H.R. 7885

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August 26, 1963
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Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 88TIl CONGRESS 1ST SESSION . R. 7885 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES AUGUST 26, 1963 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations To amend further the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. as amended, and for other purposes. 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 "Foreign Assistance Act 4 of 1963". 5 PART I 6 CHAPTER 1-POLICY 7 SEC. 101. Chapter 1 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 8 Act of 1961, as amended, is hereby redesignated "POLICY" 9 and section 101, which relates to short title, is hereby 10 deleted. 11 SEC. 102. Section 102 of the Foreign Assistance Act of Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 2 1 1961, as amended, which relates to statement of policy, is 2 amended as follows : 3 (a) In the last sentence of the seventh paragraph, strike 4 out "should emphasize long-range development assistance" 5 and insert in lieu thereof "shall emphasize long-range de- 6 velopment assistance". 7 (b) Immediately after the seventh paragraph, insert the 8 following : 9 "The Congress further declares that, in order to assure 10 that each program of assistance under this part is admin- 11 istered in such a manner as will most effectively carry out 12 the policies stated in this section, each request for authoriza- 13 tion of funds for such program shall be accompanied by a 14 detailed statement setting forth- 15 " (1) the purposes of such program, 16 " (2) the specific objectives of such program, and 17 " (3) the priorities assigned to such purposes and 18 objectives, 19 which will be adhered to in the administration of such 20 program." 21 (c) The eighth paragraph is amended to read as fol- 22 lows: 23 "It is the sense of the Congress that in the administra- 24 tion of these funds great attention and consideration should 25 be given to those countries which share the view of the United Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 3 1 States on the world crisis and which do not, as a result of 2 United States assistance, divert their own economic resources 3 to military or propaganda efforts directed against the United 4 States or against other countries receiving aid under this 5 Act, whether or not such efforts are supported by the Soviet 6 Union or Communist China." 7 (d) Immediately after the tenth paragraph insert the 8 following: 9 "It is the sense of the Congress that, in the administra- 10 tion of programs of assistance under chapter 2 of this part, 11 every possible precaution should be taken to assure that such 12 assistance is not diverted to short-term emergency purposes 13 (such as budgetary purposes, balance-of-payments purposes, 14 or military purposes) or any other purpose not essential to 15 the long-range economic development of recipient countries. 16 It is further the sense of the Congress that short-term emer- 17 gency purposes such as those referred to in the preceding 18 sentence should be met, to the extent possible, through inter- 19 national institutions (such as the International Monetary 20 Fund) which are equipped to condition assistance on im- 21 mediate economic and monetary reform." 22 (e) The first sentence of the last paragraph is amended 23 by inserting " (including private enterprise within such 24 countries) " immediately after "countries". 2Z (f) Immediately after the first sentence of the last para- Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 4 1 graph insert the following new sentence : "In particular, the 2 Congress urges that other industrialized free-world countries 3 increase their contributions and improve the forms and terms 4 of their assistance so that the burden of the common undertak- 5 ing, which is for the benefit of all, shall be equitably borne 6 by all." 7 CHAPTER 2-DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE 8 TITLE I-DEVELOPMENT LOAN FUND 9 SEC. 103. The second sentence of section 201 (b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, which relates to considerations to be taken into account in making loans from the development loan fund, is amended as follows : (a) Strike out clauses (1) and (2) and insert in lieu thereof the following : " (1) whether financing could be ob- tained in whole or in part from other free-world sources on reasonable terms, including private sources within the United States, (2) the economic and technical soundness of the activity to be financed, including the capacity of the recipient country to repay the loan at a reasonable rate of interest,". (b) Strike out "and" at the end of clause (5) . (c) Insert immediately before the period at the end of such second sentence the following : ", and (7) the economic development plans of the requesting country, which plans Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 5 1 should specifically provide for appropriate participation by 2 private enterprise and include an analysis of current human 3 and material resources, together with a projection of the 4 ultimate objectives of the plans with respect to the overall 5 economic development of such country". 