"From Uganda to America". "President Ahidjo Visits U.S.". "Mrs. Kennedy's Asian Journey". "Invitation to India”.

"Invitation to Pakistan".

i. United States Information Agency Authorization for Fiscal Year 1977

Partial text of Public Law 94-350 [S. 3168], 90 Stat. 823, approved July 12, 1976.

AN ACT To authorize fiscal year 1977 appropriations for the Department of State, the United States Information Agency, and the Board for International Broadcasting, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1977".

TITLE II-UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY

AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

Sec. 201. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated for the United States Information Agency for fiscal year 1977, to carry out international informational activities and programs under the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 and Reorganization Plan Numbered 8 of 1953, and other purposes authorized by law, the following amounts:

(1) For "Salaries and Expenses" and "Salary and Expenses (special foreign currency program)", $255,925,000.

(2) For "Special International Exhibitions", $4,841,000.

(3) For "Acquisition and Construction of Radio Facilities", $2,142,000.

(4) Such additional amounts as may be necessary for increases in salary, pay, retirement, other employee benefits authorized by law, or other nondiscretionary costs.

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

TRANSFER AUTHORITY

Sec. 202. Funds authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 1977 by any paragraph of section 201(a) (other than paragraph (4)) 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 (4)), except that the total amount appropriated for a purpose described in any paragraph of section 201(a) (other than paragraph (4)) may not exceed the amount specifically

authorized for such purpose by section 201(a) by more than 10 per centum.

BICENTENNIAL DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN ITEMS PREPARED BY THE UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY

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1 The titles of films and related items authorized for distribution within the United States are listed on page 599.

j. USIA Film: "Summer Fever"

Partial text of Public Law 93-168 [S. 2681], 87 Stat. 688, approved November 29, 1973

An Act To authorize appropriations for the United States Information Agency. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

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Sec. 4. The United States Information Agency shall, upon request by Little League Baseball, Incorporated, authorize the purchase by such corporation of copies of the film "Summer Fever", produced by such agency in 1972 depicting events in Little League Baseball in the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948. Little League Baseball, Incorporated, shall have exclusive rights to distribute such film for viewing within the United States in furtherance of the object and purposes of such corporation as set forth in section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Little League Baseball, Incorporated", approved July 16, 1964 (78 Stat. 325).

k. Release of USIA Materials to Museums

Public Law 99–475 (H.R. 5522]; 100 Stat. 1217, approved October 16, 1986

AN ACT To authorize the release to museums in the United States of certain objects owned by the United States Information Agency.

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

SECTION 1. RELEASE OF CERTAIN OBJECTS OWNED BY USIA.

Notwithstanding section 208 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (22 U.S.C. 1461-1a), and the second sentence of section 501 of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1461), the Director of the United States Information Agency may release to any museum located in the United States the objects described in section 2 if that museum pays all costs associated with the transfer of such objects to that museum (as determined by the Director).

1 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. See sec. 10 of this order.

SEC. 2. OBJECTS SUBJECT TO RELEASE.

The objects referred to in section 1 are those objects displayed at the United States Pavilion at the 86 Expo in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, which are owned by the United States Information Agency but (as determined by the Director of the United States Information Agency) not committed by it for other purposes.