groups, and representatives of the United States Office of Education, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs,23 public and private nonprofit educational institutions.

(2) In the selection of American citizens for participation in programs under this Act, preference shall be given to those who have served in the Armed Forces of the United States, and due consideration shall be given to applicants from all geographical areas of the United States.

(b)(1) The United States Advisory Commission on International Educational and Cultural Affairs 24 (hereinafter referred to as the "Commission") is hereby established to replace the United States Advisory Commission on Educational Exchange. The Commission shall formulate and recommend to the President policies for exercising his authority under this Act and shall appraise the effectiveness of programs carried out pursuant to it. The Commission shall make a special study of the effectiveness of past programs with emphasis on the activities of a reasonably representative cross section of past recipients of aid and shall submit a report to the Congress not later than December 31, 1962.

(2) The Commission shall consist of nine members who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Members of the Commission shall be appointed on a nonpartisan basis.

(3) The members of the Commission shall represent the public interest and shall be selected from a cross section of educational, cultural, scientific, technical, and public service backgrounds.

(4) The term of each member shall be three years except that, of the first nine appointments, three shall be for a term of one year and three shall be for a term of two years. Any member appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which his predecessor is appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term. Upon the expiration of his term of office any member may continue to serve until his successor is appointed and has qualified.

(5) The President shall designate a Chairman from among members of the Commission.

(6) The Commission is authorized to adopt such rules and regulations as it may deem necessary to carry out the authority conferred upon it by this Act.

(c)(1) There is hereby continued the Advisory Committee on the Arts 25 (hereinafter referred to as the "Committee") created under section 10 of the International Cultural Exchange and Trade Fair Participation Act of 1956,26 consisting of a Chairman and nine other members of whom at least one shall be a member of the Commission. Appointment of all members and selection of the Chairman of this Committee shall hereafter be made by the Secretary

23 Sec. 13(hX1) of Public Law 102-54 (105 Stat. 275) struck out "Veterans' Administration" and inserted in lieu thereof "Department of Veterans Affairs".

24 The functions vested in this commission were consolidated and vested in a new United States Advisory Commission on International Communication, Cultural and Educational Affairs, pursuant to sec. 8(b) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977 (such new commission was redesignated as the U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy in 1979).

25 This committee was abolished by sec. 9(6) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977.

20 The International Cultural Exchange and Trade Fair Participation Act of 1956 was repealed by this Act. See sec. 111(aX3).

of State. In making such appointments due consideration shall be given to the recommendations for nomination submitted by leading national organizations in the major art fields.

(2) The members of the Committee shall be individuals whose knowledge of or experience in, or whose profound interest in, one or more of the arts will enable them to assist the Commission, the President, and other officers of the Government in performing the functions described in paragraph (3) of this subsection.

(3) The Committee shall, in connection with activities authorized under subsection 102(a)(2) of this Act

(A) advise and assist the Commission in the discharge of its responsibilities in the field of international educational exchange and cultural presentations with special reference to the role of the arts in such fields;

(B) advise other interested officers of the Government in the discharge of their responsibilities in connection with such activities and in connection with other international activities concerned with the arts;

(C) provide such other advice and assistance as may be necessary or appropriate.

(4) The term of office of each of the members of the Committee shall be three years.

(d) The President is authorized to create such interagency and other advisory committees as in his judgment may be of assistance in carrying out the purposes of this Act, and from time to time to convene conferences of persons interested in educational and cultural affairs to consider matters relating to the purposes of this Act.

