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"(7) Under the policy guidance of the Secretary of State, the agency primarily responsible for administering this part should have the responsibility for coordinating all United States developmentrelated activities." (3) At the end thereof, add the following new sections:

si Stat. 445.

" SEC. 103. FOOD AND NUTRITION.—In order to alleviate starvation,

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hunger, and malnutrition, and to provide basic services to poor people, enhancing their capacity for self-help, the President is authorized to furnish assistance, on such terms and conditions as he may determine, for agriculture, rural development, and nutrition. There are authorized to be appropriated to the President for the purposes of this section, in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, $291,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1974 and 1975, which amounts are authorized to remain available until expended. " SEC. 104. POPULATION PLANNING AND H E A L T H. — I n order to increase the opportunities and motivation for family planning, to reduce the rate of population growth, to prevent and combat disease, and to help provide health services for the great majority, the President is authorized to furnish assistance on such terms and conditions as he may determine, for population planning and health. There are authorized to be appropriated to the President for the purposes of this section, in addition to the funds otherwise available for such purposes, $145,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1974 and 1975, which amounts are authorized to remain available until expended. " SEC. 105. EDUCATION AND H U M A N EESOURCES DEVELOPMENT.—In

order to reduce illiteracy, to extend basic education and to increase manpower training in skills related to development, the President is authorized to furnish assistance on such terms and conditions as he may determine, for education, public administration, and human resource development. There are authorized to be appropriated to the President for the purposes of this section, in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, $90,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1974 and 1975, which amounts are authorized to remain available until expended. " SEC. 106. SELECTED DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS.—The President is

authorized to furnish assistance on such terms and conditions as he may determine, to help solve economic and social development problems in fields such as transportation, power, industry, urban development, and export development. There are authorized to be approprirled to the President for the purposes of this section, in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, $53,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1974 and 1975, which amounts are authorized to remain available until expended. " SEC. 107. SELECTED COUNTRIES AND ORGANIZATIONS.—The President

is authorized to furnish assistance on such terms and conditions as he may determine, in support of the general economy of recipient countries or for development programs conducted by private or international organizations. There are authorized to be appropriated to the President for the purposes of this section, in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, $39,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1974 and 1975, which amounts are authorized to remain available until expended. " SEC. 108. APPLICATION OF EXISTING PROVISIONS.—Assistance under this chapter shall be furnished in accordance with the provisions of titles I, II, or X of chapter 2 of this part, and nothing in this chapter ^^ ^^^^ ^^'^^ shall be construed to make inapplicable the restrictions, criteria, 2171, 2219. authorities, or other provisions of this or any other Act in accordance with which assistance furnished under this chapter would otherwise have been provided.

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Act, whenever the President determines it to be necessary for the purposes of this chapter, not to exceed 15 per centum of the funds made available for any provision of this chapter may be transferred to, and consolidated with, the funds made available for any other provision of this chapter, and may be used for any of the purposes for which such funds may be used, except that the total in the provision for the benefit of which the transfer is made shall not be increased by more than 25 per centum of the amount of funds made available for such provision. '^^^ authority of sections 610(a) and 614(a) of this Act may not be used to transfer funds made available under this chapter for use for purposes of any other provision of this Act. " SEC. 110. COST-SHARING AND FUNDING L I M I T S. — (a) No assistance shall be furnished by the United States Government to a country under sections 103 through 107 of this Act until the country provides assurances to the President, and the President is satisfied, that such country will provide at least 25 per centum of the costs of the entire program, project, or activity with respect to which such assistance is to be furnished, except that such costs borne by such country may be provided on an 'in-kind' basis. " (b) No grant assistance shall be disbursed by the United States Government under sections 103 through 107 of this Act for a project, for a period exceeding thirty-six consecutive months, without further justification satisfactory to the Congress and efforts being made to obtain sources of financing within that country and from other foreign countries and multilateral organizations. " SEC. 111. DEVELOPMENT AND U S E OF COOPERATIVES.—In order to strengthen the participation of the urban and rural poor in their country's development, not less than $20,000,000 of the funds made available for the purposes of this chapter shall be available during the fiscal years 1974 and 1975 only for assistance in the development of cooperatives in the less developed countries which will enable and encourage greater numbers of the poor to help themselves toward a better life. " SEC. 112. PROHIBITING POLICE TRAINING.—(a) No part of any appropriation made available to carry out this Act shall be used to conduct any police training or related program in a foreign country. " (b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply— " (1) with respect to assistance rendered under section 515(c) of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as amended, or with respect to any authority of the Drug Enforcement Administration or the Federal Bureau of Investigation which relates to crimes of the nature which are unlawful under the laws of the United States; or " (2) to any contract entered into prior to the date of enactment of this section with any person, organization, or agency of the United States Government to provide personnel to conduct, or assist in conducting, any such program. Notwithstanding paragraph (2), subsection (a) shall apply to any renewal or extension of any contract referred to in such paragraph entered into on or after such date of enactment. " SEC. 113. INTEGRATING WOMEN INTO NATIONAL ECONOMIES.—Sec-

tions 103 through 107 of this Act shall be administered so as to give particular attention to those programs, projects, and activities which tend to integrate women into the national economies of foreign countries, thus improving their status and assisting the total development effort. " SEC. 114. LIMITING U S E OF FUNDS FOR ABORTIONS.—None of

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DEVELOPMENT LOAN F U N D

SEC. 3. (a) Section 203 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended to read as follows: " SEC. 203. FISCAL PROVISIONS.—Not more than 50 per centum of dollar receipts scheduled to be paid during each of the fiscal years 1974 and 1975 from loans made pursuant to this part and from loans made under predecessor foreign assistance legislation are authorized to be made available for each such fiscal year for use for purposes of making loans under chapter 1 of this part. Such receipts shall remain available until expended." (b) Effective July 1, 1975, such section 203 is repealed. T E C H N I C A L COOPERATION A N D DEVELOPMENT

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GRANTS

SEC. 4. Title II of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended as follows: Stat. 797. (1) I n section 211(a), in the last sentence immediately after the 80 USC 2171. 22 word "assistance", insert the word "directly". (2) I n section 214, strike out subsections (c) and (d) and insert in 8077 Stat. 381; Stat. 798; lieu thereof the following: 83 Stat. sos "(c) To carry out the purposes of this section, there are authorized 22 USC 21- 4. to be appropriated to the President for each of the fiscal years 1974 and 1975 $19,000,000, which amounts are authorized to remain available until expended. " (d) There are authorized to be appropriated to the President to carry out the purposes of this section, in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, for each of the fiscal years 1974 and 1975 $6,500,000 in foreign currencies which the Secretary of the Treasury determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the United States. "(e) Not later than June 30, 1974, the Secretary of State shall submit to the Congress such recommendations (including recommendations concerning which agency of the United States Government should administer such assistance) as he considers desirable for assistance to schools, libraries, and hospital centers for medical education and research, outside the United States, founded or sponsored by United States citizens and serving as study and demonstration centers for ideas and practices of the United States." HOUSING

GUARANTIES

SEC. 5. Title III of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended as follows: (1) In section 221, strike out "$205,000,000" and insert in lieu thereof "$305,000,000". (2) I n section 223(i), strike out "June 30, 1974" and insert in lieu thereof "June 30, 1975". OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT

H use 21^81 22 USC 2181. ^2 USC 2183.

CORPORATION

SEC. 6. Title IV of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended as follows: (1) I n section 235(a)(4), strike out "June 30, 1974" and insert in lieu thereof "December 31, 1974". .1 (^) h^^^'^'^'l 240 (h), strike out "June 30, 1973" and insert in lieu thereof "December 31, 1974".

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A L L I A N C E FOR PROGRESS Appropriation. 81 Stat. 4 5 1. 22 USC 2212.

SEC. 7. Section 252(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended to read as follows: "(b) There are authorized to be appropriated to the President for the fiscal year 1974, $934,000, and for the fiscal year 1975, $934,000, for grants to the National Association of the Partners of the Alliance, Inc., in accordance with the purposes of this title." PROGRAMS RELATING TO P O P U L A T I O N

86 Stat. 23. 22 USC 2151.

SEC. 8. Section 292 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by striking out "for each of the fiscal years 1972 and 1973, $125,000,000" •ind inserting in lieu thereof "for the fiscal year 1974, $125,000,000, and for the fiscal year 1975, $130,000,000". INTERNATIONAL

75 Stat. 433; 81 Stat. 453. 22 USC 2221.

Reports to P r e s ident, transmittal to C o n g r e s s.

