22 U.S.C. § 2349aa–2 — Limitations

(a) Services and commodities provided by agency of United States Government; advance payment Whenever the President determines it to be consistent with and in furtherance of the purposes of this part, and on such terms and conditions consistent with this chapter as he may determine, any agency of the United States Government is authorized to furnish services and commodities, without charge to funds available to carry out this part, to an eligible foreign country, subject to payment in advance of the value of it (within the meaning of section 2403(m) of this title) in United States dollars by the foreign country. Credits and the proceeds of guaranteed loans made available to such countries under the Arms Export Control Act [ 22 U. S. C. 2751 et seq. ] must not be used for such payments. Collections under this part must be credited to the currently applicable appropriation, account, or fund of the agency providing such services and commodities and must be available for the purposes for which such appropriation, account, or fund is authorized to be used. (b) Consultation in development and implementation of assistance The Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor must be consulted in the determinations of the foreign countries that will be provided assistance under this part and determinations of the nature of assistance to be provided to each such country. (c) Arms and ammunition; value of equipment and commodities (1) Arms and ammunition may be given under this part only if they are directly related to antiterrorism assistance. (2) The value (in terms of original acquisition cost) of all equipment and commodities provided under this part in any fiscal year must not exceed 30 percent of the funds made available to carry out this part for that fiscal year. (d) Information exchange activities This part does not apply to information exchange activities conducted by agencies of the United States Government under other authority for such purposes.