AGRICULTURAL ATTACHÉ IN CHINA SEC. 106. It is the sense of the Congress that the President should establish an agricultural attaché in the People's Republic of China. TITLE II-INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT FUND SEC. 205. There is authorized to be appropriated, upon request of the President, to the President for fiscal year 1977, $10,000,000 to be used for a contribution of the United States to the United Nations University Endowment Fund, such contribution to be made on such terms as the President finds will promote the purposes of the University as stated in University Charter approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations in December 1973; except that the contribution of the United States to the United Nations University Endowment Fund may not exceed 25 per centum of the total amount actually contributed to such fund by other members of the United Nations. Amounts appropriated under this section are authorized to remain available until expended. TITLE IV-FOREIGN SERVICE AUTHORITY OF CERTAIN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES TO CARRY FIREARMS SEC. 406. The Act of June 28, 1955 (22 U.S.C. 2666) is amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "That, under such regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe, security officers of the Department of State and the Foreign Service who have been designated by the Secretary of State and who have qualified for the use of firearms, are authorized to carry firearms for the purpose of protecting heads of foreign states, official representatives of foreign governments, and other distinguished visitors to the United States, the Secretary of State, the Deputy Secretary of State, official representatives of the United States Government, and members of the immediate families of any such persons, both in the United States and abroad. The Secretary shall transmit such regulations to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate not more than twenty days before the date on which such regulations take effect.". UNITED NATIONS COOPERATION REGARDING MEMBERS OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES MISSING IN ACTION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA SEC. 503.2 The President shall direct the United States Ambassador to the United Nations to insist that the United Nations take all necessary and appropriate steps to obtain an accounting of members of the United States Armed Forces and United States civilians missing in action in Southeast Asia. 2 Sec. 505(a)(5) of Public Law 97-241 (96 Stat. 299) repealed subsec. (b) of this section which had required a report from the President on actions taken by the United Nations to account for U.S. servicemen and civilians missing in action in Southeast Asia. The President submitted this report on June 1, 1976. m. State Department/USIA Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1975 Partial text of Public Law 93-475 [S. 3473], 88 Stat. 1439, approved October 26, 1974; as amended by Public Law 97-241 [Department of State Authorization, Fiscal Years 1982 and 1983; S. 1193], 96 Stat. 273 at 299, approved August 24, 1982 AN ACT To authorize appropriations for the Department of State and the United States Information Agency, 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 "State Department/USIA Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1975". REPEAL OF THE FORMOSA RESOLUTION SEC. 3. The joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution authorizing the President to employ the Armed Forces of the United States for protecting the security of Formosa, the Pescadores and related possessions and territories of that area", approved January 29, 1955 (69 Stat. 7, Public Law 84-4), and known as the Formosa Resolution, is repealed. LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS SEC. 8. There are authorized to be appropriated funds for payment prior to January 1, 1975, of United States expenses of membership in the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, the International Civil Aviation Organization, and the World Health Organization notwithstanding that such payments are in excess of 25 percent of the total annual assessment of such organizations. INTERNATIONAL MATERIALS SEC. 14. It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State should, and he is authorized to, establish within the Department of State a bureau which shall be responsible for continuously reviewing (1) the supply, demand, and price, throughout the world, of basic raw and processed materials (including agricultural commodities), and (2) the effect of United States Government programs and policies (including tax policy) in creating or alleviating, or assisting in creating or alleviating, shortages of such materials. In conduct ing such review, the bureau should obtain information with respect to (A) the supply, demand, and price of each such material in each major importing, exporting, and producing country and region of the world in order to understand long-term and short-term trends in the supply, demand, and price of such materials; (B) projected imports and exports of such materials on a country-by-country basis; (C) unusual patterns or changes in connection with the purchase or sale of such materials; (D) a list of such materials in short supply and an estimate of the amount of shortage; (E) international geological, geophysical, and political conditions which may affect the supply of such materials; and (F) other matters that the Secretary considers appropriate in carrying out this section. FUTURE OF UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE TO SOUTH VIETNAM; REDUCTION OF CERTAIN PERSONNEL ABROAD 1 Sec. 15, which had expressed the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State should prepare a plan to reduce aid to South Vietnam, that the number of executive branch personnel (except members of certain agencies) located overseas should be reduced, and that the number of Defense Department officials assigned to military aid missions abroad should be reduced, was repealed by sec. 505(a)(6) of Public Law 97-241 (96 Stat. 299). Pursuant to sec. 15, the Secretary of State submitted a report on April 28, 1975, describing steps taken to carry out these provi n. Department of State Appropriations Authorization Act of 1973 Partial text of Public Law 93-126 [H.R. 7645], 87 Stat. 451, approved October 18, 1973; as amended by Public Law 93-312 [Department of State Appropriations Authorization Act of 1973, H.R. 12466], 88 Stat. 237, approved June 8, 1974; Public Law 93-475 [State Department Authorization, Fiscal Year 1975; S. 3473], 88 Stat. 1439 approved October 26, 1974; Public Law 95-426 [Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1979; H.R. 12598], 92 Stat. 963 at 969, 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 99-93 [Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987; H.R. 2068], 99 Stat. 405, approved August 16, 1985 AN ACT To authorize appropriations for the Department of State, 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 "Department of State Appropriations Authorization Act of 1973". SEC. 6.1 AMBASSADORS AND MINISTERS [Repealed-1981] BUREAU OF OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS SEC. 9. (a) There is established within the Department of State a Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs. In addition to the positions provided under the first section of the Act of May 26, 1949, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2652), there shall be an Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall be the head of the Bureau and who shall have responsibility for matters relating to oceans, environmental, scientific, fisheries, wildlife, and conservation affairs. (b) 2 Section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: "(99) Assistant Secretary for Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State.". 1 Sec. 6, as amended by Public Law 93-475, was repealed by sec. 2205(5) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-465; 94 Stat. 2160). Sec. 6 had required the submission of a report to Congress detailing the political campaign contributions made by ambassadors and ministers (and their families) nominated by the President. This requirement now applies to all individuals nominated to be chiefs of mission, ambassadors at large, and ministers, and can be found at sec. 304(bx2) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980; see page 392. 2 Subsecs. (b) and (c) were added by Public Law 93-312 (88 Stat. 238; approved June 8, 1974). |