An Act to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and the United States Information Agency, and for other purposes.
PL 93-475 (S.3473), enacted 10/26/1974

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Public Law 93-475 
AN ACT 
October 26, 1974 
[S. 3473] 
To authorize appropriations for the Department of State and the United States 
Information Agency, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representati'ves of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may 
be cited as the "State Department/USIA Authorization Act, Fiscal Au"hoHzation Act 
Year 1975". 
State Depart-
AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 2. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated for the Depart-
ment of State for fiscal year 1975, to carry out the authorities, func-
tions, duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign affairs 
of the United States, including trade negotiations, and other purposes 
authorized by law, the following amounts: 
(1) for the "Administration of Foreign Affairs", $370,045,000; 
(2) 
for 
"International 
Organizations 
and 
Conferences", 
$229,604,000; 
(3) for "International Commissions", $17,832,000; 
(4) for "Educational Exchange", $75,000,000; and 
(5) for "Migration and Refugee Assistance", $9,420,000. 
(b) There are authorized to be appropriated for the United States 
Information Agency for fiscal year 1975, to carry out international 
informational activities and programs under the United States 
Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the Mutual 
Education and Cultural Exchange Act of 1941, and Reorganization 
Plan Numbered 8 of 1953, and other purposes authorized by law, 
the folloAving amounts: 
(1) for "Salaries and Expenses" and "Salaries and Expenses 
(special foreign currency program)", $228,368,000, except that 
so much of such amount as may be appropriated for "Salaries and 
Expenses (special foreign currency program)" may be appro-
priated without fiscal year limitation; 
(2) for "Special International Exhibitions", $6,770,000; and 
(3) for "Acquisition and Construction of Radio Facilities", 
$4,400,000. 
(c) In addition to amounts otherwise authorized, there are author-
ized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State for the fiscal year 
1975 not to exceed $40,000,000 to carrj- out the provisions of section 
101(b) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 1972, relating 
to Soviet refugee assistance. 
(d) In addition to amounts authorized in subsections (a) and (b) 
of this section, there are authorized to be appropriated for fiscal year 
1975 for the Department of State and for the United States Informa-
tion Agency such additional amounts as may be necessary for increases 
in salary, pay, retirement, and other employee benefits authorized by 
law which arise subsequent to the date of enactment of this Act. 
(e) Amounts appropriated under subsection (a) and clauses (2) and 
(3) of subsection (b) of this section are authorized to remain avail-
able until expended. 
REPEAL OF THE FORMOSA RESOLUTION 
SEC. 3. The joint resolution entitled "Joint resolution authorizing 
the President to employ the Armed Forces of the United States for 
protecting the security of Formosa, the Pescadores and related posses-
sions and territories of that area", approved January 29,1955 (69 Stat. 
7; Public Law 84-4), and known as the Formosa Resolution, is 
repealed. 
Fiscal Year 1975. 
22 u s e 901a 
note. 
22 u s e 1431 
note. 
22 u s e 2451 
note. 
22 u s e 1461 
note. 
86 Stat. 489. 
50 u s e app. 
prec. 1. 
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PUBLICATION OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF CERTAIN NOMINEES 
22 u s e 901a. 
SEC. 4. (a) Section 6 of the Department of State Appropriations 
Authorization Act of 1973 is amended by inserting after the first 
sentence the following new sentence: "The Chairman of the Commit-
tee on Foreign Relations of the Senate shall have printed in the Con-
gressional Record each such report." 
note "^^ ^°^^ 
^^) ^^^ amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall 
only apply with respect to reports filed on and after the date of enact-
ment of this Act. 
PROHIBITION ON USE OF FUNDS 
SEC. 5. No part of any funds appropriated under this Act shall be 
used to make any payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Dis-
ability Fund to meet any unfunded liability of such fund created by 
the inclusion of officers and employees of the Agency for International 
Development in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System. 
PRIOR AUTHORIZATION BY CONGRESS 
SEC. 6. Section 701 of the United States Information and Educa-
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tional Exchange Act of 1948 is amended by adding at the end thereof 
the following new subsection: 
"(e) The provisions of this section shall not apply to, or affect in any 
manner, permanent appropriations, trust funds, and other similar 
accounts administered by the United States Information Agency as 
authorized by law." 
