An Act to amend further the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and for other purposes
PL 90-554 (H.R.15263), enacted 10/08/1968

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PUBLIC LAW 90-554-OCT. 8, 1968 
[82 STAT. 
Public Law 90-554 
October 8, 1968 
A N A C T 
[H.R. 15263] 
To amend further the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and for 
other purposes. 
Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1968. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be 
cited as the "Foreign Assistance Act of 1968". 
P A E T I 
CHAPTER 2—DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE 
TITLE 
I — ^ D E V E L O P M E N T LOAN 
F U N D 
SEC. 101. Title I of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, as amended, which relates to the Development Loan Fund, 
is amended as follows: 
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(a) Section 201 (d), which relates to rates of interest, is amended as 
81 Stat. 447. 
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l O l l O W S : 
(1) Strike out "1967" and substitute "1968". 
(2) Strike out "2i/^ per centum" and substitute "3 per centum". 
8/stat^447*^' 
(^) Section 202(a), which relates to authorization, is amended as 
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f o l l o w s : 
(1) After "year 1967", strike out "and" and substitute a comma. 
(2) After "year 1968," insert "and $350,000,000 for the fiscal year 
1969,". 
(3) Strike out "years ending June 30,1967, through June 30,1968, 
respectively" and substitute "year ending June 30,1969". 
TITLE n—TECHNICAL COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS 
SEC. 102. Title I I of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, as amended, which relates to technical cooperation and 
development grants, is amended as follows: 
80 Stat. 797. 
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^^-j^ research and educational institutions, is amended by inserting "in 
any fiscal year" immediately after "funds made available". 
81 Stat. 449. 
^\y'^ Sectiou 212, which relates to authorization, is amended by 
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striking out "$210,000,000 for the fiscal year 1968" and substituting 
"$200,000,000 for the fiscal year 1969". 
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(^^ Section 214, which relates to American schools and hospitals 
abroad, is amended as follows: 
(1) In subsection (c) strike out "1968, $14,000,000" and substitute 
"1969, $14,600,000". 
(2) In subsection (d) ^rike out "1968, $2,986,000" and substitute 
"1969, $5,100,000". 
TITLE ni—^INVESTMENT GUARANTIES 
SEC. 103. (a) Section 221(b) of title I I I of chapter 2 of part I of 
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the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, which relates to gen-
eral authority for investment guaranties, is amended as follows: 
(1) In the proviso of paragraph (1), strike out "$8,000,000,000" and 
substitute "$8,500,000,000". 
(2) Paragraph (2) is amended as follows: 
(A) In the third proviso, strike out "$475,000,000" and 
"$315,000,000" and substitute "$550,000,000" and "$390,000,000", 
respectively. 
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(B) In the third proviso, strike out "$1,000,000" and substitute 
"$1,250,000". 
(C) In the last proviso, strike out "1970" and substitute 
"1971". 
(b) At the end of section 221, add a new subsection as follows: 
^s stat. 429. 
"(e) (1) No guaranty of a loan or equity investment of an eligible 
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United States investor in a foreign bank, finance company, or other 
credit institution (hereinafter the 'original investment') shall cover 
any loss of a loan or equity investment of such bank, finance company, 
or credit institution; and in no event shall payment be made under 
any such guaranty except for loss of the original investment, and, 
where provided for by such guaranty, earnings or profits actually 
accrued thereon. 
"(2) In the administration of this subsection, the eligible United 
States investor may be deemed to have sustained a loss of the original 
investment only if the foreign bank, finance company, or credit insti-
tution in which the original investment was made becomes or is likely 
to become insolvent due to the occurrence of an event against which 
protection is provided by the guaranty." 
SEC. 104. Section 224(c), which relates to housing projects in Latin 
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American countries, is amended by striking out "$500,000,000" and 
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substituting "$550,000,000". 
