Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations for 1980: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Ninety-sixth Congress, First Session, Volume 1; Volume 122

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Page 770 - VOA news will be accurate, objective, and comprehensive. "(2) VOA will represent America, not any single segment of American society, and will therefore present a balanced and comprehensive projection of significant American thought and institutions.
Page 145 - that the Export-Import Bank of the United States should facilitate through loans, guarantees and insurance (including co-insurance and reinsurance) those export transactions which, in the judgement of the Board of Directors of the Bank, offer sufficient likelihood of repayment to justify the Bank's support in order to actively foster the foreign trade and long-term commercial interest of the United States".
Page 458 - Act to promote world peace and friendship through a Peace Corps, which shall make available to interested countries and areas men and women of the United States qualified for service abroad and willing to serve, under conditions of hardship if necessary, to help the peoples of such countries and areas in meeting their needs for trained manpower, and to help promote a better understanding of the American people...
Page 41 - ... encourage the establishment and growth of democratic institutions, private and governmental, appropriate to the requirements of the individual sovereign nations of this hemisphere.
Page 151 - Improvement, or disposition of any real or personal property belonging to the Bank or in which it has an interest, Including expenses of collections of pledged collateral, or the Investigation or appraisal of any property In respect to which an application for a loan has been made, and (3) expenses (other than internal expenses of the Bank) incurred 1n connection with the issuance and servicing of guarantees, Insurance, and reinsurance, shall be considered as non-administrative expenses for the purposes...
Page 146 - ... imposes more than a nominal tax on emigration or on the visas or other documents required for emigration, for any purpose or cause whatsoever; or (3) imposes more than a nominal tax, levy, fine, fee, or other charge on any citizen as a consequence of the desire of such citizen to emigrate to the country of his choice...
Page 125 - John L. Moore, Jr. President and Chairman Export-Import Bank of the United States before the Subcommittee on Foreign Operations of the House Appropriations Committee Tuesday, April 1, 1980 Mr.
Page 296 - Islands at the end of the transition period; because the immigration clause is objectionable and offensive to the Filipino people; because the powers of the High Commissioner are too indefinite; and finally because the military, naval and other reservations provided for in the said Act are inconsistent with true independence, violate national dignity and are subject to misunderstanding.
Page 326 - Relation of obligations to outlays: 71.00 Obligations Incurred, net 72.40 Obligated balance, start of year 74.40 Obligated balance, end of year...
Page 151 - USC 3109, and not to exceed $24,000 for entertainment allowances for members of the Board of Directors : Provided. That (1) fees or dues to international organizations of credit institutions engaged in financing foreign trade, (2) necessary expenses (including special services performed on a contract or...

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