GROWTH

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PROGRAMS

SEC. 9. Chapter 3 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended as follows: (1) At the end of section 301 add the following new subsection: " (e)(1) In the case of the United Nations and its affiliated organizations, including the International Atomic Energy Agency, the President shall, acting through the United States representative to such organizations, propose and actively seek the establishment by the governing authorities of such organizations a single professionally qualified group of appropriate size for the purpose of providing an independent and continuous program of selective examination, review, and evaluation of the programs and activities of such organizations. Such proposal shall provide that such group shall be established in accordance with such terms of reference as such governing authority may prescribe and that the reports of such group on each examination, review\ and evaluation shall be submitted directly to such governing authority for transmittal to the representative of each individual member nation. Such proposal shall further include a statement of auditing and reporting standards, as prepared by the Comptroller General of the United States, for the consideration of the governing authority of the international organization concerned to assist in formulating terms of reference for such review and evaluation group. "(2) In the case of the International Bank for Keconstruction and Development and the Asian Development Bank, the President shall, acting through the United States representative to such organizations, propose and actively seek the establishment by the governing authorities of such organizations professionally qualified groups of appropriate size for the purpose of providing an independent and continuous program of selective examination, review, and evaluation of the programs and activities of such organizations. Such proposal shall provide that such groups shall be established in accordance with such terms of I'eference as such governing authorities may prescribe, and that the reports of such groups on each examination, review, and evaluation shall be submitted directly to such governing authority for transmittal to the representative of each individual member nation. Such proposal shall further include a statement of auditing and reporting standards, as prepared by the Comptroller General of the United States, for the consideration of the governing authority of the international organization concerned to assist in formulating terms of reference for such review and evaluation groups. "(3) Reports received by the Imited States representatives to these international organizations under this subsection and related information on actions taken as a result of recommendations made therein shall

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be submitted promptly to the President for transmittal to the Congress and to the Comptroller General. The Comptroller General shall periodically review such reports and related information and shall report simultaneously to the Congress and to the President any suggestions the Comptroller General may deem appropriate concerning auditing and reporting standards followed by such groups, the recommendations made and actions taken as a result of such recommendations." (2) I n section 302(a), strike out "for the fiscal year 1972, $138,000,000 and for the fiscal year 1973, $138,000,000" and insert in lieu thereof "for the fiscal year 1974, $127,822,000 and for the fiscal year 1975, $150,000,000". (3) I n section 302(b)(2), strike out "for use in the fiscal year 1972, $15,000,000, and for use in the fiscal year 1973, $15,000,000" and insert in lieu thereof "for use in the fiscal year 1974, $14,500,000, and for use in the fiscal year 1975, $14,500,000,". (4) Section 302(d) is amended to read as follows: " (d) Of the funds made available to carry out this chapter for each of the fiscal years 1974 and 1975, $18,000,000 shall be available in each such fiscal year only for contributions to the United Nations Children's Fund." (5) I n section 302(e), strike out "$1,000,000 for the fiscal year 1972 and $1,000,000 for the fiscal year 1973" and insert in lieu thereof "$2,000,000 for the fiscal year 1974 and $2,000,000 for the fiscal year 1975". CONTINGENCY

82 Stat. 962.

86 Stat. 23.

FUND

SEC. 10. Section 451(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended to read as follows: " (a) There is authorized to be appropriated to the President for each of the fiscal years 1974 and 1975 not to exceed $30,000,000, to provide assistance authorized by this part primarily for disaster relief purposes, in accordance with the provisions applicable to the furnishing of such assistance." INTERNATIONAL

86 Stat. 23. 22 USC 2222.

NARCOTICS

75 Stat. 434; 86 Stat. 24. 22 USC 2261.

CONTROL

SEC. 11. (a) Section 481 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by inserting " (a) " immediately after "INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL.—" and by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (b)(1) Not later than forty-five days after the date on which each calendar quarter of each year ends, the President shall transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, a report on the programing and obligation, on a calendar quarter basis, of funds under this chapter prior to such date. "(2) Not later than forty-five days after the date on which the second calendar quarter of each year ends and not later than forty-five days after the date on which the fourth calendar quarter of each year ends, the President shall transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, a complete and detailed semiannual report on the activities and operations carried out under this chapter prior to such date. Such semiannual report shall include, but shall not be limited to— " (A) the status of each agreement concluded prior to such date with other countries to carry out the purposes of this chapter; and " (B) the aggregate of obligations and expenditures made, and the types and quantity of equipment provided, on a calendar quarter basis, prior to such date—

86 Stat. 496. 22 USC 2291.

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" (i) to carry out the purposes of this chapter with respect to each country and each international organization receiving assistance under this chapter, including- the cost of United States personnel engaged in carrying out such purposes in each such country and with each such international organization; " (ii) to carry out each program conducted under this chapter in each country and by each international organization, including the cost of United States personnel engaged in carrying out each such program; and " (lii) for administrative support services within the United States to carry out the purposes of this chapter, including the cost of United States personnel engaged in carrying out such purposes in the United States." (b) Section 482 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by striking out "$42,500,000" and all that follows down through the period at the end of such section and inserting in lieu thereof "$42,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1974 and 1975. Amounts appropriated under this section are authorized to remain available until expended." MILITARY

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SEC. 12. (a) Chapter 1 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "SEC. 502A. EXCESS DEFENSE ARTICLES.—Excess defense articles shall be provided whenever possible rather than providing such articles by the procurement of new items." (b) Chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended as follows: (1) Section 503 is amended to read as follows: " SEC. 503. GEXERAL AUTHORITY.— (a) The President is authorized to furnish military assistance, on such terms and conditions as he may determine, to any friendly country or international organization, the assisting of which the President finds will strengthen the security of the United States and promote world peace and which is otherwise eligible to receive such assistance, by— "(1) acquiring from any source and providing (by loan or grant) any defense article or defense service; or "(2) assigning or detailing members of the Armed Forces of the United States and other personnel of the Department of Defense to perform duties of a noncombatant nature. "(b) I n addition to such other terms and conditions as the President may determine pursuant to subsection (a), defense articles may be loaned thereunder only if— "(1) there is a bona fide reason, other than the shortage of funds, for providing such articles on a loan basis rather than on a grant basis; "(2) there is a reasonable expectation that such articles will be returned to the agency making the loan at the end of the loan period, unless the loan is then renewed; " (3) the loan period is of fixed duration not exceeding five years, during which such article may be recalled for any reason by the United States; "(4) the agency'making the loan is reimbursed for the loan based on the amount charged to the appropriation for military assistance under subsection (c); and "(5) arrangements are made with the agency making the loan to be reimbursed in the event such article islost or destroyed while on loan, such reimbursement being made first out of any funds

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available to carry out this chapter and based on the depreciated value of the article at the time of loss or destruction. "(c)(1) I n the case of any loan of a defense article or defense service made under this section, there shall be a charge to the appropriation for military assistance for any fiscal year while the article or service is on loan in an amount based on— " (A) the out-of-pocket expenses authorized to be incurred in connection with such loan during such fiscal year; and " (B) the depreciation which occurs during such year while such article is on loan. "(2) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply— " (A) to any particular defense article or defense service which the United States Government agreed, prior to the date of enactment of this subsection, to lend; and " (B) to any defense article or defense service, or portion thereof, acquired with funds appropriated for military assistance under this Act." (2) In section 504(a)— (A) strike out "$500,000,000 for the fiscal year 1972" and insert in lieu thereof "$512,500,000 for the fiscal year 1974"; and (B) strike out "forty countries" and insert in lieu thereof "thirty-one countries". (3) Section 505 is amended by adding the following new subsections at the end thereof: "(e) In considering a request for approval of any transfer of any weapon, weapons system, munitions, aircraft, military boat, military vessel, or other implement of war to another country, the President shall not give his consent under subsection (a)(1) or (a)(4) to the transfer unless the United States itself would transfer the defense article under consideration to that country, and prior to the date he intends to give his consent to the transfer, the President notifies the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate in writing of each such intended consent. the justification for giving such consent, the defense article for which he intends to give his consent to be so transferred, and the foreign country to which that defense article is to be transferred. In addition, the President shall not give his consent under subsection (a)(1) or (a)(4) to the transfer of any significant defense articles on the United States Munitions List unless the foreign country requesting consent to transfer agrees to demilitarize such defense articles prior to transfer, or the proposed recipient foreign country provides a commitment in writing to the United States Government that it will not transfer such defense articles, if not demilitarized, to any other foreign country or person without first obtaining the consent of the President. "(f) Effective July 1, 1974, no defense article shall be furnished to any country on a grant basis unless such country shall have agreed that the net proceeds of sale received by such countrv in disposing of any weapon, weapons system, munition, aircraft, military boat, military vessel, or other implement of war received under this chapter will be paid to the United States Government and shall be available to pay all official costs of the United States Government payable in the currency of that country, including all costs relating to the financing of international educational and cultural exchange activities in which that country participates under the programs authorized by the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961." (4) In section 506(a)— (A) strike out "the fiscal year 1972" in each place it appears and insert in lieu thereof "the fiscal year 1974"; _ (B) strike out "vital to the security" and insert in lieu thereof "in the security interests"; and

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Post, p. 729. 86 Stat. 29. 22 USC 2415.

