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[CITE: 22USC290f]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
           CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
 
                SUBCHAPTER XXI--INTER-AMERICAN FOUNDATION
 
Sec. 290f. Inter-American Foundation


(a) Establishment

    There is created as an agency of the United States of America a body 
corporate to be known as the Inter-American Foundation (hereinafter in 
this section referred to as the ``Foundation'').

(b) Congressional declaration of purpose

    The future of freedom, security, and economic development in the 
Western Hemisphere rests on the realization that man is the foundation 
of all human progress. It is the purpose of this section to provide 
support for developmental activities designed to achieve conditions in 
the Western Hemisphere under which the dignity and the worth of each 
human person will be respected and under which all men will be afforded 
the opportunity to develop their potential, to seek through gainful and 
productive work the fulfillment of their aspirations for a better life, 
and to live in justice and peace. To this end, it shall be the purpose 
of the Foundation, primarily in cooperation with private, regional, and 
international organizations, to--
        (1) strengthen the bonds of friendship and understanding among 
    the peoples of this hemisphere;
        (2) support self-help efforts designed to enlarge the 
    opportunities for individual development;
        (3) stimulate and assist effective and ever wider participation 
    of the people in the development process;
        (4) encourage the establishment and growth of democratic 
    institutions, private and governmental, appropriate to the 
    requirements of the individual sovereign nations of this hemisphere.

In pursuing these purposes, the Foundation shall place primary emphasis 
on the enlargement of educational opportunities at all levels, the 
production of food and the development of agriculture, and the 
improvement of environmental conditions relating to health, maternal and 
child care, family planning, housing, free trade union development, and 
other social and economic needs of the people.

(c) Programs and projects to achieve purposes

    The Foundation shall carry out the purposes set forth in subsection 
(b) of this section primarily through and with private organizations, 
individuals, and international organizations by undertaking or 
sponsoring appropriate research and by planning, initiating, assisting, 
financing, administering, and executing programs and projects designed 
to promote the achievement of such purposes.

(d) Coordination of activities with national and international agencies

    In carrying out its functions under this section, the Foundation 
shall, to the maximum extent possible, coordinate its undertakings with 
the developmental activities in the Western Hemisphere of the various 
organs of the Organization of American States, the United States 
Government, international organizations, and other entities engaged in 
promoting social and economic development of Latin America.

(e) Powers and functions

    The Foundation, as a corporation--
        (1) shall have perpetual succession unless sooner dissolved by 
    an Act of Congress;
        (2) may adopt, alter, and use a corporate seal, which shall be 
    judicially noticed;
        (3) may make and perform contracts and other agreements with any 
    individual, corporation, or other body of persons however designated 
    whether within or without the United States of America, and with any 
    government or governmental agency, domestic or foreign;
        (4) shall determine and prescribe the manner in which its 
    obligations shall be incurred and its expenses, including expenses 
    for representation (not to exceed $10,000 in any fiscal year), 
    allowed and paid;
        (5) may, as necessary for the transaction of the business of the 
    Foundation, employ and fix the compensation of not to exceed one 
    hundred persons at any one time;
        (6) may acquire by purchase, devise, bequest, or gift, or 
    otherwise lease, hold, and improve, such real and personal property 
    as it finds to be necessary to its purposes, whether within or 
    without the United States, and in any manner dispose of all such 
    real and personal property held by it and use as general funds all 
    receipts arising from the disposition of such property;
        (7) shall be entitled to the use of the United States mails in 
    the same manner and on the same conditions as the executive 
    departments of the Government;
        (8) may, with the consent of any board, corporation, commission, 
    independent establishment, or executive department of the 
    Government, including any field service thereof, avail itself of the 
    use of information, services, facilities, officers, and employees 
    thereof in carrying out the provisions of this section;
        (9) may accept money, funds, property, and services of every 
    kind by gift, device,\1\ bequest, grant, or otherwise, and make 
    advances, grants, and loans to any individual, corporation, or other 
    body of persons, whether within or without the United States of 
    America, or to any government or governmental agency, domestic or 
    foreign, when deemed advisable by the Foundation in furtherance of 
    its purposes;
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        (10) may sue and be sued, complain, and defend, in its corporate 
    name in any court of competent jurisdiction; and
        (11) shall have such other powers as may be necessary and 
    incident to carrying out its powers and duties under this section.

