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1. Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1980 and 1981

Partial text of Public Law 96-60 [H.R. 3363], 93 Stat. 395, approved August 15, 1979; as amended by Public Law 96-110 [Cambodian Disaster Assistance Authorization Act, H.R. 4955], 93 Stat. 843, approved November 13, 1979; Public Law 96-533 [International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980, H.R. 6942), 94 Stat. 3131 at 3151, approved December 16, 1980; and by Public Law 97-241 [Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1982 and 1983; S. 1193], 96 Stat. 273 at 298, approved August 24, 1982

AN ACT To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1980 and 1981 for the Department of State, the International Communication Agency, and the Board for International Broadcasting.

NOTE.-Sections amend other State Department and foreign relations legislation and are incorporated elsewhere in this compilation.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

TITLE I-DEPARTMENT OF STATE

SHORT TITLE

SEC. 101. This title may be cited as the "Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1980 and 1981".

AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 102. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of State to carry out the authorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign affairs of the United States and other purposes authorized by law, the following amounts, subject to the limitation in subsection (b):

(1) For "Administration of Foreign Affairs", $849,423,000 for the fiscal year 1980 and $1,009,815,000 for the fiscal year 1981.1

1The Department of State Appropriation Act, 1981 (title I of H.R. 7584), was adopted by Congress on December 3, 1980, but vetoed by the President on December 13, 1980. Appropriations for the Department of State during fiscal year 1981 were governed by Public Law 96-536, continuing resolution providing funds for any Federal agency which had not yet received funding through an appropriation act. Under the terms of Public Law 96-536, the Department of State was funded at levels established in H.R. 7584. H.R. 7584 appropriated $996,385,000 for Administration of Foreign Affairs itemized in the following manner: salaries and expenses$813,000,000; representation allowances-$3,125,000; acquisition, operation, and maintenance of buildings abroad-$118,432,000; acquisition, operation, and maintenance of buildings abroad (special foreign currency program-$8,200,000; emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular

(2) For "International Organizations and Conferences", $502,945,000 for the fiscal year 1980 and $525,082,000 for the fiscal year 1981.2

(3) For "International Commissions", $26,733,000 for the fiscal year 1980 and $26,081,000 for the fiscal year 1981.3

(4) For "Migration and Refugee Assistance", $104,910,000 for the fiscal year 1979 (in addition to amounts otherwise authorized), $456,241,000 for the fiscal year 1980, and $517,209,000 for the fiscal year 1981.4

(b) The aggregate amount appropriated under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a) may not exceed $1,369,401,000 for the fiscal year 1980 and may not exceed $1,547,778,000 for the fiscal year 1981.

(c) Funds appropriated under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) may not be used for payment by the United States, as its contribution toward the assessed budget of the United Nations for any year, of any amount which would cause the total amount paid by the United States as its assessed contribution for that year to exceed the amount assessed as the United States contribution for that year less

(1) 25 percent of the amount budgeted for that year for the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (or any similar successor entity), and

(2) 25 percent of the amount budgeted for that year for the Special Unit on Palestinian Rights (or any similar successor entity).

Service-$5,000,000; payment to the American Institute in Taiwan-$6,282,000; payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund-$42,346,000.

"The Department of State Appropriation Act, 1981 (title I of H.R. 7584), was adopted by Congress on December 3, 1980, but vetoed by the President on December 13, 1980. Appropriations for the Department of State during fiscal year 1981 were governed by Public Law 96-536, a continuing resolution providing funds for any Federal agency which had not yet received funding through an appropriation act. Under the terms of Public Law 96-536, the Department of State was funded at levels established in H.R. 7584. H.R. 7584 appropriated $538,110,000 for International Organizations and Conferences itemized in the following manner: contributions to international organizations-$481,110,000; contributions for international peacekeeping activities $50,000,000; international conferences and contingencies-$7,000,000.

The Department of State Appropriation Act, 1981 (title I of H.R. 7584), was adopted by Congress on December 3, 1980, but vetoed by the President on December 13, 1980. Appropriations for the Department of State during fiscal year 1981 were governed by Public Law 96-536, a continuing resolution providing funds for any Federal agency which had not yet received funding through an appropriation act. Under the terms of Public Law 96–536, the Department of State was funded at levels established in H.R. 7584. H.R. 7584 appropriated $24,713,000 for International Commissions itemized in the following manner: International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico-$13,675,000; American sections, international commissions-$3,000,000; international fisheries commissions-$8,038,000.

Sec. 1 of the Cambodian Disaster Assistance Authorization Act (Public Law 96-110; 93 Stat. 843) substituted authorization figures of $456,241,000 and $457,798,000 in lieu of the original fiscal years 1980 and 1981 authorizations of $248,951,000 and $254,188,000, respectively. The fiscal year 1981 authorization was further increased to $517,209,000 by sec. 406 of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-533; 94 Stat. 3151). A foreign assistance appropriation bill was not enacted for fiscal years 1980 or 1981. Since Oct. 1, 1979, programs funded under this appropriation measure operated pursuant to a series of continuing resolutions. The final continuing resolution (H.J. Res. 644, Public Law 96-536) provided (with several exceptions) such amounts as may be necessary for continuing projects or activities "which were conducted in fiscal year 1980 and would be provided for in H.R. 7854, the Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriation Act, 1981, as reported July 29, 1980, at a rate of operations not in excess of the rate which would have been provided under the terms of the conference report (House Report 96-787), and in accordance with associated agreements stated in the Joint Explanatory Statements of the Committee of Conference, accompanying H.R. 4473 * *" (this conference report was never approved by Congress).