(C) strike out "$300,000,000" and insert in lieu thereof "$250,000,000". (5) Sections 507,508, 509,512, and 514 are repealed. (6) Section 513 is amended— (A)^ by striking out "THAILAND.—" in the section heading and inserting in lieu thereof "THAILAND AND L A O S. — (a) "; and (B) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (b) After June 30, 1974, no military assistance snail be furnished by the United States to Laos directly or through any other foreign country unless that assistance is authorized under this Act or the Foreign Military Sales Act." (c) Section 655(c) shall not apply to assistance authorized to be furnished under any provision of law for fiscal year 1974. SECURITY

86 Stat. 26. 22 USC 2346a.

Repeal. 22 USC 2346b.

SUPPORTING

ASSISTANCE

SEC. 13. Chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended— (1) in section 532 by striking out "for the fiscal year 1972 not to exceed $618,000,000, of which not less than $50,000,000 shall be available solely for Israel" and inserting in lieu thereof "for the fiscal year 1974 not to exceed $125,000,000, of which not less than $50,000,000 shall be available solely for Israel"; and (2) by striking out section 533. TERMINATION

22 USC 2367.

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ASSISTANCE

SEC. 14. Section 617 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by striking out "twelve" and inserting in lieu thereof "eight". PROHIBITIONS

77 Stat. 386; 78 Stat. 1013. 22 USC 2370.

Report to e o n gress.

SEC. 15. The first full paragraph of section 620(e)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by striking out "no other provision of this Act shall be construed to authorize the President to waive the provisions of this subsection," and inserting in lieu thereof "the provisions of this subsection shall not be waived with respect to any country unless the President determines and certifies that such a waiver is important to the national interests of the United States. Such certification shall be reported immediately to Congress." EMPLOYMENT OF P E R S O N N E L

78 Stat. 1014. 22 USC 2385.

Ante,

p. 714.

SEC. 16. Section 625 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (k)(1) In accordance with such regulations as the President may prescribe, the following categories of personnel who serve in the agency primarily responsible for administering part I of this Act shall become participants in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System: " (A) persons serving under unlimited appointments in employment subject to subsection (d)(2) of this section as Foreign Service Reserve officers and as Foreign Service staff officers and employees; and " (B) a person serving in a position to which he was appointed by the President, whether with or without the advice and consent of the Senate, if (i) such person shall have served previously under an unlimited appointment pursuant to such subsection (d) (2) or a comparable provision of predecessor legislation to this Act, and (ii) following service specified in clause (i) of this subparagraph, such person shall have served continuously with such

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agency or its predecessor agencies only in positions established under the authority of sections 624(a) and 631(b) or comparable provisions of predecessor legislation to this Act. _ "(2) Upon becoming a participant in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System, any such officer or employee shall make a special contribution to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund in accordance with the provisions of section 852 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended. Thereafter, compulsory contributions will be made with respect to each such participating officer or employee in accordance with the provisions of section 811 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended. "(3) The provisions of section 636 and title VIII of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended, shall apply to participation in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System by any such officer or employee. " (4) If an officer who becomes a participant in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System under paragraph (1) of this subsection is appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, or by the President alone, to a position in any agency of the United States Government, any United States delegation or mission to any international organization, in any international commission, or in any international body, such officer shall not, by virtue of the acceptance of such an appointment, lose his status as a participant in the system. "(5) Any such officer or employee who becomes a participant in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System under paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be mandatorily retired (A) at the end of the month in which he reaches age seventy, or (B) earlier if, during the third year after the effective date of this subsection, he attains age sixty-four or if he is over age sixty-four; during the fourth year at aoe sixty-three; during the fifth year at age sixty-two; during the sixth year at age sixty-one; and thereafter at the end of the month in which he reaches age sixty. However, no participant shall be mandatorily retired under this paragraph while serving in a position to which appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Any participant who completes a period of authorized service after reaching the mandatory retirement age specified in this paragraph shall be retired at the end of the month in which such service is completed. " (6) Whenever the President deems it to be in the public interest, he may extend any participant's service for a period not to exceed five years after the mandatory retirement date of such officer or employee. "(7) This subsection shall become effective on the first day of'the first month which begins more than one year after the date of its enactment, except that any officer or employee who, before such effective date, meets the requirements for participation in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System under paragraph (1) of this subsection may elect to become a participant before the effective date of this subsection. Such officer or employee shall become a participant on the first day of the second month following the date of his application for earlier participation. Any officer or employee who becomes a participant in the system under the provisions of paragraph (1) of this subsection, who is age fifty-seven or over on the effective date of this subsection, may retire voluntarily at any time before mandatory retirement under paragraph (5) of this subsection and receive retirement benefits under section 821 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended. "(8) Any officer or employee Avho is separated for cause while a participant in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System

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pursuant to this subsection, shall be entitled to benefits in accordance with section 637 (b^ and (d) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended. The provisions of subsection (e) of this section shall apply to participants in lieu of the provisions of sections 633 and 634 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended." REPORTS A N D INrORMATION"

80 Stat. 807. 22 USC 2394.

P r e s i d e n t i a l reports to Speaker of the House and congressional committee.

82 Stat. 1320. 22 USC 2751 note.

68 Stat. 454. 7 USC 1691 note.

59 Stat. 526. 12 USC 635 note.

P r e s i d e n t i a l report to Speaker of the House and congressional committee.

SEC. 17. Section 634 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by striking out subsection (f) and inserting in lieu thereof the following new subsections: "(f) The President shall transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a comprehensive report showing, as of June 30 and December 81 of each year, the status of each loan and each contract of guarantee or insurance theretofore made under this Act, with respect to which there remains outstanding any unpaid obligation or potential liability; the status of each sale of defense articles or defense services on credit terms, and each contract of guarantee in connection with any such sale, theretofore made under the Foreign Military Sales Act, with respect to which there remains outstanding any unpaid obligation or potential liability; the status of each sale of agriculture commodities on credit terms theretofore made under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, with respect to which there remains outstanding any unpaid obligation; and the status of each transaction in which a loan, contract of guarantee or insurance, or extension of credit (or participation therein) was theretofore made under the Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, with respect to which there remains outstanding any unpaid obligation or potential liability. Such report shall include individually only any loan, contract, sale, extension of credit, or other transaction listed in this subsection in excess of $1,000,000. " (g) The President shall transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, not later than January 31 of each year, a comprehensive report, based upon the latest data available, showing— "(1) a summary of the worldwide dimensions of debt-servicing problems among such countries, together with a detailed statement of the debt-servicing problems of each such country; "(2) a summary of all forms of debt relief granted by the United States with respect to such countries, together wath a detailed statement of the specific debt relief granted with respect to each such country and the purpose for which it was granted; "(3) a summary of the worldwide effect of the debt relief granted by the United States on the availability of funds, authority, or other resovirces of the United States to make any such loan, sale, contract of guarantee or insurance, or extension of credit, together with a detailed statement of the effect of such debt relief with respect to each such country; and "(4) a summary of the net aid flow from the United States to such countries, taking into consideration the debt relief granted by the United States, together with a detailed analysis of such net aid flow with respect to each such country." ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES

75 Stat. 460; 86 Stat. 28. 22 USC 2397.

SEC. 18. Section 637(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by striking out "for the fiscal year 1972, $50,000,000, and for the fiscal year 1973, $50,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "for each of the fiscal years 1974 and 1975, $45,000,000".

