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(C) such other records as will facilitate an effective audit; and

(2) that the Enterprise Funds, or any of their duly authorized representatives, have access for the purpose of audit and examination to any books, documents, papers, and records of the recipient that are pertinent to assistance provided through the Enterprise Funds under this section.

(p) ANNUAL REPORTS.-Each Enterprise Fund shall publish an annual report, which shall include a comprehensive and detailed description of the Enterprise Fund's operations, activities, financial condition, and accomplishments under this section for the preceding fiscal year. This report shall be published not later than January 31 each year, beginning in 1991.

SEC. 202.17 LABOR MARKET TRANSITION IN POLAND AND HUNGARY. (a) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.-The Secretary of Labor (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Secretary"), in consultation with representatives of labor and business in the United States, shall

(1) provide technical assistance to Poland and Hungary for the implementation of labor market reforms; and

(2) provide technical assistance to Poland and Hungary to facilitate adjustment during the period of economic transition. and reform.

(b) TYPES OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AUTHORIZED.—In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary is authorized to provide technical assistance regarding policies and programs for training and retraining, job search and employment services, unemployment insurance, occupational safety and health protection, labor-management relations, labor statistics, analysis of productivity constraints, entrepreneurial support for small businesses, market-driven systems of wage and income determinations, job creation, employment security, the observance of internationally recognized worker rights (including freedom of association and the right to organize and bargain collectively), and other matters that the Secretary may deem appropriate regarding free labor markets and labor organizations. (c) ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES.-In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary is authorized to do the following:

(1) Solicit and accept in the name of the Department of Labor, and employ or dispose of in furtherance of the purposes of this section, any money or property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible, received by gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise. Gifts and donations of property which are no longer required for the discharge of the purposes of this section shall be reported to the Administrator of General Services for transfer, donation, or other disposal in accordance with the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 471 and following).

(2) Solicit and accept voluntary and uncompensated services notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, United States Code. A volunteer under this paragraph shall not be deemed to be an employee of the United States except for the purposes of

(A) the tort claims provisions of title 28, United States Code, and

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(B) subchapter I of chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, relating to compensation for work injuries.

(3) Enter into arrangements or agreements with appropriate departments, agencies, and establishments of Poland and Hun

gary.

(4) Enter into arrangements or agreements with appropriate private and public sector United States parties, and international organizations.

(d) CONSULTATION WITH APPROPRIATE OFFICERS.-In carrying out the responsibilities established by this section, the Secretary shall seek information and advice from, and consult with, appropriate officers of the United States.

(e) CONSULTATION WITH LABOR AND BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES.-For purposes of this section, consultation between the Secretary and United States labor and business representatives shall not be subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.).

(f) DELEGATION OF RESPONSIBILITIES.-The Secretary shall delegate the authority to carry out the programs authorized by this section to the head of the Bureau of International Labor Affairs of the Department of Labor.

(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.-There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of Labor for the 3-year period beginning October 1, 1989, to carry out this section—

(1) $4,000,000 for technical assistance to Poland; and
(2) $1,000,000 for technical assistance to Hungary.

SEC. 203.18 TECHNICAL TRAINING FOR PRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOP.
MENT IN POLAND AND HUNGARY.

(a) TECHNICAL TRAINING PROGRAM.-The Agency for International Development shall develop and implement a program for extending basic agribusiness, commercial, entrepreneurial, financial, scientific, and technical skills to the people of Poland and Hungary to enable them to better meet their needs and develop a market economy. This program shall include management training and agricultural extension activities.

(b) PARTICIPATION BY ENTERPRISE FUNDS AND OTHER AGENCIES AND ORGANIZATIONS.-In carrying out subsection (a), the Agency for International Development may utilize the Polish-American Enterprise Fund and the Hungarian-American Enterprise Fund and other appropriate Government and private agencies, programs, and organizations such as

(1) the Department of Agriculture;

(2) the Farmer-to-Farmer Program under section 406(a) (1) and (2) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1736(a) (1) and (2));

(3) the International Executive Service Corps;

(4) the Foundation for the Development of Polish Agriculture;

(5) the World Council of Credit Unions; and

(6) other United States, Polish, and Hungarian private and voluntary organizations and private sector entities.

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(c) NONAPPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS OF LAW.-Assistance provided pursuant to subsection (a) under the authorities of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 may be provided notwithstanding any other provision of law.

(d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.-For purposes of implementing this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $10,000,000 for the 3-year period beginning October 1, 1989, to carry out chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 and following; relating to development assistance), in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes.

(e) LIMITATION WITH RESPECT TO FARMER-TO-FARMER PROGRAM.-Any activities carried out pursuant to this Act through the Farmer-to-Farmer Program under section 406(a) (1) and (2) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 shall be funded with funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act and local currencies made available under section 205, and shall not be funded with funds made available pursuant to section 1107 of the Food Security Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 1736 note) or a similar, subsequent provision of law.

SEC. 204.19 PEACE CORPS PROGRAMS IN POLAND AND HUNGARY.

There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out programs in Poland and Hungary under the Peace Corps Act, $6,000,000 for the 3-year period beginning October 1, 1989, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. Such programs shall include the use of Peace Corps volunteers

(1) to provide English language training, and

(2) to extend the technical skills described in section 203(a) to the people of Poland and Hungary, using the Associate Volunteer Program to the extent practicable.

SEC. 205.20 USE OF POLISH CURRENCY GENERATED BY AGRICULTURAL ASSISTANCE.

