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‘‘(7)(A) Subject to the limitations contained in this
paragraph, not later than the end of the 5th fiscal year
after the fiscal year for which funds are appropriated or
otherwise made available for the Salaries and Expenses
account, the Director may transfer any unobligated bal-
ance of such funds to the Buying Power Maintenance ac-
count.
‘‘(B) The balance of the Buying Power Maintenance
account may not exceed $50,000,000 as a result of any
transfer under this paragraph.
‘‘(C) Any transfer pursuant to this paragraph shall
be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 705
and shall be available for obligation or expenditure only
in accordance with the procedures under such section.
‘‘(D) The authorities contained in this section may
only be exercised to such an extent and in such amounts
as specifically provided in advance in appropriation Acts.’’.
SEC. 234. CONTRACT AUTHORITY.
Section 802(b) of the United States Information and
Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 1472(b))
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4)(A) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this
subsection, the United States Information Agency is au-
thorized to enter into contracts for periods not to exceed
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7 years for circuit capacity to distribute radio and tele-
vision programs.
‘‘(B) The authority of this paragraph may be exer-
cised for a fiscal year only to such extent or in such
amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations
Acts.’’.
SEC. 235. APPROPRIATIONS AUTHORITIES.
Subsection (f) of section 701 of the United States In-
formation and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22
U.S.C. 1476(f)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) by striking ‘‘the second’’ and inserting
‘‘either’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘such second’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘such’’; and
(2) by striking paragraph (4).
SEC. 236. TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.
Section 105 of Public Law 87–256 is amended by
striking out subsection (a).
SEC. 237. SEPARATE LEDGER ACCOUNTS FOR NED GRANT-
EES.
Section 504(h)(1) of the National Endowment for
Democracy Act (22 U.S.C. 4413(h)(1)) is amended by
striking ‘‘accounts’’ and inserting ‘‘bank accounts or sepa-
rate self-balancing ledger accounts’’.
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SEC. 238. AMERICAN STUDIES COLLECTIONS.
(a) AUTHORITY.—In order to promote a thorough
understanding of the United States among emerging elites
abroad, the Director of the United States Information
Agency is authorized to establish and support collections
at appropriate university libraries abroad to further the
study of the United States, and to enter into agreements
with such universities for such purposes.
(b) DESIGN
AND
DEVELOPMENT.—Such collec-
tions—
(1) shall be developed in consultation with Unit-
ed States associations and organizations of scholars
in the principal academic disciplines in which Amer-
ican studies are conducted; and
(2) shall be designed primarily to meet the
needs of undergraduate and graduate students of
American studies.
(c) SITE
SELECTION.—In selecting universities
abroad as sites for such collections, the Director shall—
(1) ensure that such universities are able, with-
in a reasonable period of the establishment of such
collections, to assume responsibility for their mainte-
nance in current form;
(2) ensure that undergraduate and graduate
students shall enjoy reasonable access to such collec-
tions; and
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(3) include in any agreement entered into be-
tween the United States Information Agency and a
university abroad, terms embodying a contractual
commitment of such maintenance and access under
this subsection.
(d) FUNDING.—
(1) The Director of the United States Informa-
tion Agency is authorized to establish an endowment
fund (hereafter in this section referred to as the
‘‘fund’’) to carry out the purposes of this section
and to enter into such agreements as may be nec-
essary to carry out the purposes of this section.
(2)(A) The Director shall make deposits to the
fund of amounts appropriated to the fund under sec-
tion 201.
(B) The Director is authorized to accept, use,
and dispose of gifts of donations of services or prop-
erty to carry out this section. Sums of money do-
nated to carry out the purposes of this section shall
be deposited into the fund.
(3) The corpus of the fund shall be invested in
Federally-insured bank savings accounts or com-
parable interest-bearing accounts, certificates of de-
posit, money market funds, obligations of the United
States, or other low-risk instruments and securities.
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(4) The Director may withdraw or expend
amounts from the fund for any expenses necessary
to carry out the purposes of this section.
SEC. 239. SOUTH PACIFIC EXCHANGE PROGRAMS.
(a) AUTHORIZED PROGRAMS.—The Director of the
United States Information Agency is authorized to award
academic scholarships to qualified students from the sov-
ereign nations of the South Pacific region to pursue un-
dergraduate and postgraduate study at institutions of
higher education in the United States; to make grants to
accomplished United States scholars and experts to pursue
research, to teach, or to offer training in such nations;
and to make grants for youth exchanges.
(b) LIMITATION.—Grants awarded to United States
scholars and experts may not exceed 10 percent of the
total funds awarded for any fiscal year for programs under
this section.
