(B) With respect to a joint resolution of the Senate-
(i) the procedure in the Senate shall be the same as
if no joint resolution had been received from the
House of Representatives; but

(ii) the vote on final passage shall be on the joint resolution of the House of Representatives.

(6) This subsection is enacted by the Congress

(A) as an exercise of rulemaking power of the Senate, and as such it is deemed a part of the rules of the Senate, but applicable only with respect to the procedure to be followed in the Senate in the case of a joint resolution, and it supersedes other rules only to the extent that it is inconsistent with such rules; and

(B) with full recognition of the constitutional right of the Senate to change the rules (so far as relating to the procedure of the Senate) at any time, in the same manner and to the same extent as in the case of any other rule of the Senate.

SEC. 145. INTERNATIONAL JUTE ORGANIZATION.

The President is authorized to maintain membership of the United States in the International Jute Organization.

SEC. 146.26 INTELSAT.

(a) POLICY.-The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States

(a) as a party to the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (hereafter in this section referred to as "Intelsat"), to foster and support the global commercial communications satellite system owned and operated by Intelsat;

(2) to make available to consumers a variety of communications satellite services utilizing the space segment facilities of Intelsat and any additional such facilities which are found to be in the national interest and which

(A) are technically compatible with the use of the radio frequency spectrum and orbital space by the existing or planned Intelsat space segment, and

(B) avoid significant economic harm to the global system of Intelsat; and

(3) to authorize use and operation of any additional space segment facilities only if the obligations of the United States under article XIV(d) of the Intelsat Agreement 27 have been met.

(b) PRECONDITIONS FOR INTELSAT CONSULTATION.-Before consulting with Intelsat for purposes of coordination of any separate international telecommunications satellite system under article XIV(d) of the Intelsat Agreement, the Secretary of State shall

(1) in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce, ensure that any proposed separate international satellite telecommunications system comply with the Executive Branch conditions established pursuant to the Presidental Determination No. 85-2; 28 and

26 47 U.S.C. 701 note.

27 23 U.S.C. 3813.

28 3 C.F.R. 1984 Comp., p. 254.

(2) ensure that one or more foreign authorities have authorized the use of such system consistent with such conditions. (c) AMENDMENT OF INTELSAT AGREEMENT.-(1) The Secretary of State shall consult with the United States signatory to Intelsat and the Secretary of Commerce regarding the appropriate scope and character of a modification to article V(d) of the Intelsat Agreement which would permit Intelsat to establish cost-based rates for individual traffic routes, as exceptional circumstances warrant, paying particular attention to the need for avoiding significant economic harm to the global system of Intelsat as well as United States national and foreign policy interests.

(2)(A) To ensure that rates established by Intelsat for such routes are cost-based, the Secretary of State, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce and the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, shall instruct the United States signatory to Intelsat to ensure that sufficient documentation, including documentation regarding revenues and costs, is provided by Intelsat so as to verify that such rates are in fact cost-based.

(B) To the maximum extent possible, such documentation will be made available to interested parties on a timely basis.

(3) Pursuant to the consultation under paragraph (1) and taking the steps prescribed in paragraph (2) to provide documentation, the United States shall support an appropriate modification to article V(d) of the Intelsat Agreement 29 to accomplish the purpose described in paragraph (1).

(d) CONGRESSIONAL CONSULTATION.-In the event that, after United States consultation with Intelsat for the purposes of coordination under article XIV(d) of the Intelsat Agreement for the establishment of a separate international telecommunications satellite system, the Assembly of Parties of Intelsat fails to recommend such a separate system, and the President determines to pursue the establishment of a separate system notwithstanding the Assembly's failure to approve such system, the Secretary of State, after consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, shall submit to the Congress a detailed report which shall set forth

(1) the foreign policy reasons for the President's determination, and

(2) a plan for minimizing any negative effects of the President's action on Intelsat and on United States foreign policy interests.

(e) NOTIFICATION TO FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION.-In the event the Secretary of State submits a report under subsection (d), the Secretary, 60 calendar days after the receipt by the Congress of such report, shall notify the Federal Communications Commission as to whether the United States obligations under article XIV(d) of the Intelsat Agreement have been met.

(f) IMPLEMENTATION.-In implementing the provisions of this section, the Secretary of State shall act in accordance with Executive order 12046.30

(g) DEFINITION.-For the purposes of this section, the term "separate international telecommunications satellite system" or "sepa

29 23 U.S.T. 3813.

30 3 C.F.R. 1978 Comp., p. 158.

rate system" means a system of one or more telecommunications satellites separate from the Intelsat space segment which is established to provide international telecommunications services between points within the United States and points outside the United States, except that such term shall not include any satellite or system of satellites established

(1) primarily for domestic telecommunications purposes and which incidentally provides services on an ancillary basis to points outside the jurisdiction of the United States but within the western hemisphere, or

(2) solely for unique governmental purposes.

SEC. 147. SOVIET AND COMMUNIST DISINFORMATION AND PRESS MANIPULATION.

Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall prepare, in consultation with the heads of relevant Federal departments and agencies, and shall transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, an unclassified report on Soviet and Communist disinformation and press manipulation with respect to the United States. Such report shall include a recommendation by the President on the advisability of establishing within the Department of State, a permanent office of Soviet disinformation and press manipulation. In conducting the study required by this section the Secretary may make use of suitably qualified scholars and journalists.

SEC. 148. MURDER OF MAJOR ARTHUR D. NICHOLSON, JUNIOR.

It is the sense of the Congress that the United States should declare persona non grata one or more senior defense attaches of the Soviet Union's mission to the United States unless the President certifies to the Congress, within 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act

(1) that the Soviet Union has made a formal apology for the murder of Major Arthur D. Nicholson, Junior, and

(2) that the Soviet Union has provided satisfactory assurances that it will adhere to agreements concerning the status and safety of military and civilian missions of western nations in the German Democratic Republic.

SEC. 149. INTER-AMERICAN COOPERATION IN SPACE, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY.

The Secretary of State shall conduct an in-depth study of the feasibility and the economic and political benefits of the establishment of a major initiative in Inter-American Cooperation in Space, Science, and Technology. Not more than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress on the findings of such study and shall include recommendations for implementing such an initiative.

SEC. 150. DEPARTMENT OF STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL. (a) 31 *

31 Subsec. (a) established a Department of State Inspector General under the Inspector General Act of 1978.

(b) 32 ABOLISHMENT OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND THE FOREIGN SERVICE.-Notwithstanding section 209 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3929), the Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service is hereby abolished.

(c) REPORT.-Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Congress on the steps the Secretary has undertaken to implement the provisions of the amendment made by subsection (a). SEC. 151 33 EMPLOYEES OF THE UNITED NATIONS.

(a) INITIAL REPORT.-Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall report to the Congress on whether, and the extent to which, international civil servants employed by the United Nations, including those seconded to the United Nations, are required to return all or part of their salaries to their respective governments. The Secretary shall also include in this report a description of the steps taken by the Department of State and by the United States Representative to the United Nations to correct this practice.

(b) REPORT ON STEPS TO CORRECT PRACTICE.-The Secretary of State shall determine and report to the Congress on whether substantial progress has been made by June 1, 1986, in correcting the practice of international civil servants employed by the United Nations being required to return all or part of their salaries to their respective governments.

(c) REDUCTION IN CONTRIBUTION IF SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS NOT MADE.-If the Secretary of State determines pursuant to subsection (b) that substantial progress has not been made in correcting this practice, the United States shall thereafter reduce the amount of its annual assessed contribution to the United Nations by the amount of that contribution which is the United States proportionate share of the salaries of those international civil servants employed by the United Nations who are returning any portion of their salaries to their respective governments.

(d) NATIONAL TAXATION.-This section does not apply with respect to payments made for purposes of national taxation in accordance with formal treaty reservations concerning such taxation by a member state of the United Nations.

SEC. 152. 34 REPRESENTATION OF MINORITIES AND WOMEN IN THE FOREIGN SERVICE.

(a) DEVELOPMENT OF PROGRAM.-The head of each agency utilizing the Foreign Service personnel system shall develop, consistant with section 7201 of title 5 of the United States Code, a plan designed to increase significantly the number of members of minority groups and women in the Foreign Service in that agency.

(b) EMPHASIS ON MID-LEVELS.-Each plan developed pursuant to this section shall, consistent with section 7201 of title 5 of the United States Code, place particular emphasis on achieving signfi

32 Subsec. (b) was substantially amended and restated by sec. 413(c) of Public Law 99-399, 100 Stat. 868.

33 22 U.S.C. 287e.

34 22 U.S.C. 3922a.

ciant increases in the numbers of minority group members and women who are in the mid-levels of the Foreign Service. (c) 35 * * *

[Repealed-1987]

SEC. 154. DAMAGES RESULTING FROM DELAYS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY IN MOSCOW.

(a) RESTRICTION; REIMBURSEMENT FOR DAMAGES INCURRED.-The Secretary of State shall not permit the Soviet Union to occupy the new chancery building at its new embassy complex in Washington, D.C., or any other new facility in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area, if the Soviet Union fails to provide prompt and full reimbursement to the United States for damages incurred as a result of the construction of the new United States Embassy in Moscow. The amount of such reimbursement shall be determined by agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union or, in the event of disagreement, by international arbitration pursuant to subsection

(b).

(b) INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION.-Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall initiate actions to begin the international arbitration process, which is provided for in the embassy construction agreement between the United States and the Soviet Union, in order to resolve all United States claims against the Soviet Union for damages arising from delays in the construction of the new United States Embassy complex in Moscow.

(c) REPORT.-In the event the amount of reimbursement provided to the United States under subsection (a) by the Soviet Union is less than the amount of funds expended for the damages described in subsection (a) that are determined by the Secretary of State to be the responsibility of the Soviet Union, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. Such report shall contain a detailed explanation of the reasons the Secretary accepted the settlement arrangements of the United States claims and the financial costs to the United States of doing so.

(d) SUSPENSION OF RESTRICTIONS.-The Secretary of State may suspend the restrictions in subsection (a) in the interests of United States national security if the Secretary certifies to the Congress that a substantial number of the claims described in subsection (a) are settled and that resolution of any remaining claims is proceeding in a satisfactory manner. If the Secretary exercises the authority under this subsection, the Secretary shall report to the appropriate committees of the Congress every six months concerning progress on resolution of any outstanding claims.

SEC. 155. SOVIET AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNIST BEHAVIOR.

Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of State shall prepare and transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, an unclassified

35 Subsec. (c) was repealed by sec. 185(c)(3) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (Public Law 100-204; 101 Stat. 1331). It required the head of each agency utilizing Foreign Service personnel to report annually to the Congress on the plan developed pursuant to sec. 152.