A BILL

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84TH CONGRESS H. Re 11356
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 2211956
Mr. RICHARDS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Foreign Affairs
A BILL
To amend further the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended,
and for other purposes.
1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
3 That this Act may be cited as the "Mutual Security Act of
4 1956".
5 SEC. 2. Title I, chapter 1, of the Mutual Security Act
6 of 1954, as amended, which relates to military assistance,
7 is further amended as follows :
8. (a) In section 103 (a), which relates to authorizations,
9 add the following new paragraph :
10 " (3) In addition, there is hereby authorized to be
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appropriated to the President to carry out the purposes of
this chapter not to exceed $1,925,000,000, of which not less
r- than $48,000,000 shall be used to provide assistance to Spain
and not more than
402,000,000 may be used to provide
~~ assistance to other European countries, and which shall re-
6 main available until expended."
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(b) In section 105, strike out subsections (c) and (d) .
8 Si.c. 3. Title I, chapter 3, of the Mutual Security Act
9 of 1954, as amended, which relates to defense support, is
10 further amended by substituting a semicolon for the period
11 after "Asia" in subsection (c) of section 131 and inserting
12 thereafter the following; :
13 "and for the fiscal year 1957 not to exceed---
63,700,000 for Europe (excluding Greece
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and Turkey)
16 " (2) $170,000,000 for the Near East (including
17 Greece and Turkey) and Africa;
18 " (3) $882,000,000 for Asia; and
19 " (4) $32,000,000 for Latin America.
20 "Funds made available under paragraph (4) may be
21 used to furnish assistance designed to sustain and increase
`'`' military or internal defy use efforts, and may be used without
23 regard to the requirements of sections 141 and 142 in the
24 case of any nation which. is a party to the Inter-American
25 Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance and which has adhered to
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1 the resolution of 11354 entitled `Declaration of Solidarity
2 for the Preservation of the Political Integrity of the Ameri-
3 can States Against the Ii-teriention of International.Com-
inunism'."
SEC. 4. Title II of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as
amended; which relates to development assistance, is
amended by striking out sections 201 and 202 and sub-
stituting the following new section:
"SEC. 201. AmrJ-IOnTzATION.- (a) In additions to the
funds heretofore appropriated pursuant to the provisions of
sections 201 and 418 of this Act as in effect prior to the
12 enactment, of the Mutual Security Act of 1956, which
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funds shall remain available for their original purposes in
accordance with the provisions of law originally applicable
thereto, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the
President not to exceed $243,000,000, to remain available
until June 30, 1960, for assistance designed to promote the
economic development of free Asia, the Middle East, and
Africa, based on self-help and mutual cooperation of friendly
nations, and to maintain economic and political sthb lity in
these areas.
22. "(1)) The President is _authorized to utilize- thce funds
hereafter made available for purposes of. this title to ' ac-
24 coinplish in these areas policies and purposes de-Clued in
25 this Act, and to disburse them on such terms and condi-
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tions, including transfer of funds, as he may specify : Pro-
vided, That such assistance shall only be available on terms
of repayment, except (1) when such funds are used to
finance sales of surplus agricultural commodities under sec-
tion 402, or (2) when granted for the purpose of a regional
project involving two or more beneficiary nations : And
provided further, That not more than 25 per centum of any
funds hereafter made available for purposes of this title shall
be used. in furnishing assistance to any one nation (including
bilateral assistance furnished to such nation as well as such
nation's proportionate share of assistance furnished for re-
gional projects in which it is involved) .
" (c) To be eligible for bilateral assistance from funds
hereafter made available for purposes of this title, a nation
shall have entered into a written agreement, satisfactory
to the President, to permit participation by private enter-
prise in the accomplishment of any of the purposes of this
Act in conformance with the provisions of section 413, which
relates to encouragement of free enterprise and private par-
ticipation."