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SEC. 19. Section 638 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is ^^ f ^'-/j^^' amended by striking out "PEACE CORPS ASSISTANCE" and inserting in ^^j^usc 2398. lieu thereof "EXCLUSIONS". A F R I C A N S A H E L F A M I N E A N D DISASTER R E L I E F A N D DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

SEC. 20. Chapter 2 of part III of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by inserting after section 639 the following new sections: 79 Stat. eei. "SEC. 639A. F A M I N E AND DISASTER RELIEF TO THE AFRICAN " ^^'^ "^^• SAHEL.— (a) The Congress affirms the response of the United States Government in providing famine and disaster relief and related assistance in connection with the drought in the Sahelian nations of Africa. The President shall report to Congress as soon as possible on solutions ^""^^^l^J^^^^g ' f to this problem of famine and further propose how any of these solu- ^°'^ ° °"^''^®'tions may be carried out by multilateral organizations. "(b) Notwithstanding any prohibitions or restrictions contained in Appropriation. this or any other Act, there is authorized to be appropriated to the President, in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, $25,000,000 to remain available until expended, for use by the President, under such terms and conditions as he may determine, for emergency and recovery needs, including drought, famine, and disaster relief, and rehabilitation and related assistance, for the droughtstricken Sahelian nations of Africa. "SEC. 639B. AFRICAN SAHEL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM.—The Congress supports the initiative of the United States Government in undertaking consultations and planning with the countries concerned, with other nations providing assistance, with the United Nations, and with other concerned international and regional organizations, toward the development and support of a comprehensive long-term African Sahel development program." COORDINATION; SHIPPING DIFFERENTIAL

SEC. 21. Chapter 2 of part III of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 H use 2^399b. is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sections: "SEC. 640B. COORDINATION.—(a) The President shall establish a sys- co^otdrna^i^rcomtem for coordination of United States policies and programs which mittee. affect United States interests in the development of low-income coun- Establishment; tries. To that end, the President shall establish a Development Coordi- '"^"^ ^" ^^' nation Committee which shall advise him with respect to coordination of United States policies and programs affecting the development of the developing countries, including programs of bilateral and multilateral development assistance. The Committee shall include the head of the agency primarily responsible for administering part I, Chair- si Stat. 445. man, and representatives of the Departments of State, Treasury, Com- 22 'u"s ^ 2151. ^^ e ^"'' merce, Agriculture, and Labor, the Executive Office of the President, and other executive departments and agencies, as the President shall designate. "(b) The President shall prescribe appropriate procedures to assure coordination amon^— "(1) the various departments and agencies of the United States Government having representatives in diplomatic missions abroad; and "(2) representatiA^es of the United States Government in each country, under the direction of the Chief of the United States Diplomatic Mission.

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The President shall keep the Congress advised of his actions under this subsection. "(c) Programs authorized by this Act shall be undertaken with the foreign policy guidance of the Secretary of State. Presidential " (d) The President shall report to the Congress during the first reports to Con 'g"ress'° " """ quarter of each calendar year on United States actions affecting the development of the low-income countries and on the impact of those undertakings upon the national income, employment, wages, and working conditions in the United States. Grants, use for "SEC. 6 4 0 C. SHIPPING DIFFERENTIAL.—For the purpose of facilipayment. tatlug implementation of section 901(b) of the Merchant Marine Act, Ts^ltat^'se'sf' 1^36 (46 U.S.C. 1241(b)), funds made available for the purposes of 84 Stat. 1034. chapter 1 of part I or for purposes of part V may be used to make Polf^^ ^72^ grants to recipients to pay all or any portion of such dift'erential as is determined by the Secretary of Commerce to exist between United States and foreign-flag vessel charter or freight rates. Grants made under this section shall be paid with United States-owned foreign currencies wherever feasible." DEFINITIONS

22 USC 2403.

i^^pe^i86 Stat. 32.

75 Stat. 454. 22 USC 2392

SEC. 22. Section 644 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended as follows: (1) Subsection (g) is amended to read as follows: " (g) 'Excess defense articles' means the quantity of defense articles owned by the United States Government, and not procured in anticipation of military assistance or sales requirements, or pursuant to a military assistance or sales order, which is in excess of the Approved Force Acquisition Objective and Approved Force Retention Stock of all Department of Defense Components at the time such articles are dropped from inventory by the supplying agency for delivery to countries or international organizations under this Act." (2) Subsection (i) is repealed. (3) Subsection (m) is amended to read as follows: " (m) 'Value'means— " (1) with respect to an excess defense article, the actual value of the article plus the gross cost incurred by the United States Government in repairing, rehabilitating, or modifying the article, except that for purposes of section 632(d) such actual value shall not be taken into account; "(2) with respect to a nonexcess defense article delivered from inventoiy to foreign countries or international organizations under this Act, the acquisition cost to the United States Government, adjusted as appropriate for condition and market value; "(3) with respect to a nonexcess defense article delivered from new procurement to foreign countries or international organizations under this Act, the contract or production costs of such article; and "(4) with respect to a defense service, the cost to the United States Government of such service." A N N U A L FOREIGN ASSISTANCE

22 USC 2^°i7

REPORT

^^^- -^- Section 657 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 657. A N N U A L FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REPORT.— (a) In order that the Congress and the American people may be better and more currently informed regarding the volume and cost of assistance extended by the United States Government to foreign countries and international organizations, and in order that the Congress and the American people may be better informed regarding the sale of arms to

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foreign countries and international organizations by private industry of the United States, not later than December 31 of each year the President shall transmit to the Congress an annual report, for the fiscal year ending prior to the fiscal year in which the report is transmitted, showing— "(1) the aggregate dollar value of all foreign assistance provided by the United States Government by any means to all foreign countries and international organizations, and the aggregate dollar value of such assistance by category provided by the United States Government to each such country and organization, during that fiscal year; "(2) the total amounts of foreign currency paid by each foreign country or international organization to the United States Government in such fiscal year, what each payment was made for, whether any portion of such payment was returned by the United States Government to the country or organization from which the payment was obtained or whether any such portion was transferred' by the United States Government to another foreign country or international organization, and, if so returned or transferred, the kind of assistance obtained by that country or organization with those foreign currencies and the dollar value of such kind of assistance; "(3) the aggregate dollar value of all weapons, weapons systems, munitions, aircraft, military boats, military vessels, and other implements of war, and the aggregate dollar value of each category of such implements of war, exported under any export license, to all foreign countries and international organizations, and to each such country and organization, during that fiscal year; "(4) all exports of significant defense articles on the United States Munitions List to any foreign government, international organization, or other foreign recipient or purchaser, by the United States under this Act or any other authority, or by any individual, corporation, partnership, or other association doing business in the United States, including but not limited to, full information as to the particular defense articles so exported, the particular recipient or purchaser, the terms of the export, including its selling price, if any, and such other information as may be appropriate to enable the Congi'ess to evaluate the distribution of United States defense articles abroad; and "(5) such other matters relating to foreign assistance provided by the United States Government as the President considers appropriate, including explanations of the information required under clauses (1) through (4) of this subsection. "(b) All information contained in any report transmitted under this section shall be public information. However, in the case of any item of information to be included in any such report that the President, on an extraordinary basis, determines is clearly detrimental to the security of the United States, he shall explain in a supplemental report why publication of each specific item would be detrimental to the security of the United States. A supplemental report shall be transmitted to the Congress at the same time that the report is transmitted. "(c) If the Congress is not in session at the time a report or supplemental report is transmitted to the Congress, the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall accept the report or supplemental report on behalf of their respective Houses of Congress and present the report or supplemeiital report to the two Houses immediately upon their convening.

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" (d) For the purposes of this section— "(1) 'foreign assistance' means any tangible or intangible item provided by the United States Government under this or any other law to a foreign country or international organization, including, but not limited to, any training, service, or technical advice, any item of real, personal, or mixed property, any agricultural commodity. United States dollars, and any currencies owned by the United States Government of any foreign country; and "(2) 'provided by the United States Government' includes, but is not limited to, foreign assistance provided by means of gift, loan, sale, credit, or guaranty." INDOCHINA

75 Stat. 424. 22 USC 2151 note.

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RECONSTRUCTION

SEC. 24. The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new part: "PAET V

Refugees of South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, assistance.

801. GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The President is authorized to furnish, on such terms and conditions as he may determine, assistance for relief and reconstruction of South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos, including especially humanitarian assistance to refugees, civilian war casualties, and other persons disadvantaged by hostilities or conditions related to those hostilities in South Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. Xo assistance shall be furnished under this section to South Vietnam unless the President receives assurances satisfactory to him that no assistance furnished under this part, and no local currencies generated as a result of assistance furnished under this part, will be used for support of police, or prison construction and administration, within South Vietnam. "SEC. 802. AUTHORIZATION.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the President to carry out the purposes of this chapter, in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes, for the fiscal year 1974 not to exceed $504,000,000, which amount is authorized to remain available until expended. "SEC.

"SEC.

803.

ASSISTANCE TO SOUTH VIETNAMESE CHILDREN.— (a)

It

is the sense of the Congress that inadequate provision has been made (1) for the establishment, expansion, and improvement of day care centers, orphanages, hostels, school feeding programs, health and welfare programs, and training related to these programs which are designed for the benefit of South Vietnamese children, disadvantaged by hostilties in Vietnam or conditions related to those hostilities, and (2) for the adoption by United States citizens of South Vietnamese children who are orphaned or abandoned, or whose parents or sole sur^iving parent, as the case may be, has irrevocably relinquished all parental rights, particularly children fathered by United States citizens. " (b) The President is, therefore, authorized to provide assistance, on terms and conditions he considers appropriate, for the purposes described in clauses (1) and (2) of subsection (a) of this section. Of the funds appropriated pursuant to section 802 for fiscal year 1974, $5,000,000, or its equivalent in local currency, shall be available until expended solely to carry out this section. Not more than 10 per centum of the funds made available to carry out this section may be expended for the purposes referred to in clause (2) of subsection (a). Assistance provided under <:his section shall be furnished, to the maximum extent practicable, under the auspices of and by international agencies or private voluntary agencies.

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SAIGON.—Of the funds appropriated pursuant to section 802 for the fiscal year 1974, not less tnan $712,000 shall be available solely for furnishing assistance to the Center for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery in Saigon. "SEC. 805. AUTHORITY.—All references to part I, whether heretofore or hereafter enacted, shall be deemed to be references also to this part unless otherwise specifically provided. The authorities available to administer part I of this Act shall be available to administer programs authorized in this part."

75 Stat. 424. 22 USC 2151.

FOREIGN MILITARY SALES ACT AMENDMENTS

SEC. 25. The Foreign Military Sales Act is amended as follows: (1) Section 1 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following 84*stat°'20S3^^' new paragraph: 22 USC 2751. "In order to reduce the role of the United States Government in the u.s. defense a

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lurnishing 01 defense articles and defense services to lorei^n countries ices to foreign and international organizations, and return such transactions to com- countries, reducniercial channels, the United States Government shall reduce its sales, *^°"' credit sales, and guaranties of such articles and defense services as soon as, and to the maximum extent, practicable." (2) Section 3 is amended— 22 USC 2753. (A) by striking out "and" at the end of paragraph (2) of subsection (a) and inserting before "unless" the following: "and not to use or permit the use of such article for purposes other than those for which furnished"; (B) by redesignating paragraph (3) of subsection (a) as paragraph (4) and inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph: " (3) the country or international organization shall have agreed s'^°a®':'\°" °^ that it will maintain the security of such article and will provide substantially the same degree of security protection afforded to such article by the United States Government; and"; (C) by inserting the following immediately before the last sentence of subsection (a): "In considering a request for approval of any transfer of any ^ ^""^"^ ^ condi® weapon, weapons system, munitions, aircraft, military boat, mill- tions. tary vessel, or other implement of war to another country, the President shall not give his consent under paragraph (2) to the transfer unless the United States itself would transfer the defense article under consideration to that country, and prior to the date he intends to give his consent to the transfer, the President notifies Report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee H^u^s'lLni conon Foreign Relations of the Senate in writing of each such gressionai commitintended consent, the justification for giving such consent, the *^^defense article for which he intends to give his consent to be so transferred, and the foreign country to which that defense article is to be transferred. In addition, the President shall not give his consent under paragraph (2) to the transfer of any significant defense articles on the United States Munitions List unless the foreign country requesting consent to transfer agrees to demilitarize such defense articles prior to transfer, or the proposed recipient foreign country provides a commitment in writing to the United States Government that it will not transfer such defense articles, if not demilitarized, to any other foreign country or person without first obtaining the consent of the President."; and (D) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsections:

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eir?bliit"for7ur "^^^ Except as Otherwise provided in subsection (d), any foreign ttief sales. °' "" country which hereafter uses defense articles or defense services furnished such country under this Act, in substantial violation of any provision of this Act or any agreement entered into under this Act, shall be immediately ineligible for further cash sales, credits, or guarantees. " (d) No sophisticated weapons, including sophisticated jet aircraft or spare parts and associated ground equipment for such aircraft, shall be furnished under this or any other Act to any foreign country on or after the date that the President determines that such country lias violated any agreement it has made in accordance with paragraph (2) of subsection (a) of this section or section 505(a) of the Foreign ai^ ^'^456^^' Assistance Act of 1961 or any other provision of law requiring similar 22 USC 2314. agreements. Such country shall remain ineligible in accordance with this subsection until such time as the President determines that such violation has ceased, that the country concerned has given assurances satisfactory to the President that such violation will not reoccur, and that, if such violation involved the transfer of sophisticated weapons without the consent of the President, such weapons have been returned to the country concerned." 22 USC 27^5"' (^) Section 22 is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 22. PROCUREMENT FOR CASH SALES.— (a) Except as otherwise

provided in this section, the President may, without requirement for charge to any appropriation or contract authorization otherwise provided, enter into contracts for the procurement of defense articles or defense services for sale for United States dollars to any foreign country or international organization if such country or international organization provides the United States Government with a dependable undertaking (1) to pay the full amount of such contract which will assure the United States Government against any loss on the contract, and (2) to make funds available in such amounts and at such times as may be required to meet the payments required by the contract, and any damages and costs that may accrue from the cancellation of such contract, in advance of the time such payments, damages, or costs are due. " (b) The President may, when he determines it to be in the national interest, accept a dependable undertaking of a foreign country or international organization with respect to any such sale, to make full payment within 120 days after delivery of the defense articles or the rendering of the defense services. Appropriations available to the Department of Defense may be used to meet the payments required by the contracts for the procurement of defense articles and defense services and shall be reimbursed by the amounts subsequently received from the country or international organization to whom articles or services are sold." 82 Stat. 1324.

22 USC 2764.

(4) l u SectioU 2 4 (c) —

^^^ strike out "pursuant to section 31" and insert in lieu thereof "to carry out this Act"; and (B) insert "principal amount of" immediately before the words "contractual liability" wherever they appear. Foreign military (.5) I n section 31(a), Strike out "$400,000,000 for the fiscal year 1972" cei'^ng" ' ' and insert in lieu thereof "$325,000,000 for fiscal year 1974". 84 Stat. 2053; (g) jj^ section 31(b), strike o u t " (excluding credits covered by guar^2rusc 2771. anties issued pursuant to section 24(b), and the face amount of guaranties issued pursuant to sections 24(a) and (b) shall not exceed $550,000,000 for the fiscal year 1972, of which amount not less than $300,000,000 shall be available to Israel only" and insert in lieu thereof "and of the principal amount of loans guaranteed pursuant to section 24(a) shall not exceed $730,000,000 for the fiscal year 1974, of which amount not less than $300,000,000 shall be available to Israel only".

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(7) I n section 33(a)— [A) strike out "of cash sales pursuant to sections 21 and 22,"; ^B) strike o u t " (excluding credits covered by guaranties issued pursuant to section 24(b)), of the face amount of contracts of guaranty issued pursuant to sections 24(a) and (b) " and insert in lieu thereof "of the principal amount of loans guaranteed pursuant to section 2 4 (a) "; and (C) strike out "$100,000,000" and insert in lieu thereof "$150,000,000". (8) I n section 33(b)— (A) strike out "of cash sales pursuant to sections 21 and 22,"; and (B) strike out "(excluding credits covered by guaranties issued pursuant to section 2 4 (b)), of the face amount of contracts of guaranty issued pursuant to sections 24(a) and (b) " and insert in lieu thereof "of the principal amount of loans guaranteed pursuant to section 24(a)". (9) Section 33(c) is repealed. (10) In section 36, strike out subsections (a) and (b). (11) I n section 37(b), insert after "indebtedness" the following: "under section 24(b) (excluding such portion of the sales proceeds as may be required at the time of disposition to be obligated as a reserve for payment of claims under guaranties issued pursuant to section 24(b), which sums are made available for such obligations)". (12) Add at the end thereof the following new section: "SEC. 47. DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this Act, the term— "(1) 'excess defense article' has the meaning provided by section 644 (g) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; and "(2) 'value' means, in the case of an excess defense article, not less than the greater of— " (A) the gross cost incurred by the United States Government in repairing, rehabilitating, or modifying such article, plus the scrap value; or " (B) the market value, if ascertainable."

