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n. Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1978 Partial text of Public Law 95–105 [H.R. 6689], 91 Stat. 844, approved August 17, 1977; as amended by Public Law 95-426 [Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1979; H.R. 12598], 92 Stat. 963, approved October 7, 1978; Public Law 96-465 [Foreign Service Act of 1980, H.R. 6790], 94 Stat. 2071 at 2160, approved October 17, 1980; Public Law 97-241 [Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1982 and 1983; S. 1193), 96 Stat. 273 at 299, approved August 24, 1982; Public Law 103-236 [Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995; H.R. 2333], 108 Stat. 382, approved April 30, 1994

AN ACT To authorize fiscal year 1978 appropriations for the Department of State, the United States Information Agency, and the Board for International Broadcasting, and for other purposes

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

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

SHORT TITLE

SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the "Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1978".

TITLE I-STATE DEPARTMENT

AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 101. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of State for fiscal year 1978, to carry out the authorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign affairs of the United States, including trade negotiations, and other purposes authorized by law, the following amounts:

(1) For the "Administration of Foreign Affairs", $762,005,000. (2) For "International Organizations and Conferences", $426,687,000.1

(3) For "International Commissions", $21,839,000.

(4) For "Education Exchange", $94,600,000.

(5) For "Migration and Refugee Assistance", $63,554,000. (6) For increases in salary, pay, retirement, and other employee benefits authorized by law, and for other nondiscretionary costs, such amounts as may be necessary.

This authorization figure was substituted in lieu of the original authorization of $389,412,000 by sec. 102 of Public Law 95-426 (92 Stat. 963).

(b) Amounts appropriated under this section are authorized to remain available until expended.

TRANSFER AUTHORITY

SEC. 102. Funds authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1978 by any paragraph of section 101(a) (other than paragraph (6)) may be appropriated for such fiscal year for a purpose for which appropriations are authorized by any other paragraph of such section (other than paragraph (6)), except that the total amount appropriated for a purpose described in any paragraph of section 101(a) (other than paragraph (6)) may not exceed the amount specifically authorized for such purpose by section 101(a) by more than 10 per centum.

CONTRIBUTION TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

SEC. 103. Notwithstanding the limitation contained in the proviso in the paragraph under the subheading "Contributions to International Organizations" in title I of the Act of October 25, 1972 (86 Stat. 1110),2 $7,281,583 of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 101(a)(2) of this Act may be used to pay the unpaid portion of the United States assessed contributions to the World Health Organization for the calendar years 1974 through 1977.

ASSISTANCE FOR REFUGEES SETTLING IN ISRAEL

SEC. 104. Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by section 101(a)(5) of this Act, $20,000,000 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.

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STRENGTHENING EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS

SEC. 107.4 The Congress finds that

(1) for over thirty years the United States program for the international exchange of teachers and scholars, begun by the Act of August 1, 1946 (60 Stat. 754; known as the "Fulbright Act of 1946"), has contributed significantly to the free flow of knowledge and to greater understanding between the United States and other nations;

(2) it is in the interest of the United States that this program be strengthened; and

(3) a still stronger educational exchange program can be attained by

2 Such Act placed a 25 percent ceiling on U.S. payments of assessed contributions to the United Nations or any affiliated agency. The amount authorized in this section was in excess of the 25 percent limit.

Sec. 105, relating to the U.S. contribution to the International Committee of the Red Cross, was repealed by sec. 109(d) of Public Law 99-93 (99 Stat. 410).

Sec. 505(aX3) of Public Law 97-241 (96 Stat. 299) repealed subsec. (b) of this section which had required a report from the Secretary of State on measures taken to strengthen educational exchange activities. The Secretary submitted this report on January 3, 1978.

(A) diversifying exchange opportunities so as to assist persons from professional and public life to spend time in an academic setting and to assist teachers and scholars to spend time in professional and other pursuits in the public

arena;

(B) providing sharper focus to exchange activities by bringing selected grant recipients together for joint work on themes and problems identified as having current significance in international affairs; and

(C) lengthening the period of some scholarships to allow work by grant recipients to be phased over more than one location.