" (d) Funds made available under this title may be
used for expenses (other than those provided for under
section 411 (c) of this Act) to assist in carrying out func-
tions under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assist-
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1 ance Act of 1954, as amended (7 U. S. C. 1691 and the
2 following) , delegated or assigned to any agency or officer
administering nonmilitary assistance."
4 SEC. 5. Title III of the Mutual Security Act of 1954,
5 as amended, which relates to technical cooperation, is further
6 amended as follows :
7 (a) In section 304 (b), which relates to authorization,
8 after "$146,500,000", insert ", and for the fiscal year 1957
9 not to exceed $140,500,000,".
10 (b) In section 306, which relates to multilateral tech-
11 nical cooperation :
12 (1) In subsection (a) , which relates to contributions
13 to the United Nations Expanded Program of Technical As-
14 sistaiice, strike out all following "1956" and substitute ", and
15 $15,500,000 for the fiscal year 1957, for such contributions;".
16 (2) In subsection (b), which relates to contributions
17 to the technical cooperation programs of the Organization of
18 American States, strike out all following "1956" and substi-
19 tute ", and $1,500,000 for the fiscal year 1957, for such
20 contributions.".
21 (c) In section 307, which relates to advances, grants,
22 and contracts, strike out all following "Congress," in the last
23 sentence thereof and substitute "extend at any time for not
24 more than three years.".
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1 SEC. 6. Title IV of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as
2 amended, which relates to other programs, is further amended
3 as follows :
4 (a) Amend section 401, which relates to special fund,
5 as follows :
6 (1) In the first sentence of subsection. (a), strike out
7 "$50,000,000" and substitute "$150,000,000"; and in the
8 last sentence of such subsection strike out "$20,000,000"
9 and substitute "$30,000,000".
10 (2) In subsection (b), after "$100,000,600", insert
11 ", and for the fiscal year 1957 not to exceed $100,000,000,".
12 (b) In section 402, which relates to earmarking of
13, funds, after
300,000,000", insert ", and of the funds so
14 authorized for the fiscal year 1957' not less than.
15 $250,000,000,".
16 . (c) In section 403 (b), which relates to special assist-
17 ance in joint control areas, after "$21,000,000", insert ",
18 and for the fiscal year 1957 not to exceed $12,200,000,
19 (d' Amend section 405, which relates to migrants,
20 refugees, and escapees, as follows :
21 (1 ) In subsection (c) , after "$1,400,000", insert ", and
22 for the fiscal year 1957 not to exceed $2,300
,000,".
23 (2) In subsection (d) ; after "t
6,000,000", insert ",
24 and for the fiscal year 1957 not to exceed $7,000,000,".
25 (e) l u section 406 (b) , which relates to children's we]-
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1 fare, after "$14,500,000", insert ", and for the fiscal, year
2 1957 not to exceed $10,000,000,".
3 (f) In section 407 (b) which relates to Palestine ref-
4 ugees in the Near East, strike out "for the fiscal year 1956".
5 (g) Amend section 409, which relates to ocean freight
charges, as follows :
7 (1) In subsection (c) , after "$2,000,000" in the last
8 sentence thereof, insert ", and for. the fiscal year 1957 not
9 to exceed $1,400,000,".
10 (2) In subsection (d) , after "$13,000,000" in the first
11' sentence thereof, insert ", and for the fiscal year 1957 not
12 to exceed $14,000,000,".
13 (h) In section 410, which relates to Control Act ex-
penses, after " ,~
1,175,000," in the first sentence thereof, in-
sert "and for the fiscal year 1957 not to exceed
16 $1,175,000,".
17 (i) Amend section 411, which relates to administra-
18 tive and other expenses, as follows :
1.9 (1) In subsection (b) , strike out all that follows "$35,-
2o 225,000, and insert "and for the fiscal year 195-7 not to
21 exceed $35,250,000, for necessary administrative expenses
22 incident to carrying out the provisions of this Act (other
23 than chapter 1 of title I and section 124) .".