82 Stat. 1325; 86 Stat. 32. 22 USC 2773.

22 USC 2764.

Repeal. 86 Stat. 82 Stat. 22 USC 22 USC

32. 1326. 2776. 2777.

82 Stat. 1320. 22 USC 2751. Ante,

p. 726.

AMENDMENTS TO FOREIGN M I L I T A R Y SALES ACT AMENDMENTS OF 1971

SEC. 26. The Act entitled "An Act to amend the Foreign Military Sales Act, and for other purposes", approved January 12, 1971 (84 Stat. 2053), is amended as follows: (1) Section 8(a) is amended by inserting immediately before clause (1) the following: "(less amounts to be transferred under section 632 (d) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961)". (2) Section 8(b) is amended— (A) by striking out "The provisions" and inserting in lieu thereof "In the case of excess defense articles which are generated abroad, the provisions"; and (B) by striking out "$185,000,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$150,000,000". (3) Section 8(c) is amended to read as follows: "(c) For purposes of this section, the term 'value' has the same meaning as given it in section 644(m) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961." (4) Section 9 is repealed.

E x c e s s defense articles. 84 Stat. 2054; 86 Stat. 33. 22 USC 2321b. 81 Stat. 460. 22 USC 2392.

'Value,

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P-UBLIO DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN M U N I T I O N S CONTROL L I C E N S E S

76A^ IS: 69^8.' 22 USC 1934. g r es^fi^na\°co'^-" e s s i o n a l com' mittees.

S E C 27. Section 414 of the Mutual Security Act of 1954 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(®) Liceuses issued for the export of articles on the United States Munitions List in excess of $100,000 shall be reported promptly to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, which report shall contain— " (1) the items to be exported under the license; " (2) the quantity of each such item to be furnished; "(3) the name and address of the consignee and of the ultimate user of each such item; and " (4) an injunction whenever appropriate, concerning the necessity to protect the confidentiality of the information provided." ASIAN DEVELOPMENT

86 Stat. 58.^

22 USC 285n.

BANK

§£€. 28. Section 17 of the Asian Development Bank Act is amended by striking out "$60,000,000 for fiscal year 1972 and $40,000,000 for fiscal year 1973" and inserting in lieu thereof "$100,000,000". ACCESS TO CERTAIN M I L I T A R Y BASES ABROAD

SEC. 29. Xone of the funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act may be used to provide any kind of assistance to any foreign country in which a military base is located if— (1) such base was constructed or is being maintained or operated with funds furnished by the United States; and (2) personnel of the United States carry out military operations from such base; unless and until the President has determined that the government of such country has, consistent with security, authorized access, on a regular basis, to bona fide news media correspondents of the United States to such military base. TERMINATION

OF I N D O C H I N A

WAR

SEC. 30. No funds authorized or appropriated under this or any other law may be expended to finance military or paramilitary operations by the United States in or over Vietnam, Laos, or Cambodia. LIMITATION

O N U S E OF

FUNDS

SEC. 31. Xo funds authorized or appropriated under any provision of law shall be made available for the purpose of financing directly or indirectly any military or paramilitary combat operations by foreign forces in Laos, Cambodia, North Vietnam, South Vietnam, or Thailand unless (1) such operations are conducted by the forces of that government receiving such funds within the borders of that country, or (2) specifically authorized by law enacted after the date of enactment of this Act.

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SEC. 32. I t is the sense of Congress that the President should deny any economic or military assistance to the government of any foreign country which practices the internment or imprisonment of that country's citizens for political purposes. ALBERT SCHWEITZER HOSPITAL

SEC. 33. There is authorized to be appropriated to the President for fiscal year 1974 $1,000,000 to make grants, on such terms and conditions as he may specify, to the Albert Schweitzer Hospital in Gabon. PRISONERS o r WAR AND INDIVIDUALS MISSING I N ACTION

SEC. 34. (a) The Congress declares that— (1) the families of those one thousand three hundred individuals missing in action during the Indochina conflict have suffered extraordinary torment in ascertaining the full and complete information about their loved ones who are formally classified as missing in action; (2) United States involvement in the Indochina conflict has come to a negotiated end with the signing of the Vietnam Agreement in Paris on January 27, 1973, and section 307 of the Second Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973, requires that "None of the funds herein appropriated under this Act may be expended to support directly or indirectly combat activities in or over Cambodia, Laos, North Vietnam, and South Vietnam or off the shores of Cambodia, Laos, North Vietnam and South Vietnam by United States forces, and after August 15, 1973, no other funds heretofore appropriated under any other Act may be expended for such purpose."; (3) the question of the return of prisoners of war and accounting for individuals missing in action and dead in Laos is covered by article 18 of the Protocol signed by representatives of the Lao Patriotic Front (Pathet Lao) and the Royal Laotian Government in Vientiane on September 14, 1973 (which implements article 5 of the Agreement signed by the Pathet Lao and that government in Vientiane on February 21, 1973, requiring the release of all prisoners "regardless of nationality" captured and held in Laos), and i^aragraph C of such article 18 provides that, within "15 to 30 days" from the date of the signing of the Protocol, each side is to report the number of those prisoners and individuals still held, with an indication of their nationality and status, together with a list of names and any Avho died in captivity; and (4) few of the United States men lost in Laos during the military engagements in Indochina have been returned, and with knowledge about many of these men not yet being fully disclosed, and the North Vietnam cease-fire provisions calling for inspection of crash and grave sites and for other forms of cooperation have not been fully complied with. (b) I t is. therefore, the sense of the Congress that— (1) the provisions for the release of prisoners and an accounting ^f individuals missing and dead, as provided for in article 18 of the Protocol signed on September 14, 1973, by the Pathet Lao and the Royal Laotian Government, be adhered to in spirit and in deed: and

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(2) the faithful compliance with the spirit of the Laotian Agreement and Protocol on the question of individuals missing in action will encourage all parties in Indochina to cooperate in providing complete information on all nationals of any nation who may be captured or missing at any place in Indochina. RIGHTS IN CHILE

SEC. 35. I t is the sense of the Congress that (1) the President should request the Government of Chile to protect the human rights of all individuals, Chilean and foreign, as provided in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Convention and Protocol Relating the Status of Refugees, and other relevant international legal instruments guaranteeing the granting of asylum, safe conduct, and the humane treatment or release of prisoners; (2) the President should support international humanitarian initiatives by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the International Committee of the Red Cross to insure the protection and safe conduct and resettlement of political refugees, the humane treatment of political prisoners, and the full inspection of detention facilities under international auspices; (3) the President should support and facilitate efforts by voluntary agencies to meet emergency relief needs; and (4) the President should request of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to undertake an immediate inquiry into recent events occurring in Chile. REvisioisr or

12 UST 632.

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74 Stat. 869.

Presidential report to Congress.

SOCIAL PROGRESS TRUST FUND AGREEMENT

SEC. 36. (a) The President or his delegate shall seek, as soon as possible, a revision of the Social Progress Trust Fund Agreement (dated June 19, 1961) between the United States and the Inter-American I)evelopment Bank. Such revision should provide for the— (1) periodic transfer of unencumbered capital resources of such trust fund, and of any future repayments or other accruals otherwise payable to such trust fund, to the Inter-American Foundation, to be administered by the Foundation for purposes of part IV of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969 (22 U.S.C. 290f and following);

(2) utilization of such unencumbered capital resources, future repayments, and other accruals by the Inter-American Development Bank for purposes of sections 1 and 2 of the Latin American Development Act (22 U.S.C. 1942 and 1943) in such a way that the resources received in the currencies of the more developed member countries are utilized to the extent possible for the benefit of the lesser developed member countries; or (3) both the transfer described in paragraph (1) and the utilization described in paragraph (2). (b) Any transfer or utilization under this section shall be in such proportions as may be agreed to between the United States and the Inter-American Development Bank. (c) Any transfer under subsection (a)(1) shall be in the amounts, and in available currencies, determined in consultation with the InterAmerican Foundation, to be required for its program purposes. (d) The revision of the Social Progress Trust Fund Agreement pursuant to this section shall provide that the President or his delegate shall specify, from time to time, after consultation with the InterAmerican Development Bank, the particular currencies to be used in making the transfer or utilization described in this section. (e) Xot later than January 1, 1974, the President shall report to Congress on his action taken pursuant to this section.

