assistance for liberia

assistance for liberia Sec. 549. (a) During fiscal year 1990, in determining whether to furnish economic support fund assistance and foreign military financing under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to Liberia, the President shall take into account whether the Government of Liberia— (1) has demonstrated its commitment to economic reform, including taking steps to fundamentally change the current financial practice of making extra-budgetary expenditures, including steps to channel the revenues from such major sources as the Liberia Petroleum Refinery Corporation and the Forestry Development Authority through the normal budgetary process; and (2) has taken significant steps to increase respect for internationally recognized human rights including— (A) the removal of all restrictions on the right of political parties to operate freely; (B) the lifting of restrictions on freedom of the press; and (C) the restoration of an independent judiciary.