6 SEC. 104. Section 202 (a) of the Foreign Assistance Act 7 of 1961, as amended, which relates to authorizations for the 8 Development Loan Fund, is amended by inserting im- 9 mediately before the period at. the end thereof the following: 10 ": Provided further, That, in order to effectuate the purposes 11 and provisions of sections 102, 201, 6011, and 602 of this 12 Act, not less than 50 per centum of the funds appropriated 13 pursuant to this subsection for the fiscal years ending June 14 30, 1965 and June 30, 1966 respectively shall be available 15 only for loans made for purposes of economic development 16 through private enterprise". 17 SEC. 105. Section 201 (d) of the Foreign Assistance 18 Act of 1961, as amended, which relates to interest Yates on 19 development loans, is amended by inserting immediately 20 after "in no event" the following: "less than 2 per centum 21 per annum nor". 22 Sic. 106. Section 202 (a), which relates to authoriza- 23 tion, is amended by striking out "and $1,500,000,000 for 24 each of the next four succeeding fiscal years," and inserting Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 6 1 in lieu thereof ", $1,500,000,000 for the fiscal year 1963, 2 $900,000,000 for the fiscal year 1964, and $1,500,000,000 3 for each of the next two succeeding fiscal years,". 4 TITLE II-DEVELOPMENT GRANTS AND TECHNICAL 5 COOPERATION 6 SE,c. 107. Title II of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign 7 Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, which relates 8 to development grants and technical cooperation, is amended 9 as follows : 10 (a) Section 211 (a), which relates to general authority, 11 is amended- 12 (1) by striking out "and" at, the end of clause (5) 13 contained in the second sentence thereof ; and 14 (2) by inserting immediately before the period at 15 the end of the second sentence the following: ", and (7) 16 whether such activity could be financed through a de- 17 velopment loan available under title I of this chapter". 18 (b) In section 212, which relates to authorization, 19 strike out "1963" and "$300,000,000" and substitute 20 "1964" and "$217,000,000", respectively. 21 (c) Amend section 214, which relates to American 22 schools and hospitals abroad, as follows : 24 (1) In subsection (a) strike out "use, in addition to other funds available for such purposes, funds made Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 7 1 available for the purposes of section 211 for" and sub- 2 stitute the word "furnish". 3 (2) In subsection (b) strike out "to use" and "for- 4 eign currencies accruing to the United States Govern- 5 meat under any Act, for purposes of subsection (a) 6 of this section and for" and substitute "to furnish" be- 7 fore the word "assistance". 8 (3) Add the following new subsection : 9 " (c) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to 10 the President for the purposes of this section, for the fiscal 11 year 1964, $12,000,000, to remain available until expended. 12 Of the sums authorized to be appropriated under this sub- 13 section, not to exceed $2,200,000 shall be available for 14 direct dollar costs in carrying out subsection (b) and 15 $2,000,000 shall be available solely for the purchase of 16 foreign currencies accruing to the United States Government 17 under any Act." 18 TITLE III-INVESTMENT GUARANTIES 19 SEC. 108. Title III of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign 20 Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, which relates to 21 investment guaranties, is amended as follows: 22 (a) Amend section 221 (b) , which relates to general 23 authority, as follows : 24 (1) In the first sentence after "wholly owned" in- Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : C1A--RDP72 00337R0OO50019G064-4 Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 8 1 sert " (determined without regard to any shares, in 2 aggregate less than 5 per centum of the total of issued 3 and subscribed share capital, required by law to be held 4 by persons other than the parent corporation) ". 5 (2) In paragraph (1) strike out "$1,300,000,000" 6 in the proviso and substitute "$2,500,000,000". 7 (3) In paragraph (2) strike out "$180,000,000" 8 in the third proviso and substitute "$300,000,000". 9 (4) In paragraph (2) strike out "1964" in the 10 fourth proviso and substitute "1965". 11 (b) Amend section 222 (a) , which relates to general 12 provisions, by striking out "section 221 (b) " and substi- 13 toting "sections 221 (b) and 224". 