I
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1562
To consolidate the foreign affairs agencies of the United States in order
to achieve greater efficiency and economy in the post-Cold War era.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 3, 1995
Mr. GILMAN introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on International Relations
A BILL
To consolidate the foreign affairs agencies of the United
States in order to achieve greater efficiency and economy
in the post-Cold War era.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
DIVISION A—CONSOLIDATION
OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AGENCIES
TITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE.
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Affairs
Agencies Consolidation Act of 1995’’.
SEC. 102. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
DIVISION A—CONSOLIDATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
AGENCIES
TITLE I—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 101. Short title.
Sec. 102. Table of contents.
Sec. 103. Congressional findings.
Sec. 104. Purposes.
Sec. 105. Definitions.
TITLE II—UNITED STATES ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT
AGENCY
CHAPTER 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 201. Effective date.
Sec. 202. References in title.
CHAPTER 2—ABOLITION
OF UNITED STATES ARMS CONTROL
AND DISAR-
MAMENT
AGENCY
AND
TRANSFER
OF
FUNCTIONS
TO
SECRETARY
OF
STATE
Sec. 211. Abolition of United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
Sec. 212. Transfer of functions to Secretary of State.
CHAPTER 3—REORGANIZATION OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO
FUNCTIONS TRANSFERRED UNDER THIS TITLE
Sec. 221. Reorganization plan.
Sec. 222. Principal officers.
CHAPTER 4—CONFORMING AMENDMENTS
Sec. 241. References.
Sec. 242. Repeal of establishment of agency.
Sec. 243. Repeal of positions and offices.
Sec. 244. Transfer of authorities and functions under the Arms Control and
Disarmament Act to the Secretary of State.
Sec. 245. Conforming amendments to other provisions of law.
TITLE III—UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY
CHAPTER 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 301. Effective date.
CHAPTER 2—ABOLITION OF UNITED STATES INFORMATION AGENCY AND
TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS TO SECRETARY OF STATE
Sec. 311. Abolition of United States Information Agency.
Sec. 312. Transfer of functions to Secretary of State.
CHAPTER 3—REORGANIZATION OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO
FUNCTIONS TRANSFERRED UNDER THIS TITLE
Sec. 321. Reorganization plan.
Sec. 322. Principal officers.
CHAPTER 4—CONFORMING AMENDMENTS
Sec. 341. References.
Sec. 342. Abolition of Office of Inspector General of the United States Infor-
mation Agency and transfer of functions to Office of Inspector
General of the Department of State.
Sec. 343. Amendments to title 5.
Sec. 344. Amendments to United States Information and Educational Ex-
change Act of 1948.
Sec. 345. Amendments to the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act
of 1961 (Fulbright-Hays Act).
Sec. 346. International broadcasting activities.
Sec. 347. Television broadcasting to Cuba.
Sec. 348. Radio broadcasting to Cuba.
Sec. 349. National Endowment for Democracy.
Sec. 350. United States scholarship program for developing countries.
Sec. 351. Fascell Fellowship Board.
Sec. 352. National Security Education Board.
Sec. 353. Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange between North and
South.
Sec. 354. East-West Center.
Sec. 355. Mission of the Department of State.
Sec. 356. Consolidation of administrative services.
Sec. 357. Grants.
Sec. 358. Ban on domestic activities.
Sec. 359. Conforming repeal to the Arms Control and Disarmament Act.
Sec. 360. Repeal relating to procurement of legal services.
Sec. 361. Repeal relating to payment of subsistence expenses.
Sec. 362. Conforming amendment to the Seed Act.
Sec. 363. International Cultural and Trade Center Commission.
Sec. 364. Foreign Service Act of 1980.
Sec. 365. Au pair programs.
Sec. 366. Exchange program with countries in transition from totalitarianism
to democracy.
Sec. 367. Edmund S. Muskie Fellowship program.
Sec. 368. Implementation of convention on cultural property.
Sec. 369. Mike Mansfield Fellowships.
TITLE IV—AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
CHAPTER 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 401. Effective date.
Sec. 402. References in title.
CHAPTER 2—ABOLITION OF THE AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT AND TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS TO SECRETARY OF STATE
Sec. 411. Abolition of Agency for International Development and the Inter-
national Development Cooperation Agency.
Sec. 412. Transfer of functions to Secretary of State.
CHAPTER 3—REORGANIZATION OF DEPARTMENT OF STATE RELATING TO
FUNCTIONS TRANSFERRED UNDER THIS TITLE
Sec. 421. Reorganization plan.
Sec. 422. Principal officers.
Sec. 423. International Development Foundation.
