PUBLIC LAW 101-243—FEB. 14, 1990 104 STAT. 9 (ii) commitments to use funds under paragraph (2) for the procurement of uniforms and communications equipment (and related defense services), that occur prior to the end of the 15-day period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act to the extent that such obligations or commitments, as the case may be, were previously justified to the Congress, (c) BROOKE-ALEXANDER AMENDMENT.— The provisions of law referred to in subsections (a)(D, (a)(2), and (b)(2)(A) of this section are section 620(q) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2370(q)); and section 518 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Progrsuns Appropriations Act, 1990 (Public Law 101-167), and the corresponding sections of foreign assistance appropriations Acts for prior fiscal years. SEC. 102. RESUMPTION OF UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE: ANTINARCOTICS CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS. Because the vital national interests of the United States so require and because the Endara Government of Panama has indicated its willingness, and is taking steps, to cooperate fully with the United States to control narcotics production, trafficking, and money laundering, the requirements of paragraphs (1) and (5) of section 481(h) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2291(h)) shall cease to apply to Panama as of the date of enactment of this Act to the extent that those requirements became applicable to Panama by reason of the fact that the President did not make a certification with respect to Panama under paragraph (2) of that section at the time the international narcotics control strategy reports for 1988 and 1989 were submitted to the Congress pursuant to section 481(e) of that Act. SEC. 103. RESUMPTION OF TRADE BENEFITS: ANTINARCOTICS CERTIFI- CATION REQUIREMENTS. (a) RESUMPTION UPON DATE OF ENACTMENT.— Because the vital national interests of the United States so require and because the Endara Government of Panama has indicated its willingness, and is taking steps, to cooperate fully with the United States to control narcotics production, trafficking, and money laundering, the conditions specified in section 802(b)(4)(B) of the Narcotics Control Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2492(b)(4)(B)) shall be deemed to be satisfied as of the date of enactment of this Act with respect to the action taken pursuant to section 802(a) of that Act that is described in subsection (b) of this section. (b) SPECIFICATION OF BENEFITS.— The action referred to in subsection (a) is the denial to articles imported from Panama of pref- erential tariff treatment under the Generalized System of Pref- erences (19 U.S.C. 2461 and following) and the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (19 U.S.C. 2701 and following) pursuant to Presidential Proclamation 5779 of March 23, 1988. SEC. 104. REPORT ON PANAMANIAN BANK SECRECY LAWS. (a) CONGRESSIONAL CONCERNS.—The Congress commends the Endara Government for its cooperation and assistance in freezing Panamanian bank accounts believed to be implicated in narcoticsrelated and other illegal financial transactions. The Congress remains concerned, however, that the current status of bank secrecy
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