(f) Disposal of assets on liquidation

    Upon termination of the corporate life of the Foundation all of its 
assets shall be liquidated and, unless otherwise provided by Congress, 
shall be transferred to the United States Treasury as the property of 
the United States.

(g) Board of directors; number, term, and appointment

    The management of the Foundation shall be vested in a board of 
directors (hereafter in this section referred to as the ``Board'') 
composed of nine members appointed by the President, by and with the 
advice and consent of the Senate, one of whom he shall designate to 
serve as Chairman of the Board and one of whom he shall designate to 
serve as Vice Chairman of the Board. Six members of the Board shall be 
appointed from private life. Three members of the Board shall be 
appointed from among officers or employees of agencies of the United 
States concerned with inter-American affairs. Members of the Board shall 
be appointed for terms of six years, except that of the members first 
appointed two shall be appointed for terms of two years and two shall be 
appointed for terms of four years, as designated by the President at the 
time of their appointment. A member of the Board appointed to fill a 
vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his 
predecessor was appointed shall be appointed only for the remainder of 
such term; but upon the expiration of his term of office a member shall 
continue to serve until his successor is appointed and shall have 
qualified. Members of the Board shall be eligible for reappointment. All 
individuals appointed to the Board shall possess an understanding of and 
sensitivity to community level development processes. No more than 5 
members of the Board may be members of any one political party.

(h) Reimbursement of expenses

    Members of the Board shall serve without additional compensation, 
but shall be reimbursed for travel expenses, including per diem in lieu 
of subsistence, in accordance with section 5703 of title 5, while 
engaged in their duties on behalf of the corporation.

(i) Board; authority

    The Board shall direct the exercise of all the powers of the 
Foundation.

(j) Rules and regulations; quorum of the Board

    The Board may prescribe, amend, and repeal bylaws, rules, and 
regulations governing the manner in which the business of the Foundation 
may be conducted and in which the powers granted to it by law may be 
exercised and enjoyed. A majority of the Board shall be required as a 
quorum.

(k) Authority of the Board to appoint committees

    In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred upon 
it, the Board may appoint such committees for the carrying out of the 
work of the Foundation as the Board finds to be for the best interests 
of the Foundation, each committee to consist of two or more members of 
the Board, which committees, together with officers and agents duly 
authorized by the Board and to the extent provided by the Board, shall 
have and may exercise the powers of the Board in the management of the 
business and affairs of the Foundation.

(l) President of Foundation: appointment and compensation; employment of 
        experts and consultants

    (1) The chief executive officer of the Foundation shall be a 
President who shall be appointed by the Board of Directors on such terms 
as the Board may determine. The President shall receive compensation at 
the rate provided for level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 
5315 of title 5.
    (2) Experts and consultants, or organizations thereof, may be 
employed as authorized by section 3109 of title 5.

(m) Establishment of Council; consultation by the Board; reimbursement 
        of expenses of members of the Council

    In order to further the purposes of the Foundation there shall be 
established a Council to be composed of such number of individuals as 
may be selected by the Board from among individuals knowledgeable 
concerning developmental activities in the Western Hemisphere. The Board 
shall, from time to time, consult with the Council concerning the 
objectives of the Foundation. Members of the Council shall receive no 
compensation for their services but shall be entitled to reimbursement 
in accordance with section 5703 of title 5 for travel and other expenses 
incurred by them in the performance of their functions under this 
subsection.

(n) Nonprofit nature of the Foundation; conflict of interests

    The Foundation shall be a nonprofit corporation and shall have no 
capital stock. No part of its revenue earnings, or other income or 
property shall inure to the benefit of its directors, officers, and 
employees and such revenue, earnings, or other income, or property shall 
be used for the carrying out of the corporate purposes set forth in this 
section. No director, officer, or employee of the corporation shall in 
any manner directly or indirectly participate in the deliberation upon 
or the determination of any question affecting his personal interests or 
the interests of any corporation, partnership, or organization in which 
he is directly or indirectly interested.

(o) Personnel; service in foreign governments or agencies

    When approved by the Foundation, in furtherance of its purpose, the 
officers and employees of the Foundation may accept and hold offices or 
positions to which no compensation is attached with governments or 
governmental agencies of foreign countries.