14 (c) Amend section 222 (b) , which relates to general provisions, by striking out "section 221 (b) " in both places it appears and substituting "sections 221 (b) and 224". (d) Amend section 222 (d) , which relates to general provisions, to read as follows : " (d) Any payments made to discharge liabilities under guaranties issued under sections 221 (b) and 224 of this part, sections 202 (b) and 413 (b) (4) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, and section 111 (b) (3) of the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, as amended (ex- clusive of informational media guaranties) , shall be paid first out of fees referred to in section 222 (b) as long as such fees Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 Approved For-Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 9 are available, and thereafter shall be paid out of funds, if any, realized from the sale of currencies or other assets acquired in connection with any payments made to discharge liabilities under such guaranties as long as such funds are available, and thereafter shall be paid out of funds heretofore appro- priated for the purpose of discharging liabilities under the aforementioned guaranties, and thereafter out of funds real- ized from the sale of notes issued under section 413 (b) (4) (F) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, and section 111 (c) (2) of the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, as amended, and finally out of funds hereafter made available pursuant to section 222 (f) ." (e) Amend section 222 (e) , which relates to general provisions, to read as follows : " (e) All guaranties issued prior to July 1, 1956, all guaranties issued under sections 202 (b) and 413 (b) (4) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, and all guaranties heretofore or hereafter issued pursuant to this title shall be considered contingent obligations backed by the full faith and credit of the Government of the United States of America. Funds heretofore obligated under the aforementioned guaranties (exclusive of informational media guaranties) together with the other funds made available for the purposes of this title shall constitute a single reserve H.R.7885 2 Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 10 for the payment of claims in accordance with section 222 (d) of this part." (f) Amend section 222 by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (g) In making a determination to issue a guaranty under section 221 (b) , the President shall consider the pos- sible adverse effect of the dollar investment under such guaranty upon the balance of payments of the United States." (g) Amend section 224, which relates to housing projects in Latin American countries, as follows : (1) In subsection (b) strike out "$60,000,00O" and substitute "$150,000,000". (2) Strike out subsection (c) . TITLE VI-ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS 16 SEC. 109. Title VI of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign 17 Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, which relates to the 18 Alliance for Progress, is amended as follows : 19 (a) Amend section 251, which relates to general 20 authority, as follows : 21 (1) In subsection (b) , amend the next to the last 22 sentence thereof by inserting immediately after "reason- 23 able terms" the following: " (including private sources 24 within the United States) , the capacity of the recipient Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 11 country to repay the loan at a reasonable rate of interest,". (2) In subsection (e) strike out "economical" and substitute "economically". (3) In subsection (f) strike out "Agency for Inter- national Development" and substitute "agency primarily responsible for administering part Y. (b) Section 252, which relates to authorization, is amended as follows : (1) In the first sentence, strike out "fiscal years 1963 through 1966, not to exceed $600,000,000 for each such fiscal year" and insert in lieu thereof "fiscal years 1963, 1965, and 1966, not to exceed $600,000,000 for each such fiscal year, and for use beginning in the fiscal year 1964, not to exceed $450,000,000,". (2) Immediately after "1963" the second time it appears therein, insert the following : "and not to ex- ceed $100,000,000 of the funds appropriated pursuant to this section for use beginning in fiscal year 1964.". (c) Section 252, which relates to authorization, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence : "In order to effectuate the purposes and provisions of sections 102, 251, 601, and 602 of this Act, not less than 50 per centum. of the loan funds appropriated pursuant to this Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 4 12 1 section for the fiscal years ending June 30, 1965 and June 2 30, 1966 respectively shall be available only for loans made 3 for purposes of economic development through private enter- prise." 