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80 Stat. 306.

75 Stat. 532.

22 USC 2455, 2458.

repair, or improvement; advance of funds under contracts abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672 of title 28 of the United States Code, when such claims arise in foreign countries; and not to exceed $3,000 for official representation expenses abroad; $11,500,000, of which $3,000,000 shall remain available for trade and industrial exhibits until June 30, 1969: Provided, That the provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (Public Law 87-256) shall apply in carrying out the activities concerned with exhibits and missions.

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Ante, p. 424.

USC 13 note. 81 46

MARITIME TRAINING

For training cadets as officers of the Merchant Marine at the Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York; not to exceed $2,500 for contingencies for the Superintendent, United States Merchant Marine Academy, to be expended in his discretion; purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for replacement only; and uniform and textbook allowances for cadet midshipmen, at an average yearly cost of not to exceed $400 per cadet; $4,620,000: Provided, That, except as herein provided for uniform and textbook allowances, this appropriation shall not be used for compensation or allowances for cadets: Provided further, That reimbursement may be made to this appropriation for expenses in support of activities financed from the appropriations for "Research and development" and "Ship construction".

STATE MARINE SCHOOLS

For financial assistance to State marine schools and the students thereof as authorized by the Maritime Academy Act of 1958 (72 Stat. 622-624), $1,775,000, of which $500,000 is for maintenance and repair of vessels loaned by the United States for use in connection with such State marine schools, and $1,275,000, to remain available until expended, is for liquidation of obligations incurred under authority granted by said Act, to enter into contracts to make payments for expenses incurred in the maintenance and support of marine schools, and to pay allowances for uniforms, textbooks, and subsistence of cadets at State marine schools.

TITLE V-RELATED AGENCIES

78 Stat. 246.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE
OFFICE OF EDUCATION

CIVIL RIGHTS EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES

For carrying out the provisions of title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 relating to functions of the Commissioner of

2000c-9.

Education, $10,000,000, of which not to exceed $1,500,000 42 USC 2000cshall be for salaries and expenses, including services as 80 Stat. 416. authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.

UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

75 Stat. 639; 77 Stat. 341;

79 Stat. 118.

67 Stat. 642.

22 USC 1461 note.

22 USC 2451 note.

62 Stat. 6.

For expenses necessary to enable the United States Information Agency, as authorized by Reorganization Plan No. 8 of 1953, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act (75 Stat. 527), and the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq), to carry out international information activities, including employment, without regard to the civil service and classification laws, of (1) persons on a temporary basis (not to exceed $20,000), (2) aliens within the United States, and (3) aliens abroad for service in the United States relating to the translation or narration of colloquial speech in foreign languages (such aliens to be investigated for such employment in accordance with procedures established by the Director of the Agency and the Attorney General); travel expenses of aliens employed abroad for service in the United States and their dependents to and from the United States: salaries, expenses, and allowances of personnel and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 801-1158); entertainment 60 Stat. 999. within the United States not to exceed $500; hire of passenger motor vehicles; insurance on official motor vehicles in foreign countries; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; payment of 80 Stat. 416. tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672, as amended, of title 28 of the United States Code 80 Stat. 306. when such claims arise in foreign countries; advance of funds notwithstanding section 3648 of the Revised Statutes, as 31 USC 529. amended; dues for library membership in organizations which issue publications to members only, or to members at a price lower than to others; employment of aliens, by contract, for service abroad; purchase of ice and drinking water abroad; payment of excise taxes on negotiable instruments abroad; purchase of uniforms for not to exceed fourteen guards; actual expenses of preparing and transporting to their former homes the remains of persons, not United States Government employees, who may die away from their homes while participating in activities authorized under this appropriation; radio activities and acquisition and production of motion pictures and visual materials and purchase or rental of technical equipment and facilities therefor, narration, script-writing, translation, and engineering services, by contract or otherwise; maintenance, improvement, and repair of properties used for information activities in foreign countries; fuel and utilities for Government-owned or leased property abroad; rental or lease for periods not exceeding five years of offices, buildings, grounds, and living quarters for officers and employees engaged in in

81 Stat. 433.

80 Stat. 498.

63 Stat. 384.

formational activities abroad; travel expenses for employees attending official international conferences, without regard to the Standardized Government Travel Regulations and to the rates of per diem allowances in lieu of subsistence expenses under 5 U.S.C. 5701-5708, but at rates not in excess of comparable allowances approved for such conferences by the Secretary of State; and purchase of objects for presentation to foreign governments, schools, or organizations; $156,479,000: Provided, That not to exceed $110,000 may be used for representation abroad: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for expenses in connection with travel of personnel outside the continental United States, including travel of dependents and transportation of personal effects, household goods, or automobiles of such personnel, when any part of such travel or transportation begins in the current fiscal year pursuant to travel orders issued in that year, notwithstanding the fact that such travel or transportation may not be completed during the current year: Provided further, That passenger motor vehicles used abroad exclusively for the purposes of this appropriation may be exchanged or sold, pursuant to section 201 (c) of the Act of June 30, 1949 (40 U.S.C. 481(c)), and the exchange allowances or proceeds of such sales shall be available for replacement of an equal number of such vehicles and the cost, including the exchange allowance of each such replacement, except buses and station wagons, shall not exceed $1,500: Provided further, That, notwithstanding the provisions of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 665) the United States Information Agency is authorized, in making contracts for the use of international short-wave radio stations and facilities, to agree on behalf of the United States to indemnify the owners and operators of said radio stations and facilities from such funds as may be hereafter appropriated for the purpose against loss or damage on account of injury to persons or property arising from such use of said radio stations and facilities: Provided further, That existing appointments and assignments to the Foreign Service Reserve for the purposes of foreign information and educational activities which expire during the current fiscal year may be extended for a period of one year in addition to the period of appointment or assignment otherwise authorized.