(p) Service of employees of other agencies in the Foundation; rights and 
        privileges

    The Secretary of State shall have authority to detail employees of 
any agency under his jurisdiction to the Foundation under such 
circumstances and upon such conditions as he may determine. Any such 
employee so detailed shall not lose any privileges, rights, or seniority 
as an employee of any such agency by virtue of such detail.

(q) Establishment of principal and branch offices

    The Foundation shall maintain its principal office in the 
metropolitan Washington, D.C., area. The Foundation may establish 
agencies, branch offices, or other offices in any place or places 
outside the United States in which the Foundation may carry on all or 
any of its operations and business.

(r) Exemption from tax

    The Foundation, including its franchise and income, shall be exempt 
from taxation now or hereafter imposed by the United States, or any 
territory or possession thereof, or by any State, county, municipality, 
or local taxing authority.

(s) Authorization of appropriations

    (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, not to exceed an 
aggregate amount of $50,000,000 of the funds made available for the 
fiscal years 1970 and 1971 to carry out part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961 [22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.] shall be available to carry out the 
purposes of this section. Funds made available to carry out the purposes 
of this section under the preceding sentence are authorized to remain 
available until expended.
    (2) There are authorized to be appropriated $28,800,000 for fiscal 
year 1992 and $31,000,000 for fiscal year 1993 to carry out this 
section. Amounts appropriated under this paragraph are authorized to 
remain available until expended.

(t) Application of chapter 91 of title 31

    The Foundation shall be subject to the provisions of chapter 91 of 
title 31.

(u) Interest on funds invested pending disbursement

    When, with the permission of the Foundation, funds made available to 
a grantee under this section are invested pending disbursement, the 
resulting interest is not required to be deposited in the United States 
Treasury if the grantee uses the resulting interest for the purposes for 
which the grant was made. This subsection applies with respect to both 
interest earned before and interest earned after August 24, 1982.

(v) Travel expenses

    Funds made available to the Foundation may be used for the expenses 
described in section 1345 of title 31 (relating to travel, 
transportation, and subsistence expenses for meetings).

(w) Printing expenses

    Funds made available to the Foundation may be used for printing and 
binding without regard to section 501 of title 44.

(Pub. L. 91-175, pt. IV, Sec. 401, Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 821; Pub. L. 
92-226, pt. IV, Sec. 406(2)-(5), Feb. 7, 1972, 86 Stat. 34; Pub. L. 95-
105, title V, Sec. 508, Aug. 17, 1977, 91 Stat. 859; Pub. L. 97-241, 
title V, Sec. 501, Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 297; Pub. L. 98-164, title X, 
Sec. 1001, Nov. 22, 1983, 97 Stat. 1051; Pub. L. 99-83, title VII, 
Sec. 708, Aug. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 243; Pub. L. 99-529, title II, 
Sec. 202(e), title IV, Sec. 403(a), Oct. 24, 1986, 100 Stat. 3012, 3019; 
Pub. L. 101-246, title VI, Sec. 601, Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 73; Pub. 
L. 102-138, title I, Sec. 173(a), (b)(1), (c), (d), Oct. 28, 1991, 105 
Stat. 679, 680.)

                            Repeal of Section

        For repeal of section by Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, 
    Sec. 1000(a)(2) [title V, Sec. 586(c)(2), (j)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 
    Stat. 1535, 1501A-118, 1501A-120, as amended by Pub. L. 106-429, 
    Sec. 101(a) [title V, Sec. 591(2)], Nov. 6, 2000, 114 Stat. 1900, 
    1900A-59, see Abolition of the Inter-American Foundation note set 
    out below.

                       References in Text

    The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, referred to in subsec. (s)(1), 
is Pub. L. 87-195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 424, as amended. Part I of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is classified generally to subchapter 
I (Sec. 2151 et seq.) of chapter 32 of this title. For provisions 
deeming references to subchapter I to include parts IV (Sec. 2346 et 
seq.), VI (Sec. 2348 et seq.), and VIII (Sec. 2349aa et seq.) of 
subchapter II of chapter 32, see section 202(b) of Pub. L. 92-228, set 
out as a note under section 2346 of this title, and sections 2348c and 
2349aa-5 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the 
Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2151 of this title and 
Tables.

                          Codification

    In subsec. (t), ``chapter 91 of title 31'' substituted for ``the 
Government Corporation Control Act [31 U.S.C. 841 et seq.]'' on 
authority of Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, 
the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.


                               Amendments

    1991--Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 102-138, Sec. 173(b)(1), inserted 
provision at end that all individuals appointed to the Board possess an 
understanding of and sensitivity to community level development 
processes and that no more than 5 members of the Board be of any one 
political party.
    Subsec. (q). Pub. L. 102-138, Sec. 173(c), amended subsec. (q) 
generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (q) read as follows: ``The 
Foundation shall establish a principal office. The Foundation is 
authorized to establish agencies, branch offices, or other offices in 
any place or places within the United States or elsewhere in any of 
which locations the Foundation may carry on all or any of its operations 
and business.''
    Subsec. (s)(2). Pub. L. 102-138, Sec. 173(a), amended first sentence 
generally, substituting present provisions for provisions authorizing 
appropriations of $16,932,000 for fiscal year 1990 and $25,000,000 for 
fiscal year 1991.
    Subsecs. (v), (w). Pub. L. 102-138, Sec. 173(d), added subsecs. (v) 
and (w).
    1990--Subsec. (s)(2). Pub. L. 101-246 amended first sentence 
generally, substituting ``$16,932,000 for the fiscal year 1990 and 
$25,000,000 for the fiscal year 1991'' for ``$11,969,000 for fiscal year 
1986 and $12,969,000 for fiscal year 1987 (not less than $1,000,000 of 
which shall be for Haiti)''.
    1986--Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 99-529, Sec. 403(a), substituted ``nine 
members'' for ``seven members'' and ``Six members'' for ``Four 
members''.
    Subsec. (s)(2). Pub. L. 99-529, Sec. 202(e), substituted 
``$12,969,000 for fiscal year 1987 (not less than $1,000,000 of which 
shall be for Haiti)'' for ``$11,969,000 for fiscal year 1987''.
    1985--Subsec. (s)(2). Pub. L. 99-83 substituted provisions 
authorizing appropriations of $11,969,000 for each of fiscal years 1986 
and 1987, for provisions authorizing appropriations of $16,000,000 for 
each of fiscal years 1984 and 1985.
    1983--Subsec. (s)(2). Pub. L. 98-164 substituted ``$16,000,000 for 
the fiscal year 1984 and $16,000,000 for the fiscal year 1985'' for 
``$12,000,000 for the fiscal year 1982 and $12,800,000 for the fiscal 
year 1983''.
    1982--Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 97-241, Sec. 501(b), substituted ``travel 
expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with 
section 5703 of title 5'' for ``actual and necessary expenses not in 
excess of $50 per day, and for transportation expenses''.
    Subsec. (s)(2). Pub. L. 97-241, Sec. 501(a), substituted 
``$12,000,000 for the fiscal year 1982 and $12,800,000 for the fiscal 
year 1983'' for ``$25,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1979 and 
1980''.
    Subsec. (u). Pub. L. 97-241, Sec. 501(c), added subsec. (u).
    1977--Subsec. (s). Pub. L. 95-105 designated existing provisions as 
par. (1) and added par. (2).
    1972--Pub. L. 92-226, Sec. 406(3), substituted ``Foundation'' for 
``Institute'' wherever appearing in subsecs. (b) to (g), (i), (j) to 
(r), and (t).
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92-226, Sec. 406(2), substituted ``Inter-
American Foundation'' and ``Foundation'' for ``Inter-American Social 
Development Institute'' and ``Institute''.
    Subsec. (e)(4). Pub. L. 92-226, Sec. 406(4), inserted ``, including 
expenses for representation (not to exceed $10,000 in any fiscal 
year),''.
    Subsec. (l). Pub. L. 92-226, Sec. 406(5), designated existing 
provisions as par. (1), substituted ``Foundation'' for ``Institute'' and 
``President'' for ``Executive Director'' in two places, and added par. 
(2).


                    Effective Date of 1986 Amendment

    Section 403(b) of Pub. L. 99-529 provided that: ``The amendments 
made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect 120 
days after the date of enactment of this Act [Oct. 24, 1986].''


                    Effective Date of 1985 Amendment

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


                               Short Title

    Pub. L. 91-175, pt. IV, Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 821, as amended by 
Pub. L. 92-226, pt. IV, Sec. 406(1), Feb. 7, 1972, 86 Stat. 34, 
designated Part IV provisions classified to this section as the ``Inter-
American Foundation Act''.


                 Abolition of Inter-American Foundation

    Pub. L. 106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(2) [title V, Sec. 586], Nov. 
29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1535, 1501A-117,as amended by Pub. L. 106-429, 
Sec. 101(a) [title V, Sec. 591], Nov. 6, 2000, 114 Stat. 1900, 1900A-59, 
provided that:
    ``(a) Definitions.--In this section:
        ``(1) Director.--The term `Director' means the Director of the 
    Office of Management and Budget.
        ``(2) Foundation.--The term `Foundation' means the Inter-
    American Foundation.
        ``(3) Function.--The term `function' means any duty, obligation, 
    power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, activity, or 
    program.
    ``(b) Abolition of Inter-American Foundation.--During fiscal years 
2000 and 2001, the President is authorized to abolish the Inter-American 
Foundation. The provisions of this section shall only be effective upon 
the effective date of the abolition of the Inter-American Foundation.
    ``(c) Termination of Functions.--
        ``(1) Except as provided in subsection (d)(2), there are 
    terminated upon the abolition of the Foundation all functions vested 
    in, or exercised by, the Foundation or any official thereof, under 
    any statute, reorganization plan, Executive order, or other 
    provisions of law, as of the day before the effective date of this 
    section.
        ``(2) Repeal.--Section 401 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969 
    (22 U.S.C. 290f) is repealed upon the effective date specified in 
    subsection (j).
        ``(3) Final disposition of funds.--Upon the date of transmittal 
    to Congress of the certification described in subsection (d)(4), all 
    unexpended balances of appropriations of the Foundation shall be 
    deposited in the miscellaneous receipts account of the Treasury of 
    the United States.
    ``(d) Responsibilities of the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget.--
        ``(1) In general.--The Director of the Office of Management and 
    Budget shall be responsible for--
            ``(A) the administration and wind-up of any outstanding 
        obligation of the Federal Government under any contract or 
        agreement entered into by the Foundation before the date of the 
        enactment of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and 
        Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2000 [Nov. 29, 1999], 
        except that the authority of this subparagraph does not include 
        the renewal or extension of any such contract or agreement; and
            ``(B) taking such other actions as may be necessary to wind-
        up any outstanding affairs of the Foundation.
        ``(2) Transfer of functions to the director.--There are 
    transferred to the Director such functions of the Foundation under 
    any statute, reorganization plan, Executive order, or other 
    provision of law, as of the day before the date of the enactment of 
    this section [Nov. 29, 1999], as may be necessary to carry out the 
    responsibilities of the Director under paragraph (1).
        ``(3) Authorities of the director.--For purposes of performing 
    the functions of the Director under paragraph (1) and subject to the 
    availability of appropriations, the Director may--
            ``(A) enter into contracts;
            ``(B) employ experts and consultants in accordance with 
        section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, at rates for 
        individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the 
        rate for level IV of the Executive Schedule; and
            ``(C) utilize, on a reimbursable basis, the services, 
        facilities, and personnel of other Federal agencies.
        ``(4) Certification required.--Whenever the Director determines 
    that the responsibilities described in paragraph (1) have been fully 
    discharged, the Director shall so certify to the appropriate 
    congressional committees.
    ``(e) Report to Congress.--The Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a 
detailed report in writing regarding all matters relating to the 
abolition and termination of the Foundation. The report shall be 
submitted not later than 90 days after the termination of the 
Foundation.
    ``(f) Transfer and Allocation of Appropriations.--Except as 
otherwise provided in this section, the assets, liabilities (including 
contingent liabilities arising from suits continued with a substitution 
or addition of parties under subsection (g)(3)), contracts, property, 
records, and unexpended balance of appropriations, authorizations, 
allocations, and other funds employed, held, used, arising from, 
available to, or to be made available in connection with the functions, 
terminated by subsection (c)(1) or transferred by subsection (d)(2) 
shall be transferred to the Director for purposes of carrying out the 
responsibilities described in subsection (d)(1).
    ``(g) Savings Provisions.--
        ``(1) Continuing legal force and effect.--All orders, 
    determinations, rules, regulations, permits, agreements, grants, 
    contracts, certificates, licenses, registrations, privileges, and 
    other administrative actions--
            ``(A) that have been issued, made, granted, or allowed to 
        become effective by the Foundation in the performance of 
        functions that are terminated or transferred under this section; 
        and
            ``(B) that are in effect as of the date of the abolition of 
        the Foundation, or were final before such date and are to become 
        effective on or after such date,
    shall continue in effect according to their terms until modified, 
    terminated, superseded, set aside, or revoked in accordance with law 
    by the President, the Director, or other authorized official, a 
    court of competent jurisdiction, or by operation of law.
        ``(2) No effect on judicial or administrative proceedings.--
    Except as otherwise provided in this section--
            ``(A) the provisions of this section shall not affect suits 
        commenced prior to the date of the abolition of the Foundation; 
        and
            ``(B) in all such suits, proceedings shall be had, appeals 
        taken, and judgments rendered in the same manner and effect as 
        if this section had not been enacted.
        ``(3) Nonabatement of proceedings.--No suit, action, or other 
    proceeding commenced by or against any officer in the official 
    capacity of such individual as an officer of the Foundation shall 
    abate by reason of the enactment of this section. No cause of action 
    by or against the Foundation, or by or against any officer thereof 
    in the official capacity of such officer, shall abate by reason of 
    the enactment of this section.
        ``(4) Continuation of proceeding with substitution of parties.--
    If, before the date of the abolition of the Foundation, the 
    Foundation, or officer thereof in the official capacity of such 
    officer, is a party to a suit, then effective on such date such suit 
    shall be continued with the Director substituted or added as a 
    party.
        ``(5) Reviewability of orders and actions under transferred 
    functions.--Orders and actions of the Director in the exercise of 
    functions terminated or transferred under this section shall be 
    subject to judicial review to the same extent and in the same manner 
    as if such orders and actions had been taken by the Foundation 
    immediately preceding their termination or transfer. Any statutory 
    requirements relating to notice, hearings, action upon the record, 
    or administrative review that apply to any function transferred by 
    this section shall apply to the exercise of such function by the 
    Director.
    ``(h) Conforming Amendments.--
        ``(1) African development foundation.--Section 502 of the 
    International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 (22 
    U.S.C. 290h) is amended--
            ``(A) by inserting `and' at the end of paragraph (2);
            ``(B) by striking the semicolon at the end of paragraph (3) 
        and inserting a period; and
            ``(C) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5).
        ``(2) Social progress trust fund agreement.--Section 36 of the 
    Foreign Assistance Act of 1973 [Pub. L. 93-189, 22 U.S.C. 1942 note] 
    is amended--
            ``(A) in subsection (a)--
                ``(i) by striking `provide for' and all that follows 
            through `(2) utilization' and inserting `provide for the 
            utilization'; and
                ``(ii) by striking `member countries;' and all that 
            follows through `paragraph (2)' and inserting `member 
            countries.';
            ``(B) in subsection (b), by striking `transfer or';
            ``(C) by striking subsection (c);
            ``(D) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c); and
            ``(E) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated), by striking 
        `transfer or'.
        ``(3) Foreign assistance act of 1961.--Section 222A(d) of the 
    Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2182a(d)) is repealed.
    ``(i) Definition.--In this section, the term `appropriate 
congressional committees' means the Committee on Appropriations and the 
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on 
Appropriations and the Committee on International Relations of the House 
of Representatives.
    ``(j) Effective Dates.--The repeal made by subsection (c)(2) and the 
amendments made by subsection (h) shall take effect upon the date of 
transmittal to Congress of the certification described in subsection 
(d)(4).''


                 Transition Rule for Board Appointments

    Section 173(b)(2) of Pub. L. 102-138 provided that: ``The 
requirements established by the amendment made by paragraph (1) 
[amending this section] do not affect appointments made to the Board of 
the Inter-American Foundation before the date of enactment of this Act 
[Oct. 28, 1991].''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 290h of this title.
