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the Government for the performance of work for which this appropriation is made.

International Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, the completion of such remaining work as may be required under the award of the Alaskan Boundary Tribunal 14 and the existing treaties between the United States and Great Britain; commutation of subsistence to employees while on field duty, not to exceed $8 per day each (but not to exceed $5 per day each when a member of a field party and subsisting in camp); hire of freight and passenger motor vehicles from temporary field employees; and payment for timber necessarily cut in keeping the boundary line clear.

INTERNATIONAL FISHERIES COMMISSIONS

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to enable the United States to meet its obligations in connection with participation in international fisheries commissions pursuant to treaties or conventions, and implementing Acts of Congress, $1,910,000: Provided, That the United States share of such expenses may be advanced to the respective commissions.

EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE ACTIVITIES

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, to enable the Department of State to carry out international educational exchange activities, as authorized by the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1431-1479), and the Act of August 9, 1939 (22 U.S.C. 501), and to administer the programs authorized by section 32 (b) (2) of the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 1641 (b)), the Act of August 24, 1949 (20 U.S.C. 222-224), and the Act of September 29, 1950 (20 Ú.S.C. 225), including salaries, expenses, and allowances of personnel and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 801-1158); hire of passenger motor vehicles; entertainment within the United States (not to exceed $1,000); services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); and advance of funds notwithstanding section 3648 of the Revised Statutes, as amended; 15 $27,000,000, of which not less than $6,000,000 shall be used to purchase foreign currencies or credits owed to or owned by the Treasury of the United States: Provided, That not to exceed $1,710,000 may be used for administrative expenses during the current fiscal year.

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE ACTIVITIES (SPECIAL FOREIGN

CURRENCY PROGRAM)

For purchase of foreign currencies which accrue under title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1704), for the purposes authorized by sections 104 (h), 104 (j), 104 (k), 104 (o), and 104(p) of the Agricultural Trade

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Development and Assistance Act, as amended, to remain available until expended, $7,400,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be used for the purchase of currencies available in the Treasury for the purposes of section 104(f) of such Act unless such currencies are excess to the normal requirements of the United States.

RAMA ROAD, NICARAGUA

For an additional amount for necessary expenses for the survey and construction of the Rama Road, Nicaragua, in accordance with the provisions of title 23, United States Code, section 213, and the Act of September 2, 1958 (72 Stat. 1709), $1,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That transfer of funds may be made from this appropriation to the Department of Commerce for the performance of work for which the appropriation is made.

GENERAL PROVISIONS DEPARTMENT OF STATE

SEC. 102. Appropriations under this title for "Salaries and expenses", "International conferences and contingencies", and "Missions to international organizations" are available for reimbursement of the General Services Administration for security guard services for protection of confidential files.

SEC. 103. No part of any appropriation contained in this title shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any person assigned to or serving in any office of any of the several States of the United States or any political subdivision thereof.

SEC. 104. None of the funds appropriated in this title shall be used (1) to pay the United States contribution to any international organization which engages in the direct or indirect promotion of the principle or doctrine of one world government or one world citizenship; (2) for the promotion, direct or indirect, of the principle or doctrine of one world government or one world citizenship.

SEC. 105. It is the sense of the Congress that the Communist Chinese Government should not be admitted to membership in the United Nations as the representative of China.

This title may be cited as the "Department of State Appropriation Act, 1962".

667. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE FOR FISCAL YEAR 1962: Public Law 87-332, Approved September 30, 1961 (Excerpts)16

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

16 H.R. 9169, 87th Cong.; 75 Stat. 733, 745–746. See S. Doc. 217, 87th Cong., Aug. 8, 1961; Supplemental Appropriation Bill, 1962: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, U.S. House of Representatives, 87th Congress, 1st Session; H. Rept. 1175, 87th Cong., Sept. 12, 1961; Supplemental Appropriation Bill for 1962: Hearings Before the Committee on Appropriations, U.S. Senate, 87th Congress, 1st Session, on H.R. 9169; S. Rept. 1111, 87th Cong., Sept. 22, 1961; and H. Rept. 1272, 87th Cong., Sept. 27, 1961 (the conference report).

sums are appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to supply supplemental appropriations (this Act may be cited as the "Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1962") for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1962, and for other purposes, namely:

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For an additional amount for "Salaries and expenses", $1,950,000.

ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT ACTIVITIES

For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided for, for arms control and disarmament activities, as authorized by law, $1,000,000: Provided, That this paragraph shall be effective only upon the enactment into law of S. 2180 or H.R. 9118, Eighty-seventh Congress," or similar legislation.

INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND CONFERENCES

MISSIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

For an additional amount for "Missions to international organizations", $15,000.

UNITED STATES CITIZENS COMMISSION ON NATO

Not to exceed $100,000 of the amount appropriated under this head in the Second Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1961,18 shall remain available until June 30, 1962.

EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE

CENTER FOR CULTURAL AND TECHNICAL INTERCHANGE BETWEEN EAST

AND WEST

To enable the Secretary of State to provide for carrying out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960,19 by grant to any appropriate agency of the State of Hawaii, $3,300,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be used to pay the salary, or to enter into any contract providing for the payment thereof, to any individual in excess of $20,000 per annum.

PRESERVATION OF ANCIENT NUBIAN MONUMENTS

(SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM)

For purchase of Egyptian pounds which accrue under title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1704), for the purposes authorized by section 104 (k) of that Act, $4,000,000.

17 Ante, doc. 550.

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OTHER

PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION BUILDING SITE

For an additional amount for necessary expenses of carrying out the provisions of the Act of March 28, 1960 (Public Law 86-395),20 authorizing the acquisition of land for conveyance, without consideration, to the Pan American Health Organization for use as a headquarters site, $217,150, to be transferred to the General Services Administration.

C. Contributions to International Organizations

668. UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS FOR THE PERIOD JULY 1, 1960, TO JUNE 30, 1961: Tenth Annual Report to Congress by the Secretary of State Pursuant to Public Law 806, 81st Congress, Transmitted June 25, 1962 (Excerpt)1

INTRODUCTION

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Public Law 806, 81st Congress, 2d session, provides that the Secretary of State shall report annually on the extent and disposition of financial contributions by the United States to international organizations.

This, the 10th report to the Congress, covers fiscal year 1961 U.S. contributions to multilateral organizations and programs. Contributions to bilateral organizations are not included. Although the text of this report includes a short description of the Inter-American Development Bank, International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, International Monetary Fund, International Finance Corporation, and International Development Association, no amounts are included in the tabular presentations because these agencies are financed by capital subscriptions from member governments and income from operations rather than by annual contributions.

Essentially there are two kinds of contributions provided by the United States. "Assessed" contributions, which go to finance the regular expenses of those organizations in which this Government par

20 74 Stat. 9.

1H. Doc. 460, 87th Cong., June 26, 1962, pp. 1-7.

"Act of Sept. 21, 1960; 64 Stat. 902.

ticipates by virtue of a treaty, convention, special act of Congress, or executive agreement, and "voluntary" contributions which this Government makes in its own interest to special programs for economic development, scientific cooperation, refugee relief, and other humanitarian purposes. In a number of cases, such as the United Nations peace and security operations in the Middle East and in the Congo, a combination of assessed and voluntary contributions have been made.

The United Nations and the other organizations and programs to which the United States contributes carry out activities which support one or both of two basic aims of U.S. foreign policy: First, the promotion of peace and security; second, the promotion of economic and social growth, which may well be one of the best ways to achieve peace and security in the long run.

The concept of multilateral cooperation and action has been actively supported by the United States as one of several means of achieving a better world in which to live. Some, but not all, of these international programs are similar in character to activities which we also help finance bilaterally. In any given case, one may be more feasible or desirable than the other, or a combination of both may be more effective. These international organizations, most of which were established after World War II, are emerging from their infancy and are gradually gaining the capability to handle international tasks of greater dimensions. Their capacity to act benefits both the United States and the rest of the world.

In fiscal year 1961, the United States contributed a total of $261,286,379 to 73 organizations and programs. (In 1946, the amount was $10.5 million and the number was 41.) The 1961 amount is substantial; but at the same time it represents only three-tenths of 1 percent of our national budget; five one-hundredths of 1 percent of our national product; and amounts to a per capita outlay of $1.43. The proportion of the total which the United States provides is sizable because we are both a wealthy and a generous country. Nevertheless, over the years the U.S. percentage share has declined in many instances. For example, in 1946, our United Nations assessment was 39.89 percent. In 1962, it is 32.02 percent. Even in the case of voluntary contributions there has been a downward trend in the percentage provided by the United States as our contributions have the effect of "seed money" and stimulate other countries to contribute to help themselves. For example, in 1947, we contributed to the United Nations Children's Fund about 72 percent and other countries about 28 percent. Currently the ratio is 46 percent to 54 percent. The U.S. contributions to the Expanded Technical Assistance Program have gone down from a high of almost 61 percent to 40 percent, and these funds are contributed on a matching basis. The World Health Organization's Malaria Eradication Program, an initiative of the United States, is being phased from a special voluntary program into the World Health Organization's regular budget. This transfer,

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