Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 106 Part 2.djvu/817

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PUBLIC LAW 102-391—OCT. 6, 1992 106 STAT. 1697 (c) The Congress finds that Armenia has entered into an aggressive program of economic reforms and land privatization that serves as a model for the former republics of the Soviet Union. (d) It is further the sense of Congress that the President instruct United States representatives to the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to support these important reforms by providing Armenia financial and technical assistance. REPORT ON RUSSIAN MILITARY EXPORTS SEC. 599B. (a) REPORT.— Beginning 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act and 180 days thereafter, the President shall report to the appropriate congressional committees that the United States has entered into serious and substantive discussions with Russia to reduce exports of sophisticated conventional weapons to Iran and to prevent sales to Iran of any destabilizing numoers and types of such weapons. (b) PROHIBITION. —Beginning 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act none of the funds made available under this Act may be made available for United States assistance (other than humanitarian assistance) for Russia unless the report required under subsection (a) has been made, or the provision of assistance is determined to be in the national interest. (c) DEFINITIONS.—As used in this section— (1) the term "appropriate congressional committees" means the Committees on Appropriations, the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives; and (2) the term "hiunanitarian assistance" includes food, clothing and medicine. PROHIBITION ON AIRCRAFT TRANSFER TO GUATEMALA SEC. 599C. None of the funds appropriated by this Act or any other Act may be used to support the transfer of aircraft from the Department of Defense to the Drug Enforcement Administration to carry out counter-narcotics activities in Guatemala, unless the President determines that to do so is important to the national interest and so notifies the Committees on Foreign Relations and Appropriations of the Senate. AUTHORITY TO ASSIST BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA SEC. 599D. (a) Congress finds as follows: (1) the United Nations has imposed an embargo on the transfer of arms to any country on the territory of the former Yugoslavia; (2) the federated states of Serbia and Montenegro have a large supply of military equipment and ammunition and the Serbian forces fighting the government of Bosnia- Hercegovina have more than one thousand battle tanks, armored vehicles, and artillery pieces; and (3) because the United Nations arms embargo is serving to sustain the military advantage of the aggressor, the United Nations should exempt the government of Bosnia-Hercegovina from its embargo. (b) Pursuant to a lifting of the United Nations arms embargo against Bosnia-Hercegovina, the President is authorized to transfer President. President.