.24 (2) Redesignate subsection " (c:) " a.s subsection
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1 aril insert after subsection (b) the following new sub
2 sections:
3 " (c) Not to exceed $1,500,000 of funds made available
4 under title II may be transferred in the fiscal year 1957
5 for necessary administrative expenses not otherwise pro
6 vided for incident to carrying out. functions under the Agri-
7 cultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as
8 amended (7 U. S. C. 1691 and the following), delegated'.
9 or assigned to any agency or officer administering nonmili??
10 tary assistance, and the amounts so transferred shall be con--
11 solidated with funds made available pursuant to this section
12 for said fiscal year.
13 "(d) There are authorized to be appropriated to the
14 Department of State such amounts as may be necessary
15 from time to time for administrative expenses which are in-
16 curred for normal functions of the Department which relate
17 to functions under this Act."
18 (j) In section 413 (b) (2), after "to encourage and
19 facilitate the flow of private investment to", insert ", and its
20 equitable treatment in,".
21 (k) Amend section 413 (b) (4) as follows:
22 (1) After "may make", insert ", through the Interna-
23 tional Cooperation Administration".
24 (2) Substitute "June 30, 1967" for "June 30; 1957".
25 (3) In subparagraph (B) (ii), before the semicolon
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1 at the end thereof, insert "or by reason of war, `revolution,
2 or insurrection".
3 (4) Amend subparagraph (F) to read as follows :
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" (F) the President is authorized to-issue guaranties
up to a total face value of ti
500,000,000 exclusive of
informational media guaranties heretofore and hereafter
issued pursuant to section 1011 of the Act of January
27, 1948, as amended (22 U. S. C. 1442), and section
111 (b) (3) of the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948,
as amended (22 U. S. C. 1509 (b) ' (3)) : Provided,
That any funds allocated to a guaranty andrema.ining
after all liability of the United States assumed in con-
nection therewith has been released, discharged,
otherwise terminated, and funds realized after .June 30,
1955, from the sale of currencies or other assets acquired
pursuant to subparagraph (C), shall be available for
allocation to other guaranties, and the foregoing limi=tation shall be increased to the extent that such funds
become available. Any payments made to discharge
liabilities under guaranties issued under this paragraph
shall be paid out of fees collected under subparagraph
(E) as long as such fees are available, and thereafter
shall be paid out of funds realized from the` sale of cur-
rencies or other assets acquired pursuant to sub-
H. R. 11356-2
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1. paragraph (C) and notes which have been issued
2 under authority of paragraph 111 (c) (2) of the Eco-
3 nomic Cooperation Act of 1948, as amended, and au-
4 thorized to be issued under this paragraph lby the Director
5 of the International Cooperation Administration, when
6 necessary to discharge liabilities under such guaranty :
7 Provided, That all guaranties issued after June 30, 1956,
8 pursuant to this paragraph shall be considered for the
9 purposes of sections 3679 (31 V. S. C. 665) and 3732
10 (41 U. S. C. 11) of the Revised Statutes, as amended,
11 as obligations only to the extent of the probable ulti-
12 mate net cost to the United States of such guaranties;
13 and the President shall, in the submission to. the Con-
1-4 greys of the reports required by section 534 of this Act,
15 include information on the operation of this paragraph:
16 Provided further, That at all times funds shall be allo-
17 cated to all outstanding guaranties issued prior to July
18 1, 1956, exclusive of informational media guaranties
1.9 issued pursuant to section 1011. of the Act of January
20 27, 1948, as amended (22 U. S. C. 1442), and section
21 111 (b) (3) of the Economic Cooperation Act of
22 1948, as amended, equal to the sum of the face value
23 of said guaranties. For the purpose of this paragraph
24 the Director of the International Cooperation Admin-
25 istration is authorized to issue notes (in addition to
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1 the notes heretofore issued pursuant to paragraph 111
2 (c) (2) of the Eeconomic Cooperation Act of 1948,
3 as amended) in an amount not to exceed $37,500,000,
4 and on the same terms and conditions applicable to notes
5 issued pursuant to said paragraph 111 (c) (2) ."