5 CHAPTER 3-INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND 6 PROGRAMS 7 SEC. 110. Section 302 of the Foreign Assistance Act 8 of 1961, as amended, which relates to international organiza- 9 Lions and programs, is amended by striking out "1963" and 10 "$148,900,000" and substituting "1964" and "$136,050,- 11 000", respectively. 12 CHAPTER 4-SUPPORTING ASSISTANCE 13 SEC. 111. Section 402 of the Foreign Assistance Act 14 of 1961, as amended, which relates to supporting assistance, 15 is amended by striking out "1963" and "$415,000,000" 16 and substituting "1964" and "$380,000,000", respectively. 17 CHAPTER 5-CONTINGENCY FUND 18 SEC. 112. Section 451 of the Foreign Assistance Act 19 of 1961, as amended, which relates to the contingency fund, 20 is amended by striking out "1963" and "$300,000,000" and 21 inserting in lieu thereof "1964" and "$150.000,000". 22 respectively. Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 13 PART II 2 CHAPTER 1-POLICY 3 SEC. 201. Chapter 1 of part II of the Foreign Assistance 4 Act of 1961, as amended, is hereby redesignated "POLICY" 5 and section 501, which relates to short title, is hereby de- 6 leted. 7 SEC. 202. Chapter 2 of part II of the Foreign Assist- 8 ante Act of 1961, as amended, which relates to military as- 9 sistance, is amended as follows : 10 (a) In section 504 (a), which relates to authorization, 11 strike out "the fiscal years 1962 and 1963" and "$1,700,- 12 000,000 for each such fiscal year, which sums" and substi- 13 tute "fiscal year 1964" and "$1,000,000,000, which", 14 respectively. 15 (b) In section 510 (a,) , which relates to special author- 16 ity, strike out "1963" in the first and second sentences and 17 substitute "1964". 18 (c) At the end of such chapter, add the following new 19 section : 20 "SEC. 512. RESTRICTIONS ON MILITARY AID TO 21 AFRICA.-No military assistance shall be furnished on a 22 grant basis to any country in Africa, except for internal Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 14 security requirements or for programs described in section 505 (b) of this chapter." PART III CHAPTER 1-GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 301. Section 601 (b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, which relates to encouragement of pri- vate enterprise, is amended as follows : (a) Strike out "and" at the end of paragraph (3). (b) Strike out the period at the end of paragraph (4) and insert in lieu thereof a semicolon. (c) At the end thereof add the following new para- graphs : " (5) utilize, wherever practicable, the services of United States private enterprise (including, but not limited to, the services of experts and consultants in tech- nical fields such as engineering) ; and " (6) take appropriate steps to discourage nationali- zation, expropriation, confiscation, seizure of ownership or control, of private investment and discriminatory or other actions having the effect thereof, undertaken by countries receiving assistance under this Act, which di- vert available resources essential to create new wealth, employment, and productivity in those countries and otherwise impair the climate for new private investment Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 15 1 essential to the stable economic growth and development 2 of those countries." 3 SEC. 302. Section 611 (b) of the Foreign Assistance 4 Act of 1961, as amended, which relates to completion of 5 plans and cost estimates, is amended by striking out "circular 6 A-47 of the Bureau of the Budget" and substituting "the 7 Memorandum of the President dated May 15, 1962". 8 SEC. 303. Section 611, of the Foreign Assistance Act 9 of 1961, as amended, which relates to completion of plans 10 and cost estimates, is amended by adding to the end thereof 11 the following subsection: " (e) The President shall establish such procedures as he may deem necessary to assure to the maximum extent practicable all contracts for construction outside the United States made in connection with any agreement or grant subject to subsection (a) of this section shall be made in accordance with the same standards applicable to contracts made by the Federal Government for similar construction within the United States." SEC. 304. Section 620 (a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, which relates to prohibitions against furnishing assistance to Cuba. is amended as follows: (a) Insert " (1) " immediately after " (a) ". (b) Insert immediately after the second sentence thereof Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 16 the following new sentence: "No funds provided under this Act shall be used to make any voluntary contribution to any international organization or program for financing proj- ects of economic or technical assistance to the present Gov- ernment of Cuba.". (c) At the end thereof add the following new