ANNUAL 
UNITED 
STATES INFORMATION 
AGENCY REPORTS TO 
CONGRESS 
22 u s e 1439. 
22 u s e 966. 
SEC. 7. Section 1008 of the United States Information and Educa-
tional Exchange Act of 1948 is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 1008. The Secretary shall submit to the Congress annual 
reports of expenditures made and activities carried on under authority 
of this Act, including appraisals and measurements, where feasible, as 
to the effectiveness of the several programs in each country where 
conducted." 
LIMITATION 
ON 
PAYMENTS 
SEC. 8. There are authorized to be appropriated funds for payment 
prior to January 1, 1975, of United States expenses of membership 
in the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Orga-
nization, the International Civil Aviation Organization, and the 
World Health Organization notwithstanding that such payments are 
in excess of 25 percent of the total annual assessment of such orga-
nizations. 
ASSIGNMENT 
OF FOREIGN 
SERVICE OFFICERS TO PUBLIC 
ORGANIZATIONS 
SEC. 9. (a) Part H of title V of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 
is amended by adding after section 575 thereof the following new 
section: 
" A S S I G N M E N T S 
TO PUBLIC 
ORGANIZATIONS 
"SEC. 576. (a) Not less than fifty Foreign Service officers shall, 
between their eighth and fifteenth years of service as such officers, be 
assigned in the continental United States during each fiscal year for 
significant duty with State or local governments, public schools, com-
munity colleges, or other public organizations designated by the Sec-
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retary. Such assignment shall be for twelve consecutive months. Each 
such Foreign Service officer shall be entitled to state a preference with 
respect to the type of public organization to which he would like to be 
assigned but may not state a preference with respect to the geo-
graphical location to which he would like to be assigned. 
"(b) A Foreign Service officer on assignment under this section 
shall be deemed to be on detail to a regular work assignment in the 
Service, and the officer remains an employee of the Department while 
so assigned. However, any period of time an officer is assigned under 
this section shall not be included as part of any period that the officer 
has remained in a class for purposes of determining whether he is to 
be selected out under section 633 of this Act, or regulations promul- 
^^ ^^*^ ^°°^-
gated pursuant thereto. The salary of the officer shall be paid from 
Saiary. 
appropriations made available for the payment of salaries of officers 
and employees of the Service. 
"(c) Any period of time that a Foreign Service officer serves on 
an assignment under this section shall also be considered as a period 
of time that the officer was assigned for duty in the continental United 
States for purposes of section 572 of this Act. 
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"(d) For the purpose of this section— 
Definitions. 
"(1)'State'means— 
"(A) a State of the United States, the District of Colum-
bia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and a territory or 
possession of the United States; and 
"(B) an instrumentality or authority of a State or States 
as defined in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph (1) and 
a Federal-State authority or instrumentality; and 
"(2)'local government'means— 
"(A) any political subdivision, instrumentality, or author-
ity of a State or States as defined in subparagraph (A) of 
paragraph (1) ; and 
"(B) any general or special purpose agency of such a 
political subdivision, instrumentality, or authority." 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) of this section shall ^ ^^ use gee 
apply only to a Foreign Service officer who completes his eighth year 
of service as such an officer on or after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
DiiATH GRATUITIES FOR CERTAIlSr FOREIGN SERVICE PERSONNEL 
SEC. 10. The Act entitled "An Act to provide certain basic authority 
for the Department of State", approved August 1, 1956 is amended 
by inserting immediately before section 15 the following new section: 
"SEC. 14. (a) Subject to the provisions of this section and under 
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such regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe, the Secretary 
is authorized to provide for payment of a gratuity to the surviving 
dependents of any Foreign Service employee who dies as a result of 
injuries sustained in the performance of duty outside the United States 
in an amount equal to one year's salary at the time of death. Appropri-
ations for this purpose are authorized to be made to the account for 
salaries and expenses of the employing agency. Any death gratuity 
payment made under this section shall be held to have been a gift and 
shall be in addition to any other benefit payable from any source. 
