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(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.-Subsection (d) of this section shall not take effect until October 1, 1986.

SEC. 1005. SECRETARY OF STATE.

(a) DETERMINATIONS.-The Secretary of State shall determine which of the individuals selected by the Board will serve at each United States diplomatic or consular mission in the Soviet Union or Eastern Europe and the position in which each will serve.

(b) AUTHORITIES.-Fellows may be employed

(1) under a temporary appointment in the civil service;

(2) under a limited appointment in the Foreign Service; or (3) by contract under the provisions of section 2(c) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.

(c) FUNDING.-Funds appropriated to the Department of State for "Salaries and Expenses" shall be used for the expenses incurred in carrying out this title.

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22 U.S.C. 4904. Subsec. (b) was amended and restated by sec. 187 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (Public Law 100-204; 101 Stat. 1368).

6. United States-India Programs

a. United States-India Fund for Cultural, Educational, and

Scientific Cooperation Act

Partial text of Public Law 98-164 [H.R. 2915], 97 Stat. 1017, at 1051, approved November 22, 1983; as amended by Public Law 99-93 (H.R. 2068], 99 Stat. 405, approved August 16, 1985; and by Public Law 100-204 [H.R. 1777], 101 Stat. 1331, approved December 1987

AN ACT To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1984 and 1985 for the Department of State, the United States Information Agency, the Board for International Broadcasting, the Inter-American Foundation, and the Asia Foundation, to establish the National Endowment for Democracy, and for other purposes.

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

TITLE IX-UNITED STATES-INDIA FUND FOR CULTURAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND SCIENTIFIC COOPERATION

SHORT TITLE

Sec. 901. This title may be cited as the "United States-India Fund for Cultural, Educational, and Scientific Cooperation Act".

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE FUND

Sec. 902.1 (a) The President2 is authorized to enter into an agreement with the Government of India for the establishment of a fund (hereafter in this title referred to as the "Fund") which would provide grants and other assistance for cultural, educational, and scientific programs of mutual interest. Such programs may include exchanges of persons, exchanges of information, and other programs of study, research, and scholarly cooperation. The agreement may also provide for the establishment of an endowment, a foundation, or other means to carry out the purposes of the agreement. (b) The United States representatives on any board or other entity created in accordance with the agreement to administer the Fund shall be designated by the President predominately from among representatives of United States Government agencies, including those administering programs which may be supported in whole or in part by the Fund.

(c) United States Government agencies carrying out programs of the types specified in subsection (a) may receive amounts directly from the Fund for use in carrying out those programs.

1 22 U.S.C. 290j.

2 Executive order 12517 of May 29, 1985 delegated all functions vested in the President by the act to the Secretary of State.

USE OF UNITED STATES OWNED RUPEES TO CAPITALIZE THE FUND

Sec. 903.3 (a) Subject to applicable requirements concerning reimbursement to the Treasury for United States owned foreign currencies, the President may make available to the Fund, for use in carrying out the agreement authorized by section 902, up to the equivalent of $200,000,000 in foreign currencies owned by the United States in India or owed to the United States by the Government of India. Such use may include investment in order to generate interest which would be retained in the Fund and used to support programs pursuant to that agreement.

(b) In accordance with the agreement negotiated pursuant to section 902(a), sums made available for investment for the United States-India Fund for Cultural, Educational, and Scientific Cooperation under the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, and the Judiciary and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1985, and any earnings on such sums shall be available for the purposes of section 902(a).

322 U.S.C. 290j-1.

* Subsec. (b), originally added by Public Law 99-93 (99 Stat. 405), was amended and restated by sec. 305 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (Public Law 100-204; 101 Stat. 1379).

b. Delegation Concerning the United States-India Fund for Cultural, Educational, and Scientific Cooperation

Executive Order 12517 of May 29, 1985, 50 FR 23105, C.F.R.

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and statutes of the United States of America, including section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, and in order to delegate certain functions concerning the United States-India Fund for Cultural, Educational, and Scientific Cooperation to the Secretary of State it is hereby ordered as follows:

Section 1. All functions vested in the President by the United States- India Fund for Cultural, Educational, and Scientific Cooperation Act (Title IX of Public Law 98-164, 97 Stat. 1051; "the Act") are delegated to the Secretary of State.

Sec. 2. India rupees provided to the President for purposes of Title IX of the Act and under Title III of the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriation Act, 1985 (Public Law 98-411, 98 Stat. 1545) are allocated to the Secretary of the Treasury for investment to generate earnings for purposes of Title IX of the Act.

7. Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960

Partial text of Mutual Security Act of 1960, Public Law 86-472 [H.R. 11510], 74 Stat. 134, approved May 14, 1960, as amended

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CHAPTER VII-CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE BETWEEN EAST AND WEST

Sec. 701. This chapter may be cited as the "Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960". Sec. 702.1 The purpose of this chapter is to promote better relations and understanding between the United States and the nations of Asia and the Pacific (hereinafter referred to as "the East") through cooperative study, training, and research, by establishing in Hawaii a Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West where scholars and students in various fields from the nations of the East and West may study, give and receive training, exchange ideas and views, and conduct other activities primarily in support of the objectives of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as amended, title III of chapter II of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, and other Acts promoting the international, educational, cultural, and related activities of the United States.

Sec. 703.2 In order to carry out the purpose of this chapter the Secretary of State 3 (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary") shall provide for

(1) the establishment and operation in Hawaii of an educational institution to be known as the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West, through arrangements with public, educational, or other nonprofit institutions;

(2) grants, fellowships, and other payments to outstanding scholars and authorities from the nations of the East and West

1 22 U.S.C. 2054.

2 22 U.S.C. 2055.

3 Pursuant to sec. 7(a) of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977, all functions vested in the President, Secretary of State, the Department of State, the Director of the United States Information Agency, and the United States Information Agency by this Act were transferred to the Director of the International Communication Agency. The codified version of this Act has been changed to reflect this transfer of authority.

Subsequently, 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.

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