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76 Stat. 263. 22 USC 2452.

SPECIAL INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITIONS

For expenses necessary to carry out the functions of the United States Information Agency under section 102(a) (3) of the "Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961" (75 Stat. 527), $2,709,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed a total of $7,200 may be expended for representation.

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TITLE VI-FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES,
INCORPORATED

LIMITATION

ON

ADMINISTRATIVE AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING EXPENSES, FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED

Not to exceed $726,000 of the funds of the corporation shall be available for its administrative expenses, and not to exceed $1,988,000 for the expenses of vocational training of prisoners, both amounts to be available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and to be computed on an accrual basis and to 80 Stat. 416. be determined in accordance with the corporation's prescribed accounting system in effect on July 1, 1946, and shall be exclusive of depreciation, payment of claims, expenditures which the said accounting system requires to be capitalized or charged to cost of commodities acquired or produced, including selling and shipping expenses, and expenses in connection with acquisition, construction, operation, maintenance, improvement, protection, or disposition of facilities and other property belonging to the corporation or in which it has an interest.

18. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1967: PROVISIONS AFFECTING EDUCATION AND TRAINING

(Public Law 90-137, approved November 14, 1967)

A. LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

Hearings on the Foreign Assistance Act of 1967, were held before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs at intervals from April 4, 1967, to June 8, 1967.

H.R. 12048, the Foreign Assistance Act of 1967 was introduced on August 2, 1967, by Representative Thomas E. Morgan, of Pennsylvania. The bill was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. It was reported from that committee on August 11, 1967 (H. Rept. 551). It passed the House on August 25, 1967. The proceedings were vacated and it was laid on the table on August 25 (legislative day August 24) 1967, when S. 1872, as amended was passed in lieu.

S. 1872, the Foreign Assistance Act of 1967 was introduced on May 25, 1967, by Senator J. W. Fulbright, of Arkansas. The bill was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Hearings on this bill were held before the Committee on Foreign Relations on June 12 and July 14 and 26, 1967.

S. 1872 was reported in the Senate, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, on August 9, 1967 (S. Rept. 499). It passed the Senate on August 17, 1967. It passed the House, amended, and in lieu of H.R. 12048, on August 25 (legislative day August 24) 1967. The Senate asked for a conference on August 28, 1967. The House agreed to a conference on September 13, 1967. The conference report was filed on November 7, 1967 (H. Rept. 892). The House and Senate both agreed to the conference report on November 8, 1967. The act was approved on November 14, 1967, and became Public Law 90-137.

B. SUMMARY OF PROVISIONS AFFECTING EDUCATION AND

TRAINING

Education and training are widely involved in foreign aid, but funds made available for educational and training purposes are not separately identified in Public Law 90-137. Following are some of the provisions of the act affecting education and training:

(1) Authorizes $450 million for fiscal 1968 for the development loan fund.

(2) Authorizes $210 million for fiscal 1968 for technical cooperation and development grants, including $14 million for American schools and hospitals abroad.

(3) Authorizes $578 million for fiscal 1968 for the Alliance for Progress.

(4) Authorizes $660 million for fiscal 1968 for supporting assistance.

C. TEXT OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE LAW AFFECTING
EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Following is the text of certain provisions of Public Law 90-137 affecting education and training (emphasis added).

Foreign Assistance
Act of 1967.

75 Stat. 424. 22 USC 2151.

81 Stat. 445. 81 Stat. 446.

AN ACT To amend further the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and for other purposes

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Foreign Assistance Act of 1967".

PART I

CHAPTER 1-POLICY

SEC. 101. Section 102 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, which relates to the statement of policy, is amended to read as follows:

"SEC. 102. STATEMENT OF POLICY.-The Congress declares that the freedom, security, and prosperity of the United States are best sustained in a community of free, secure, and prospering nations. In particular, the Congress recognizes the threat to world peace posed by aggression and subversion wherever they occur, and that ignorance, want, and despair breed the extremism and violence which lead to aggression and subversion. The Congress declares therefore that it is not only expressive of our sense of freedom, justice, and compassion but also important to our national security that the United States, through private as well as public efforts, assist the people of less developed countries in their efforts to acquire the knowledge and resources essential for development and to build the economic, political, and social institutions which will meet their aspirations for a better life, with freedom, and in peace.

"In addition, the Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States to support the principles of increased economic cooperation and trade among countries, freedom of the press,

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