TITLE Vr—ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS 
SEC. 105. (a) Section 252(a) of title VI of chapter 2 of part I of the 
76 stat. 258; 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, which relates to authori- l^ sill. 451! 
zation for the Alliance for Progress, is amended as follows: 
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(1) Strike out "1967, $696,500,000, and for the fiscal year 1968, 
$578,000,000, which amounts are" and substitute "1969, $420,000,000, 
which is". 
(2) Strike out "$100,000,000 in each such fiscal year of the funds 
appropriated pursuant to this section for use beginning in each such 
fiscal vear" and substitute "$90,000,000". 
(3) ^Strike out "years ending June 30, 1967, through June 30, 1968, 
respectively" and substitute "year ending June 30,1969". 
(b) Section 252(b), which relates to authorization for the Partners 
of the Alliance, is amended by striking out "1968, $714,000" and sub-
stituting "1969, $350,000". 
TITLE IX—UTILIZATION OF DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS I N 
DEVELOPMENT 
SEC. 106. Section 281 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
amended, is amended as follows: 
so stat. soo; 
(a) At the end of subsection (c), add the following new sentence: 
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"In particular, emphasis should be given to research designed to 
increase understanding of the ways in which development assistance 
can support democratic social and political trends in recipient 
countries." 
(b) At the end of section 281, add the following new subsection: 
"(e) In order to carry out the purposes of this title, the agency i^^^n^^^^"^^""^'"' 
primarily responsible for administering part I of this Act shall develop 
systematic programs of inservice training to familiarize its personnel 
with the objectives of this title and to increase their knowledge of the 
political and social aspects of development. In addition to other funds 
available for such purposes, not to exceed 1 per centum of the funds 
authorized to be appropriated for grant assistance under this chapter 
may be used for carrying out the objectives of this subsection." 
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81 Stat. 453. 
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80 Stat. 801; 
81 Stat. 454. 
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United Nations 
ehildren's Fund. 
Appropriation. 
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75 Stat. 434; 
!1 Stat. 455. 
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TITLE X—PROGRAMS RELATING TO POPULATION GROWTH 
SEC. 107. Section 292 of title X of chapter 2 of part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, is amended by striking out "1968, 
$35,000,000" and substituting "1969, $50,000,000". 
CHAPTER 3—INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS 
SEC. 108. (a) Section 302(a) of chapter 3 of part I of the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, which relates to authorization for 
internaJtional organizations and programs, is amended by striking out 
"1968, $141,000,000" and substituting "1969, $135,000,000". 
(b) Section 302 is further amended by adding at the end thereof the 
following new subsection: 
"(d) There is authorized to be appropriated to the President, for the 
fiscal year 1969, $1,000,000 for contributions to the United Nations 
Children's Fund during the calendar year 1969. Funds made available 
under this subsection shall be in addition to funds available under this 
or any other Act for such contributions and shall not be taken into 
account in computing the aggregate amount of United States contribu-
tions to such fund for the calendar year 1969." 
CHAPTER 4—SUPPORTING ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 109. Section 402 of chapter 4 of part I of the Foreign Assistance 
Act of 1961, as amended, which relates to authorization for supporting 
assistance, is amended by striking out "1968 not to exceed $660,000,000" 
and substituting "1969 not to exceed $410,000,000". 
CHAPITER 5—CONTINGENCY FUND 
SEC. 110. Section 451 (a) of chapter 5 of part I of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, as amended, which relates to the contingency fund, is 
amended by inserting ", and for the fiscal year 1969 not to exceed $10,-
000,000," after "$50,000,000". 
PART I I 
80 Stat. 802; 
81 Stat. 455. 
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Presidential 
determination; 
report to eon-
gress. 
81 Stat. 457. 
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CHAPTER 2—^MILITARY ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 201. Chapter 2 of part I I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
as amended, which relates to military assistance, is amended as follows: 
(a) Section 504(a), which relates to authorization, is amended as 
follows: 
(1) In the first sentence, strike out "$510,000,000" and "1968" 
and substitute "$375,000,000" and "1969", respectively. 
