anti-narcotics update

anti-narcotics update Sec. 588. (a) Of the funds appropriated by this Act under the heading “Economic Support Fund”, assistance may be provided as follows: (1) To strengthen the administration of justice in countries in Latin America and the Caribbean in accordance with the 106 STAT. 1690provisions of section 534 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, except that programs to enhance protection of participants in judicial cases may be conducted notwithstanding section 660 of that Act. (2) Notwithstanding section 660 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, up to $10,000,000 may be made available for technical assistance, training, and commodities with the objective of creating a professional civilian police force for Panama, and for programs to improve penal institutions and the rehabilitation of offenders in Panama (which programs may be conducted other than through multilateral or regional institutions), except that such technical assistance shall not include more than $5,000,000 for the procurement of equipment for law enforcement purposes, and shall not include lethal equipment. (b) Funds made available pursuant to this section may be made available notwithstanding the third sentence of section 534(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Funds made available pursuant to subsection (a)(1) for Bolivia, Colombia and Peru and subsection (a)(2) may be made available notwithstanding section 534(c) and the second sentence of section 534(e) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.