"(b) A death gratuity payment shall be made mider this section only 
if the survivor entitled to payment under subsection (c) is entitled to 
elect monthly compensation under section 8138 of title 5, United 
States Code, because the death resulted from an injury (excluding a 
disease proximately caused by the employment) sustained in the per-
formance of duty, without regard to whether such survivor elects to 
waive compensation under such section 8133. 
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Payment. 
Definitions. 
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2680. 
"(c) A death gratuity payment under this section shall be made as 
follows: 
" Q) First, to the widow or widower. 
"(2) Second, to the child, or children in equal shares, if there 
is no widow or widower. 
"(3) Third, to the dependent parent, or dependent parents in 
equal shares, if there is no widow, widower, or child. 
If there is no survivor entitled to payment under this subsection, no 
payment shall be made. 
"(d) As used in this section— 
"(1) the term 'Foreign Service employee' means a chief of 
mission. Foreign Service officer. Foreign Service information 
officer, Foreign Service Reserve officer of limited or unlimited 
tenure, or a Foreign Service staff officer or employee; 
"(2) each of the terms 'widow', 'widower', 'child', and 'parent' 
shall have the same meaning given each such term by section 
8101 of title 5, United States Code; and 
"(3) the term 'United States' means the several States and the 
District of Columbia. 
"(e) The provisions of this section shall apply with respect to 
deaths occurring on and after January 1,1973." 
PRIOR AUTHORIZATION REQUIRED 
SEC. 11. Subsection (a) of section 15 of the Act entitled "An Act to 
provide certain basic authority for the Department of 
State," 
approved August 1,1956, is amended to read as follows: 
"(a) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of law enacted before the 
date of enactment of the State Department/USIA Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Year 1975, no money appropriated to the Department of 
State under any law shall be available for obligation or expenditure 
with respect to any fiscal year commencing on or after July 1, 1972— 
"(A) unless the appropriation thereof has been authorized by 
law enacted on or after February 7,1972; or 
"(B) in excess of an amount prescribed by law enacted on or 
after such date. 
"(2) To the extent that legislation enacted after the making of an 
appropriation to the Department of State authorizes the obligation 
or expenditure thereof, the limitation contained in paragraph (1) 
shall have no effect. 
" (3) The provisions of this section— 
"(A) shall not be superseded except by a provision of law 
enacted after February 7,1972, which specifically repeals, modifies, 
or supersedes the provisions of this section; and 
"(B) shall not apply to, or affect in any manner, permanent 
appropriations, trust funds, and other similar accounts adminis-
tered by the Department as authorized by law." 
Supra. 
22 u s e 2680a. 
AUTHORITY AXD RESPONSimLITY OF AMBASSADORS 
SEC. 12. The Act entitled '"An Act to provide certain basi(j authority 
for the Department of State", approved August 1, 1956, as amended, 
is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new 
section: 
"SEC. 16. Under the direction of the President— 
"(1) the United States Ambassador to a foreign country shall 
have full responsibility for the direction, coordination, and super-
vision of all United States Government officers and employees in 
that country, except for personnel under the command of a United 
States area military commander; 
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"(2) the Ambassador shall keep himself fully and currently 
informed with respect to all activities and operations of the United 
States Government within that country, and shall insure that all 
Government officers and employees in that country, except for 
personnel under the command of a United States area military 
commander, comply fully with his directives; and 
"(3) any department or agency having officers or employees 
in a country shall keep the United States Ambassador to that 
country fully and currently informed with respect to all activities 
and operations of its officers and employees in that country, and 
shall insure that all of its officers and employees, except for per-
sonnel under the command of a United States area military com-
mander, comply fully with all applicable directives of the 
Ambassador.' 
TRAVEL EXPKXSKS OF STUDENT-DEPENDENl^ OF STA'J'E DEPAK rMr.N'I' A M ) 
USIA EMPLOYEES 
SEC. 13. The first sentence of section 5924(4) (B) of title 5, LTnited 
States Code, is amended by striking out "one trip each way for each 
dependent" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "one annual 
trip each way for each dependent of an employee of the Department 
of State or the United States Information Agency, or one trip each 
way for each dependent of any other employee,". 
