(transfer of funds)

(transfer of funds) Sec. 109. In addition to other transfer authority available to the Department of Defense, the Secretary of Defense, upon the declaration of an emergency by the President under the terms of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, may transfer from amounts appropriated to the Department of Defense for fiscal year 1992 or from balances in working capital accounts established under section 2208 of title 10, United105 STAT. 1709 States Code, not to exceed $100,000,000, to the appropriate accounts within the Department of Defense, in order to transport by military or commercial means, food, medical supplies, and other types of humanitarian assistance to the Soviet Union, or its Republics, or localities therein—with the consent of the relevant Republic government or its independent successor—in order to address emergency conditions which may arise therein, and for the purposes set forth in section 301 of H.R. 3807, as passed the Senate on November 25, 1991, and under the terms and conditions of such section 301 of H.R. 3807: Provided, That the readiness of the United States Armed Forces shall not be diminished by such transfer of funds: Provided further. That the Committees on Appropriations be notified of transfers under this provision fifteen days in advance.