(2) Strike out the second and third sentences. 
(3) In the first sentence, insert the following proviso before 
the period: ": Provided further^ That none of the funds appropri-
ated pursuant to this subsection shall be used to furnish sophisti-
cated weapons systems, such as missile systems and jet aircraft 
for military purposes, to any underdeveloped country, unless the 
President determines that the furnishing of such weapons sys-
tems is important to the national security of the United States and 
reports within thirty days eaoh such determination to the 
Congress". 
(b) Section 506 (a), which relates to special authority, is amended by 
striking out "1968" each place it appears and substituting "1969". 
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(c) (1) Section 507(a), which relates to restrictions on military aid g/ltlt^^^s?'*' 
to Latin America, is amended by striking out "$55,000,000, of which 
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$25,000,000" and substituting "$25,000,000, of which any part". 
(2) Such section 507 is further amended by adding at the end there-
of the following new subsection: 
"(d) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this section, not ubHcs'^'as-^* 
to exceed $10,000,000 of the funds made available for use under this sistance. 
part may be used to furnish assistance to the American Republics, Appropriation. 
directly or through regional defense arrangements, to enable such Re-
publics to strengthen patrol activities in their coastal waters for the 
purpose of preventing landings on their shores, by Communist or other 
subversive elements originating in Cuba, w^hich threaten the security 
of such Republics and of their duly constituted governments." 
(d) Section 508, which relates to restrictions on military aid to 8/813^457'*'*' 
Africa, is amended as follows: 
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(1) In the first sentence, strike out "or sales". 
(2) In the second sentence, strike out "and sales" and strike out 
"$40,000,000" and substitute "$25,000,000". 
PART I I I 
CHAPTER 1—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. Chapter 1 of part I I I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, as amended, which relates to general provisions, is amended as 
follows: 
(a) Section 604, which relates to procurement of commodities, is go^ltat^go"*'^' 
amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
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"(f) No funds authorized to be made available to carry out part I 
of this Act shall be used under any commodity import program to 
make any payment to a supplier unless the supplier has certified to the 
agency primarily responsible for administering such part I, such infor-
mation as such agency shall by regulation prescribe, including but 
not limited to, a description of the commodity supplied by him and its 
condition, and, on the basis of such information such agency shall 
have approved such commodity as eligible and suitable for financing 
under this Act." 
(b) Section 607, w^hich relates to the furnishing of services and com- ^^ sta^ 44i_ 
modities, is amended by inserting " ( a ) " immediately before "When-
ever" and by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: 
" (b) No Government-owned excess property shall be made available 
under this section, section 608, or otherwise in furtherance of the pur- 
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poses of part I of this Act, unless, before the shipment of such property 
for use in a specified country (or transfer, if the property is already in 
such country), the agency administering such part I has approved such 
shipment (or transfer) and made a written determination— 
"(1) that there is a need for such property in the quantity 
requested and that such property is suitable for the purpose 
requested; 
"(2) as to the status aud responsibility of the designated end-
user and his ability effectively to use and maintain such property; 
and 
"(3) that the residual value, serviceability, and appearance of 
such property would not reflect unfavorably on the image of the 
United States and would justify the costs of packing, crating, 
handling, transportation, and other accessorial costs, and that the 
residual value at least equals the total of these costs." 
(c) Section 620, which relates to prohibitions against furnishing 
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assistance, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
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subsection: 
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Presidential de-
termination; re-
port to Congress. 
75 Stat. 445; 
76 Stat. 262. 
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Eligibility. 
Management 
system, estab-
lishment. 
Report to 
Congress. 
'' (v) The President is directed to withhold economic assistance in an 
amount wjuivalent to the amount spent by any underdeveloped country 
for the purchase of sophisticated weapons systems, such as missile sj's-
tems and jet aircraft for military purposes from any country, unless 
the President determines that such purchase or acquisition of weapons 
systems is important to the national security of the United States and 
reports within thirty days each such determination to the Congress." 
