Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 110 Part 4.djvu/315

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PUBLIC LAW 104-208—SEPT. 30, 1996 110 STAT. 3009-152 (4) EXEMPTION. — Nonproject sector assistance funds may be exempt from the requirements of subsection (b)(1) only through the notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations. COMPENSATION FOR UNITED STATES EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS TO INTERNATIONAL FINANCING INSTITUTIONS SEC. 532. (a) No funds appropriated by this Act may be made as payment to any international financial institution while the United States Executive Director to such institution is compensated by the institution at a rate which, together with whatever compensation such Director receives from the United States, is in excess of the rate provided for an individual occupying a position at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, or while any alternate United States Director to such institution is compensated by the institution at a rate 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-American Development Bank, the Asian Development Bank, the Asian Development Fund, the African Development Bank, the African Development Fund, the International Monetary Fund, the North American Development Bank, and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. COMPLIANCE WITH UNITED NATIONS SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAQ SEC. 533. (a) DENIAL OF ASSISTANCE.— None of the funds appro- so use i70i priated or otherwise made available pursuant to this Act to carry note, 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.— I f 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.