991 (b) REPORT.— Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of State shall report to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate on the reasons for the Department's negligence in adhering to deadlines required by law in implementing section 155 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991, and what steps, if any, the Department has taken to prevent such a failure from recurring. 22 USC 2679b. SEC. 195. PROHIBITION AGAINST FRAUDULENT USE OF "MADE IN AMER- ICA" LABELS. If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal agency that a person intentionally affixed a label bearing a "Made in America" inscription, or any inscription with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States that is not made in the United States, that person shall be ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract from the Department of State, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility procedures in subpart 9.4 of chapter 1 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations. 22 USC 2680-1. SEC. 196. DEADLINE FOR RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS FROM CONGRES- SIONAL COMMITTEES. (a) IN GENERAL.— An officer or employee of the Department of State to whom a written or oral question is addressed by any member of a committee specified in subsection (b), acting within his official capacity, shall respond to such question within 21 days unless the Secretary of State submits a letter to such member explaining why a timely response cannot be made. 03) SPECIFIED COMMITTEES.— The committees referred to in subsection (a) are the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives. 22 USC 2656h. SEC. 197. INTERNATIONAL CREDIT REPORTS. (a) REPORT ON LOAN CRITERIA.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit to the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a report setting forth clear criteria for bilateral loans by which the United States can determine the likelihood of repayment by a country seeking to receive United States loans. The report should include the criteria used for— (1) assessing country risk; (2) projecting loan repayments; and (3) estimating subsidy levels. 0>) REPORTS ON LOANS.— Beginning 180 days after the submission of the report in subsection (a) and annually thereafter, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall submit a report to the Chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives showing actual repayments by country and by program to the United States Government for the previous 5 years and the scheduled repayments to the United States Government for the next 5 years.