United States Information Agency Appropriations Authorization Act
PL 93-168 (S.2681), enacted 11/29/1973

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Public Law 93-168 
November 29, 1973 
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To authorize appropriations for the United States Information Agency. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That this Act may 
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SEC. 2. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated for the United 
States Information Agency for fiscal year 1974, to carry out inter-
national informational activities and programs under the United 
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States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the Mutual 
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Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, and Reorganization 
75 Stat. 527. 
Plan Numbered 8 of 1953, and other purposes authorized by law, the 
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following amounts: 
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(1) $194,839,000 for "Salaries and expenses" and "Salaries and 
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expenses (special foreign currency program)", 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) $5,125,000 for "Sj^ecial international exhibitions" and 
"Special international exhibitions (special foreign currency pro-
gram) ", of which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available solely 
for the Eighth Series of Traveling Exhibitions in the Union of 
Soviet Socialist Republics; and 
(3) $1,000,000 for "Acquisition and construction of radio 
facilities". 
Amounts appropriated under paragraphs (2) and (3) of this sub-
section are authorized to remain available until expended. 
(b) In addition to amounts authorized by subsection (a) of this 
section, there are authorized to be appropriated without fiscal year 
limitation for the United States Information Agency for the fiscal 
year 1974 the following additional or supplemental amounts: 
(1) not to exceed $7,200,000 for increases in salary, pay, retire-
ment, or other employee benefits authorized by law; and 
(2) not exceed $7,450,000 for additional overseas costs resulting 
from the devaluation of the dollar. 
SEC. 3. Section 701 of the United States Information and Educa-
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6 Stat. 35,494. tloual Exchaiigc Act of 1948 is amended to read as follows: 
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"SEC. 701. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law enacted before 
the date of enactment of the United States Information Agency 
Appropriation Authorization Act of 1973, no money appropriated 
to carry out this Act shall be available for obligation or expenditure— 
"(1) unless the appropriation thereof has been previously 
authorized by law; or 
"(2) in excess of an amount previously prescribed by law. 
"(b) To the extent that legislation enacted after the making of an 
appropriation to carry out this Act authorizes the obligation or 
expenditure thereof, the limitation contained in subsection (a) shall 
have no effect. 
"(c) The .provisions of this section shall not be superseded except 
by a provision of law enacted after the date of enactment of the 
United States Information Agency Appropriation Authorization Act 
of 1973, which specifically repeals, modifies, or supersedes the pro-
visions of this section. 
62 Stat. 9; 
86 Stat. 494. 
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"(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply with respect to 
appropriations niade available under the joint resolution entitled 
"Joint resolution making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 
1974, and for other purposes", approved July 1, 1973, and any pro- ^^J"'*' PP- ^^°' 
vision of law specifically amending such joint resolution enacted 
through October 16,1973/'. 
SEC. 4. The United States Information Agency^ shall, upon request p/v"?!" pu^hlllie 
by Little League Baseball, Incorporated, authorize the purchase by o
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such corporation of copies of the film "Summer Fever", produced by 
such agency in 1972 depicting events in Little League Baseball in the 
United States. Except as otherwise provided by section 501 of the 
United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, _ ^ _ _ 
Little League Baseball, Incorporated, shall have exclusive rights to'"'22'usc"i4"6i. 
distribute such film for viewing within the United States in further-
ance of the object and purposes of such corporation as set forth in 
section 3 of the Act entitled "An Act to incorporate the Little League 
Baseball, Incorporated", approved July 16,1964 (78 Stat. 325). 
Approved November 29, 1973. 
Public Law 93-169 
AN ACT 
November 29, 1973 
To amend title 10, United States Code, to remove the four-year limitation on 
[H. R. 10366] 
additional active duty that a nonregular officer of the Army or Air P"'orce may 
be required to perform on completion of training at an educational institution. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assenibled^ That sections 4301 (b) ^^y °^ ^ir 
and 9301(b) of title 10, United States Code, are each amended by rmcers°"''^"'" 
striking out "but not longer than four years" in the sentence. 
7OA stat. 234, 
Approved November 29, 1973. 
Public Law 93-170 
AN ACT 
November 29, 1973 
To amend title 37, United States Code, to provide entitlement to round trip 
[H. R. 10369] 
transportation to the home port for a member of the uniformed services on 
permanent duty aboard a ship being inactivated away from home port whose 
dependents are re,siding at the home port. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of Ainerica in Congress asseinbled, That chapter 7 of uniformed serv-
title 37, United States Code, is amended as follows: 
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(1) The text of section 406b is amended by inserting "or inactivated" ances. 
after "overhauled" and "or inactivation" after "overhaul" wherever l^ J.'gc ^Q^^ 
they appear. 
(2) The catchline of section 406b is amended by inserting "or inac-
tivating" after "overhauling", and by making a similar change in the 
analysis of chapter 7. 
Approved November 29, 1973.