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VIETNAM

SEC. 37. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no funds authorized by this Act shall be expended to aid or assist in the reconstruction of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (North Vietnam), unless by an Act of Congress assistance to North Vietnam is specifically authorized. REPORT C O N C E R N I N G CERTAIN USE OF M I L I T A R Y ASSISTANCE I N

AFRICA

P s e n t i a l r<5SEC. 38. The President of the United States shall, as soon as prac- portr etoi dCongress. ticable following the date of the enactment of this Act, make a determination and report to Congress with respect to the use, if any, by any non-African country in support of its military activities in its African terrorities of— (1) assistance furnished under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 after the date of the enactment of this Act; 75 Stat. 424. (2) defense articles or services furnished after such date under note."^^ ^^^^ the Foreign Military Sales Act; or 82 Stat. 1320 (3) agricultural commodities furnished after such date under ^^^l ^^^ ^^^^ the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954. esstat. 454. WORLD FOOD

SHORTAGES

7 USC 16911736d.

SEC. 39. (a) I t is the sense of the Congress that the United States should participate fully in efforts to alleviate current and future food shortages which threaten the world. To this end, the President shall— (1) encourage, support, and expedite studies relating to the studies. long-range implications of the world food situation (including studies of national and world production, distribution, and utilization of agricultural commodities and other foodstuff's) and support the organizing of a world food conference under United Nations auspices in 1974; (2) request the member nations of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade to explore the means for assuring equitable access by all nations to national markets and mineral and agricultural resources; (3) consult and cooperate with appropriate international agencies, such as the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, in determining the need for, the feasibility of, and cost on an equitably-shared basis of, establishing an international system of strategic food reserves; and (4) report his findings and recommendations to the Congress re^ort^to^colTon the iiliplementation of this section no later than December 31, gress. 1974. (b) I t is further the sense of the Congress that— (1) in making assessments which would affect or relate to the level of domestic production, the Executive Branch should include in the estimates of overall utilization the expected demands for humanitarian food assistance through such programs as are carried out under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (Public Law 480); and (2) legislation providing increased flexibility for responding to emergency and humanitarian requirements for food assistance should be considered as promptly as possible to the end that the last sentence of section 401 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (Public Law 480), may be so Stat. isas. amended by striking the period and inserting in lieu thereof a ^ "^c 1731.

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comma and the following: "unless the Secretary determines that some part of the exportable supply should be used to carry out the national interest and humanitarian objectives of this Act."' U S E OF LOCAL CUERBNCIES Effective date.

SEC. 40. Effective July 1. 1974, no amount of any foreign currency (including principal and interest from loan repayments) which accrues in connection with any sale for foreign currency under any provision of law may be used under any agreement entered into after the date of the enactment of this Act, or any revision or extension entered into after such date of any prior or subsequent agreement, to provide any assistance to any foreign country to procure equipment, materials, facilities, or services for the common defense, including internal security, unless such agreement is specifically authorized by legislation enacted after such date. Approved December 17, 1973. Public Law 93-190

December 18, 1973

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U.S. District

trict'of°coiumbia' Jurisdiction over broughrby"senate Select Committee cTampai^gnActitities.

Prosecution authority.

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ACT

To confer jurisdiction upon the district court of the United States of certain civil actions brought by the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia shall have original jurisdiction, without regard to the sum or value of the matter 1^ coutroversy, of any civil action heretofore or hereafter brought by the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, which was creatcd on February 7, 1973, by Senate Resolution Numbered 60, to enforce or secure a declaration concerning the validity of any subpoena or order heretofore or hereafter issued by said Committee to the President or the Vice President or any other officer of the United States or any officer or employee of any department or agency of the United States to procure the production before the said Committee of any information, documents, taped recordings, or other materials relevant to matters the said Committee is authorized to investigate, and the said District Court shall have jurisdiction to enter any such judgment or decree in any such civil action as may be necessary or appropriate to enforce obedience to any such subpoena or order. (jj) ^ h c Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities shall have authority to prosecute in its own name or in the name of the United States in the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia any civil action heretofore or hereafter brought by said Committee to enforce or secure a declaration concerning the validity of any subpoena or order heretofore or hereafter issued by said Committee to the President or Vice President or any other officer of the United States or any officer or employee of any department of

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the United States to procure the production before the said Committee of any information, documents, taped recordings, or other materials relevant to the matters the Committee is authorized to investigate, and pray the said District Court to enter such judgment or decree in said civil action as may be necessary or appropriate to enforce any such subpoena or order. (c) The Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities may be represented by such attorneys as it may designate in any action prosecuted by said Committee under this Act.

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[Note by the Office of the Federal Register.—The foregoing Act, having been p r e s e n t e d to the P r e s i d e n t of the United States on December 5, 1973, for h i s approval and not having been returned by him to the H o u s e of Congress in which it originated within the time prescribed by th,e Constitution of the United States, has become a law without h i s approval on December 18, 1973.]

Public Law 93-191 AN ACT

To amend title 39, United States Code, to clarify the proper use of the franking privilege by Members of Congress, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) section 3210 of title 39, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "§ 3210. Franked mail transmitted by the Vice President, Members of Congress, and congressional officials " (a)(1) I t is the policy of the Congress that the privilege of sending mail as franked mail shall be established under this section in order to assist and expedite the conduct of the official business, activities, and duties of the Congress of the United States. "(2) I t is the intent of the Congress that such official business, activities, and duties cover all matters which directly or indirectly pertain to the legislative process or to any congressional representative functions generally, or to the functioning, working, or operating of the Congress and the performance of official duties in connection therewith, and shall include, but not be limited to, the conveying of information to the public, and the requesting of the views of the public, or the views and information of other authority of government, as a guide or a means of assistance in the performance of those functions. "(3) I t is the intent of the Congress that mail matter which is frankable specifically includes, but is not limited to— " (A) mail matter to any person and to all agencies and officials of Federal, State, and local governments regarding programs, decisions, and other related matters of public concern or public service, including any matter relating to actions of a past or current Congress; " (B) the usual and customary congressional newsletter or press release which may deal with such matters as the impact of laws and decisions on State and local governments and individual

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citizens; reports on public and official actions taken by Members of Congress; and discussions of proposed or pending legislation or governmental actions and the positions of the Members of Congress on, and arguments for or against, such matters; " (C) the usual and customary congressional questionnaire seeking public opinion on any law, pending or proposed legislation, public issue, or subject; " (D) mail matter dispatched by a Member of Congress between his Washington office and any congressional district offices, or between his district offices; " (E) mail matter directed by one Member of Congress to another Member of Congress or to representatives of the legislative bodies of State and local governments; " (F) mail matter expressing condolences to a person who has suffered a loss or congratulations to a person who has achieved some personal or public distinction; " (G) mail matter, including general mass mailings, which consists of Federal laws, Federal regulations, other Federal publications, publications purchased with Federal funds, or publications containing items of general information; " (H) mail matter which consists of voter registration or election information or assistance prepared and mailed in a nonpartisan manner; " (I) mail matter which constitutes or includes a biography or autobiography of any Member of, or Member-elect to, Congress or any biographical or autobiographical material concerning such Member or Member-elect or the spouse or other members of the family of such Member or Member-elect, and which is so mailed as a part of a Federal publication or in response to a specific request therefor and is not included for publicity purposes in a newsletter or other general mass mailing of the Member or Member-elect under the franking privilege; or " (J) mail matter which contains a picture, sketch, or other likeness of any Member or Member-elect and which is so mailed as a part of a Federal publication or in response to a specific request therefor and, when contained in a newsletter or other general mass mailing of any Member or Member-elect, is not of such size, or does not occur with such frequency in the mail matter concerned, as to lead to the conclusion that the purpose of such picture, sketch, or likeness is to advertise the Member or Memberelect rather than to illustrate accompanying text. "(4) I t is the intent of the Congress that the franking privilege under this section shall not permit, and may not be used for, the transmission through the mails as franked mail, of matter which in its nature is purely personal to the sender or to any other person and is unrelated to the official business, activities, and duties of the public officials covered by subsection (b)(1) of this section.

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"(5) I t is the intent of the Congress that a Member of or Memberelect to Congress may not mail as franked mail— " (A) mail matter which constitutes or includes any article, account, sketch, narration, or other text laudatory and complimentary of any Member of, or Member-elect to, Congress on a purely personal or political basis rather than on the basis of performance of official duties as a Member or on the basis of activities as a Member-elect; " (B) mail matter which constitutes or includes— "(i) greetings from the spouse or other members of the family of such Member or Member-elect; " (ii) reports of how or when such Member or Member-elect, or the spouse or any other member of the family of such Member or Member-elect, spends time other than in the performance of, or in connection with, the legislative, representative, and other official functions of such Member or the activities of such Member-elect as a Member-elect; or "(iii) any card expressing holiday greetings from such Member or Member-elect; " (C) mail matter which specifically solicits political support for the sender or any other person or any political party, or a vote or financial assistance for any candidate for any public office; or " (D) any mass mailing when the same is mailed at or delivered to any postal facility less than 28 days immediately before the date of any primary or general election (whether regular, special, or runoff) in which such Member or Member-elect is a candidate for public office. For the purpose of this clause (D), the term 'mass mailing' shall mean newsletters and similar mailings of more than 500 pieces in which the content of the matter mailed is substantially identical but shall not apply to mailings— "(i) which are in direct response to inquiries or requests from the persons to whom the matter is mailed; "(ii) to colleagues in Congress or to government officials (whether Federal, State, or local); or "(iii) of news releases to the communications media. The House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards and the Select Committee on Standards and Conduct of the Senate shall prescribe for their respective Houses such rules and regulations and shall take such other action, as the Commission or Committee considers necessary and proper for the Members and Members-elect to conform to the provisions of this clause and applicable rules and regulations. Such rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to, provisions prescribing the time within which such mailings shall be mailed at or delivered to any postal facility to attain compliance with this clause and the time when such mailings shall be deemed to have been so mailed or delivered and such compliance attained. "(b)(1) The Vice President, each Member of or Member-elect to Congress, the Secretary of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms of the

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Senate, and each of the elected officers of the House of Representatives (other than a Member of the House), until the 1st day of April following the expiration of their respective terms of office, and the Legislative Counsels of the House of Representatives and the Senate, may send, as franked mail, matter relating to their official business, activities, and duties, as intended by Congress to be mailable as franked mail under subsection (a)(2) and (3) of this section. " (2) If a vacaucy occurs in the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate, an elected officer of the House of Representatives (other than a Member of the House), or the Legislative Counsel of the House of Representatives or the Senate, any authorized person may exercise the franking privilege in the officer's name during the period of the vacancy. "(c) Franked mail may be in any form appropriate for mail matter, including, but not limited to, correspondence, newsletters, questionnaires, recordings, facsimiles, reprints, and reproductions. Franked mail shall not include matter which is intended by Congress to be nonmailable as franked mail under subsection (a)(4) and (5) of this section. " (d)(1) A Member of the House may mail franked mail with a simplified form of address for delivery— " (A) within that area constituting the congressional district from which he was elected; and " (B) on and after the date on which the proposed redistricting of congressional districts in his State by legislative or judicial proceedings is initially completed (whether or not the redistricting is actually in effect), within any additional area of each congressional district proposed or established in such redistricting and containing all or part of the area constituting the congressional district from which he was elected, unless and until the congressional district so proposed or established is changed by legislative or judicial proceedings. "(2) A Member-elect to the House of Representatives may mail franked mail with a simplified form of address for delivery within that area constituting the congressional district from which he was elected. "(3) A Delegate, Delegate-elect, Resident Commissioner, or Resident Commissioner-elect to the House of Representatives may mail franked mail with a simplified form of address for delivery within the area from which he was elected. " (4) Franked mail mailed with a simplified form of address under this subsection— " (A) shall be prepared as directed by the Postal Service; and " (B) may be delivered to— " (i) each box holder or family on a rural or star route; " (ii) each post office box holder; and "(iii) each stop or box on a city carrier route.

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"(5) For the purposes of this subsection, a congressional district includes, in the case of a Representative at Large or Representative at Large-elect, the State from which he was elected. "(e) The f rankability of mail matter shall be determined under the provisions of this section by the type and content of the mail sent, or to be sent. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of preparing or printing mail matter which is f rankable under this section may be paid from any funds, including, but not limited to, funds collected by a candidate or a political committee required to file reports of receipts and expenditures under the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (Public Law 92-225), or from voluntary newsletter funds, or from similar funds administered and controlled by a Member or by a committee organized to administer such funds. " (f) Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal, State, or local law, or any regulation thereunder, the equivalent amount of postage determined under section 3216 of this title on franked mail mailed under the frank of the Vice President or a Member of Congress, and the cost of preparing or printing such frankable matter for such mailing under the frank, shall not be considered as a contribution to, or an expenditure by, the Vice President or a Member of Congress for the purpose of determining any limitation on expenditures or contributions with respect to any such official, imposed by any Federal, State, or local law or regulation, in connection with any campaign of such official for election to any Federal office.". (b) The table of sections of chapter 32 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking out—

741 CongresBlonal district.

86 Stat. 3. 2 USC 431 note.

Post, p. 745.

"3210. Official correspondence of Vice President and Members of Congress."

and inserting in lieu thereof— "3210. Franked mail transmitted by the Vice President, Members of Congress, and congressional officials.".

SEC. 2. Section 3211 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking out "the Clerk of the House of Representatives, and the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, until the thirtieth day of June " and inserting in lieu thereof "each of the elected officers of the House of Representatives (other than a Member of the House) until the first day of April". SEC. 3. Section 3212 of title 39, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "§3212. Congressional Record under frank of Members of Congress " (a) Members of Congress may send the Congressional Record as franked mail. "(b) Members of Congress may send, as franked mail, any part of, or a reprint of any part of, the Congressional Record, including speeches or reports contained therein, if such matter is mailable as franked mail under section 3210 of this title.".

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House Commission on Cong r e s s i o n a l Mailing Standard s. Establishment; membership.

Quorum.

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SEC. 4. (a) Section 3214 of title 39, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: "§ 3214. Mailing privilege of former President; surviving spouse of former President "A former President and the surviving spouse of a former President may send nonpolitical mail within the United States and its territories and possessions as franked mail. Such mail of a former President and of the surviving spouse of a former President marked 'Postage and Fees Paid' in the manner prescribed by the Postal Service shall be accepted by the Postal Service for transmission in the international mails.". (b) The table of sections of chapter 32 of title 39, United States Code, is amended by striking out— "3214. Mailing privilege of former Presidents." and inserting in lieu thereof— "3214. Mailing privilege of former President; surviving spouse of former President.". SEC. 5. (a) There is established a special commission of the House of Representatives, designated the "House Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards" (herein referred to as the "Commission"). (b) The Commission shall be composed of six Members appointed by the Speaker of the House, three from the majority political party, and three from the minority political party, in the House. The Speaker shall designate as Chairman of the Commission, from among the members of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service of the House, one of the Members appointed to the Commission. A vacancy in the membership of the Commission shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. Four members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum to do business. (c) In performing its duties and functions, the Commission may use such personnel, office space, equipment, and facilities of, and obtain such other assistance from, the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service of the House, as such committee shall make available to the Commission. Such personnel and assistance shall include, in all cases, the services and assistance of the chief counsel or otliei- head of the professional staff (by whatever title designated) of such committee. All assistance so furnished to the Commission by the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service shall be sufficient to enable the Commission to perform its duties and functions efficiently and effectively. (d) The Commission shall provide guidance, assistance, advice, and counsel, through advisory opinions or consultations, in connection with the mailing or contemplated mailing of franked mail under section 3210, 3211, 3212, 3213(2), or 3218, and in connection with the operation of section 3215, of title 39, United States Code, upon the request of any Member of the House or Member-elect, Resident Commissioner or Resident Commissioner-elect, Delegate or Delegate-elect, surviving spouse of any of the foregoing, or other House official, entitled to send mail as franked mail under any of those sections. The Commission shall prescribe regulations governing the proper use of the franking privilege under those sections by such persons. (e) Any complaint by any person that a violation of any section of title 39, United States Code, referred to in subsection (d) of this section is about to occur, or has occurred within the immediately preceding period of one year, by any person referred to in such subsection (d),

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