SEC. 240. COORDINATION OF UNITED STATES EXCHANGE
PROGRAMS.
Section 112 of the Mutual Educational and Cultural
Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2460) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(f) The President shall ensure that all exchange pro-
grams conducted by the United States Government, its de-
partments and agencies, directly or through agreements
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with other parties, are coordinated through the Bureau
to ensure that such exchanges are consistent with United
States foreign policy and to avoid duplication of effort.
The President shall report annually to the Congress on
such coordination. Such report shall include information
concerning what exchanges are supported by the United
States, the number of exchange participants supported,
the types of exchange activities, and the total amount of
Federal expenditures for such exchanges.’’.
SEC. 241. LIMITATION CONCERNING PARTICIPATION IN
INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITIONS.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Unit-
ed States Information Agency is not authorized to repro-
gram funds in order to obligate or expend any funds for
a United States Government funded pavilion or other
major exhibit at any international exposition or world’s
fair registered by the Bureau of International Expositions
in excess of amounts expressly authorized and appro-
priated for such purpose.
SEC. 242. PRIVATE SECTOR OPPORTUNITIES.
Section 104(e)(4) of the Mutual Educational and
Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2454) is
amended by inserting before the period ‘‘, and of similar
services and opportunities for interchange not supported
by the United States Government’’.
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SEC. 243. EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGES WITH
TIBET.
The Director of the United States Information Agen-
cy shall establish programs of educational and cultural ex-
change between the United States and the people of Tibet.
Such programs shall include opportunities for training
and, as the Director considers appropriate, may include
the assignment of personnel and resources abroad.
SEC. 244. CHANGES IN ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES.
Section 208 of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (22 U.S.C. 1461–1a)
is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The provi-
sions of this section shall not prohibit the United States
Information Agency from responding to inquiries from
members of the public about its operations, policies, or
programs.’’.
PART D—MIKE MANSFIELD FELLOWSHIPS
SEC. 251. SHORT TITLE.
This part may be cited as the ‘‘Mike Mansfield Fel-
lowship Act’’.
SEC. 252. ESTABLISHMENT OF FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—(1) There is hereby estab-
lished the ‘‘Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program’’ pursu-
ant to which the Director of the United States Informa-
tion Agency will make grants, subject to the availability
of appropriations, to the Mansfield Center for Pacific Af-
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fairs to award fellowships to eligible United States citizens
for periods of 2 years each (or, pursuant to section
253(5)(C), for such shorter period of time as the Center
may determine based on a Fellow’s level of proficiency in
the Japanese language or knowledge of the political econ-
omy of Japan) as follows:
(A) During the first year each fellowship recipi-
ent will study the Japanese language as well as Ja-
pan’s political economy.
(B) During the second year each fellowship re-
cipient will serve as a Fellow in a parliamentary of-
fice, ministry, or other agency of the Government of
Japan or, subject to the approval of the Center, a
nongovernmental Japanese institution associated
with the interests of the fellowship recipient, consist-
ent with the purposes of this part.
(2) Fellowships under this part may be known as
‘‘Mansfield Fellowships’’, and individuals awarded such
fellowships may be known as ‘‘Mansfield Fellows’’.
(b) ELIGIBILITY OF CENTER FOR GRANTS.—Grants
may be made to the Center under this section only if the
Center agrees to comply with the requirements of section
253.
(c) INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT.—The Director of
the United States Information Agency should enter into
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negotiations for an agreement with the Government of
Japan for the purpose of placing Mansfield Fellows in the
Government of Japan.
(d) PRIVATE SOURCES.—The Center is authorized to
accept, use, and dispose of gifts or donations of services
or property in carrying out the fellowship program, subject
to the review and approval of the Board described in sec-
tion 255.
SEC. 253. PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.
The program established under this part shall comply
with the following requirements:
(1) United States citizens who are eligible for
fellowships under this part shall be employees of the
Federal Government having at least two years expe-
rience in any branch of the Government, a strong
career interest in United States-Japan relations, and
a demonstrated commitment to further service in the
Federal Government.
(2) Not less than 10 fellowships shall be award-
ed each year.
(3) Mansfield Fellows shall agree—
(A) to maintain satisfactory progress in
language training and appropriate behavior in
Japan, as determined by the Center, as a condi-
tion of continued receipt of Federal funds; and
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(B) to return to the Federal Government
for further employment for a period of at least
2 years following the end of their fellowships,
unless, in the determination of the Center, the
Fellow is unable (for reasons beyond the Fel-
low’s control and after receiving assistance from
the Center as provided in paragraph (8)) to
find reemployment for such period.
