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[CITE: 22USC2346c]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                     CHAPTER 32--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
 
              SUBCHAPTER II--MILITARY ASSISTANCE AND SALES
 
                     Part IV--Economic Support Fund
 
Sec. 2346c. Administration of justice


(a) Authorization of assistance; purposes

    The President may furnish assistance under this part to countries 
and organizations, including national and regional institutions, in 
order to strengthen the administration of justice in countries in Latin 
America and the Caribbean.

(b) Scope of assistance

    Assistance under this section may only include--
        (1) support for specialized professional training, scholarships, 
    and exchanges for continuing legal education;
        (2) programs to enhance prosecutorial and judicial capabilities 
    and protection for participants in judicial cases;
        (3) notwithstanding section 2420 of this title--
            (A) programs to enhance professional capabilities to carry 
        out investigative and forensic functions conducted under 
        judicial or prosecutorial control;
            (B) programs to assist in the development of academic 
        instruction and curricula for training law enforcement 
        personnel;
            (C) programs to improve the administrative and management 
        capabilities of law enforcement agencies, especially their 
        capabilities relating to career development, personnel 
        evaluation, and internal discipline procedures; and
            (D) programs, conducted through multilateral or regional 
        institutions, to improve penal institutions and the 
        rehabilitation of offenders;

        (4) strengthening professional organizations in order to promote 
    services to members and the role of the bar in judicial selection, 
    enforcement of ethical standards, and legal reform;
        (5) increasing the availability of legal materials and 
    publications;
        (6) seminars, conferences, and training and educational programs 
    to improve the administration of justice and to strengthen respect 
    for the rule of law and internationally recognized human rights; and
        (7) revision and modernization of legal codes and procedures.

(c) Availability of funds

    Not more than $20,000,000 of the funds made available to carry out 
this part for any fiscal year shall be available to carry out this 
section, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes.

(d) Obligation of funds

    Funds may not be obligated for assistance under this section unless 
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate are notified of the amount 
and nature of the proposed assistance at least 15 days in advance in 
accordance with the procedures applicable to reprogrammings pursuant to 
section 2394-1 of this title.

(e) Participation of Defense personnel in training prohibited; 
        availability of funds; expiration of authority

    Personnel of the Department of Defense and members of the United 
States Armed Forces may not participate in the provision of training 
under this section. Of the funds made available to carry out this 
section, not more than $10,000,000 may be made available in fiscal year 
1991 to carry out the provisions of subsection (b)(3) of this section. 
The authority of this section shall expire on September 30, 1991.

(Pub. L. 87-195, pt. II, Sec. 534, as added Pub. L. 99-83, title VII, 
Sec. 712, Aug. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 244; amended Pub. L. 100-202, 
Sec. 101(e) [title V, Sec. 579], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329-131, 
1329-181; Pub. L. 101-167, title II, Nov. 21, 1989, 103 Stat. 1206; Pub. 
L. 101-513, title II, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1990; Pub. L. 101-623, 
Sec. 2(b)(6), Nov. 21, 1990, 104 Stat. 3351.)


                            Prior Provisions

    A prior section 2346c, Pub. L. 87-195, pt. II, Sec. 534, as added 
Pub. L. 97-113, title II, Sec. 202, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1530, 
prohibited the use of funds for nuclear facilities in foreign countries 
except under certain circumstances, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 99-83, 
title II, Sec. 201(a), Aug. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 210.
    Another prior section 2346c, Pub. L. 87-195, pt. II, Sec. 534, as 
added Pub. L. 95-384, Sec. 10(a), Sept. 26, 1978, 92 Stat. 735; amended 
Pub. L. 96-92, Sec. 8(d), Oct. 29, 1979, 93 Stat. 704, provided economic 
support for Turkey and Cyprus in amounts of $98,000,000 and $15,000,000 
for fiscal year 1980, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96-533, title II, 
Sec. 202, Dec. 16, 1980, 94 Stat. 3142.


                               Amendments

    1990--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 101-623, Sec. 2(b)(6)(A), which directed 
the substitution of ``$10,000,000 may be made available in fiscal year 
1991'' for ``$7,000,000 may be made available in fiscal year 1990'', was 
executed by making the substitution for ``$7,000,000 may be made 
available in fiscal year 1991'' to reflect the probable intent of 
Congress and the intervening substitution of ``fiscal year 1991'' for 
``fiscal year 1990'' by Pub. L. 101-513. See below.
    Pub. L. 101-623, Sec. 2(b)(6)(B), and Pub. L. 101-513, amended 
subsec. (e) identically, substituting ``September 30, 1991'' for 
``September 30, 1990''.
    Pub. L. 101-513 substituted ``fiscal year 1991'' for ``fiscal year 
1990''.
    1989--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 101-167 substituted ``fiscal year 1990'' 
for ``each of fiscal years 1988 and 1989'' and ``September 30, 1990'' 
for ``September 30, 1989''.
    1987--Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 100-202, Sec. 101(e) [title V, 
Sec. 579(a)], amended par. (3) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (3) 
read as follows: ``notwithstanding section 2420 of this title, programs 
to enhance investigative capabilities, conducted under judicial or 
prosecutorial control;''.
    Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 100-202, Sec. 101(e) [title V, Sec. 579(b)], 
amended subsec. (e) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (e) read as 
follows: ``The authority of this section shall expire on September 30, 
1987.''

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Foreign Affairs of House of Representatives treated as 
referring to Committee on International Relations of House of 
Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note 
preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Oct. 1, 1985, see section 1301 of Pub. L. 99-83, 
set out as an Effective Date of 1985 Amendment note under section 2151-1 
of this title.

                         Delegation of Functions

    For delegation of functions of President under this section, see Ex. 
Ord. No. 12163, Sept. 29, 1979, 44 F.R. 56673, as amended, set out as a 
note under section 2381 of this title.


                          Anti-Narcotics Update

    Pub. L. 102-145, Sec. 124, as added by Pub. L. 102-266, Sec. 102, 
Apr. 1, 1992, 106 Stat. 97, provided that: ``The program authorized by 
section 534 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [22 U.S.C. 2346c] may 
continue from funds appropriated by this joint resolution for foreign 
operations, export financing, and related programs, notwithstanding the 
last sentence of section 534(e) of that Act: Provided, That such 
programs may include the protection of participants in judicial cases, 
notwithstanding section 660 of that Act [22 U.S.C. 2420]: Provided 
further, That, notwithstanding sections 534(c) and 660 of that Act, (1) 
up to $10,000,000 to provide support for a professional civilian police 
force for Panama, except that such assistance shall not include more 
than $5,000,000 for the procurement of equipment for law enforcement 
purposes, and shall not include lethal equipment, and (2) up to 
$16,000,000 for Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2295b, 5402 of this title.
