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PUBLIC LAW 101-179—NOV. 28, 1989 103 STAT. 1319 " (1) section 104(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151b(f); relating to the prohibition on the use of funds for abortions and involuntary sterilizations), and (2) any provision of the annual Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act that re- lates to abortion. TITLE VI—ADDITIONAL SEED PROGRAM ACTIONS SEC. 601. POLICY COORDINATION OF SEED PROGRAM. The President shall designate, within the Department of State, a SEED Program coordinator who shall be directly responsible for overseeing and coordinating all programs described in this Act and all other activities that the United States Government conducts in furtherance of the purposes of this Act. SEC. 602. SEED INFORMATION CENTER SYSTEM. (a) ESTABLISHMENT. — The President shall establish a SEED Information Center System, using existing Executive branch agen- cies and acting in cooperation with the Government of Poland and the Government of Hungary. (b) FUNCTIONS.— (1) IN GENERAL.— The SEED Information Center System shall '^ serve as a central clearinghouse mechanism for information relating to— (A) business needs and opportunities in Eastern Europe, ,5ij. and (B) voluntary assistance to countries in Eastern Europe, (2) PRIVATE ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT. — The SEED Informa- tion Center System shall be organized, among other purposes, to encourage— (A) the submission of economically sound proposals to the Polish-American Enterprise Fund and Hungarian-Amer- ican Enterprise Fund, and (B) other sources of finance for the development of pri- vate enterprise in Eastern Europe. (c) LOCATION.— The SEED Information Center System shall be based jointly in Washington, District of Columbia; Warsaw, Poland; and Budapest, Hungary; and should it become appropriate, the capitals of other East European countries. SEC. 603. ENCOURAGING VOLUNTARY ASSISTANCE FOR POLAND AND HUNGARY. (a) ENCOURAGING PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS.— It is the sense of the Congress that the President should take all possible steps to encour- age across the Nation a massive outpouring of private contributions of money and nonperishable foods, to be collected by civic, religious, school, and youth organizations, for assistance to Poland and to refugees from Romania who are in Hungary. (b) TRANSPORTATION TO POLAND OF PRIVATE CONTRIBUTIONS. — In further of subsection (a), the President— (1) using all available authorities, including section 402 of title 10, United States Code (relating to transportation of < humanitarian relief supplies), should use resources of the

Department of Defense (including the National Guard) to trans- port nonflnancial private contributions to Poland, President of U.S. 22 USC 5461. 22 USC 5462. President of U.S. District of Columbia. 22 USC 5463. Roma nia. Armed Forces.