Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 123.djvu/915

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123STA T .895PUBLIC LA W 111 – 8 —M A R .11 , 2 0 09 LANDMI N ES AND C L U S T E R MUNITI O NS S EC .7056 . (a)L ANDMINES. —Notwi t hs ta nd in g an y oth erp ro v i - sion o fl aw , de m ining e qu ipment availa b le to the U nited States A gen c y for I nternational D evelopment and the Department of State and used in support of the clearance of landmines and une x ploded ordnance for humanitarian purposes may be disposed of on a grant basis in foreign countries, sub j ect to such terms and conditions as the P resident may prescribe. (b) C LUSTER M UNITIONS.—No military assistance shall be fur- nished for cluster munitions, no defense export license for cluster munitions may be issued, and no cluster munitions or cluster muni- tions technology shall be sold or transferred, unless— ( 1 ) the submunitions of the cluster munitions have a 9 9 percent or higher functioning rate

and ( 2 ) the agreement applicable to the assistance, transfer, or sale of the cluster munitions or cluster munitions technology specifies that the cluster munitions will only be used against clearly defined military targets and will not be used where civilians are k nown to be present. MILLENNIUM C H ALLEN G E COR P ORATION SEC. 7057. (a) T he Chief E xecutive O fficer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation shall, not later than 4 5 days after enactment of this Act, submit to the Committee on Appropriations a report on the proposed uses, on a country-by-country basis, of all funds appropriated under the heading ‘ ‘Millennium Challenge Corpora- tion ’ ’ in this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Depart- ment of State, foreign operations, and related programs projected to be obligated and expended in fiscal year 2009 and subsequent fiscal years. (b) The report required in paragraph (a) shall be updated on a semi-annual basis and shall include, at a minimum, a descrip- tion of— (1) compacts in development, including the status of nego- tiations and the approximate range of value of the proposed compact; (2) compacts in implementation, including the projected expenditure and disbursement of compact funds during fiscal year 2009 and subsequent fiscal years as determined by the country compact; ( 3 ) threshold country programs in development, including the approximate range of value of the threshold country agree- ment; (4) major programmatic changes to existing compacts funded by this Act or prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related pro- grams; (5) threshold country programs in implementation; and (6) use of administrative funds. (c) The Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation shall notify the Committees on Appropriations not later than 15 days prior to signing any new country compact or new threshold country program; terminating or suspending any country compact or threshold country program; or commencing negotiations for any new compact or threshold country program. Notif i ca tio n.De a dl ine. Deadline. R e p o r t s .