(4) During the period of the fellowship, the
Center shall provide each Mansfield Fellow—
(A) a stipend at a rate of pay equal to the
rate of pay that individual was receiving when
he or she entered the program, plus a cost-of-
living adjustment calculated at the same rate of
pay, and for the same period of time, for which
such adjustments were made to the salaries of
individuals occupying competitive positions in
the civil service during the same period as the
fellowship; and
(B) certain allowances and benefits as that
individual would have been entitled to, but for
his or her separation from Government service,
as a United States Government civilian em-
ployee overseas under the Standardized Regula-
tions (Government Civilians, Foreign Areas) of
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the Department of State, as follows: a living
quarters allowance to cover the cost of housing
in Japan, a post allowance to cover the signifi-
cantly higher costs of living in Japan, a tem-
porary quarters subsistence allowance for up to
7 days for Fellows unable to find housing im-
mediately upon arrival in Japan, an education
allowance to assist parents in providing their
children with educational services ordinarily
provided without charge by United States pub-
lic schools, moving expenses of up to $3,000 for
personal belongings of Fellows and their fami-
lies in their move to Japan and up to $500 for
Fellows residing outside the Washington, D.C.
area in moving to the Washington, D.C. area,
and one-round-trip economy-class airline ticket
to Japan for each Fellow and the Fellow’s im-
mediate family.
(5)(A) For the first year of each fellowship, the
Center shall provide Fellows with intensive Japanese
language training in the Washington, D.C., area, as
well as courses in the political economy of Japan.
(B) Such training shall be of the same quality
as training provided to Foreign Service officers be-
fore they are assigned to Japan.
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(C) The Center may waive any or all of the
training required by subparagraph (A) to the extent
that a Fellow has Japanese language skills or knowl-
edge of Japan’s political economy, and the 2 year
fellowship period shall be shortened to the extent
such training is less than one year.
(6) Any Mansfield Fellow not complying with
the requirements of this section shall reimburse the
United States Information Agency for the Federal
funds expended for the Fellow’s participation in the
fellowship, together with interest on such funds (cal-
culated at the prevailing rate), as follows:
(A) Full reimbursement for noncompliance
with paragraph (3)(A) or (9); and
(B) pro rata reimbursement for noncompli-
ance with paragraph (3)(B) for any period the
Fellow is reemployed by the Federal Govern-
ment that is less than the period specified in
paragraph (3)(B), at a rate equal to the
amount the Fellow received during the final
year of the fellowship for the same period of
time, including any allowances and benefits pro-
vided under paragraph (4).
(7) The Center shall select Mansfield Fellows
based solely on merit. The Center shall make posi-
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tive efforts to recruit candidates reflecting the cul-
tural, racial, and ethnic diversity of the United
States.
(8) The Center shall assist any Mansfield Fel-
low in finding employment in the Federal Govern-
ment if such Fellow was not able, at the end of the
fellowship, to be reemployed in the agency from
which he or she separated to become a Fellow.
(9) No Mansfield Fellow may engage in any in-
telligence or intelligence-related activity on behalf of
the United States Government.
(10) The accounts of the Center shall be au-
dited annually in accordance with generally accepted
auditing standards by independent certified public
accountants or independent licensed public account-
ants, certified or licensed by a regulatory authority
of a State or other political subdivision of the United
States. The audit shall be conducted at the place or
places where the accounts of the Center are normally
kept. All books, accounts, financial records, files,
and other papers, things, and property belonging to
or in use by the Center and necessary to facilitate
the audit shall be made available to the person or
persons conducting the audit, and full facilities for
verifying transactions with the balances or securities
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held by depositories, fiscal agents, and custodians
shall be afforded to such person or persons.
(11) The Center shall provide a report of the
audit to the Board no later than six months follow-
ing the close of the fiscal year for which the audit
is made. The report shall set forth the scope of the
audit and include such statements, together with the
independent auditor’s opinion of those statements,
as are necessary to present fairly the Center’s assets
and liabilities, surplus or deficit, with reasonable de-
tail, including a statement of the Center’s income
and expenses during the year, including a schedule
of all contracts and grants requiring payments in ex-
cess of $5,000 and any payments of compensation,
salaries, or fees at a rate in excess of $5,000 per
year. The report shall be produced in sufficient cop-
ies for the public.
SEC. 254. SEPARATION OF GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL DUR-
ING THE FELLOWSHIPS.