(e) The provisions of section 214 of the Act of May 3, 1945 (59 Stat. 134; 31 U.S.C. 691), shall be applicable to any interagency committee created pursuant to the provisions of this Act. Members of the Commission, the Committee, and other committees provided for in this section shall be entitled (i) to transportation expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence at the rate prescribed by or established pursuant to section 5 of the Administrative Expense Act of 1946, as amended (5 U.S.C. 73b-2), while away from home in connection with attendance at meetings or in consultation with officials of the Government or otherwise carrying out duties as authorized, and (ii) if not otherwise in the employ of the United States Government, to compensation at rates not in excess of $50 per diem while performing services for Commission, Committee, or other committee. Members of the Board shall be entitled to such expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence as provided for under clause (i) of the preceding sentence and, while performing services for the Board, to compensation at a rate, prescribed by the Director of the International Communication Agency,27 not in excess of the

27 Sec. 303 of Public Law 97-241 (96 Stat. 291) redesignated the International Communication Agency as the United States Information Agency and stated that any reference to the International Communication Agency in any statute, reorganization plan, Executive order, regulation, agreement, determination, or other official document or proceeding, shall be deemed to be a reference to the United States Information Agency. Sec. 303 also stated that references to the Director or other official of the International Communication Agency shall be deemed to refer to the Director or other official of the United States Information Agency.

daily rate for the first step of GS-15 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United States Code.28

(f) The President is authorized to provide for necessary secretarial and staff assistance for the Board, the Commission, the Committee, and such other committees as may be created under this section.

SEC. 107.29 The Board, the Commission, and the Committee shall submit annual reports to the Congress and such other reports to the Congress as they deem appropriate, and shall make reports to the public in the United States and abroad to develop a better understanding of and support for the programs authorized by this Act.

SEC. 108.30 (a)(1) 31 Whenever the President determines it to be in furtherance of this Act, the functions authorized in section 102(a) (2) and (3) may be performed without regard to such provisions of law or limitations of authority regulating or relating to the making, performance, amendment, or modification of contracts, the acquisition and disposition of property, and the expenditure of Government funds, as he may specify.

(2) 31 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of the International Communication Agency 27 may provide, on a reimbursable basis, services within the United States in connection with exchange activities otherwise authorized by this Act when such services are requested by a department or executive agency. Reimbursements under this paragraph shall be credited to the applicable appropriation of the Agency.

(b) 32 The President shall submit periodic reports to the Congress of activities carried on and expenditures made in furtherance of the purposes of this Act and of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as amended.

(c) In connection with activities authorized by section 102(a) (2) and (3) of this Act, the President is authorized to provide for all necessary expenditures involved in the selection, purchase, rental, construction, or other acquisition of exhibits and materials and equipment therefor, and the actual display thereof, including but not limited to costs of transportation, insurance, installation, safekeeping and storage, maintenance and operation, rental of space, and dismantling.

(d) The President is authorized to utilize the provisions of title VIII of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as amended, to the extent he deems necessary in carrying out the provisions and purposes of this Act.

SEC. 108A.33 (a)(1) Congress consents to the acceptance by a Federal employee of grants and other forms of assistance provided by

28 This sentence was added (effective October 1, 1979) by sec. 205 of the ICA Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1980 and 1981 (Public Law 96-60; 93 Stat. 401). Previously, the entitlements of members of the Board were included under clauses (i) and (ii).

29 22 U.S.C. 2457.

30 22 U.S.C. 2458.

31 Paragraph designation "(1)" and a new par. (2) were added by sec. 203(d) of the ICA Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1980 and 1981 (Public Law 96-60; 93 Stat. 399).

32 Subsec. (b) was amended and restated by sec. 212(a) of Public Law 96-470 (94 Stat. 2246). The report required under subsec. (b) previously had been required annually.

33 22 U.S.C. 2458a. Sec. 108A was added by sec. 111 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1977 (Public Law 94-350).

a foreign government to facilitate the participation of such Federal employee in a cultural exchange

(A) which is of the type described in section 102(a)(2)(i) of this Act,

(B) which is conducted for a purpose comparable of the purpose stated in section 101 of this Act, and

(C) which is specifically approved by the Secretary of State for purposes of this section;

but the Congress does not consent to the acceptance by any Federal employee of any portion of any such grant or other form of assistance which provides assistance with respect to any expenses incurred by or for any member of the family or household of such Federal employee.

(2) For purposes of this section, the term "Federal employee" means any employee as defined in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of section 7342(a)(1) of title 5 of the United States Code, but does not include a person described in subparagraph (G) of such section. (b) The grants and other forms of assistance with respect to which the consent of Congress is given in subsection (a) of this section shall not constitute gifts for purposes of section 7342 of title 5 of the United States Code.

