(1) the continuation of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and the creation of the Special Unit on Palestinian Rights are wasteful expenditures of limited United Nations resources at a time when the United Nations is experiencing severe financial difficulties and when the United Nations is under close scrutiny from contributing members; (2) the work of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People does not contribute to the process of peacemaking underway at present in the Middle East; and (3) the United States Ambassador to the United Nations should be instructed to continue to oppose extensions of the mandate of that Committee as well as extensions of the Special Unit on Palestinian Rights. (b) It is the sense of the Congress that the President should direct the Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations to use all means at his disposal to obtain action by the General Assembly terminating the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and the Special Unit on Palestinian Rights. TITLE VII-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL TIN COUNCIL SEC. 704. Effective October 1, 1978, there is authorized to be appropriated to the President $60,000,000 for the purpose of acquiring tin metal to contribute to the buffer stock of the International Tin Council established under the Fifth International Tin Agreement. PROHIBITION ON AID OR REPARATIONS TO VIETNAM SEC. 705.41 The President shall continue to take all possible steps to obtain a final accounting of all Americans missing in action in Vietnam. USE OF FOREIGN AIR CARRIERS SEC. 706. Notwithstanding the limitations established by section 1117 of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 (49 U.S.C. 1517), funds appropriated after the date of enactment of this Act to the Department of State, the International Communications Agency, the Agency for International Development (or any successor agency), 42 and the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency may be used to pay for the transportation, between two places both of which are outside the United States, of officers and employees of those agen * Subsec. (a), which had prohibited the use of any funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act for reparations, aid, or any other form of payment to Vietnam, was repealed by sec. 505(a)(2) of Public Law 97-241 (96 Stat. 299). 42 This responsibility of AID was transferred to the Director of IDCA, pursuant to sec. 6 of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1979 (establishing IDCA). cies, their dependents, and accompanying baggage, aboard air carriers which do not hold certificates under section 401 of that Act. 43 Sec. 709, which had prohibited the use of any funds authorized to be appropriated by this Act, directly or indirectly, to effect the implementation of the Panama Canal treaties without authorization by the Constitution or by Act of Congress, was repealed by sec. 505(a)(2) of Public Law 97-241 (96 Stat. 299). 44 Sec. 711, which had authorized $1.5 million in each of the fiscal years 1979 and 1980 for a commission on global hunger and malnutrition, was repealed by sec. 505(a)(2) of Public Law 97241 (96 Stat. 299). j. 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; and by 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 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. (b) Amounts appropriated under this section are authorized to remain available until expended. 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). 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. CONTRIBUTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS SEC. 105.3* * * [Repealed-1985] 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. For complete text of the proviso of this Act, see page 1274. 3 Sec. 105 was repealed by sec. 109(d) of Public Law 99-93 (99 Stat. 410). * Sec. 505(a)3) 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. AMERICANS INCARCERATED ABROAD SEC. 108.5 It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State should make every effort to seek the early release of American citizens unjustifiably held in foreign jails, and that he should direct the appropriate consular officers to redouble their efforts for the protection and welfare of imprisoned American citizens abroad. Beginning February 15, 1978, the Secretary of State shall transmit annually to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on the number of American citizens in foreign jails, the charges against them, and what measures have been taken to assist these individuals, including his assessment of the performance of embassy and consular personnel in providing such assistance in each foreign country where American citizens are incarcerated. ASSISTANT SECRETARIES OF STATE SEC. 109. (a) * (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 section. (7) 7 *** [Repealed-1982] (b)(1) Section 104 of the Immigration and Nationality Act 8 (8) U.S.C. 1104) is amended (A) in subsection (a)(2), by striking out "Security and"; (i) in the first sentence by striking out "Security and" and all that follows through "Assistant Secretary of State" and inserting in lieu thereof "Consular Affairs to be $22 U.S.C. 2151n-1. See also the Act of July 27, 1868 (Protection of Citizens Abroad), page 669. 6 22 U.S.C. 2384 note. '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 Humanitarian 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. For complete text of sec. 104 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (Public Law 82-414), see page 738. |