91 STAT. 1240 Cuba, assistance prohibition. Human rights.
22 USC 262d-l.
Terrorism, prohibitions.
Diplomatic missions to U.S., insurance. Reports to Speaker of the House and President of the Senate. 22 USC 252 note.
Dr. Halla Brown, accident compensation.
PUBLIC LAW 95-148—OCT. 31, 1977 SEC. 506. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used for any form of aid or trade, either by monetary payment or by the sale or transfer of any goods of any nature, directly to Cuba. SEC. 507. It is the sense of the Congress that, where other means have proven ineffective in promoting international human rights, and except where the President determines that the cause of international human rights is served more effectively by actions other than voting against such assistance or where the assistance is directed to programs that serve the basic needs of the impoverished majority of the countrv in question, United States representatives to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the International Development Association, the African Development Fund, the Asian Development Bank, and the Inter-American Development Bank should oppose loans and other financial or technical assistance to any country that persists in a systematic pattern of gross violations of fundamental human rights. SEC. 508. Notwithstanding the budget authority levels of $523,000,000 for the Inter-American Development Bank and $400,000,000 for the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development provided elsewhere in this Act, not more than $480,000,000 shall be made available by this Act for obligation or expenditure for a United States contribution to the Inter-American Development Bank and not more than $380,000,000 shall be made available by this Act for obligation or expenditure for a United States contribution to the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development: Provided, That this section shall apply only to the establishment of budget authority levels for the aforementioned Banks and shall not alter limitations, restrictions or other language provisions elsewhere in this Act. SEC. 509. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act to the Export-Import Bank and funds appropriated by this Act for direct foreign assistance may be obligated for any government which aids or abets, by granting sanctuary from prosecution to, any individual or group which has committed an act of international terrorism, unless the President of the United States finds that the national security requires otherwise. SEC. 510. It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State should prepare and submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the President of the Senate— (1) not later than six months after the date of enactment of this section, a report on the adequacy of insurance provided by the accredited diplomatic missions to the United States to cover loss or injury arising from the wrongful acts or omissions of the employees of such missions in the United States; (2) not later than one year after the date of enactment of this section, a report on what efforts the President and the Secretary of State have made to encourage the provision of such coverage; and (3) not later than six months after the date of enactment of this section, a report on what the Secretary of State has done to encourage the Government of Panama to make satisfactory compensation to Dr. Halla Brown for loss or injury arising out of the accident of April 20, 1974.
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