Department of State Appropriations Authorization Act
PL 93-126 (H.R.7645), enacted 10/18/1973

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Public Law 93-126 
A N A C T 
October 18, 1973 
To authorize appropriations for the Department of State, and for other 
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purposes. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States 
of America 
in Congress assemdled, That this Act state^Ap^rTT^a-
may be cited as the "Department of State Appropriations Author- tions Authorization 
ization Act of 1973". 
Act of 1973. 
AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 2. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated for the 
Department of State for the fiscal year 1974, to carry out the author-
ities, functions, duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of the 
foreign aflfairs of the United States, including trade negotiations, 
and other purposes authorized by law, the following amounts: 
(1) for the "Administration of Foreign Affairs", $282,565,000; 
(2) 
for 
"International 
Organizations 
and 
Conferences", 
$211,279,000; 
(3) for "International Commissions", $15,568,000; 
(4) for "Educational Exchange", $59,8<^0,000; 
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(5) for "Migration and Kefugee Assistance", $8,800,000'. 
(b) In addition to amounts authorized by subsection (a) of this 
section, there are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of 
State for the fiscal year 1974 the following additional or supplemental 
amounts: 
(1) not to exceed $9,328,000 for increases in salary, pay, retire-
ment, or other employee benefits authorized by law; 
(2) not to exceed $12,307,000 for additional overseas costs 
resulting from the devaluation of the dollar; and 
(3) not to exceed $1,165,000 for the establishment of a liaison 
office in the Peoples Republic of China. 
(c) In addition to amounts otherwise authorized, there are author- 
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ized to be appropriated to the Department of State $40,000,000 for t^"""^'"-
protection of personnel and facilities from threats or acts of terrorism. 
(d) In addition to amounts otherwise authorized, there are author- as^i'sTa'nce'^'^"^^^ 
ized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State for the fiscal year 
1974 not to exceed $36,500,000 to carry out the provisions of section 101 
(b) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 1972, relating to ^^ ^tat. 4S9. 
Russian refugee assistance. 
(e) In addition to amounts otherwise authorized, there are author- commissroTof 
ized to be appropriated to the Department of State for the fiscal control and super-
year 1974 not to exceed $4,500,000 for payment by the United States vision. 
of its share of the expenses of the International Commission of Control 
and Supervision as provided in article 14 of the Protocol to the Agree- 
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ment on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnaiii Concerning 
the International Commission of Control and Supervision, dated 
January 27, 1973. 
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(f) Appropriations made under subsections (a), (b), and (c) of 
this section are authorized to remain available until expended. 
INTERPARLIAMENTARY 
U N I O N 
SEC. 3. The first section of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize 
participation by the United States in the Interparliamentary Union", 
approved June 28, 1935 (22 U.S.C. 276), is amended— 
^s stat. 1014; 
(1) by striking out "$102,000" and inserting in lieu thereof ^^ ^'^'- ^^ 
"$120,000"; and 
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(2) by striking out "$57,000" and inserting in lieu thereof 
"$75,000". 
STUDY COMMISSION RELATING TO FOREIGN POLICY 
SEC. 4. Section 603(b) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act 
86 Stat. 498. 
of 1972 (22 U.S.C. 2823(b)), relating to the reporting date for the 
Commission on the Organization of the Government for the Conduct 
of Foreign Policy, is amended by striking out "June 30, 1974" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "June 30,1975". 
68 Stat. 850; 
78 Stat. 1015. 
t?eport to con-
gressional comlnit-
tees. 
USE OF FOPtEIGN CURRENCY 
SEC. 5, Subsection (b) of section 502 of the Mutual Security Act of 
1954 (22 U.S.C. 1754) is amended— 
(1) by striking out "$50" in the first sentence of such subsection 
and inserting in Tieu thereof "$75"; 
(2) by inserting immediately before "appropriate committees" 
the following: "Members and employees of"; and 
(3) by striking out the colon and all that follows thereafter in 
such subsection and inserting in lieu thereof a period and the fol-
lowing: "Within the first ninety calendar days that Congress is in 
session in each calendar year, the Department of State shall sub-
mit to the chairman of each such committee a report showing the 
amounts and dollar equivalent values of each such foreign cur-
rency expended during the preceding calendar year by each ]\Iem-
ber and employee with respect to travel outside the United States. 
Such reports of that committee shall be available for public 
inspection in the offices of such committee." 
Nominees, filing 
of campaign contri-
bution report. 
"Contribution. 
86 Stat. 11. 
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"Immediate fam-
ily." 
AMBASSADORS AND MINISTERS 
SEC. 6. From and after the date of enactment of this Act, each person 
appointed by the President as ambassador or minister shall, at the time 
of his nomination, file with the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives a report of 
contributions made by such person and by members of his immediate 
family during the period beginning on the first day of the fourth cal-
endar year preceding the calendar year of his nomination and ending 
on the date of his nomination, which report shall be verified by the oath 
or affirmation of such person, taken before any officer authorized to 
administer oaths. As used in this section, the term "contribution" has 
the same meaning given such term by section 301(e) of the Federal 
Flection Campaign Act of 1971, and the term "immediate family" 
means a per'son's spouse, and any child, parent, grandparent, brother, 
or ^ister of such person and the spouses of any of them. 
INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION, UNITED STATES 
AND MEXICO 
SEC. 7. (a) Section 2(2) of the Act of September 19, 1966 (80 Stat. 
808; 22 U.S.C. 277d-31), is amended by striking out "$20,000" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "$25,000". 
(b) Section 3 of the Act of August 10,1964 (78 Stat. 386; 22 U.S.C. 
277d-28), is amended by striking out "$20,000" and inserting in lieu 
thereof "$30,000". 
(c) The last paragraph of the Act of September 18, 1964 (78 Stat. 
956; 22 U.S.C. 277d-29). is amended by striking out "$23,000" and 
inserting in lieu thereof "$50,000". 
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EXTEN8I0X OF PUBLIC LAW 92-14 
SEC. 8. Section 2 of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize the United 
States Postal Service to receive the fee of $2 for execution of an 
application for a passport", approved May 14,1971 (85 Stat, 38; Public 
Law 92-14), is amended by striking out "June 30,1973" and inserting 
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in lieu thereof "June 30,1974". 
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BUREAU o r OCEANS AND INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AND SCIENTIFIC 
AFFAIRS 
SEC. 9. There is established within the Department of State a Bureau 
Establishment. 
of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs. In 
addition to the positions provided under the first section of the Act of 
May 26,1949, as amended (22 IT.S.C. 2652), there shall be an Assistant 
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Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental and 
Scientific Affairs, appointed by the President, by and with the advice 
and consent of the Senate, who shall be the head of the Bureau and who 
shall have responsibility for matters relating to oceans, environmental, 
scientific, fisheries, wildlife, and conservation affairs. 
FOREIGN SERVICE PROMOTIONS 
SEC. 10. Section 623 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (22 U.S.C. 
996) is amended to read as follows: 
so stat. ioi4. 
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22 use 993. 
"RECOMMENDATIONS FOR PROMOTIONS 
"SEC. 623. (a) The Secretary shall establish, with the advice of the 
Board of the Foreign Service, selection boards to evaluate the per-
formance of Foreign Service officers; and upon the basis of their find-
ings, which, except for career ambassadors and career ministers, shall 
be submitted to the Secretary in rank order by class or in rank order 
by specialization within a class, the Secretary shall make recommen-
dations in accordance with the findings to the President for the pro-
motion of Foreign Service officers. No person assigned to serve on any 
such board shall serve in such capacity for any two consecutive years. 
In special circumstances, however, which shall be set forth by regula-
tions, the Secretary shall have the authority to remove individual 
names from the rank order list submitted by the selection boards or to 
delay the inclusion of individual names until a subsequent list of 
nominations is transmitted to the President. 
"(b) The Secretary may, pursuant to a recommendation of a duly 
constituted grievance board or panel or an equal employment oppor-
tunity appeals examiner— 
"(1) recommend to the President the promotion of a Foreign 
Service officer; 
"(2) promote Foreign Service Staff personnel and Foreign 
Service Reserve officers with limited or unlimited tenure; and 
"(3) grant to Foreign Service personnel additional step 
increases in salary, within the salary range established for the 
class in which an officer or employee is serving. 
"(c) The Secretary may, in special circumstances which shall be 
Retroactive 
set forth m regulations, make retroactive promotions and additional 
increases in salary within class made or granted under the authority 
of this section." 
REIMBURSEMENT FOR DETAILED STATE DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL 
SEC. 11. (a) An Executive agency to which any officer or employee 
of the Department of State is detailed, assigned, or otherwise made 
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available, shall reimburse the Department for the salary and allow-
ances of each such officer or employee for the period the officer or 
employee is so detailed, assigned, or otherwise made available. How-
ever, if the Department of State has an agreernent with an Executive 
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agency or agencies providing for the detailing, assigning, or other-
wise making available, of substantially the same numbers of officers 
and employees betw-een the Department and the i^xecutive agency or 
agencies, and such numbers wdth respect to a fiscal year are so detailed, 
assigned, or otherwise made available, or if the period for which the 
officer or employee is so detailed, assigned, or otherwise made available 
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does not exceed ninety days, no reimbursement shall be required to be 
made under this section. 
(b) For purposes of this section, "Executive agency'" has the same 
80 Stat. 379. 
meaning given that term by section 105 of title 5, United States Code. 
OVERSEAS KINDERGARTEN EDUCATION ALLOWANCE 
80 Stat. 511. 
SEC. 12. Section 5924(4) (A) of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting immediately before "elementary" the following: 
"kindergarten,". 
