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SUBCHAPTER VII—MISCELLANEOUS

PROVISIONS

§ 5491. Suspension of SEED assistance

The President should suspend all assistance to

an East European country pursuant to this

chapter if the President determines, and reports

to the Congress, that—

(1) that country is engaged in international

activities directly and fundamentally contrary

to United States national security interests;

(2) the president or any other government

official of that country initiates martial law

or a state of emergency for reasons other than

to respond to a natural disaster or a foreign

invasion; or

(3) any member who was elected to that

country’s parliament has been removed from

that office or arrested through extraconstitutional processes.

(Pub. L. 101–179, title VIII, §801, Nov. 28, 1989, 103

Stat. 1322.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original

‘‘this Act’’, meaning Pub. L. 101–179, Nov. 28, 1989, 103

Stat. 1298, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code,

see Short Title note set out under section 5401 of this

title and Tables.

§ 5492. Declaration of the Republic of Hungary

(a) Findings

The Congress finds that—

(1) on October 23, 1989, in a public ceremony

in Budapest, the acting President of Hungary

declared the Hungarian state to be an independent, democratic Republic of Hungary;

(2) this public ceremony was held on the 33d

anniversary of Hungary’s 1956 revolution that

was bloodily suppressed by Soviet troops;

(3) this public ceremony was held in the

same Kossuth Square where the first mass

rally of the 1956 revolution was held;

(4) as a further symbol of Hungary’s faithfulness to the legacy of the revolution of 1956, the

declaration by the acting President was made

from the same balcony from which Imre Nagy,

the martyred Prime Minister of the revolutionary government of 1956, addressed the citizens of Budapest 33 years before;

(5) the heroic revolt and freedom fight of the

Hungarian people in 1956 was an inspirational

event, reminding a generation of Americans of

the sacrifices people are willing to undertake

as the price of liberty; and

(6) the present efforts of the Hungarian people to validate the legacy of the revolution of

1956 by establishing a free, independent, and

prosperous Hungary have gained the sympathy

and admiration of the American people.

(b) Congressional declarations

The Congress—

(1) congratulates the people of Hungary on

the declaration of a Republic of Hungary committed to democratic principles; and

(2) expresses its desire to enhance the friendly relations between the people of Hungary

and the people of the United States and between their respective governments.

(Pub. L. 101–179, title VIII, §802, Nov. 28, 1989, 103

Stat. 1322.)

§ 5493. Administrative expenses of Agency for

International Development

For the purpose of paying administrative expenses incurred in connection with carrying out

its functions under this chapter, the Agency for

International Development may use up to

$500,000 each fiscal year of the funds made available to the Agency under this chapter.

(Pub. L. 101–179, title VIII, §803, Nov. 28, 1989, 103

Stat. 1323.)

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES OF AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1991; SUPERSEDURE OF SECTION

Pub. L. 101–513, title II, (d), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1994,

provided that: ‘‘Up to $1,000,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading [‘‘Assistance for Eastern Europe’’] may be used for the administrative expenses incurred by the Agency for International Development in

connection with administering programs for Eastern

Europe: Provided, That the authority of this subsection

shall supersede for fiscal year 1991 the provisions of section 803 of the Support for East European Democracy

(SEED) Act of 1989 [22 U.S.C. 5493].

§ 5494. Relation of provisions of this chapter to

certain provisions of appropriations acts

Any provision of the annual Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs

Appropriations Act that provides that assistance for Poland or Hungary under that Act may

be provided ‘‘notwithstanding any other provision of law’’ shall not supersede any otherwise

applicable provision of this chapter. This section

shall not, however, be construed to apply with

respect to section 599C(b) of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs

Appropriations Act, 1990 (or a corresponding provision of a subsequent such appropriations Act.

(Pub. L. 101–179, title VIII, §804, Nov. 28, 1989, 103

Stat. 1323.)

REFERENCES IN TEXT

The Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, referred to in text,

is for fiscal year 1990, Pub. L. 101–167, Nov. 21, 1989, 103

Stat. 1195. Section 599C(b) of the 1990 Act, 103 Stat. 1261,

is not classified to the Code. For complete classification of this and other Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Appropriations Acts to the Code,

see Tables.

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original

‘‘this Act’’, meaning Pub. L. 101–179, Nov. 28, 1989, 103

Stat. 1298, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code,

see Short Title note set out under section 5401 of this

title and Tables.

§ 5495. Certain uses of excess foreign currencies

(a) Authority to use

During fiscal year 1990, the Administrator of

the Agency for International Development may

use, for the purposes described in subsection (b)

of this section, such sums of foreign currencies

described in subsection (c) of this section as the

Administrator may determine, subject to subsection (f) of this section.

(b) Purposes for which currency may be used

Foreign currencies may be used under this section—