6 (1) Amend section 415, which relates to assistance to
7 international organization, as follows :
8 (1) Change "ORGANIZATION" in the title to "01RGAN-
9 IZATIONS".
10 (2) After "the Nortli Atlantic Treaty Organization'.',
11 insert "and the Organization for European Economic Cooper-
12 ation".
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(m) Repeal section 418, which relates to President's
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Fund for Asian Economic Development.
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(n) Add the following new section :
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"SEC. 420. FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
ORGANIZA-
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TION.-Public Law 1.74, Seventy-ninth Congress, as
amended by section 1 (b) of Public Law 806, Eighty-first
Congress, is hereby further amended by striking out the
figure $2,000,000' in section 2 thereof and inserting in lieu
thereof the figure `$3,000,000'."
SEC. 7. The Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended,
is further amended by inserting immediately after the first
section thereof and before title I the following new section:
"SEC. 2. STATEMENT OF POLICY.-The Congress of
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1 the United States, recognizing that the peace of the world
2 and the security of the United States is endangered as long
3 as international communism and the nations it controls con-
4 tinue by threat of military action, use of economic pressure,
5 internal subversion, or other means to attempt to bring under
6 as international communism and the nations it controls con-
7 tinue to deny the rights of freedom and self-government to
8 peoples and nations once free but now subject to such
9 domination, declares it to be the policy of the United States
10 to continue as long as such danger to the peace of the world
11 and to the security of the United States persists to make
12 available to free nations and peoples upon request assistance
13 of such nliture and in such amounts as the United States is
14 able to provide compatible with its own stability, strength,
15 and other obligations, and as may be needed and effectively
16 used by such free nations and peoples to help them maintain
17 their freedom."
18 SEC. 8. Title V, chapter 1, of the Mutual. Security Act
19 of 1954, as amended, which relates to general provisions, is
20 further amended as follows :
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(a) In section 501, which relates to transferability of
funds, strike out the last two sentences and insert in lieu
thereof the following: "Any funds transferred under this sec-
tion for the purpose of furnishing assistance under section
201 shall be available only for furnishing assistance on terms
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1 of repayment' in accordance 'With section 505, for . furnish-
2 . ing surplus agricultural commodities under section 402., or
3 for making grants for regional projects involving two or
4 more beneficiary nations."
5 (b) In section 507, which relates to availability of
6 funds, after "students),", insert "and other provisions of this
7 Act,".
8 (c) In section 509, which relates to shipping on United
9 States vessels, after "this Act" in the last sentence tlhereof,
insert "or the Agricultural Trade Development and Assist-
ance Act of 1954, as amended - (7 U. S. C..1691 and the
12 following) ,".
13 SEC. 9. Title V, chapter 2, of the Mutual Security Act
14 of 1954, as amended, which relates to organization and
15 administration, is further amended as follows :
16 (a) In section 521, which relates to delegation of author-
17 ity by the President, after "subsection (b) " in subsection
18 (a), insert "and section 413 (b) (4) ".
19 (b) Amend section 522, which relates to allocation and
20, reimbursement among agencies, as follows :
? 21 (1) Add the following at the end of subsection (b)
22 "The Administrator of General Services is authorized to
23 maintain in a separate consolidated account, which shall be
24 free from fiscal year limitations, payments received by the
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1 General Services Administration for administrative sur-
2 charges in connection with procurement services performed
3 by the General Sevices Administration in furtherance of the
4 purposes of this Act. Such payments shall be in amounts
5 mutually acceptable to the General Services Administration
6 and the agency administering nonmilitary assistance, and
7 these amounts shall be available for administrative expenses
8 incurred by the General Services Administration in perform-
9 ing such procurement services."