(c) The Secretary of State is authorized to promulgate regulations for purposes of this section.

SEC. 109.34* * *

SEC. 110.35 * * *

SEC. 111. (a) There are hereby repealed

(1) Section 32(b)(2) of the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended (60 Stat. 754, 50 U.S.C. App. Sec. 1641);

(2) Sections 2(2), 201, 203 insofar as it relates to schools, 601, 602, and 603 insofar as they relate to the Advisory Commission on Education Exchange, 1001 insofar as it relates to persons employed or assigned to duties under this Act, and 1008 and 1009 insofar as they relate to educational exchange activities, of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 6; 22 U.S.C. sections 1431(2); 1434, 1439, 1440, 1446, 1448, 1466, 1467, and 1468);

(3) The International Cultural Exchange and Trade Fair Participation Act of 1956 (70 Stat. 778; 22 U.S.C. 1991-2001);

(4) The joint resolution of August 24, 1949, authorizing the use of Finnish World War I debt payments available for educational and technical instruction, and so forth (63 Stat. 630; 20 U.S.C. 222-224).

(b) All Executive orders, agreements, determinations, regulations, contracts, appointments, and other actions issued, concluded, or taken under authority of any provisions of law repealed by subsection (a) of this section shall continue in full force and effect and shall be applicable to the appropriate provisions of this Act until modified or superseded by appropriate authority.

4 Sec. 109 contained amendments to the Immigration and Nationality Act.

36 Sec. 110 contained amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (now the IRC of 1986) and the Social Security Act.

(c) Any reference in any other Act to the provisions of law listed in subsection (a) shall hereafter be considered to be references to the appropriate provisions of this Act.

SEC. 112.36 (a) In order to carry out the purposes of this Act, there is established in the United States Information Agency, or in such appropriate agency of the United States as the President shall determine, a Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (hereinafter in this section referred to as the "Bureau"). The Bureau shall be responsible for managing, coordinating, and overseeing programs established pursuant to this Act, including but not limited

to

(1) the J. William Fulbright Educational Exchange Program which, by promoting the exchange of scholars, researchers, students, trainees, teachers, instructors, and professors, between the United States and foreign countries, accomplishes the purposes of section 102(a)(1) of this Act;

(2) the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Program which finances (A) study at American universities and institutions of higher learning, including study in degree granting programs, and (B) participation in fellowships, internships, or other programs in American governmental and nongovernmental institutions for public managers and other individuals from developing countries;

(3) the International Visitors Program which provides grants for short-term visits to the United States for foreign nationals who are, or have the potential to be, leaders in their respective fields in their own countries;

(4) the American Cultural Centers and Libraries which make available at selected foreign locations, books, films, sound recordings, and other materials about the United States, its people and culture, and about other topics;

(5) the American Overseas Schools Program which provides financial assistance to the operations of American-sponsored schools overseas;

(6) the American Studies Program which fosters and supports the study of the United States, and its people and culture, in foreign countries;

(7) a program of working with private, not-for-profit groups through contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements, as authorized by section 102 of this Act, so as to provide financial assistance to nongovernmental organizations engaged in implementing and enhancing exchange-of-persons programs;

(8)36 the Samantha Smith Memorial Exchange Program which advances understanding between the United States and the independent states of the former Soviet Union 37 and between the United States and Eastern European countries through the exchange of persons under the age of 21 years and of students at an institution of higher education (as defined in

36 22 U.S.C. 2460. Sec. 213 of the USIA Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985 (title II of Public Law 98-164; 97 Stat. 1034), added sec. 112 with the exception of paragraphs (8) and (9) which were added respectively by secs. 302 and 303 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (Public Law 100-204; 101 Stat. 1378).

37 Sec. 301(1) of the FRIENDSHIP Act (Public Law 103-199; 107 Stat. 2322) struck out "Soviet Union" and inserted in lieu thereof “independent states of the former Soviet Union" in para.