CHX^FTER 2—^AnMiisriSTRATivE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 302. Chapter 2 of part I I I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, as amended, which relates to administrative provisions, is 
amended as follows: 
(a) Section 621, which relates to exercise of functions, is amended 
by inserting " ( a ) " immediately after "'SEC. 621. EXERCISE OF FUNC-
TIONS.—*' and by adding at the end thereof the following new 
subsection: 
"(b) The President shall issue and enforce regulations determining 
the eligibility of any person to receive funds made available under this 
Act. A person may be suspended under such regulations for a tempo-
rary period i>ending the completion of an investigation and any result-
ing judicial or debarment proceedings, upon cause for belief that such 
person or an affiliate thereof probably has undertaken conduct which 
constitutes a cause for debarment; and, after an opportunity has been 
afforded to such person for a hearing, he may be debarred for an addi-
tional period, not to exceed three years. Among the causes for debar-
ment shall be (1) ofl:'ering or accepting a bribe or other illegal payment 
or credit in connection with any transaction financed with funds made 
available under this Act; or (2) committing a fraud in the procure-
ment or performance of any contract financed with funds made avail-
able under this Act; or (3) acting in any other manner which shows a 
lack of integrity or honesty in connection with any transaction financed 
with funds made available under this Act. Reinstatement of eligibility 
in each particular case shall be subject to such conditions as the Presi-
dent shall direct. Each person whose eligibility is denied or suspended 
under this subsection shall, upon request, be entitled to a review of his 
eligibility not less often than once every two years." 
(b) Immediately after section 621 add the following new section: 
"SEC. 
621 A . STRENGTHENED 
MANAGEMENT 
PRACTICES.—(a) 
The 
Congress believes that United States foreign aid funds could be 
utilized more effectively by the application of advanced management 
decisionmaking, information and analysis techniques such as systems 
analysis, automatic data processing, benefit-cost studies, and informa-
tion retrieval. 
" (b) To meet this need, the President shall establish a management 
system that includes: the definition of objectives and programs for 
United States foreign assistance; the development of quantitative indi-
cators of progress toward these objectives; the orderly consideration 
of alternative means for accomplishing such objectives; and the adop-
tion of methods for comparing actual results of programs and projects 
with those anticipated when they were undertaken. The system should 
provide information to the agency and to Congress that relates agency 
resources, expenditures, and budget projections to such objectives and 
results in order to assist in the evaluation of program performance, 
the review of budgetary requests, and the setting of program priorities. 
"(c) The President shall report to the Congress annually on the 
specific steps that have been taken, including an evaluation of the 
progress that has been made toward the implementation of this 
section." 
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(c) Section 625(c), which relates to employment of personnel, is 
amended by inserting "or any Act supersedmg part II in whole or in 
part," between "part II," and "not". 
(d) Section 636(g) (1), which relates to provisions on uses of funds, 
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is amended by inserting "incurred in furnishing defense articles and 
defense services on a grant or sales basis by the agency primarily 
responsible for administering part I I " between "expenses" and the 
semicolon. 
(e) Section 637(a), which authorizes appropriations for adminis- 
ststat. 452. 
trative expenses of the agency administering part I, is amended (1) by 
striking out "1968, $55,814,000" and substituting "1969, $53,000,000"; 
and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following: "The agency ad- 
Personnel 
ministering part I shall reduce the number of personnel, particularly 
administrative personnel, employed by it in order to conduct opera-
tions with the reduced amount of funds authorized for fiscal year 1969, 
except that such agency shall not take any action to limit or reduce 
auditing or training activities of such agency." 
