limitations on economic assistance, military assistance, sales, and sales credits for chile

limitations on economic assistance, military assistance, sales, and sales credits for chile Sec. 406. (a) (1) No military or security supporting assistance and no military education and training may be furnished under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 for Chile; and no credits (including participations in credits) may be extended and no loan may be guaranteed under the Arms Export Control Act with respect to Chile. No deliveries of any such assistance, credits, or guaranties may be made to Chile on or after the date of enactment of this section. (2) No sales (including cash sales) may be made and no export license may be issued under the Arms Export Control Act with respect to Chile on or after the date of enactment of this section. (b) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the total amount of economic assistance which may be made available for Chile during the period beginning July 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1977, may not exceed $27,500,000. For purposes of this subsection, economic assistance includes any assistance of any kind which is provided, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit, of Chile by any department, agency, or other instrumentality of the United States Government (other than assistance provided under chapter 2, 4, or 590 STAT. 759 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 or credits or guaranties extended under the Arms Export Control Act), but does not include commodities furnished under title II of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954. This subsection shall not be construed to authorize the furnishing of any assistance which is prohibited under any other provision of law. (2) The $27,500,000 limit set forth in paragraph (1) of this subsection may be increased by not to exceed $27,500,000 if the President certifies in writing to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate that the Government of Chile— (A) does not engage in a consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights, including torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment, prolonged detention without charges or trial, or other flagrant denials of the right, to life, liberty, or the security of person: (B) has permitted the unimpeded investigation, by internationally recognized commissions on human lights (including the United Nations Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights of the. Organization of American States) of alleged violations of internationally recognized human rights (as described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph); and (C) has taken steps to inform the families of prisoners of the condition of and charges against such prisoners.