10 (2) Add the following new subsection :
11 " (f) Any appropriation made to carry out the pro-
12 visions of this Act may initially be charged, within the limits
.13 of available funds, to finance expenses for which funds are
14 available in other appropriations made under this Act: Pro-
15 vided, That as of the end of the same fiscal year such ex-
16 penses shall be finally charged to applicable appropriations
with proper credit to the appropriations initially utilized
-18 for financing purposes."
19 (c;) In section 530, which relates to experts and con-
20 sultants or organizations thereof, insert before the period
21 at the end of subsection (a) the following: ": Provided,
22 That contracts for such employment with such organizations
23 may be renewed annually".
24 (d) In section 532, which relates to exemption of per-
5 sonnel from certain Federal laws, add the following at the
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1 end of subsection (a) : "Contracts for the employment of
2 retired military personnel as experts or consultants under
3 section 530 (a) may be renewed annually, notwithstanding
4 section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a)."
5 (e) Amend section 535, which relates to cooperation
6 with international organizations, as follows :
7 (1) Insert "NATIONS AND" after "WITH" in the
8 title.
9 (2) Amend subsection (b) to read as follows :
10 " (b) Whenever the President determines it to be in fur-
11 therance of the purposes of this Act, United States Govern-
12 ment agencies, on request of international organizations, are
13 authorized to furnish supplies, materials, and services, and on
14 request of nations, are authorized to furnish nonmilitary sup-
15 plies, materials, and services, to such organizations and na-
16 tions on an advance of funds or reimbursement basis. Such
17 advances, or reimbursements which are received under this
18 subsection within one hundred eighty days after the close of
19 the fiscal year in which such supplies, materials, and services
20 are delivered, may be credited to the current applicable ap-
21 propriation or fund of the agency concerned and shall be
22 available for the purposes for which such appropriations and
23 funds are authorized to be used."
24 (f) Add the following new section :
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`SEC. 537. PROVISIONS ON USES OF FUNDS.-
;a " (a) Appropriations for the purposes of this Act (except
for chapter 1 of title I and section 124) allocations to any
4 United States Government agency, from other appropriations,
5 for functions directly related to the purposes of this Act,
13 and funds made available for other purposes to any agency
7 administering nonmilitary assistance, shall, except as may
8 subsequently be otherwise provided by law, be available for
9 the purposes specified in section 102 of the Mutual Security
10 Appropriation Act, 1956 (subject each fiscal year to the
1I'- limitations on the amounts of funds which can be used for
12 such purposes), in section 2 of Public Law 495, Eighty-third
13 Congress (with respect to the remains of persons or members
14 of the families of persons who may die while away from
their Homes participating in activities under this Act or
1C; other Acts directly related to the purposes of this Act) and
1 7 iin section 902 of the Foreign Service Act of 11)46, as amended
18 (with respect to chiefs of mission appointed pursuant to
19 section 526 of this Act), and for the purchase of passenger
20, motor vehicles : Provided, That passenger motor vehicles for
21 administrative purposes may be purchased only as specified
22 in section 102 of the Mutual Security Appropriation Act,
23 .1956, or as specifically otherwise provided by law.
24 " (b) United States Government agencies are authorized
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1 to pay the costs of health and accident insurance for foreign
2 participants in any exchange-of-persons program or any
3 program of furnishing technical information and assistance
4 administered by any such agency while such participants
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are en route or absent from their homes for purposes of
participation in any such program."
SEc. 10. Title V, chapter 3, of the Mutual Security
Act of 1954, as .amended, which relates to repeal and mis-
cellaneous provisions, is further amended as follows :
(a) Amend section 544, which relates to amendments
to other laws, by adding the following new subsections:
(c) In section 4 of the Act of May 26, 1949 (63
Stat. 111, 5 U. S. C. 151c), insert after the words `such
functions' the following : `, including if he shall so specify
the authority successively to redelegate any of such func-
tions,'.
