PUBLIC LAW 108–7—FEB. 20, 2003
117 STAT. 215
TRADE CAPACITY BUILDING
SEC. 584. Of the funds appropriated by this Act, under the headings ‘‘Trade and Development Agency’’, ‘‘Development Assistance’’, ‘‘Transition Initiatives’’, ‘‘Economic Support Fund’’, ‘‘International Affairs Technical Assistance’’, and ‘‘International Organizations and Programs’’, not less than $452,000,000 should be made available for trade capacity building assistance. TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY
SEC. 585. (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that— (1) There is a lack of transparency in the revenues and expenditures of the national budgets of many developing countries that receive United States assistance. (2) In such countries, official revenues—particularly from natural resource extraction—are often unreported, underreported, or inaccurately recorded by foreign government agencies. (3) Such inefficiencies—which in some instances mask outright theft—result in the failure of such governments to adequately provide their citizens with social, political, economic, and legal benefits and opportunities, and undermine the effectiveness of assistance provided to such countries by the United States and other international donors. (4) Good governance and respect for the rule of law are critical to a nation’s development. (b) REPORT.—Not more than 90 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committees on Appropriations, describing in detail— (1) Those countries whose central governments receive foreign assistance from the United States; (2) Relevant laws and regulations in such countries governing the public disclosure of revenues and expenditures in national budgets; (3) The adequacy of those laws and regulations, and the extent to which they are implemented and enforced; (4) Those countries receiving such assistance where no such laws or regulations exist, and the extent to which such revenues and expenditures are publicly disclosed; and (5) Programs and activities sponsored by the United States Government to promote accurate disclosure of revenues and expenditures in the national budgets of such countries, and the results of those programs and activities.
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AMERICAN CHURCHWOMEN AND OTHER CITIZENS IN EL SALVADOR AND GUATEMALA
SEC. 586. (a) Information relevant to the December 2, 1980, murders of four American churchwomen in El Salvador, and the May 5, 2001, murder of Sister Barbara Ann Ford and the murders of other American citizens in Guatemala since December 1999, should be investigated and made public. (b) Not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act, the President shall order all Federal agencies and departments, including the Federal Bureau of Investigation, that possess relevant information, to expeditiously declassify and release to the victims’ families such information, consistent with existing standards and
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