(a) SEPARATION.—Under such terms and conditions
as the agency head may direct, any agency of the United
States Government may separate from Government serv-
ice for a specified period any officer or employee of that
agency who accepts a fellowship under the program estab-
lished by this part.
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(b) REEMPLOYMENT.—Any Mansfield Fellow, at the
end of the fellowship, is entitled to be reemployed in the
same manner as if covered by section 3582 of title 5, Unit-
ed States Code.
(c) RIGHTS AND BENEFITS.—Notwithstanding sec-
tion 8347(o), 8713, or 8914 of title 5, United States Code,
and in accordance with regulations of the Office of Person-
nel Management, an employee, while serving as a Mans-
field Fellow, is entitled to the same rights and benefits
as if covered by section 3582 of title 5, United States
Code. The Center shall reimburse the employing agency
for any costs incurred under section 3582 of title 5, Unit-
ed States Code.
(d) COMPLIANCE WITH BUDGET ACT.—Funds are
available under this section to the extent and in the
amounts provided in appropriation Acts.
SEC. 255. MANSFIELD FELLOWSHIP REVIEW BOARD.
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established
the Mansfield Fellowship Review Board.
(b) COMPOSITION.—The Board shall be composed of
11 individuals, as follows:
(1) The Secretary of State, or the Secretary’s
designee.
(2) The Secretary of Defense, or the Sec-
retary’s designee.
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(3) The Secretary of the Treasury, or the Sec-
retary’s designee.
(4) The Secretary of Commerce, or the Sec-
retary’s designee.
(5) The United States Trade Representative, or
the Trade Representative’s designee.
(6) The Chief Justice of the United States, or
the Chief Justice’s designee.
(7) The Majority Leader of the Senate, or the
Majority Leader’s designee.
(8) The Minority Leader of the Senate, or the
Minority Leader’s designee.
(9) The Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives, or the Speaker’s designee.
(10) The Minority Leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives, or the Minority Leader’s designee.
(11) The Director of the United States Infor-
mation Agency, who shall serve as the chairperson of
the Board, or the Director’s designee.
(c) FUNCTIONS.—(1) The Board shall review the ad-
ministration of the program assisted under this part.
(2)(A) Each year at the time of the submission of
the President’s budget request to the Congress, the Board
shall submit to the President and the Congress a report
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completed by the Center with the approval of the Board
on the conduct of the program during the preceding year.
(B) Each such report shall contain—
(i) an analysis of the assistance provided under
the program for the previous fiscal year and the na-
ture of the assistance provided;
(ii) an analysis of the performance of the indi-
viduals who received assistance under the program
during the previous fiscal year, including the degree
to which assistance was terminated under the pro-
gram and the extent to which individual recipients
failed to meet their obligations under the program;
and
(iii) an analysis of the results of the program
for the previous fiscal year, including, at a mini-
mum, the cumulative percentage of individuals who
received assistance under the program who subse-
quently became employees of the United States Gov-
ernment and, in the case of individuals who did not
subsequently become employees of the United States
Government, an analysis of the reasons why they did
not become employees and an explanation as to what
use, if any, was made of the assistance given to
those recipients.
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sibility for the preparation, formulation, and support
for all such negotiations and forums; and
‘‘(2) United States Government representatives
conducting negotiations or acting pursuant to agree-
ments in the fields of arms control and disarmament
shall perform their duties and exercise their powers,
under the direction of the President and Secretary
of State, acting through the Director, as appro-
priate.’’.
SEC. 304. PARTICIPATION OF ACDA DIRECTOR IN CERTAIN
DELIBERATIONS.
The Arms Export Control Act is amended as follows:
(1) Section 38(a)(2) of the Arms Export Con-
trol Act (22 U.S.C. 2778(a)(2)) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(2) Decisions on issuing export licenses under this
section shall be made in coordination with the Director
of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency, taking into account the Director’s assessment as
to whether the export of an article will contribute to an
arms race, aid in the development of weapons of mass de-
struction, support international terrorism, increase the
possibility of outbreak or escalation of conflict, or preju-
dice the development of bilateral or multilateral arms con-
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trol or nonproliferation agreements or other bilateral ar-
rangements.’’.
(2) Section 42(a) of such Act (22 U.S.C.
2791(a)) is amended by striking out all that follows
‘‘(3)’’ in the last sentence and inserting the follow-
ing: ‘‘the assessment of the Director of the United
States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency as to
the extent to which such sale might contribute to an
arms race, aid in the development of weapons of
mass destruction, support international terrorism,
increase the possibility of outbreak or escalation of
conflict, or prejudice the development of bilateral or
multilateral arms control or nonproliferation agree-
ments or other arrangements.’’.
