NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY.

SEC. 210. NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY. In addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 201, there are authorized to be appropriated to the United States Information Agency $17,500,000 for the fiscal year 1988 and $18,100,000 for the fiscal year 1989 to be available only for a grant to the National Endowment for Democracy for carrying out its purposes, of which not less than $250,000 for the fiscal year 1988 shall be used to support elements of the free press, including free radio, and the democratic civic opposition inside Nicaragua which espouse democratic principles and objectives. As is the case with all programs of the National Endowment for Democracy, no employee of any department, agency, or other component of the United States Government may participate, directly or indirectly, in controlling and directing the use of these funds to the free press and democratic civic opposition inside Nicaragua.