PUBLIC LAW 102-391—OCT. 6, 1992 106 STAT. 1647 PHILIPPINES ASSISTANCE MULTILATERAL ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, $40,000,000, which shall be available for the Multilateral Assistance Initiative for the Philippines: Pro- President. vided, That the President shall seek to channel through indigenous and United States private voluntary organizations and cooperatives not less than $25,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this paragraph and of the funds appropriated and allocated for the Philippines to carry out sections 103 through 106 of such Act: Provided further, That funds appropriated under this paragraph shall remain available until September 30, 1994: Provided further. That up to a total of $40,000,000 of the funds appropriated to carry out sections 103 through 106 and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be transferred to and consolidated and merged with the funds appropriated under this heading notwithstanding the limitations on transfers between accounts contained in section 514 of this Act and sections 109 and 610 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961: Provided further. That any funds transferred to carry out the purposes of the previous proviso shall be made available only for projects and activities which are consistent with the purposes of those funds as initially appropriated: Provided further, That transfers of any funds to carry out the purposes of this heading shall be subject to the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. ASSISTANCE FOR EASTERN EUROPE AND THE BALTIC STATES (a) For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 and the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989, $400,000,000, to remain available until expended, which shall be available, notwithstanding any other provision of law, for economic assistance for Eastern Europe and the Baltic States. (b) In the allocation of funds appropriated under this heading, and in coordination with host country governments, priority shall be given to the following sectors: (1) private sector development, including support for Enterprise Funds, (2) technical assistance and training, (3) democratic pluralism and the rule of law, (4) environment and energy, (5) agriculture and agribusiness, (6) housing, with an emphasis on technical assistance and training for the development of market-oriented housing policies. (c) Funds appropriated under this heading or in prior appropriations Acts that are or have been made available for an Enterprise Fund may be deposited by such Fund in interest-bearing accounts prior to the Fund's disbursement of such funds for program purposes. The Fund may retain for such program purposes any interest earned on such deposits without returning such interest to the Treasury of the United States and without further appropriation by the Congress. Funds made available for Enterprise Funds shall be expended at the minimum rate necessary to make timely pay- ment for projects and activities. (d) Funds appropriated under this heading shall be considered to be economic assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for purposes of making available the administrative authorities contained in that Act for the use of economic assistance.
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