INTERNATIONAL MATERIALS 
SEC. 14. It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Stale 
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should, and he is authorized to, establish within the I)ei)artment of 
State a bureau which shall be responsible for continuously leviewin/j 
(1) the supply, demand, and price, throughout the world, of basic 
raw and processed materials (including agricultural commodities), 
and (2) the efl^ect of United States Government programs and pol-
icies (including tax policy) in creating or alleviating, or assisting in 
creating or alleviating, shortages of such materials. In conducting such 
review, the bureau should obtain information with respect to— 
(A) the supply, demand, and price of each such material in 
each major importing, exporting, and producing country and 
region of the world in order to understand long-term and short-
term trends in the supply, demand, and price of such materials; 
(B) projected imports and exports of such materials on a 
country-by-country basis; 
(C) unusual patterns or changes in connection with the pur-
chase or sale of such materials; 
(D) a list of such materials in short supply and an estimate of 
the amount of shortage; 
(E) international geological, geophysical, and political con-
ditions which may affect the supply of such materials; and 
(F) c^her matters that the Secretary considers appropriate in 
carrying out this section. 
FUTURE OP UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE TO SOUTH VIETNAM; REDUCTION OF 
CERTAIN PERSONNEL ABROAD 
SEC. 15. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that— 
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(1) the Secretary of State should prepare a detailed plan for "°'^' 
future United States economic and military assistance to the Gov-
ernment of South Vietnam, including a specific timetable for the 
phased reduction of such assistance to the point when the United 
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note. 
Report to 
Speaker of the 
House and con-
gressional com-
mittee. 
States will cease to be the principal source of funds and material 
for South Vietnam's self-defense and economic viability; 
(2) the total number of personnel of the executive branch of the 
United States Government (other than personnel of the Depart-
ment of State, the United States Information Agency, the Cen-
tral Intelligence Agency, and the Department of Defense, and 
volunteers carrying out the Peace Corps Act) who were present in 
foreign countries on January 1, 1974, and who were citizens or 
nationals of the United States, should be substantially reduced; 
and 
(3) the total number of persoiinel of the Department of Defense 
assigned or detailed to military attache activities or to military 
assistance advisory groups or military aid missions, who were 
present in foreign countries on January 1, 1974, and who were 
citizens oi- nationals of the United States, should be substantially 
reduced. 
(b) Not later than six months after the date of enactment of this 
Act the Secretary shall report to the Speaker of the House of Repre-
sentatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate on 
the steps he has taken to carry out the provisions of this section. 
Approved October 26, 1974. 
October 26, 1974 
[S. J. Res. 236] 
Public Law 93-476 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To provide for the indemnification of the Metropolitan Museum of New York 
for loss or damage suffered by objects in exhibition in the Union of Soviet 
Socialist Republics. 
Metropolitan 
Museum of Art, 
N.Y. 
Indemnification 
agreement. 
24 UST 1395. 
Claim, certifi-
cation to Speaker 
of the House and 
President of the 
Senate. 
Appropriation. 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United 
States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Secretary of State 
(or such officer of the Department of State as he may designate) is 
authorized to conclude an agreement with the Metropolitan Museum 
of Art, located in New York, New York, for indemnification of such 
museum, in accordance with the terms of such agreement, for loss or 
damage suffered by objects in an exhibition of such museum in the 
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics pursuant to an agreement between 
such museum and the Ministry of Culture of the Union of Soviet 
Socialist Republics, which agreement was made in accordance with 
the general agreement on contracts, exchanges, and cooperation, signed 
July 19, 1973, by the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist 
Republics. The agreement concluded by the Secretary of State shall 
provide for such indemnification— 
(1) during the period the works of art are in transit from the 
gremises of said museum, on exhibition in the Union of Soviet 
ocialist Republics, and returning to said premises; and 
(2) only for substantial loss or damage as determined by the 
Secretary of State. 
In the case of a claim for loss or damage with respect to an item or 
items which are covered under such agreement, the Secretary shall 
certify the validity of the claim and the amount of the loss to the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the 
Senate. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 
necessary to carry out an agreement concluded pursuant to this joint 
resolution. 
Approved October 26, 1974.