(3) Section 71 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 2797) is
amended—
(A) in subsection (a) by inserting ‘‘, the
Director of the United States Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency,’’ after ‘‘Secretary of De-
fense’’;
(B) in subsection (b)(1) inserting ‘‘and the
Director of the United States Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency’’ after ‘‘Secretary of De-
fense’’; and
(C) in subsection (b)(2)—
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(i) by striking ‘‘and the Secretary of
Commerce’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Secretary
of Commerce, and the Director of the
United States Arms Control and Disar-
mament Agency’’; and
(ii) by striking the comma after ‘‘ap-
plicant’’ and all that follows through ‘‘doc-
uments’’.
SEC. 305. NOTIFICATION TO CONGRESS OF PROPOSED
REPROGRAMMINGS BY ACDA.
Title IV of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 54. REPROGRAMMING OF FUNDS.
‘‘(a) CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION
OF CERTAIN
REPROGRAMMINGS.—Unless the Committee on Foreign
Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Commit-
tee on Foreign Relations of the Senate are notified at least
15 days in advance of the proposed reprogramming, funds
appropriated to carry out this Act (other than funds to
carry out title V) shall not be available for obligation or
expenditure through any reprogramming of funds that—
‘‘(1) would create or eliminate a program,
project, or activity;
‘‘(2) would increase funds or personnel by any
means for any program, project, or activity for
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which funds have been denied or restricted by the
Congress;
‘‘(3) would relocate an office or employees;
‘‘(4) 
would 
reorganize 
offices, 
programs,
projects, or activities;
‘‘(5) would involve contracting out functions
which had been performed by Federal employees; or
‘‘(6) would involve a reprogramming in excess
of $1,000,000 or 10 percent (whichever is less) and
would—
‘‘(A) augment existing programs, projects,
or activities,
‘‘(B) reduce by 10 percent or more the
funding for any existing program, project, activ-
ity, or personnel approved by the Congress, or
‘‘(C) result from any general savings from
a reduction in personnel that would result in a
change in existing programs, activities, or
projects approved by the Congress.
‘‘(b) 
LIMITATION
ON
END-OF-YEAR
REPROGRAMMINGS.—Funds appropriated to carry out
this Act (other than funds to carry out title V) shall not
be available for obligation or expenditure through any
reprogramming described in paragraph (1) during the last
15 days in which such funds are available for obligation
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or expenditure (as the case may be) unless the notification
required by that paragraph was submitted before that 15-
day period.’’.
SEC. 306. REQUIREMENT OF AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.
ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY.—Title
IV of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 55. REQUIREMENT FOR AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.
‘‘(a) LIMITATION
ON OBLIGATION
AND EXPENDI-
TURE OF FUNDS.—Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, for the fiscal year 1994 and for each subsequent
fiscal year, any funds appropriated for the Arms Control
and Disarmament Agency shall not be available for obliga-
tion or expenditure—
‘‘(1) unless such funds are appropriated pursu-
ant to an authorization of appropriations; or
‘‘(2) in excess of the authorized level of appro-
priations.
‘‘(b) SUBSEQUENT AUTHORIZATION.—The limitation
under subsection (a) shall not apply to the extent that an
authorization of appropriations is enacted after such funds
are appropriated.
‘‘(c) APPLICATION.—The provisions of this section—
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‘‘(1) may not be superseded, except by a provi-
sion of law which specifically repeals, modifies, or
supersedes the provisions of this section; and
‘‘(2) shall not apply to, or affect in any manner,
permanent appropriations, trust funds, and other
similar accounts which are authorized by law and
administered by the Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency.’’.
SEC. 307. APPOINTMENT OF PERSONNEL.
Section 41(b) of the Arms Control and Disarmament
Act (22 U.S.C. 2581(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘except
that during the 2-year’’ and inserting ‘‘except that the Di-
rector may, to the extent he or she deems necessary to
the discharge of his or her responsibilities, appoint in the
Excepted Service and fix the compensation of employees
possessing specialized technical expertise notwithstanding
the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing
appointment or compensation of employees of the United
States, provided that, an employee who is appointed under
this provision may not be paid a salary in excess of the
rate payable for positions of equivalent difficulty or re-
sponsibility, and in no event, may be paid at a rate exceed-
ing the maximum rate in effect for level 15 of the General
Schedule, and provided further, that the number of em-
ployees appointed under this provision shall not exceed ten
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percent of the Agency’s Full Time Equivalent (FTE) ceil-
ing.’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 22, 1993.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.
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