Section 1
SECTION 1. Any provision of law to the contrary notwithstanding, the President of the Philippines is hereby authorized to guarantee absolutely and unconditionally, in the name and on behalf of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines, the payment of the loan or loans that may be granted by the Export-Import Bank of Washington, D.C., or any other international bank, for the establishment, management and operation of an integrated steel mill at Iligan City, Philippines: Provided, however, That the amount of the guaranty undertaken shall not exceed the sum of two hundred seventy-live million pesos, Philippine currency.