(a) ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR POLAND.-A portion of the agricultural commodities described in subsection (c) may be made available and sold or bartered in Poland to generate local currencies to be used—

(1) to complement the assistance for Poland authorized by sections 103(b), 201, and 203 of this Act, and

(2) to support the activities of the joint commission established pursuant to section 2226 of the American Aid to Poland Act of 1988 (7 U.S.C. 1431 note),

notwithstanding section 416(b)(7) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431(b)(7)) or any other provision of law.

(b) EMPHASIS ON AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT.-The uses of local currencies generated under this section should emphasize the development of agricultural infrastructure, agriculture-related training, and other aspects of agricultural development in Poland. (c) COMMODITIES SUBJECT TO REQUIREMENTS.-Subsection (a) applies with respect to agricultural commodities made available for Poland for fiscal years 1990, 1991, and 1992 under section 416(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 (7 U.S.C. 1431(b)), the Agricultural

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20 22 U.S.C. 5425.

Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (7 U.S.C. 1691 and following), and the Food for Progress Act of 1985 (7 U.S.C. 17360). (d) OTHER USES NOT PRECLUDED.-The uses of agricultural commodities and local currencies specified in subsection (a) are in addition to other uses authorized by law.

SEC. 206.21 UNITED STATES POLICY OF PRIVATE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR POLISH AND HUNGARIAN CREDIT UNIONS.

(a) IN GENERAL.-In order to facilitate the development of indigenous credit unions in Poland and Hungary, it is the policy of the United States that

(1) United States citizens, financial institutions (other than federally insured depository institutions), and other persons may make contributions and loans to, make capital deposits in, and provide other forms of financial and technical assistance to credit unions in Poland and Hungary; and

(2) federally insured depository institutions may provide technical assistance to credit unions in Poland and Hungary, to the extent that the provision of such assistance is prudent and not inconsistent with safe and sound banking practice. (b) AMENDMENT TO FEDERAL CREDIT UNION ACT.-Section 107 of the Federal Credit Union Act (12 U.S.C. 1757) is amended by redesignating paragraph (16) as paragraph (17) and by inserting after paragraph (15) the following new paragraph:

"(16) subject to such regulations as the Board may prescribe, to provide technical assistance to credit unions in Poland and Hungary; and".

(c) DEFINITIONS.-For purposes of subsection (a)—

(1) the term "credit union" means a member-owned, nonprofit, cooperative depository institution—

(A) which is formed to permit individuals in the field of membership specified in such institution's charter to pool their savings, lend the savings to one another, and own the organization where they save, borrow, and obtain related financial services; and

(B) whose members are united by a common bond and democratically operate the institution; and

(2) the term "federally insured depository institution"

means

(A) any insured depository institution (as defined in section 3(c)(2) of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act); and

(B) any insured credit union (as defined in section 101(7) of the Federal Credit Union Act).

TITLE III-TRADE AND INVESTMENT

SEC. 301. ELIGIBILITY OF POLAND FOR GENERALIZED SYSTEM OF PREFERENCES.

Subsection (b) of section 502 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2462(b)) 22 is amended by striking out "Poland" in the table within such subsection.

21 22 U.S.C. 5426.

22 Sec. 502(b) of the Trade Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-618) lists those countries excluded from designation of "Beneficiary Developing Country" under the Generalized System of Preferences. Hungary was removed from this list by Public Law 98-573, effective January 4, 1985.

SEC. 302. OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION PROGRAMS FOR POLAND AND HUNGARY.

(a) ELIGIBILITY OF POLAND AND HUNGARY FOR OPIC PROGRAMS.-Section 239(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2199(f)) is amended by inserting ", Poland, Hungary," after "Yugoslavia".23

(b) 24 ENHANCEMENT OF NONGOVERNMENTAL SECTOR.-In accordance with its mandate to foster private initiative and competition and enhance the ability of private enterprise to make its full contribution to the development process, the Overseas Private Investment Corporation shall support projects in Poland and Hungary which will result in enhancement of the nongovernmental sector and reduction of state involvement in the economy.

(c) 24 AVOIDANCE OF DUPLICATIVE AMENDMENTS.-If the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990, contains the same amendment that is made by subsection (a) of this section, the amendment made by that Act shall not be effective.25

SEC. 303.26 EXPORT-IMPORT BANK PROGRAMS FOR POLAND AND HUN

GARY.

(a) AUTHORITY TO EXTEND CREDIT TO POLAND AND HUNGARY.— Notwithstanding section 2(b)(2) of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635(b)(2)), the Export-Import Bank of the United States may guarantee, insure, finance, extend credit, and participate in the extension of credit in connection with the purchase or lease of any product by the Republic of Hungary or any agency or national thereof or by the Polish People's Republic or any agency or national thereof.

(b) PRIVATE FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES TO FACILITATE EXPORTS TO POLAND.-Consistent with the provisions of the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945 (12 U.S.C. 635 and following), the Export-Import Bank of the United States shall work with private financial intermediaries in Poland to facilitate the export of goods and services to Poland.

SEC. 304. TRADE CREDIT INSURANCE PROGRAM FOR POLAND.

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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.-Section 224 of that Act is amended by inserting "FOR CENTRAL AMERICA" after "PROGRAM" in the section caption.

(c) CONFORMING REFERENCE.-With respect to Poland, any reference in the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990, to section 224 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 shall be deemed to be a reference to section 225 of that Act (as enacted by this section).

23 Sec. 239 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 states the general provisions and powers of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation. Subsec. (f) requires the President to determine that OPIC programs in certain countries are in the national interest.

24 22 U.S.C. 2199 note.

25 Sec. 597 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101-167; 103 Stat. 1257), stated the same amendment.

26 12 U.S.C. 635 note.

27 Sec. 304(a) amended the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 by inserting a new sec. 225.

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