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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1985

99 STAT. 432 22 USC 4415. 5 USC 552 note.

Report. 5 USC 552.

22 USC 4413.

PUBLIC LAW 99-93—AUG. 16, 1985 "SEC..506. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION. "(a) CoMPUANCE WiTH FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AcT.—Notwithstanding the fact that the Endowment is not an agency or establishment of the United States Government, the Endowment shall fully comply with all of the provisions of section 552 of title 5, United States Code. "(b) PUBLICATiON IN FEDERAL REGISTER.—For purposes of Complying pursuant to subsection (a) with section 552(a)(1) of such title, the Endowment shall make available to the Director of the United States Information Agency such records and other information as the Director determines may be necessary for such purposes. The Director shall cause such records and other information to be published in the Federal Register. "(c) REVIEW BY USIA.—(1) In the event that the Endowment determines not to comply with a request for records under section 552, the Endowment shall submit a report to the Director of the United States Information Agency explaining the reasons for not complying with such request. "(2) If the Director approves the determination not to comply with such request, the United States Information Agency shall assume full responsibility, including financial responsibility, for defending the Endowment in any litigation relating to such request. "(3) If the Director disapproves the determination not to comply with such request, the Endowment shall comply with such request.. (b) AUDITS BY USIA.—Section 504 of such Act is amended— (1) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as subsections (h) and (i), respectively, and (2) by inserting after subsection (f) the following new subsection (g): "(g) The financial transactions of the Endowment for each fiscal year may also be audited by the United States Information Agency under the conditions set forth in subsection (f)(l)."(c) GRANTS TO THE ENDOWMENT.—Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 201 for the United States Information Agency, not less than $18,400,000 for the fiscal year 1986 and not less than $18,400,000 for the fiscal year 1987 shall be made available to the National Endowment for Democracy. (d) REPORTING DATE.—Section 504(i) of the National Endowment for Democracy Act (22 U.S.C. 4413(h)), as redesignated by subsection (b)(l), is amended by striking out "Etecember 31" £Uid inserting in lieu thereof "February 1". SEC. 211. PROMOTING DEMOCRACY AND AN END TO THE APARTHEID POLICIES IN SOUTH AFRICA. (a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to encourage funding for programs that would promote democracy and seek to end the apartheid policies in South Africa, and that would be in addition to the programs for South Africa funded under chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.). (b) USIA GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY.—It is the sense of the Congress that the Director of the United States Information Agency should make a grant of up to $500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1986 and 1987 to the National Endowment for Democracy (in addition to grants otherwise made by the Director to the Endowment) for use by the Endowment in providing financing for programs that are designed to promote democracy and that seek to end the apartheid policies in South Africa.