CHAPTER 4—CONFORMING AMENDMENTS
Sec. 441. References.
Sec. 442. Abolition of Office of Inspector General of the Agency for Inter-
national Development and transfer of functions to Office of In-
spector General of the Department of State.
Sec. 443. Abolition of Chief Financial Officer of the Agency For International
Development and transfer of functions to Chief Financial Offi-
cer Department of State.
Sec. 444. Amendments to title 5, United States Code.
Sec. 445. Public Law 480 program.
TITLE V—TRANSITION
Sec. 501. Reorganization authority.
Sec. 502. Transfer and allocation of appropriations and personnel.
Sec. 503. Incidental transfers.
Sec. 504. Effect on personnel.
Sec. 505. Voluntary separation incentives.
Sec. 506. Savings provisions.
Sec. 507. Property and facilities.
Sec. 508. Authority of Secretary to facilitate transition.
Sec. 509. Recommendations for additional conforming amendments.
Sec. 510. Final report.
Sec. 511. Severability.
SEC. 103. CONGRESSIONAL FINDINGS.
The Congress makes the following findings:
(1) With the end of the Cold War, the inter-
national challenges facing the United States have
changed, but the fundamental national interests of
the United States have not. The security, economic,
and humanitarian interests of the United States re-
quire continued American engagement in inter-
national affairs. The leading role of the United
States in world affairs will be as important in the
twenty-first century as it has been in the twentieth.
(2) The United States budget deficit requires
that the foreign as well as the domestic programs
and activities of the United States be carefully re-
viewed for potential savings. Wherever possible, for-
eign programs and activities must be streamlined,
managed more efficiently, and adapted to the re-
quirements of the post-Cold War era.
(3) In order to downsize the foreign programs
and activities of the United States without jeopardiz-
ing United States interests, strong and effective
leadership will be required. As the official principally
responsible for the conduct of foreign policy, the
Secretary of State must have the authority to allo-
cate efficiently the resources within the international
affairs budget. As a first step in the downsizing
process, the proliferation of foreign affairs agencies
that occurred during the Cold War must be re-
versed, and the functions of these agencies must be
restored to the Secretary of State.
(4) A streamlined and reorganized foreign af-
fairs structure under the strengthened leadership of
the Secretary of State can more effectively promote
the international interests of the United States in
the next century than the existing structure.
SEC. 104. PURPOSES.
The purposes of this division are—
(1) to consolidate and reinvent foreign affairs
agencies of the United States within the Department
of State;
(2) to provide for the reorganization of the De-
partment of State to maximize the efficient use of
resources, eliminate redundancy in functions, effect
budget savings, and improve the management of the
State Department;
(3) to strengthen—
(A) the coordination of United States for-
eign policy; and
(B) the leading role of the Secretary of
State in the formulation and articulation of
United States foreign policy; and
(4) to abolish, not later than March 1, 1997,
the United States Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency, the United States Information Agency, the
International Development Cooperation Agency, and
the Agency for International Development.
SEC. 105. DEFINITIONS.
The following terms have the following meaning for
the purposes of this division:
(1) The term ‘‘AID’’ means the Agency for
International Development.
(2) The term ‘‘ACDA’’ means the United
States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
(3) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com-
mittees’’ means the Committee on International Re-
lations of the House of Representatives and the
Committee of Foreign Relations of the Senate.
(4) The term ‘‘Department’’ means the Depart-
ment of State.
(5) The term ‘‘Federal agency’’ has the mean-
ing given to the term ‘‘agency’’ by section 551(1) of
title 5, United States Code.
(6) The term ‘‘function’’ means any duty, obli-
gation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privi-
lege, activity, or program.
(7) The term ‘‘office’’ includes any office, ad-
ministration, agency, institute, unit, organizational
entity, or component thereof.
(8) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of State.
(9) The term ‘‘USIA’’ means the United States
Information Agency.
TITLE II—UNITED STATES ARMS
CONTROL 
AND 
DISAR-
MAMENT AGENCY
CHAPTER 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), this title, and the amendments made by this title, shall
take effect—
(1) March 1, 1997; or
(2) on such earlier date as the President shall
determine to be appropriate and announce by notice
published in the Federal Register, which date may
be not earlier than 60 calendar days (excluding any
day on which either House of Congress is not in ses-
sion because of an adjournment sine die) after the
President has submitted a reorganization plan to the
appropriate congressional committees pursuant to
section 221.
(b) REORGANIZATION PLAN.—Section 221 shall take
effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 202. REFERENCES IN TITLE.
Except as specifically provided in this title, whenever
in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a provision, the ref-