assistance for cambodian democracy

assistance for cambodian democracy Sec. 562A. (a) Assistance.—(1) Not to exceed $20,000,000 of the funds appropriated by this Act under the headings “Economic Support Fund” and “development assistance” may be made available for humanitarian and development assistance for Cambodians, including the Cambodian non-Communist resistance, along the Thai-Cambodian border and throughout Cambodia, notwithstanding any other provision of law (other than sections 531(e) and 634A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, section 523 of this Act, and the provisions of this section). 104 STAT. 2038 (2) Funds made available by paragraph (1) shall be obligated or expended, to the maximum extent possible, consistent with the priorities set forth in the report required by subsection (d). Not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report describing the expenditure of funds under paragraph (1). (b) Prohibition on Direct or Indirect Assistance for the Khmer Rouge.—(1) Funds made available under this section shall be subject to the prohibitions contained in section 906 of the International Security Development Cooperation Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–83). (2) The President shall terminate assistance under this section to any Cambodian organization that he determines is cooperating, tactically or strategically, with the Khmer Rouge in their military operations. (3) Not later than January 1, 1991, the President shall submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate an unclassified report describing the extent of military cooperation since 1986 between the Khmer Rouge and any individual group or faction of the noncommunist resistance. (c) Administration of Assistance.—To the maximum extent possible, all funds made available under this section shall be administered directly by the United States Government. (d) Reporting Requirement.—(1) The Administrator of the Agency for International Development shall conduct within 180 days of enactment of this act an on-site assessment along the Thai-Cambodian border and within Cambodia, including Phnom Penh, determining the priorities of the humanitarian and development needs of the Cambodian people, including noncombatant civilians in all sectors of Cambodia. (2) Not later than January 1, 1991, the President shall submit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate a report setting forth the priorities determined by the assessment made under paragraph (1). (e) Relation to Assistance for Cambodian Children.—(1) Any assistance provided under this section shall be in addition to the assistance provided for under the heading “humanitarian assistance for Cambodian children”. (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, funds made available under the heading “Humanitarian Assistance for Cambodian children” shall also be available to civilian victims of war. (f) Definitions.—For purposes of this section— (1) the term “development assistance” means assistance furnished to carry out any of the provisions of chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; and (2) the term “humanitarian assistance” means food, clothing, medicine, or other humanitarian assistance, and it does not include the provision of weapons, weapons systems, ammunition, or other equipment, vehicles, or material which can be used to inflict serious bodily harm or death. (g) After the conclusion of the upcoming Paris Conference on Cambodia, Congress and the President shall consult within 30 days with the goal of lifting the Trading with the Enemy Act restrictions on Cambodia. 104 STAT. 2039 (h) Any funds made available during fiscal year 1991 to carry out the purposes of this section, either appropriated by this Act or derived by transfer from any other source, in excess of $7,500,000 shall be subject to the regular reprogramming procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.