PUBLIC LAW 102-229—DEC. 12, 1991 105 STAT. 1709 States Code, not to exceed $100,000,000, to the appropriate accounts within the Department of Defense, in order to transport by military or commercial means, food, medical supplies, and other types of humanitarian assistance to the Soviet Union, or its Republics, or localities therein—with the consent of the relevant Republic government or its independent successor—in order to address emergency conditions which may arise therein, and for the purposes set forth in section 301 of H.R. 3807, as passed the Senate on November 25, 1991, and under the terms and conditions of such section 301 of H.R. 3807: Provided, That the readiness of the United States Armed Forces shall not be diminished by such transfer of funds: Provided further. That the Committees on Appropriations be notified of transfers under this provision fifteen days in advance. CHAPTER II DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION Section 518(a) of the "General Provisions" in H.R. 2519, the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992, is Ante, p. 779. amended by striking out "Section 662A(c)" and inserting in lieu thereof "Section 1722A(c)". DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION—HOME Section 217(a) of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12747(a)) is amended— (1) in the first sentence of paragraph (1), by inserting "and after reserving amounts for the insular areas under paragraph (3)" before the first comma; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(3) INSULAR AREAS. —For each fiscal year, of any amounts approved in appropriations Acts to carry out this title, the Secretary shall reserve for grants to the insular areas the greater of (A) $750,000, or (B) 0.5 percent of the amounts appropriated under such Acts. The Secretary shall provide for the distribution of amounts reserved under this paragraph among the insular areas pursuant to specific criteria for such distribution. The criteria shall be contained in a regulation promul- Regulations, gated by the Secretary after notice and public comment.". Section 104 of the Cranston-Gonzalez National Affordable Housing Act (42 U.S.C. 12704) is amended— (1) in paragraph (1), by striking "Guam" and all that follows through "American Samoa,"; and (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: "(24) The term 'insular area' means any of the following: Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.".
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