" (d) In the first sentence of section 32 (b) (2) of the
Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended (50 U. S. C.
App. 1641 (b) (2) ), after `any agency thereof', insert
`including amounts received in repayment of principal or
interest on any loan made under section 505 (b) of the
Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended'.
" (e) Section 933 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946,
as amended (22 U. S. C. 1148), is hereby amended by
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1. inserting after `continental United States' where it appears
2 in both subsection (a) and subsection (b) of that section
3 its Territories and possessions,'.
4 " (f) Section 1441 (c) of the Internal Revenue Code
5 of 1954 is hereby amended by inserting after paragraph (5)
6 the following new paragraph :
7 " ` (6) PER DIE M OF CERTAIN ALIENS: --NO deduc-
8 Lion or withholding under subsection. (a) shall be re-
9 quired in the case of amounts of per diem for subsistence
10 paid by the United States Government (directly or by
11 contract) to any non-resident alien individual who is
12 engaged in any program of training in the United States
13 under the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended.'
14 " p Section 1011 of the United States Information and
15 Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as amended (22 U. S. C.
1-6 1.442) , is amended by inserting ` (a) ' before `The Director',
17 by deleting everything after the words `national interests
18 of the United States', by inserting a period at that point,
1.9 and by inserting the following new subsections:
20 " ` (b) The Director is authorized to assume the obliga-
21 tion of not to exceed $28,000,000 of the notes authorized
`22 to be issued pursuant to subsection 111 (c) -(2) of the
23 ]economic Cooperation Act of 1948, as amended (22
24 U. S. C. 1509 (c) (2) , together with the interest accrued
25 and unpaid thereon, and to obtain advances from time to
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time from the Secretary of the Treasury up to such amount,
less amounts previously advanced on. such notes, as provided
for in said notes. Such advances shall be deposited in a
4 special account in the Treasury available for payments
under informational media guaranties.
" ` (c) The Director is authorized to make informational
media guaranties without regard to the limitations of time
8 contained in subsection 413 (b) (4) of the Mutual Se-
9 curity Act of 1954, .as amended (22 U. S. C. 1933 (b)
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(4) ), but the total of such guaranties outstanding at any
one time shall not exceed the sum of the face amount of
the notes assumed by the Director less the amounts pre-
13 viously advanced on suer notes by the Secretary of the
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r1'rellsury plus the amount of the funds in the special account
referred to in subsection. (b)
"'(d) Foreign currencies available after June 30,
1955, from conversions made pursuant to the obligation of
informational media guaranties may be sold, in accordance
with Treasury Department regulations, for dollars which
shall be deposited in the special account and shall be avail-
able for payments under new guaranties.
` (e) Notwithstanding the provisions of subparagraph
413 (b) (4) (E) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended (22 U. S. C.- 1.933 (b) (4) (E) , (1 fees
25 collected for the issuance of informational media guaranties
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1 shall be deposited in the special account and shall be avail-
2 able for payments under informational media guaranties;
3 and (2) the Director may require the payment of a mini-
4 mum charge of up to fifty dollars for issuance of guaranty
5 contracts, or amendments thereto.
6 " ` (f) The Director is further authorized, under such
7 terms as he may prescribe, to make advance payments
8 under informational media guaranties : Provided, That cur-
9 rencies :receivable from holders of such guaranties on account
10 of such advance payments shall be paid to the United
11 States within nine months from the date of the advance
12 payment and that appropriate security to assure such pay-
13 ments is required before any advance payment is made.
14 "' (g) As soon as feasible after the enactment of this
15 subsection, all assets, liabilities, income, expenses, and charges
16 of whatever kind pertaining to informational media guar-
17 anties, :including any charges against the authority to issue
18 notes provided in section 111 (c) (2) of the Economic
19 Cooperation Act of 1948, as amended, cumulative from the
20 enactment of that Act, shall be accounted for separately from
21 other guaranties issued pursuant to subsection 413 (b) of
22 the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended (22 U. S. C.