para- graphs: " (2) Except as may be deemed necessary by the Presi- (lent in the interest of the United States, no assistance shall be furnished tinder this Act to any government of Cuba, nor shall Cuba be entitled to receive any quota authorizing the importation of Cuban sugar into the United States or to receive any other benefit under any law of the United States, until the President determines that such government has taken appropriate steps according to international law stand- ards to return to United States citizens, and to entities not less than 50 per centum beneficially owned by United States citizens, or to provide equitable compensation to such citizens and entities for property taken from such citizens and en- tities on or after January 1, 1959, by the Government of Cuba. " (3) No funds authorized to be made available under this Act (except tinder section 214) shall be used to furnish assistance to any country which has failed to take appro- Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 17 priate steps, not later than 60 days after the date of enact- ment of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1963- " (A) to prevent ships or aircraft tinder its registry from transporting to Cuba (other than to United States installations in Cuba) - (i) any items of economic assistance, (ii) any items which are, for the purposes of 8 title I of the Mutual Defense Assistance Control 9 Act of 1951, as amended, arms, ammunition and 10 implements of war, atomic energy materials, petro- 11 leum, transportation materials of strategic value, or 12 items of primary strategic significance used in the 13 production of arms, ammunition, and implements of 14 war, or 15 " (iii) any other equipment, materials, or com- 16 modities, 17 so long as Cuba is governed by the Castro regime; and 18 " (B) to prevent ships or aircraft under its registry 19 from transporting any equipment, materials, or com- 20 modities from Cuba (other than from United States 21 installations in Cuba) so long as Cuba is governed by 22 the Castro regime." 23 SEC. 305. Section 620 (e) of the Foreign Assistance Act Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 18 1 of 1961, as amended, which relates to suspension of assist- 2 ance, is amended as follows : 3 (a) In clause (2), immediately after "operational con- 4 ditions,", insert "or has taken other actions,". 5 (b) Strike out "equitable and speedy compensation for 6 such property in convertible foreign exchange" and insert 7 in lieu thereof "speedy compensation for such property in 8 convertible foreign exchange equivalent to the full value 9 thereof". 10 SEC. 306. Section 620 (f) of the Foreign Assistance Act 11 of 1961, as amended, which relates to prohibitions against 12 furnishing certain assistance to Communist countries, is 13 amended by inserting immediately before the period after 14 "Union of Soviet Socialist Republics" the following: " (ill 15 eluding its captive constituent republics) ". 16 SEC. 307. Section 620 of the Foreign Assistance Act 17 of 1961, as amended, which relates to prohibitions againsl 18 furnishing assistance to Cuba and certain other countries, 19 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 20 subsections : 21 " (i) No assistance shall be provided under this or any 22 other Act, and no sales shall be made under the Agricultural 23 Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, to any 24 country which the President determines is engaging in or 25 preparing for aggressive military efforts directed against- Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 19 1 " (1) the United States, 2 " (2) any country receiving assistance under this 3 or any other Act, or 4 " (3) any country to which sales are made under 5 the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance 6 Act of 1954, 7 until the President determines that such military efforts or 8 preparations have ceased and he reports to the Congress 9 that he has received assurances satisfactory to him that 10 such military efforts or preparations will not be renewed. 11 This restriction may not be waived pursuant to any au- 12 thority contained in this Act. 13 " (j) No assistance tinder this Act shall be furnished to 14 Indonesia unless the President determines that the furnish- 15 ing of such assistance is in the national interest of the United 16 States. The President shall keep the Foreign Relations 17 Committee and the Appropriations Committee of the Senate 18 and the Speaker of the House of Representatives fully and 19 currently informed of any assistance furnished to Indonesia 20 tinder this Act. 21 " (k) Until the enactment of the Foreign Assistance 22 Act of 1964 or other general legislation, during the calendar 23 year 1964, authorizing additional appropriations to carry 24 out programs of assistance under this Act, no assistance 25 shall be furnished under this Act to any country for con- Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 20 1 struction of any productive enterprise with respect to which 2 the aggregate value of such assistance to be furnished by 3 the United States will exceed $100,000,000. No other 4 provision of this Act shall he construed to authorize the 5 President to waive the provisions of this subsection. 