Pursuant to Public Law 96-536, the fiscal year 1981 appropriation for Migration and Refugee Assistance was $456,241,000.

ASSISTANCE FOR REFUGEES SETTLING IN ISRAEL

SEC. 103. Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 102(a)(4) of this Act for the fiscal year 1980 and for the fiscal year 1981, $25,000,000 for each such fiscal year shall be available only for assistance for the resettlement in Israel of refugees from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and from Communist countries in Eastern Europe.

UNITED STATES-YUGOSLAVIA BILATERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGREEMENT

SEC. 104. In addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 102(a) of this Act, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State $1,400,000 for the fiscal year 1980 and $1,400,000 for the fiscal year 19815 for payment of the United States share of expenses of a five-year bilateral science and technology agreement between the United States and Yugoslavia, following entry into force of such agreement.

EFFECTIVE DATE FOR CERTAIN PROMOTIONS OF FOREIGN SERVICE

OFFICERS

SEC. 106. The promotion for each of 64 Foreign Service officers of classes 8 and 7 to the next higher class, as the case may be, for which the Senate gave its advice and consent on March 21, 1979, and which was attested to on March 22, 1979, shall be considered for all purposes to take effect on December 17, 1978. Any payments made in implementation of this section shall be from funds previously authorized and appropriated for the fiscal year 1979.

IMPROVEMENT IN FOREIGN NATIONAL PAY PLANS 6

SEC. 107. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State should

(1) improve coordination between the Department of State and the Department of Defense and other departments and agencies of the United States operating outside the United States with respect to foreign national pay systems and wage schedules to the extent that—

(A) joint wage surveys and compatible pay schedules are adopted in countries where two or more departments or agencies of the United States directly employ foreign nationals, and

(B) Department of Defense wage rates are included in wage surveys of the Department of State where the Department of Defense operates under indirect-hire arrangements;

"The Department of State Appropriation Act, 1981 (title I of H.R. 7584), was adopted by Congress on December 3, 1980, but vetoed by the President on December 3, 1980. Appropriations for the Department of State during fiscal year 1981 were governed by Public Law 96-536, a continuing resolution providing funds for any Federal agency which had not yet received funding through an appropriation act. Under the terms of Public Law 96–536, the Department of State was funded at levels established in H.R. 7584. H.R. 7584 appropriated $1,400,000 for United States-Yugoslavia Bilateral Science and Technology Agreement.

22 U.S.C. 899 note.

(2) monitor the establishment of wage rates outside the United States more closely to insure that United States missions--(A) operate under salary schedules that reflect private sector average pay or average pay ranges,

(B) include the cost of severance in making pay adjustments, and

(C) survey jobs in the private sector which represent as closely as possible the work force of the mission; and

(3) substitute, whenever possible, prevailing local retirement plans for civil service retirement with respect to the retirement of foreign nationals employed by the United States.

(b) ***

UNITED STATES CONSULATES

SEC. 108. (a) The following United States consulates shall not be closed or, if closed on the date of enactment of this Act, shall be reopened as soon as possible after such date: Salzburg, Austria; Bremen, Germany; Nice, France; Turin, Italy; Goteborg, Sweden; Adana, Turkey; Tangier, Morocco; Mandalay, Burma, Brisbane, Australia; and Surabaya, Indonesia.

(b) Personnel assigned to the consulates described in subsection (a) shall not be counted toward any personnel ceiling for the Department of State established by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

UNITED NATIONS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

SEC. 110. Title I of the Departments of State, Justice, and Com merce, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1979 (Public Law 95-431, 92 Stat. 1021), is amended in the paragraph under the heading "CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS" by striking out ", of which no part may be made available for the furnishing of technical assistance by the United Nations of any of its specialized agencies".7

TITLE II-INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION AGENCY*

TITLE III-BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING*

TITLE N-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

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CHANGE IN STATUTORY REFERENCE

SEC. 402. Any reference in any provision of law to the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives shall be deemed to be a reference to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.

EGYPTIAN-ISRAELI CULTURAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND ECONOMIC RELATIONS SEC. 403. It is the sense of the Congress that it should be the policy of the United States to promote and encourage cultural, scientific, and economic relations between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the State of Israel.

MORATORIUM ON THE COMMERCIAL KILLING OF WHALES

SEC. 405. (a) The Congress finds and declares that

(1) whales are a unique marine resource of great esthetic and scientific interest to mankind and are a vital part of the marine ecosystem;

(2) the protection and conservation of whales are of particular interest to citizens of the United States;

(3) in 1971 the Congress adopted resolutions requesting the Secretary of State to negotiate a ten-year moratorium on the commercial killing of whales;

(4) the United States, which effectively banned all commercial whaling by United States nationals in December 1971, has sought an international moratorium on the commercial killing of whales since 1972;

(5) the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment adopted a resolution in 1972 calling for a ten-year moratorium on commercial whaling,

(6) the United Nations Governing Council for Environment Programs in 1973 and 1974 confirmed such call for a ten-year moratorium, and the Council continues to support ongoing efforts relating to the whale conservation;

(7) the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling, signed in 1946, as implemented by the International Whaling Commission, is not providing adequate protection to whales;

(8) the data-gathering structure established under the International Whaling Commission has not provided all the available data necessary for sound whale conservation;

(9) there is strong evidence that the members of the International Whaling Commission continue to import, in some instances in increasing amounts, whale products from countries not members of the Commission; and

(10) defects in the implementation of the International Convention for the Regulation of Whaling by the International Whaling Commission allow harvests of the declining whale species.

(b) The Congress urges

(1) the International Whaling Commission to agree to a moratorium on the commercial killing of whales; and

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