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FOREWORD

This volume of legislation and related material is part of a five volume set of laws and related material frequently referred to by the Committees on International Relations of the House of Representatives and Foreign Relations of the Senate, amended to date and annotated to show pertinent history or cross references.

Volumes I (A and B), II, III and IV contain legislation and related material and are republished with amendments and additions at the end of each annual session of Congress. Volume V, which contains treaties and related material, will not be revised every year, but only as necessary.

We wish to express our appreciation to Dianne E. Rennack and C. Winston Woodland of the Foreign Affairs and National Defense Division of the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress who prepared volume II of this year's compilation.

BENJAMIN A. GILMAN,

Chairman, Committee on International Relations.

JESSE HELMS,

Chairman, Committee on Foreign Relations.

(III)

March 10, 1997.