(f) At the end of such chapter, add the following new" section: 
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"SEC. 640A. FALSE CLAIMS AND INELIGIBLE COMMODITIES.—(a) Any 
person who makes or causes to be made or presents or causes to be 
presented to any bank or other financial institution or to any officer, 
agent, or employee of any agency of the LTnited States Government a 
claim for payment from funds made available under this Act for the 
purposes of furnishing assistance and who knows the claim to be false, 
fraudulent, or fictitious or to cover a commodity or commodity-related 
service determined by the President to be ineligible for payment from 
funds made available under this Act, or who uses to support his claim 
any certification, statement, or entry on any contract, abstract, bill of 
lading. Government or commercial invoice, or Government form, which 
he knows, or in the exercise of prudent business management should 
know, to contain false, fraudulent, or fictitious information, or who 
uses or engages in any other fraudulent trick, scheme, or device for 
the purpose of securing or obtaining, or aiding to secure or obtain, for 
any person any benefit or payment from funds so made available 
under this Act 1
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1 connection with the negotiation, procurement, award, 
or performance of a contract financed with funds so made available 
under this Act, and any person who enters into an agreement, com-
bination, or conspiracy so to do, (1) shall pay to the United States an 
amount equal to 25 per centum of any amount thereby sought to be 
wrongfully secured or obtained but not actually received, and (2) 
shall forfeit and refund any payment, compensation, loan, commis-
sion, or advance received as a result thereof, and (3) shall, in addition, 
pay to the United States for each such act (A) the sum of $2,000 and 
double the amount of any damage which the United States may have 
sustained by reason thereof, or (B) an amount equ&l to 50 per centum 
of any such payment, compensation, loan, commission, or advance so 
received, whichever is the greater, together with the costs of suit. 
"(b) In order to secure recovery under this section, the President 
may, as he deems appropriate, (1) institute suit in the United States 
district court for any judicial district in which the person alleged to 
have performed or participated in an act described by this section may 
reside or may be found, and (2) upon posting by registered mail to 
such person a notice of claim describing the basis therefor and identify-
ing the funds to be withheld, withhold from funds owed by any agency 
of the United States Government to such person an amount equal to the 
refund, damages, liquidated damages, and exemplary damages claimed 
by the United States under this section. Any such withholding of funds 
from any person shall constitute a final determination of the rights and 
liabilities of such person under this section with respect to the amount 
so withheld, unless within one year of receiving the notice of claim such 
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Unprocessed 
timber from 
Federal lands. 
Export, re-
striction. 
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person brings suit for recovery, which is hereby authorized, against the 
United States in any United States district court. 
"(c) For purposes of this section, the term 'person' inckides any 
individual, corporation, partnership, association, or other legal entity." 
CHAPTER 3—MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 
SEC. 303. Chapter 3 of part I I I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 
1961, as amended, which relates to miscellaneous provisions, is amended 
by adding at the end thereof the following new section: 
"SEC. 651. SALE OF SUPERSONIC PLANES TO ISRAEL.—It is the sense 
of the Congress that the President should take such steps as may be 
necessary, as soon as practicable after the date of enactment of this sec-
tion, to negotiate an agreement with the Government of Israel provid-
ing for the sale by the United States of such number of supersonic 
planes as may be necessary to provide Israel with an adequate deterrent 
force capable of preventing future Arab aggression by offsetting 
sophisticated weapons received by the Arab States and to replace losses 
suffered by Israel in the 1967 conflict." 
PART IV—AMENDMENTS TO OTHER ACTS 
SEC. 401. The Act of April 12, 1926 (44 Stat. 242; chapter 117) is 
amended by adding at the end thereof a new section as follows: 
"SEC. 2. (a) For each of the calendar years 1969 through 1971, 
inclusive, not more than 350 million board feet, in the aggregate, of 
unprocessed timber may be sold for export from the United States 
from Federal lands located west of the 100th meridian. 
"(b) After public hearing and a finding by the appropriate Secre-
tary of the department administering Federal lands referred to in 
subsection (a) that specific quantities and species of unprocessed 
timber are surplus to the needs of domestic users and processors, such 
quantities and species may be designated by the said Secretary as avail-
able for export from the LTnited States in addition to that quantity 
stated in subsection (a). 