23 1933 (b) ) : Provided, That there shall be transferred from
24 the special account established pursuant to subsection (a) ,
25 into the account available for payments under guaranties
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1 other than informational media guaranties, an amount equal
2 to the total of the fees received for the issuance of guar-
3 antics other than informational media guaranties, and used
4 to make payments under informational media guaranties.' "
5 (b) Amend section 545, which relates to definitions, as
6 follows :
7 (1) Add at the end of subsection (h) the following :
8 "Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this subsection
9 (h) and for the purpose of establishing a more equitable,
10 pricing system for transactions between the military depart-
11 ments and the Mutual Defense Assistance Program, the
12 Secretary of Defense shall prescribe at the earliest practicable
13 date, through appropriate pricing regulations of uniform. al)-
14 plicability, that the term `value' (except in the case of excess
17
equipment or materials) shall mean-
" (1) the price of equipment or materials obtaining
for similar transactions between the Armed Forces of
the United States; or
" (2) where there are no similar transactions within
the meaning of paragraph (1) , the gross cost to the
United States adjusted as appropriate for condition and
market value."
(2) Add the following new subsections :
24 " (j) The term `agency administering nonmilitary assist-
25 ance' shall refer to any agency to which authorities and func-
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tions raider chapter 3 of title I, title II, title III, or title IV
2 of this Act are delegated or assigned pursuant to authority
3 contained in sections 521 and 525 of this Act.
t " (k) The term `officer administering nonmilitary assist-
Mee shall refer to any officer to whom authorities and func-
6 tions under chapter 3 of title I, title II,' title III, or title IV
7 ofthisActaredeltd d 1 '
e
a
s
e or asstgne pursuant Co aut or by
contained in sections 521 and 525 of this Act."
9 (c) In section 548, which relates to, unexpended bal-
10 ances, strike out "heretofore", substitute "1957" for "-1956"
11 and strike out the colon and the remainder of the sentence
12 following "Act" the second time it appears and insert a
1; period.,
14 (d) Add the following new section :
15 "SFC. 550. SPECIAL PROVISION ON AVAILABILITY OF
16 .F1ZINV,,.-An amount equal to 25 per centum of the funds
1 r authorized to be appropriated for any fiscal year for purposes
1S of chaii.)ter 3 of title I, title III, or section 403 of this Act
lei is authorized to be continued available for three months
20 beyond the end of the fiscal year for which appropriated."
21 FOREIGN RESEARCII REACTOR PROJECTS
22 Snc;. 11. (a) As one means of furthering peaceful uses
2 of atomic energy on an international basis., there is hereby
24 authorized to be appropriated to the President for the fiscal
25 year 1957 not to exceed $5,950,000 for use by the Presi-
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1 dent, on such terms and conditions as lie may specify, for
2 research reactor projects undertaken or authorized by foreign
3 governments which shall have entered into agreements for
4 cooperation with the Government of the United States con-
5 corning the peaceful uses of atomic energy.
6 (b) Nothing in this section shall alter, amend, revoke,
7 repeal, or otherwise affect the provisions of the Atomic
8 Energy Act of 1954.
9 (c) The United States share of the cost of any reactor
10 made available to another government or to other govern-
11 -ments shall not exceed $350,000.
12 (d) In carrying out the purposes of this section the
.13 Director, the Atomic Energy Commission, and other United
14 States departments and agencies shall give full and con-
15 tinuous publicity through the press, radio, and all other
available media, so as to inform the peoples of the par-
17 ticipating countries regarding the assistance, including its
18 purpose, source, and character, furnished by the United
19 States. Such portions of the equipment furnished under
20 this section as may be appropriately die-stamped as a
21 product of the United States shall be so stamped.
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