of confidential

(not to exceed $20,000); exchange of funds without regard to section 3651 of the Revised Statutes (31 U. S. C. 543); loss by exchange; expenditures (not to exceed $50,000) of a confidential character other than entertain- Expenditures ment provided that a certificate of the amount of each character. such expenditure, the nature of which it is considered inadvisable to specify, shall be made by the Director or Deputy Director of Mutual Security, and every such certificate shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the amount therein specified; insurance of official motor vehicles in foreign countries; acquisition of quarters outside the continental limits of the United States to house employees of the United States Government by rental (without regard to section 322 of the Act of June 30, 47 Stat. 412. 1932, as amended (40 U. S. C. 278a)), lease, purchase, or construction, and necessary repairs and alterations to such quarters; health and accident insurance for foreign trainees and technicians while en route or absent from their own countries participating in activities authorized under the Mutual Security Act of 1951, as amended; actual expenses of preparing and transporting to their former homes in the United States or elsewhere the remains of persons or members of the families of persons who may die while such persons are away from their homes participating in activities under the Mutual Security Act of 1951, as amended; and services of commissioned officers of the Public Health Service and of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and for the purposes of providing such services the Public Health Service may appoint not to exceed 20 officers in the Regular Corps to grades above that of senior assistant, but not above that of director, as otherwise authorized in accordance with section 711 of the Act of July 1, 1944, as amended (42 62 Stat. 47. U. S. C. 211a), and the Coast and Geodetic Survey may appoint for such purposes not to exceed 20 commissioned

expenses.

officers in addition to those otherwise authorized: Pro- Administrative vided, That not to exceed $37,800,000 shall be available for administrative expenses of the departments and agencies concerned with the administration of the programs provided for herein, including not to exceed $186,900 for personal services for those persons in a publicity office of the Mutual Security Agency in the District of Columbia the major part of whose activities is the dissemination of information in the United States and for expenses incident to the dissemination of such information, and no part of such amount shall be used to pay the salary of any civilian employee at a rate greater than that paid by the State Department for comparable work or services in the same area: Provided further, That no part of such funds shall be expended for the purchase of Agricultural products or products produced from Agricultural products not declared to be in short supply, in

Agricultural products.

49 Stat. 774, 7 U. S. C. 612c.

Citation of chapter.

Foreign credits.

the United States by the Secretary of Agriculture, at less than the prevailing market price for such commodity within the United States or if obtained from the Commodity Credit Corporation stocks, at less than the support price of such commodity including handling and storage costs, but nothing in this proviso shall be construed to prevent the operation of export payment programs, other than those financed from funds contained in this chapter, pursuant to section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935 (Public Law 320, Seventy-fourth Congress), as amended, or to prevent the sale at less than the support price, including handling and storage costs, of any commodity from Commodity Credit Corporation stocks which has substantially deteriorated in quality or as to which there is danger of loss or waste through deterioration or spoilage.

This chapter may be cited as the "Mutual Security Appropriation Act, 1953".

CHAPTER XIV-GENERAL PROVISIONS

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SEC. 1415. Foreign credits owed to or owned by the United States Treasury will not be available for expenditure by agencies of the United States after June 30, 1953, except as may be provided for annually in appropriation Acts and provisions for the utilization of such credits for purposes authorized by law are hereby authorized to be included in general appropriation Acts.

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NOTE.-Executive Order 10488 of September 23, 1953, 18 F. R. 5699, authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to issue regulations governing the purchase, custody, transfer or sale of foreign exchange by agencies of the United States. See also sec. 637 of the Dept. of Defense Appropriation Act, 1954, Public Law 179, 83d Congress, 67 Stat. 336, 356.

XIII. SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION ACT,

1954

Partial Text of Public Law 207, 83d Congress, Chapter 340, 1st Session [H. R. 6200], 67 Stat. 418, approved August 7, 1953

CHAPTER VII

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

RELIEF AND REHABILITATION IN KOREA

There are hereby made available out of the funds available to the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 1954 and certified by the Secretary of Defense to be saved as a result of the armistice in Korea, not to exceed $200,000,000 to be available, under such terms and conditions as the President may specify and through such officers or agencies of the United States as he may designate, for relief and rehabilitation in Korea: Provided, That funds made available hereunder shall be used only in such parts of Korea as the President deems to be not under Communist control.

EMERGENCY MIGRATION

For expenses necessary to enable the President, by transfer to such officer or agency of the Government as may be appropriate, to carry out such migration program as may be authorized by law, including transfer of not to exceed sixty-five passenger motor vehicles from the Mutual Security Agency or the Department of State without reimbursement; not to exceed $9,000 for expenses of a confidential nature, to be accounted for solely on the certificate of the officer to whom funds are transferred by the President from this appropriation; and not to exceed $756,000 for the making of loans; $3,000,000: Provided, That this paragraph shall be effective only upon the enactment into law during the first session of the Eighty-third Congress, of either S. 1917 67 Stat. 400. or H. R. 6481.