6 " (1) No assistance shall be provided under this Act 7 after December 31, 1964, to the government of any less 8 developed country which has failed to enter into an agree- 9 meet with the President to institute the investment guaranty 10 program under section 221 (b) (1) of this Act, providing 11 protection against the specific risks of inconvertibility under 12 subparagraph (A), and expropriation or confiscation under 13 subparagraph (B), of such section 221 (b) (1) . 14 (m) No assistance shall be furnished under this Act 15 for the construction or operation of any productive enter- 16 prise in any country unless the President determines that 17 similar productive enterprises within the United States are 18 operating at a substantial portion of their capacity and that 19 such assistance will not result in depriving such United 20 States enterprises of their reasonable share of world markets. 21 The President shall keep the Foreign Relations Committee 22 and the Appropriations Committee of the Senate and the 23 Speaker of the House of Representatives fully and currently 24 informed of assistance furnished under this Act for the 25 construction or operation of productive enterprises in all Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 21 .1 countries, including specifically the numbers of such enter. 2 prises, the types of such enterprises, and the locations of 3 such enterprises. 4 " (n) No assistance shall be furnished under section 5 201, 211, or 251 of this Act to the government of any 6 country which does not agree to permit such reviews, in- 7 spections, and audits by the United States as the President 8 may require for the purpose of ascertaining whether such 9 assistance is being administered within the recipient country 10 to carry out the purposes for which it was furnished." 11 CHAPTER 2-ADMINISTR,ATIV E PROVISIONS 12 SEC. 308. Chapter 2 of part III of the Foreign Assist- 13 ance Act of 1961, as amended, which relates to administra- 14 tive provisions, is amended as follows : 15 (a) Amend section 624, which relates to statutory offi- 16 cers, as follows : 17 (1) In subsection (a) (2) strike out "two shall 18 have the rank of Deputy Under Secretaries" and sub- 19 stitute "one shall have the rank of Deputy Under Secre- tary" 21 (2) In subsection (a) (3) strike out "nine" and 22 substitute "ten". 23 (3) In subsection (b) strike out "paragraphs (2) 24 and" and substitute "paragraph". Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 22 1 (h) Amend section 626 (b) , which relates to experts, 2 consultants, and retired officers, as follows : (1) Strike out the entire first sentence. (2) In the second sentence strike out "Nor shall such service" and substitute "Service of an individual as an expert or consultant under subsection (a) of this section shall not". (c) In section 631, which relates to missions and staffs abroad, add the following new subsection (c) : " (c) The President may appoint any United States citizen who is not an employee of the United States Govern- ment or may assign any United States citizen who is a United States Government employee to serve as Chairman of the Development Assistance Committee or any successor Com- mittee thereto of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development upon election thereto by members of said Committee, and, in his discretion, may terminate such ap- pointment or assignment, notwithstanding any other provision of law. Such person may receive such compensation and allowances as are authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended, not to exceed those authorized for a chief of mission, class 2, within the meaning of said Act, as the President may determine. Such persons may also, in the President's discretion, receive any other benefits and per- Approved For Release..2007/03102_:_C1A-RD.P-72=00337R000500-1900644---- -- Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 23 1 quisites available under this Act to chiefs of special missions 2 or staffs outside the United States established under this 3 section." 4 (d) Amend section 635, which relates to general author- 5 ities, by adding the following new subsection (k) : 6 " (k) Any cost-type contract or agreement (including 7 grants) entered into with a university, college, or other 8 educational institution for the purpose of carrying out pro- 9 grams authorized by part I may provide for the payment 10 of the reimbursable indirect costs of said university, college, 11 or other educational institution on the basis of predetermined 12 fixed-percentage rates applied to the total, or an element 13 thereof, of the reimbursable direct costs incurred." 