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PUBLIC LAW 97-000—MMMM. DD, 1981

95 STAT. 1546

PUBLIC LAW 97-113-DEC. 29, 1981 (2) in paragraph (1) by striking out "$293,800,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$335,600,000 for the fiscal year 1982 and $335,600,000 for the fiscal year 1983". TECHNICAL AMENDMENT

"Communist S^usc 2370

SEC. 707. The last sentence of section 620(f) of the Foreign Assist^^^® ^^* °^ ^^^^ ^ amended to read as follows: "For the purposes of this subsection, the phrase 'Communist country* includes specifically, but is not limited to, the following countries: "Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, "Democratic People's Republic of Korea, "Estonia, "German Democratic Republic, "Hungarian People's Republic, "Latvia, "Lithuania, "Mongolian People's Republic, "People's Republic of Albania, "People's Republic of Bulgaria, "People's Republic of China, "Polish People's Republic, "Republic of Cuba, "Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, ' 'Socialist Republic of Romania, "Socialist Republic of Vietnam, "Tibet, "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (including its captive constituent republics).". EMERGENCY HUMANITARIAN HELP FOR THE PEOPLE OP POLAND

22 USC 2346i.

SEC. 708. (a) The people of Poland, with whom the people of the United States have a longstanding friendship, now face serious domestic food shortages which will be worsened by large-scale loss of their livestock this winter if feed supplies do not arrive quickly. Therefore, the President is urged, for urgent humanitarian reasons, to use existing authorities promptly in order to provide to the people of Poland, under as favorable terms as possible, feed grains from Commodity Credit Corporation stocks or other appropriate commodities. (b) For the longer term, the President is encouraged to pursue discussions with other Western countries about a multilateral effort to help the people of Poland achieve self-sustaining economic recovery in the years ahead. (c) Chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended by section 202 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "SEC. 540. POLAND.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, $5,000,000 of the amount authorized to be appropriated to carry out this chapter for the fiscal year 1982 shall be available only for Poland for the purchase, transportation, and distribution of food and medical supplies through private and voluntary agencies where appropriate.". USE OF CERTAIN POLISH CURRENCIES

31 USC 724.

SEC. 709. (a) Notwithstanding section 1415 of the Simplemental Appropriation Act, 1953, section 508 of the General Grbvernment Matters, Department of Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropri-