rate equal to the daily equivalent of the rate for GS-16 of the General Schedule. Sec. 7. Establishment of Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee. There is established the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee (the "Interagency Committee"). The National Science Foundation shall serve as lead agency on the Interagency Committee and shall be responsible for implementing Arctic research policy. Sec. 8. Membership of the Interagency Committee. The Interagency Committee shall be composed of representatives of the following Federal agencies or their designees: (a) National Science Foundation; (b) Department of Commerce; (g) Department of Transportation; (h) Department of Health and Human Services; (k) Office of Science and Technology Policy; and (1) any other Executive agency that the Director of the National Science Foundation shall deem appropriate. The Director of the National Science Foundation or his designee shall serve as Chairperson of the Interagency Committee. Sec. 9. Functions of the Interagency Committee. (a) The Interagency Committee shall: (1) survey Arctic research conducted by Federal, State, and local agencies, universities, and other public and private institutions to help determine priorities for future Arctic research, including natural resources and materials, physical and biological sciences, and social and behavioral sciences; (2) work with the Commission to develop and establish an integrated national Arctic research policy that will guide Federal agencies in developing and implementing their research programs in the Arctic; issio (3) consult with the Commission on: (a) the development of the national Arctic research policy and the 5-year plan implementing the policy; (b) Arctic research programs of Federal agencies; (c) recommendations of the Commission on future Arctic research; and (d) guidelines for Federal agencies for awarding and administering Arctic research grants; (4) develop a 5-year plan to implement the national policy, as provided in section 109 of the Act; (5) provide the necessary coordination, data, and assistance for the preparation of a single integrated, coherent, and multiagency budget request for Arctic research, as provided in section 110 of the Act; (6) facilitate cooperation between the Federal government and State and local governments in Arctic research, and rec (7) coordinate and promote cooperative Arctic scientific research programs with other nations, subject to the foreign policy guidance of the Secretary of State; (8) cooperate with the Governor of the State of Alaska in fulfilling its responsibilities under the Act; and (9) promote Federal interagency coordination of all Arctic research activities, including: (a) logistical planning and coordination; and (b) the sharing of data and information associated with Arctic research, subject to section 552 of title 5, United States Code. (b) Not later than January 31, 1986, and biennially thereafter, the Interagency Committee shall submit to the Congress through the President a report concerning: (1) its activities and accomplishments since its last report; and (2) the activities of the Commission, detailing with particularity the recommendations of the Commission with respect to Federal activities in Arctic research. Sec. 10. Public Participation. The Interagency Committee will provide public notice of its meetings and an opportunity for the public to participate in the development and implementation of national Arctic research policy. Sec. 11. Administration of Interagency Committee. Each agency represented on the Committee shall, to the extent permitted by law and subject to the availability of funds, provide the Committee with such administrative services, facilities, staff, and other support services as may be necessary for effective performances of its functions. N. OTHER LEGISLATION CONTENTS 1. Provisions of Law Relating to Travel Outside the United States b. Local Currency Availability (Public Law 83-665) c. Availability of Funds for Field Examination of Estimates (Public 2. Legislation Authorizing U.S. Participation in Parliamentary Conferences. (1) Participation Authorization (Public Law 74-170) (2) Designation of Senate Delegates to Conferences of the Inter- b. Requirements Relating to Funds for International Organizations and c. United States-Europe Interparliamentary Groups-Appropriation d. British-American Interparliamentary Group; Participation in Con- Page 679 679 681 684 685 685 685 688 689 690 691 e. Mexico United States Interparliamentary Group (Public Law 86- 694 f. Canada-United States Interparliamentary Group (Public Law 86- 696 g. United States Group of the North Atlantic Assembly (Public Law 698 3. International Claims Settlement Acts 701 a. International Claims Settlement Act of 1949, as amended (Public 701 b. Iran Claims Settlement (Public Law 99-93) (partial text) 751 c. Czechoslovakian Claims Settlement Act of 1981 (Public Law 97- 754 d. Micronesian Claims Act of 1971, as amended (Public Law 92-39) 761 (1) Trust Territory Economic Development Loan Fund, as 767 (2) Civil Government for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Is- 769 (3) Interior Appropriations for Trust Territory of the Pacific Is- 773 e. Ryukyu Claims Settlement Act (Public Law 89-296) 4. Compacts of Free Association Act and Related Legislation 775 777 a. Compact of Free Association Act of 1985 (Public Law 99–239) 777 854 c. Omnibus Insular Areas Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-247) (partial 859 d. Interior Appropriations for the Compact of Free Association-Palau e. Approval of Agreement Between U.S. and Marshall Islands, and 886 863 f. Approval of Compact of Free Association: United States-Palau g. Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana h. Relations with the Northern Mariana Islands (Executive Order i. Management of the Compact of Free Association with the Marshall j. Placing Into Full Force and Effect the Covenant with the Northern k. Placing Into Full Force and Effect the Compact of Free Association 5. Registration of Foreign Agents ..... 864 901 921 922 926 929 931 a. The Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, as amended (Public 931 b. U.S. Public Officials and Employees Acting as Agents of Foreign 946 c. Agents of Foreign Governments (18 U.S.C. 951) 948 6. Neutrality Act and Related Material a. Neutrality Act of 1939, as amended (Public Resolution 76–54) c. Expedition Against Friendly Nation-Arming Vessel Against Friend- d. Strengthening Armed Vessel of Foreign Nation (18 U.S.C. 961) 7. National Security Council (Public Law 80-253) (partial text) 8. Logan Act-Private Correspondence With Foreign Governments (Public 9. Resolution Establishing a Select Committee on Intelligence (S. Res. 400) 12. Inspector General Act of 1978, as amended (Public Law 95-452) 993 1049 14. National Security Emergency Preparedness Responsibilities (Executive Order 12656) (partial text) 1024 15. United States Government Opposition to the Practice of Torture (Public Law 98-447) 1035 16. Commission on the Ukraine Famine Act (Public Law 99-180) (partial text) 1037 17. Department of Transportation Appropriations, 1996-Miscellaneous Provisions (Public Law 104–50) (partial text) 1041 18. Proclamations 1043 a. Captive Nations Week (Public Law 86-90) 1043 b. Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month (Public Law 102-450) 1045 1046 d. Making Public Nazi War Crimes Records Sense of the Congress 1047 1. Provisions of Law Relating to Travel Outside the United States a. Reporting Requirements for House Interparliamentary Groups Partial text of Public Law 86-628 [Legislative Branch Appropriation Act of 1961; H.R. 12232], 74 Stat. 446, approved July 12, 1960; as amended by Public Law 90-137 [S. 1872], 81 Stat. 445 at 463, approved November 19, 1967; Public Law 94-59 [H.R. 6950], 89 Stat. 269, approved July 25, 1975; Public Law 103-437 [U.S.C. Technical Amendments; H.R. 4777], 108 Stat. 4581, approved November 2, 1994; and by Public Law 104-186 [House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act; H.R. 2739], 110 Stat. 1718, approved August 20, 1996 AN ACT Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1961, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1961, and for other purposes, namely: Sec. 105.1 * * * * * (b) Each chairman or senior member of the House of Representatives and Senate group or delegation of the United States group or delegation to the Interparliamentary Union, the North Atlantic Assembly, the Canada-United States Interparliamentary Group, the Mexico-United States Interparliamentary Group, or any similar interparliamentary group of which the United States is a member or participates, by whom or on whose behalf local currencies owned by the United States are made available and expended and/or expenditures are made from funds appropriated for the expenses of such group or delegation, shall file with the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate in the case of the group or delegation of the Senate, or with the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs 2 of the House of Representatives in the case of the group or delegation of the House, an itemized report showing all such expenditures made by or on behalf of each Member or employee of the group or delegation together with the purposes of the expenditure, including per diem (lodging and meals), transportation, and for other purposes. Within sixty days after the beginning of each regular session of Congress, the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations and the chairman of the Committee on 122 U.S.C. 276c-1. Sec. 105 was amended and restated by sec. 1104 of Public Law 94-59. 2 Sec. 9(a)(2) of Public Law 103-437 (108 Stat. 4588) struck out "International Relations" and inserted in lieu thereof "Foreign Affairs". Sec. 1(a)(5) of Public Law 104-14 (109 Stat. 186) provided that references to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives shall be treated as referring to the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives. |