14 (e) Amend section 636, which relates to provisions on 15 uses of funds, by adding at the end thereof the following new 16 subsection: 17 " (h) In carrying out programs under this Act, the 18 President shall take all appropriate steps to assure that, to 19 the maximum extent possible, (1) countries receiving as- 20 sistance under this Act contribute local currencies to 21 meet the cost of contractual and other services rendered in 22 conjunction with such programs, and (2) foreign currencies 23 owned by the United States are utilized to meet the costs 24 of such contractual and other services." Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 24 1 (f) Amend section 637 (a), which relates to administra- 2 tive expenses, by striking out "1963" and "$53,000,000" 3 and substituting "1964" and "$54,000,000", respectively. 4 CHAPTER 3-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 5 SEc. 309. Section 644 (f) of the Foreign Assistance Act 6 of 1961, as amended, which relates to definition of defense 7 services, is amended by inserting "including orientation" 8 after "training" the first time it appears. 9 Sic. 310. Section 645 of the Foreign Assistance Act 10 of 1961, as amended, which relates to unexpended balances, 11 is amended to read as follows : 1.2 "SEC. 645. UNEXPENDED BALANCES.-Unexpended 13 balances of funds made available pursuant to this Act, the 14 Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, or Public Law 15 86-736 are hereby authorized to be continued available for 16 the general purposes for which appropriated, and may at 17 any time be consolidated, and, in addition, may be consoli- 18 dated with appropriations made available for the same gen- 19 eral purposes under the authority of this Act." 20 PART TV-AMENDMENTS TO OTHER LAWS 21 SEC. 401. The Act to provide for assistance in the 22 development of Latin America and in the reconstruction of 23 Chile, and for other purposes (Public Law 86-735, 22 24 U.S.C. 1942 et seq.) , is amended as follows : Approved For Release 2007/03/02 :CIA-RDP72-003378000500190064-4 Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 25 1 (a) In section 2 strike out "$500,000,000" and sub- 2 stitute "$700,000,000". ,Ou 3 (b) I tf11 h < 13 r o owing t e enacting clause That this Act may be cited as `the Latin American Development and Chilean Reconstruction Act' ". SEC. 402. (a) Section 101 (f) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, is amended to read as follows : " (f) obtain rates of exchange applicable to the sale of commodities under such agreements which are not less favorable than the highest of exchange rates legally obtainable from the Government or agencies thereof in the respective countries." 14 (b) Section 105 of such Act is amended by adding at 15 the end thereof the following new sentence: "The President 16 shall utilize foreign currencies received pursuant to this title in such manner as will, to the maximum extent possible, reduce any deficit in the balance of payments of the United States." (c) Section 202 of such Act is amended by striking out "economic development" and inserting in lieu thereof "economic and community development". SEC. 403. (a) Section 571 (a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended, is amended by changing the final Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 26 1 period to a colon and adding the following: "Provided, That 2 in individual cases when personally approved by the Secre- 3 tary further extension may be made." 4 (b) Section 911 (2) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, 5 as amended, is amended by inserting immediately after "on 6 authorized home leave ;" the following : "accompanying him 7 for representational purposes on authorized travel within the 8 country of his assignment or, at the discretion of the Sec- 9 retary, outside the country of his assignment, but in no case 10 to exceed one member of his family;". 11 (c) Title IX of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as 12 amended, is amended by striking out section 921(d), re- 13 lating to use of Government vehicles, and by inserting im- 14 mediately after section 913 the following new section: 15 "USE OF GOVERNMENT OWNED OR LEASED VEHICLES 16 "SEC. 914. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 5 17 of the Act of July 16, 1914, as amended (5 U.S.C. 78), 18 the Secretary may authorize any principal officer to approve 19 the use of Government owned or leased vehicles located at 20 his post for transportation of United States Government 21 employees and their dependents when public transportation 22 is unsafe or not available." 