REQUIREMENT FOR CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORIZATION FOR T H E INVOLVEMENT 
OF AMERICAN FORCES I N FURTHER HOSTILITIES I N INDOCHINA, AND FOR 
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EXTENDING ASSISTANCE TO NORTH VIETNAM 
SEC 13. Notwithstanding any other provision of law. on or after 
August 15, 1973, no funds heretofore or hereafter appropriated may 
be obligated or expended to finance the involvement of United States 
military forces in hostilities in or over or from off the shores of North 
Vietnam, South Vietnam, Laos, or Cambodia, unless specifically 
authorized hereafter by the Congress. Notwithstanding any other pro-
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vision of law, upon enactment of this Act, no funds heretofore or 
hereafter appropriated may be obligated or expended for the pur-
pose of providing assistance of any kind, directly or indirectly, to or on 
behalf of North Vietnam, unless specifically authorized hereafter by 
the Congress. 
LIMITATION ON PUBLICITY AND PROPAGANDA PURPOSES 
SEC. 14. No appropriation made available under this Act shall be 
used— 
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(1) for publicity or propaganda purposes designed to support 
or defeat legislation pending before Congress; or 
(2) to influence in any way the outcome of a political election. 
HOUSING SUPPLEMENT FOR CERTAIN EMPLOYEES ASSIGNED TO T H E UNITED 
STATES MISSION TO T H E UNITED NATIONS 
SEC 15. The United Nations Participation Act of 1945 (22 r\S.C. 
59 Stat. 619; 
287) is further amended by adding the following new section at the 
63 Stat. 734. 
end thereof: 
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" S E C 9. The President may, under such regulations as he shall pre-
scribe, and notwithstanding section 3648 of the Revised Statutes (31 
8 0 Stat. 484. 
U.S.C. 529) and section 5536 of title 5, United States Code— 
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"(1) grant any employee of the staff of the United States Mis-
sion to the United Nations designated by the Secretary of State 
who is required because of important representational responsi-
bilities to live in the extraordinarily high-rent area immediately 
surrounding the headquarters of the United Nations in New York, 
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New York, an allowance to compensate for the portion of exj)enses 
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necessarily incurred by the employee for quarters and utilities 
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which exceed the average of such expenses incurred by typical, 
permanent residents of the Metropolitan New York, New York, 
area with comparable salary and family size who are not com-
j)elled by reason of their employment to live in such high-rent 
area; and 
"(2) provide such alloAvance as the President considers appro-
priate, to each Delegate and Alternate Delegate of the United 
States to any session of the General Assembly of the United 
Xations who is not a permanent member of the staff of the L'nited 
States Mission to the United Nations, in order to compensate each 
such Delegate or Alternate Delegate for necessary housing and 
subsistence expenses incurred by him with respect to attending 
any such session. 
Not more than forty-five employees shall be receiving an allowance 
under paragraph (1) of this section at any one time." 
MUTUAL REST1U.1NT ON MILITARY EXPENDITURES 
SEC. 16. It is the sense of the Congress that the United States and 
the Uuion of Soviet Socialist Kepublics should, on an urgent basis and 
in their mutual interests, seek agreement on specific mutual reductions 
in their respective expenditures for military purposes so that both 
nations can devote a greater proportion of their available resources to 
the domestic needs of their respective peoples; and, the President of 
the United States is requested to seek such agreements for the mutual 
reduction of armament and other military expenditures in the course 
of all discussions and negotiations in extending guai-anties. credits, or 
other forms of direct or indirect assistance to the Soviet Union. 
E X P R E S S I O N OF I N D I V I D U A L V I E W S TO CONGRESS 
SEC. 17. Section 502 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act of 
1972 (2 U.S.C. 194a) is amended by striking out "appointed by the 
se stat. 496. 
President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to a posi-
tion in"' and inserting in lieu thereof "or employee of". 
Approved October 18, 1973. 
Public Law 93-127 
AN ACT 
October 18, 1973 
To provide a new coinage design and date emblematic of the Bicentennial of 
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the American Revolution for dollars, half dollars, and quarter dollars, to 
authorize the issuance of special silver coins commemorating the Bicentennial 
of the American Revolution, and for other purposes. 
Be it encwted hy the Senate and House of Reyresentativea 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the reverse 
American Revo-
side of all dollar, half-dollar, and quarter-dollar coins minted for ^ ' ^ 1 ^ ^ ' " " * ' " " 
issuance on or after July 4, 1975, and until such time as the Secretary 
Coinage design 
of the Treasury may determine, shall bear a design determined by ' " " ' 
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the Secretary to be emblematic of the Bicentennial of the American 
Revolution. 
SEO. 2. All dollar, half-dollar, and quarter-dollar coins minted for 
issuance between July 4, 1975, and January 1, 1977, shall bear 
"1776-1976" in lieu of the date of coinage; and all dollar, half-dollar, 
and quarter-dollar coins minted thereafter until such time as the 
Secretary of the Treasury may determine shall bear a date emblematic 
of the Bicentennial in addition to the date of coinage. 
and date emble-
matic,