PUBLIC LAW 101-179—NOV. 28, 1989 103 STAT. 1299 TITLE VI—ADDITIONAL SEED PROGRAM ACTIONS Sec. 601. Policy coordination of SEED Program. •; Sec. 602. SEED Information Center System. Sec. 603. Encouraging voluntary assistance for Poland and Hungary. Sec. 604. Economic and commercial officers at United States EmDassies and mis- sions in Poland and Hungary. TITLE VII—REPORTS TO CONGRESS Sec. 701. Report on initial steps taken by United States and on Poland's require- ment for agricultural assistance. Sec. 702. Report on confidence building measures by Poland and Hungary. Sec. 703. Report on environmental problems in Poland and Hungary. Sec. 704. Annual SEED Program report. Sec. 705. Reports on certain activities. Sec. 706. Notifications to Congress regarding assistance. TITLE Vin—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Sec. 801. Suspension of SEED assistance. Sec. 802. Declaration of the Republic of Hungary. Sec. 803. Administrative expenses of the Agency for International Development. Sec. 804. Relation of provisions of this Act to certain provisions of appropriations Acts. Sec. 805. Certain uses of excess foreign currencies. SEC. 2. SUPPORT FOR EAST EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY (SEED) PROGRAM. 22 USC 5401. (a) SEED PROGRAM. —The United States shall implement, begin- ning in fiscal year 1990, a concerted Program of Support for East European Democracy (which may also be referred to as the "SEED Program"). The SEED Program shall be comprised of diverse under- takings designed to provide cost-effective assistance to those coun- tries of Eastern Europe that have taken substantive steps toward institutionalizing political democracy and economic pluralism. (b) OBJECTIVES OF SEED ASSISTANCE. —The President should ensure that the assistance provided to East European countries pursuant to this Act is designed— (1) to contribute to the development of democratic institutions and political pluralism characterized by— (A) the establishment of fully democratic and representa- tive political systems based on free and fair elections, (B) effective recognition of fundamental liberties and individual freedoms, including freedom of speech, religion, and association, (C) termination of all laws and regulations which impede the operation of a free press and the formation of political parties, (D) creation of an independent judiciary, and (E) establishment of non-partisan military, security, and police forces; (2) to promote the development of a free market economic system characterized by— (A) privatization of economic entities, (B) establishment of full rights to acquire and hold pri- vate property, including land and the benefits of contrac- tual relations, (C) simplification of regulatory controls regarding the establishment and operation of businesses, (D) dismantlement of all wage and price controls, (E) removal of trade restrictions, including on both im- ports and exports, (F) liberalization of investment and capital, including the repatriation of profits by foreign investors;
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