23 , (d) Title X of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 27 1 amended, is amended by adding at the end thereof the follow- 2 ing: 3 "PART I-EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES 4 "SEC. 1081. Whenever the Secretary determines that 5 educational facilities are not available, or that existing educa- 6 tional facilities are inadequate, to meet the needs of children 7 of American citizens stationed outside the United States 8 engaged in carrying out Government activities, he is author- 9 ized, in such manner as he deems appropriate and under 10 such regulations as lie may prescribe, to establish, operate, 11 and maintain primary schools, and school dormitories and 12 related educational facilities for primary and secondary 13 schools, outside the United States, or to make grants of funds 14 for such purposes, or otherwise provide for such educational 15 facilities. The provisions of the Foreign Service Buildings 16 Act, 1926, as amended, and of paragraphs (h) and (i) of 17 section 3 of the Act entitled `An Act to provide certain basic 18 authority for the Department of State', approved August 1, 19 1956 (5 U.S.C. 170h (h) and 170h (i) ) , may be utilized 20 by the Secretary in providing assistance for educational 21 facilities. Assistance may include, but shall not be limited 22 to, hiring, transporting, and payment of teachers and other `23 necessary personnel," Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 28 1 SEC. 404. The Act entitled "An Act to provide certain. 2 basic authority for the Department of State", approved 3 August 1, 1956 (5 U.S.C. 170f-170t), is amended by in- 4 serting immediately after section 12 the following new 5 section: 6 "SEC. 13. There is hereby established a working capital 7 fund for the Department of State, which shall be available 8 without fiscal year limitation, for expenses (including those 9 authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended) 10 and equipment, necessary for maintenance and operation 11 in the city of Washington and elsewhere of (1) central 12 reproduction, editorial, data processing, audiovisual, library 13 and administrative support services; (2) central supply 14 services for supplies and equipment (including repairs) , 15 and (3) such other administrative services as the Secretary, 16 with the approval of the Bureau of the Budget, determines 17 may be performed more advantageously and more economi- 18 cally as central services. The capital of the fund shall consist 19 of the amount of the fair and reasonable value of such supply 20 inventories, equipment, and other assets and inventories on 21 order, pertaining to the services to be carried on by the 22 fund, as the Secretary may transfer to the fund, less the 23 related liabilities and unpaid obligations, together with any Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 29 1 appropriations made for the purpose of providing capital. 2 Not to exceed $750,000 in net assets shall be transferred 3 to the fund for purposes of providing capital. The fund 4 shall be reimbursed, or credited with advance payments, 5 from applicable appropriations and funds of the Department 6 of State, other Federal agencies, and other sources author- 7 ized by law, for supplies and services at rates which will 8 approximate the expense of operations, including accrual 9 of annual leave and depreciation of plant and equipment of 10 the fund. The fund shall also be credited with other receipts 11 from sale or exchange of property or in payment for loss or 12 damage to property held by the fund. There shall be trans- 13 ferred into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts, as of the 14 close of each fiscal year, earnings which the Secretary deter- 15 mines to be excess to the needs of the fund. There is hereby 16 authorized to be appropriated such amounts as may be 17 necessary to provide capital for the fund." 18 SEC. 405. The first sentence of the first section of the 19 Act entitled "An Act to authorize participation by the 20 United States in parliamentary conferences of the North 21 Atlantic Treaty Organization", approved July 11, 1956 22 (70 Stat. 523), is amended to read as follows : "That not. 23 to exceed eighteen Members of Congress shall be appointed Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 30 1 to meet jointly and annually with representative parliamen- 2 tary groups from other NATO (North Atlantic Treaty 3 Organization) members, for discussion of common problems 4 in the interests of the maintenance of peace and security in 5 the North Atlantic area." Passed the House of Representatives August 23, 1963. Attest : RALPH R. ROBERTS, Clerk. Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4 88TH CONGRESS H. R. 7885 1sT SESSION AN ACT To amend further the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and for other purposes. AUGUST 26, 1963 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations Approved For Release 2007/03/02 : CIA-RDP72-00337R000500190064-4