SEC. 108.5*** [Repealed-1994]

ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF STATE

SEC. 109. (a) ***

(6)6 The individual holding the position of Coordinator for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs on the date of enactment of this section shall assume the duties of the Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs and shall not be required to be reappointed by reason of the enactment of this

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SAINT LAWRENCE SEAWAY TOLL NEGOTIATIONS

SEC. 110. (a) There is established an advisory board (hereafter in this section referred to as the "Board") to advise the Secretary of State with respect to the negotiations with Canada concerning toll increases on the Saint Lawrence Seaway and the Welland Canal. (b) The Board shall consist of 15 members appointed by the President from among representatives of groups in the Great Lakes area which would be affected most directly by increased tolls, including port_directors, port authorities, maritime labor, shipping companies, shippers, and consumers.

(c)(1) Members of the Board shall each be entitled to receive the daily equivalent of the maximum annual rate of basic pay in effect for grade GS-15 of the General Schedule for each day (including traveltime) during which they are engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the Board.

(2) While away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the Board, members of the Board shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed intermittently

Formerly at 22 U.S.C. 2151n-1. Sec. 139(4) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103-236; 108 Stat. 398), repealed sec. 108, which had required that the Secretary of State report annually on Americans incarcerated abroad.

622 U.S.C. 2384 note. This position has been restated in sec. 1(cX2) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956, as amended by sec. 161(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1995 and 1996, as the Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor.

Paragraph (7), which had required a report from the Secretary of State on operations and organization plans for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Human Rights and HumaniLarian Affairs, was repealed by sec. 505(a)(3) of Public Law 97-241 (96 Stat. 299). The Secretary submitted this report on January 31, 1978.

in the Government service are allowed expenses under section 5703 of pile & United States Code.

of The Board shall cease to exist on the date designated by the Sarwar of State as the date on which the negociations described *** ' are completed or on September 30, 1978, whichPre der Aurs first.

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forming the basis for such retirement benefits is not used as the basis for any other retirement benefits under any retirement sys

tem.

(c) In the event that an officer who is entitled to retirement benefits under this section dies before reaching the age of fifty, but after the date of enactment of this section, his or her death shall be considered a death in service within the meaning of section 832 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946,11 except that no survivor's annuity (other than a survivor's annuity which would be payable under the first complete sentence in section 634(b)(2) of such Act but for the enactment of this section) shall become effective before October 1, 1977.

(d) An officer entitled to retirement benefits under this section may make the election described in section 821 (b) or (f), as appropriate, of the Foreign Service Act of 194611 at any time before reaching the age of fifty or before the end of the sixty-day period beginning on the date of enactment of this section, whichever is later.

COMPENSATION FOR JUNIOR FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS

SEC. 412. (a)(1) Paragraph (2) of section 5541 of title 5, United States Code, is amended-12

(A) by striking out "or" at the end of clause (xii);

(B) by striking out the period at the end of clause (xiii) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon; and

(C) by adding at the end thereof the following clauses:

"(xiv) a 'Foreign Service officer' within the meaning of section 401 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946; or

"(xv) a 'Foreign Service information officer' as provided for by the first section of the Act entitled 'An Act to promote the foreign policy of the United States by strengthening and improving the Foreign Service personnel system of the International Communication Agency 13 through establishment of a Foreign Service Information Officer Corps,' approved August 20, 1968".

(2) The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on October 1, 1978. (b) 14 * * *

[Repealed-1978]

SEC. 413.15*** [Repealed-1981]

11 Such Act was repealed by the Foreign Service Act of 1980.

12 This amendment to section 5541 of title 5 excluded Foreign Service officers from civil service law which required overtime pay for certain Federal employees of GS-10 or lesser rank.

13 The reference to the International Communication Agency was substituted in lieu of a reference to the United States Information Agency by sec. 204(b)(5) of Public Law 95-426 (92 Stat. 974). However, sec. 303 of Public Law 97-241 (96 Stat. 291) redesignated the Agency as the United States Information Agency and directed that any reference to the International Communication Agency shall be deemed to refer to the United States Information Agency.

14 Subsec. (b), which had provided for a $250 per annum salary increase for Foreign Service officers in classes 5 through 8, was repealed by sec. 410 of Public Law 95-426 (92 Stat. 980). Such salary increase became effective with pay periods beginning on or after October 1, 1978. 15 Sec. 413 was repealed by sec. 2205(3) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96465; 94 Stat. 2160). For current text concerning the employment of family members of Foreign Service personnel, see sec. 311 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980.

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