Sec. 7026. separate accounts
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## SEC. 7026 separate accounts ###
(a)Separate Accounts for Local Currencies **[**[22 U.S.C. 2362 note](/us/usc/t22/s2362)**]** ####
(1)Agreements If assistance is furnished to the government of a foreign country under chapters 1 and 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 under agreements which result in the generation of local currencies of that country, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall— #####
(A)require that local currencies be deposited in a separate account established by that government; #####
(B)enter into an agreement with that government which sets forth— ######
(i)the amount of the local currencies to be generated; and ######
(ii)the terms and conditions under which the currencies so deposited may be utilized, consistent with this section; and #####
(C)establish by agreement with that government the responsibilities of USAID and that government to monitor and account for deposits into and disbursements from the separate account. ####
(2)Uses of local currencies As may be agreed upon with the foreign government, local currencies deposited in a separate account pursuant to subsection (a), or an equivalent amount of local currencies, shall be used only— #####
(A)to carry out chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as the case may be), for such purposes as— ######
(i)project and sector assistance activities; or ######
(ii)debt and deficit financing; or #####
(B)for the administrative requirements of the United States Government. ####
(3)Programming accountability USAID shall take all necessary steps to ensure that the equivalent of the local currencies disbursed pursuant to subsection (a)(2)(A) from the separate account established pursuant to subsection (a)(1) are used for the purposes agreed upon pursuant to subsection (a)(2). ####
(4)Termination of assistance programs Upon termination of assistance to a country under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (as the case may be), any unencumbered balances of funds which remain in a separate account established pursuant to subsection
(a)shall be disposed of for such purposes as may be agreed to by the government of that country and the United States Government. ###
(b)Separate Accounts for Cash Transfers ####
(1)In general If assistance is made available to the government of a foreign country, under chapter 1 or 10 of part I or chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as cash transfer assistance or as nonproject sector assistance, that country shall be required to maintain such funds in a separate account and not commingle with any other funds. ####
(2)Applicability of other provisions of law Such funds may be obligated and expended notwithstanding provisions of law which are inconsistent with the nature of this assistance including provisions which are referenced in the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference accompanying House Joint Resolution 648 (House Report No. 98-1159). ####
(3)Notification At least 15 days prior to obligating any such cash transfer or nonproject sector assistance, the President shall submit a notification through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations, which shall include a detailed description of how the funds proposed to be made available will be used, with a discussion of the United States interests that will be served by such assistance (including, as appropriate, a description of the economic policy reforms that will be promoted by such assistance). ####
(4)Exemption Nonproject sector assistance funds may be exempt from the requirements of paragraph
(1)only through the regular notification procedures of the Committees on Appropriations.
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