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§ 2361. Completion of plans and cost estimates
(a) Restriction on agreements or grants
No agreement or grant which constitutes an obligation of the United States Government in excess of $500,000 under section 1501 of title 31 shall be made for any assistance authorized under part I of subchapter I of this chapter, subpart II of part II of subchapter I of this chapter, or part IV of subchapter II of this chapter—
(1) if such agreement or grant requires substantive technical or financial planning, until engineering, financial, and other plans necessary to carry out such assistance, and a reasonably firm estimate of the cost to the United States Government of providing such assistance, have been completed; and
(2) if such agreement or grant requires legislative action within the recipient country, unless such legislative action may reasonably be anticipated to be completed in time to permit the orderly accomplishment of the purposes of such agreement or grant.
(b) Plans for water or related land resource construction projects; computation of benefits and costs
(c) Contracts for construction outside United States; competitive basis
(d) Engineering, financial, and other plans
(e) Certification of country capability to maintain and utilize projects as prerequisite to assistance for capital projects exceeding cost limitations
(Pub. L. 87–195, pt. III, § 611, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 442; Pub. L. 87–565, pt. III, § 301(b), Aug. 1, 1962, 76 Stat. 260; Pub. L. 88–205, pt. III, § 301(c), Dec. 16, 1963, 77 Stat. 385; Pub. L. 90–137, pt. II, § 301(d), Nov. 14, 1967, 81 Stat. 458; Pub. L. 95–424, title I, § 102(g)(2)(D), (E), Oct. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 943; Pub. L. 96–53, title I, § 117, Aug. 14, 1979, 93 Stat. 365; Pub. L. 99–83, title XII, §§ 1208, 1211(b)(2), Aug. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 278, 279.)