NOTE.-H. R. 6481 was enacted as the Refugee Relief Act of 1953, Public Law 203, 83d Congress (see p. 154).

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Ryukyu
Islands.

60 Stat. 810.

33 U. S. C. 733 and note; 10 U. S. C. 1339;

CHAPTER X

OCCUPATION PROGRAMS

DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY-CIVIL FUNCTIONS

GOVERNMENT AND RELIEF IN OCCUPIED AREAS

For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to meet the responsibilities and obligations of the United States in connection with the government or occupation of the Ryukyu Islands, including, subject to such authorizations and limitations as may be prescribed by the head of the department or agency concerned, tuition, travel expenses, and fees incident to instruction in the United States or elsewhere of such persons as may be required to carry out the provisions of this appropriation; travel expenses and transportation; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U. S. C. 55a), at rates not in excess of $50 per diem for individuals not to exceed ten in number; translation rights, photographic work, education exhibits, and dissemination of information, including preview and review expenses incident thereto; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; repair and maintenance of buildings, utilities, facilities, and appurtenances; such minimum supplies for the civilian populations of such areas as may be essential to prevent starvation, disease, or unrest, prejudicial to the objectives sought to be accomplished; and such supplies, commodities, and equipment as may be essential to carry out the purposes of this appropriation; $3,100,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for administrative expenses: Provided, That the general provisions of the Appropriation Act for the current fiscal year for the military functions of the Department of the Army shall apply to expenditures made by that Department from this appropriation: Provided further, That expenditures from this appropriation may be made outside continental United States, when necessary to carry out its purposes, without regard to sections 355, 1136, 3648, and 3734, Revised Statutes, as amended, civil serv

31 U. S. C. 529; ice or classification laws, or provisions of law prohibiting

40 U. S. C.

259,267.

41 U. S. C. 5. 62 Stat. 21.

62 Stat. 137.

payment of any person not a citizen of the United States: Provided further, That expenditures from this appropriation may be made, when necessary to carry out its purposes, without regard to section 3709, Revised Statutes, as amended, and the Armed Services Procurement Act of 1947 (41 U. S. C. 151-161): Provided further, That expenditures may be made hereunder for the purposes of economic rehabilitation in such occupied areas in such manner as to be consistent with the general objectives of the Economic Cooperation Act of 1948, as amended, and

1501 note.

and technical

agreements.

61 Stat. 934.

22 U. S. C. Payment of certain transcharges.

1411 note.

in the manner authorized by section 111 (b) (1) thereof: 22. S. C. Provided further, That funds appropriated hereunder Commodities and unexpended at the time of the termination of occupa- services. tion by the United States, of any area for which such funds are made available, may be expended by the President for the procurement of such commodities and technical services, and commodities procured from funds herein or heretofore appropriated for government and relief in occupied areas and not delivered to such an area prior to the time of the termination of occupation, may be utilized by the President, as may be necessary to assist in the maintenance of the political and economic stability of such areas: Provided further, That before any such Bilateral assistance is made available, an agreement shall be entered into between the United States and the recognized government or authority with respect to such area containing such undertakings by such government or authority as the President may determine to be necessary in order to assure the efficient use of such assistance in furtherance of such purposes: Provided further, That such agreement shall, when applicable, include requirements and undertakings corresponding to the requirements and undertakings specified in sections 5, 6, and 7 of the Foreign Aid Act of 1947 (Public Law 389, approved December 17, 1947): Provided further, That funds appropriated hereunder may be used, insofar as practicable, and under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the head of the department or agency concerned to pay ocean transportation charges from United States ports, including territorial ports, to ports in the Ryukyus for the movement of supplies donated to, or purchased by, United States voluntary nonprofit relief agencies registered with and recommended by the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid or of relief packages consigned to individuals residing in such areas: Provided further, That under the rules and regulations to be prescribed, the head of the department or agency concerned shall fix and pay a uniform rate per pound for the ocean transportation of all relief packages of food or other general classification of commodities shipped to the Ryukyus regardless of methods of shipment and higher rates charged by particular agencies of transportation, but this proviso shall not apply to shipments made by individuals to individuals: Provided further, That the President may trans- Transfer of fer to any other department or agency any function or functions provided for under this appropriation, and there shall be transferred to any such department or agency without reimbursement and without regard to the appropriation from which procured, such property as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall determine to relate primarily to any function or functions so transferred.

portation

Relief packages.

functions.