"(c) The Secretaries of the departments administering lands 
referred to in subsection (a) may issue rules and regulations to carry 
out the purposes of this section, including the prevention of substitu-
tion of timber restricted from export by this section for exported 
non-Federal timber. 
"(d) In issuing rules and reflations pursuant to subsection (c), 
the appropriate Secretaries may include therein provisions authorizing 
the said Secretaries, in their discretion, to exclude from the limitations 
imposed by this section sales having an appraised value of less than 
$2,000." 
PART V—REAPPRAISAL OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 
DECLARATION OF POLICY 
SEC. 501. The Congress declares that, in view of changing world 
conditions and the continued need to make United States foreign 
assistance programs an effective implement of United States foreign 
policy, there should be a comprehensive review and reorganization of 
all United States f o r e i ^ assistance programs, including economic 
development and technical assistance programs, military assistance 
and sales programs, and programs involving contributions and pay-
ments by the United States to international lending institutions and 
other international organizations concerned with the development of 
friendly foreign countries and areas. 
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REAPPRAISAL BY THE PRESIDENT 
SEC. 502. (a) In furtherance of the policy of this part, the President 
is requested to make a thorough and comprehensive reappraisal of 
United States foreign assistance programs, as described in section 501, 
and to submit to the Congress, on or before March 31,1970, his recom- 
Recommenda-
mendations for achieving such reforms in and reorganization of future '^°"^' 
foreign assistance programs as he determines to be necessary and ap-
propriate in the national interest in the light of such reappraisal. The 
President is requested to submit to the Congress, on or before J u l j 1, Report to 
1969, an interim report presenting any preliminary recommendations <^°"8'"*^^-
formulated by him pursuant to this section. 
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(b) It is the sense of the Congress that the reappraisal provided for 
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in subsection (a) should include, but not be limited to, an analysis and 1 
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consideration of proposals concerning the establishment of a Govern- 1 /? ^ j>^ 
ment corporation or a federally chartered private corporation designed j 
to mobilize and facilitate the use of United States private capital and I 
skills in less developed friendly countries and areas, including whether I 
such corporation should be authorized to— 
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(1) utilize Government guarantees and funds as well as private ] 
funds; 
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(2) seek, develop, promote, and underwrite new investment 1 
projects; 
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(3) assist in transferring skills and technology to less developed 
friendly countries and areas; and 
(4) invest in the securities of development financing institutions 
and assist in the formation and expansion of local capital markets. 
Approved October 8, 1968. 
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Public Law 90-555 
AN ACT 
October 9, 1968 
To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to accept donations of land for, and to 
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construct, administer, and maintain an extension of the Blue Ridge Parkway 
in the States of North Carolina and Georgia, and for otther purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and. House of Reirresentatwes 
of the 
United States of Afnerlca in Congress assemhted, That the Secretary of 
B1"« R^^ge 
the Interior is authorized to accept, on behalf of the United States, li^^!'^^' "*'"" 
donations of land and interests in land in the States of North Carolina 
and Georgia, to construct thereon an extension of the Blue Ridge Park-
way from the vicinity of Beech Gap, North Carolina, to the vicinity of 
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park north of Atlanta and 
Marietta, Georgia, and to provide public use, administration, and 
maintenance areas in connection therewith. The lands accepted for the 
parkway extension may vary in width but shall average not more than 
one hundred and twenty-five acres per mile in fee simple plus not more 
than twenty-five acres per mile in scenic easements. The survey loca-
tion and width of any portion of the parkway extension that crosses 
national forest land shall be jointly determined by the Secretary of the 
Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture. Where the parkway exten-
sion designated by the Secretary of the Interior traverses Federal 
lands, the head of the department or agency having jurisdiction over 
such lands is authorized to transfer to the Secretary of the Interior the 
part of the Federal lands mutually agreed upon as necessary for the 
construction, maintenance, and administration of the parkway exten-
sion and public use thereof, without transfer of funds. Any such 
transfer within a national forest shall not preclude any national forest 
use that is compatible with parkway use and that is agreed upon by the 
Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture.