22 U.S.C. § 5462 — SEED Information Center System

Page 1665 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 5471 1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘furtherance’’. 2 So in original. The comma probably should be a semicolon. 1 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘section’’. who shall be directly responsible for overseeing and coordinating all programs described in this chapter and all other activities that the United States Government conducts in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter. (Pub. L. 101–179, title VI, § 601, Nov. 28, 1989, 103 Stat. 1319.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ‘‘this Act’’, meaning Pub. L. 101–179, Nov. 28, 1989, 103 Stat. 1298, which is classified principally to this chap- ter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 5401 of this title and Tables. § 5462. SEED Information Center System (a) Establishment The President shall establish a SEED Informa- tion Center System, using existing Executive branch agencies and acting in cooperation with the Government of Poland and the Government of Hungary. (b) Functions (1) In general The SEED Information Center System shall serve as a central clearinghouse mechanism for information relating to— (A) business needs and opportunities in Eastern Europe, and (B) voluntary assistance to countries in Eastern Europe. (2) Private enterprise development The SEED Information Center System shall be organized, among other purposes, to en- courage— (A) the submission of economically sound proposals to the Polish-American Enterprise Fund and Hungarian-American Enterprise Fund, and (B) other sources of finance for the devel- opment of private enterprise in Eastern Eu- rope. (c) Location The SEED Information Center System shall be based jointly in Washington, District of Colum- bia; Warsaw, Poland; and Budapest, Hungary; and should it become appropriate, the capitals of other East European countries. (Pub. L. 101–179, title VI, § 602, Nov. 28, 1989, 103 Stat. 1319.) Executive Documents DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS Functions of President under this section delegated to Secretary of Commerce by section 3 of Ex. Ord. No. 12703, Feb. 20, 1990, 55 F.R. 6351, set out as a note under section 5401 of this title. § 5463. Encouraging voluntary assistance for Po- land and Hungary (a) Encouraging private contributions It is the sense of the Congress that the Presi- dent should take all possible steps to encourage across the Nation a massive outpouring of pri- vate contributions of money and nonperishable foods, to be collected by civic, religious, school, and youth organizations, for assistance to Po- land and to refugees from Romania who are in Hungary. (b) Transportation to Poland of private contribu- tions In further 1 of subsection (a), the President— (1) using all available authorities, including section 402 of title 10 (relating to transpor- tation of humanitarian relief supplies), should use resources of the Department of Defense (including the National Guard) to transport nonfinancial private contributions to Poland,2 (2) should request additional authorities as needed for the use of those resources for that purpose; and (3) should encourage maximum participation by such recognized private and voluntary or- ganizations as the Polish-American Congress in the transportation of nonfinancial private contributions to Poland. (Pub. L. 101–179, title VI, § 603, Nov. 28, 1989, 103 Stat. 1319.) § 5464. Economic and commercial officers at United States embassies and missions in Po- land and Hungary It is the sense of the Congress that, to the ex- tent practicable— (1) the United States Embassy in Budapest, Hungary, should be assigned one additional economic and commercial officer; (2) the United States Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, should be assigned one additional eco- nomic officer and one additional commercial officer; (3) the United States Trade Center in War- saw, Poland, should be assigned one additional economic and commercial officer; and (4) the United States mission in Krakow, Po- land, should be assigned one additional eco- nomic and commercial officer. (Pub. L. 101–179, title VI, § 604, Nov. 28, 1989, 103 Stat. 1320.) SUBCHAPTER VI—REPORTS TO CONGRESS § 5471. Report on initial steps taken by United States and on Poland’s requirement for agri- cultural assistance (a) Initial report Not later than 60 days after November 28, 1989, the President shall submit a report to the Con- gress— (1) describing the steps taken by the United States Government pursuant to subchapter I, in particular sections 1 5412(a) and (b) of this title; (2) assessing Poland’s requirements for addi- tional agricultural assistance during fiscal year 1990 and its requirements for agricultural assistance during fiscal years 1991 and 1992; and (3) specifying how much agricultural assist- ance the President proposes be provided by the United States to meet those requirements.