Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 108 Part 2.djvu/923

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PUBLIC LAW 103-306 —AUG. 23, 1994 108 STAT. 1639 in excess of the rate provided for an individual occupying a position at level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code. (b) For purposes of this section, "international financial institutions" are: the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the Inter-.\nierican Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Asian Development Fund, the African Development Bank, the African Development Fund, the International Monetary Fund, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. COMPLIANCE WITH UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAQ SEC. 538. (a) DENIAL OF ASSISTANCE.— None of the funds appro- so use I70i priated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act to carry "°^- out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (including title IV of chapter 2 of part I, relating to the Overseas Private Investment Corporation) or the Arms Export Control Act may be used to provide assistance to any country that is not in compliance with the United Nations Security Council sanctions against Iraq, Serbia or Montenegro unless the President determines and so certifies to the Congress that— (1) such assistance is in the national interest of the United States; (2) such assistance will directly benefit the needy people in that country; or (3) the assistance to be provided will be humanitarian assistance for foreign nationals who have fled Iraq and Kuwait. (b) IMPORT SANCTIONS.— If the President considers that the taking of such action would promote the effectiveness of the economic sanctions of the United Nations and the United States imposed with respect to Iraq, Serbia, or Montenegro, as the case may be and is consistent with the national interest, the President may prohibit, for such a period of time as he considers appropriate, the importation into the United States of any or all products of any foreign country that has not prohibited— (1) the importation of products of Iraq, Serbia, or Montenegro into its customs territory, and (2) the export of its products to Iraq, Serbia, or Montenegro, as the case may be. POW/MIA MILITARY DRAWDOWN SEC. 539. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the President may direct the drawdown, without reimbursement by the recipient, of defense articles from the stocks of the Department of Defense, defense services of the Department of Defense, and military education and training, of an aggregate value not to exceed $15,000,000 in fiscal year 1995, as may be necessary to carry out subsection (b). (b) Such defense articles, services and training may be provided to Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, under subsection (a) as the President determines are necessary to support efforts to locate and repatriate members of the United States Armed Forces and civilians employed directly or indirectly by the United States Government who remain unaccounted for from the Vietnam War, and to ensure the safety of United States Government personnel engaged in such cooperative efforts and to support United States Department of