[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 901 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 901

To amend the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 to 
 provide for the transfer of amounts of the Polish-American Enterprise 
    Fund upon the termination of that Enterprise Fund to a private, 
               nonprofit organization located in Poland.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 2, 1999

Mr. Blagojevich (for himself, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Quinn, Mr. Sessions, Ms. 
  Schakowsky, Mr. Gutierrez, Mrs. Maloney of New York, and Mr. Frost) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                        International Relations

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act of 1989 to 
 provide for the transfer of amounts of the Polish-American Enterprise 
    Fund upon the termination of that Enterprise Fund to a private, 
               nonprofit organization located in Poland.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Polish-American Promise Act of 
1999''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF SUCCESSOR ORGANIZATION TO POLISH-AMERICAN 
              ENTERPRISE FUND; TRANSFER AND USE OF AMOUNTS BY 
              ORGANIZATION.

    Section 201 of the Support for East European Democracy (SEED) Act 
of 1989 (22 U.S.C. 5421) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(q) Designation of Successor Organization to Polish-American 
Enterprise Fund; Transfer and Use of Amounts by Organization.--
            ``(1) Designation of organization.--Not later than 1 year 
        after the date of the enactment of this subsection, the 
        President shall designate a private, nonprofit organization 
        located in Poland for the purpose of receiving amounts 
        described in paragraph (2) from the Polish-American Enterprise 
        Fund (hereinafter in this subsection referred to as the 
        `Enterprise Fund') to carry out the programs described in 
        paragraph (3).
            ``(2) Transfer of amounts.--Upon termination of the 
        Enterprise Fund, the unexpended balances of amounts 
        appropriated to the President pursuant to subsection (b) and 
        granted to the Enterprise Fund by the United States Agency for 
        International Development, and any other amounts of the 
        Enterprise Fund used to carry out the purposes specified in 
        subsection (a), including amounts for related administrative 
        expenses, shall be provided to the organization designated 
        under paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Use of amounts.--Amounts provided under paragraph (2) 
        to the organization--
                    ``(A) shall be used to establish and carry out--
                            ``(i) a program to support efforts in 
                        Poland to consolidate democracy and further 
                        enhance the free market economy; and
                            ``(ii) a program to support the 
                        dissemination of information about Poland, 
                        including information on the success of Poland 
                        to date with respect to democracy and the free 
                        market economy, to Poland's regional neighbors, 
                        including Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus; and
                    ``(B) may be used to improve medical care, improve 
                environmental protection, improve education, and ensure 
                respect for human rights in Poland.''.
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