An Act making appropriations for Foreign Assistance and related programs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, and for other purposes
PL 91-619 (H.R.17867), enacted 12/31/1970

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PUBLIC LAW 91^19-DEC. 31, 1970 
[84 STAT. 
Public Law 91-619 
AN A P T 
December 31, X970 
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[H.R. 17867] 
Making appropriations for Foreign Assistance and related programs for the 
fiscal year ending June 30, W71, and for other purposes. 
Foreign Assist-
ance and Related 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. Tliat the following 
progrrmlAKsKT-" sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
priation Act, 1971. wisc appropriated, for Foreign Assistance and related programs 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971, and for other purposes, 
namely: 
TITLE I—FOREIGN ASSISTANCE ACT ACTIVITIES 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to carry out the 
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provisious of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and 
for other purposes, to remain available until June 30, 19 <1, unless 
otherwise specified herein, as follows: 
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note. 
ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE 
Technical assistance: For necessary expenses as authorized by law, 
$353,435,000, distributed as follows: 
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(1) World-wide, $166,750,000 (section 212) ; 
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(2) Alliance for Progress, $82,875,000 (section 252(a)); and 
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(3) Multilateral organizations, $103,810,000 (section 302(a)), of 
which not less than $13,000,000 shall be available only for the L^nited 
Nations Children's Fund: Provided., That no part of this appropria-
tion shall be used to initiate any project or activity which has not 
been justified to the Congress, except projects or activities relating to 
the reduction of population growth. 
American schools and hospitals abroad: For expenses authorized by 
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section 214(c), $12,895,000, and the payments due in 1971 and 1972 
on loans made for the benefit of the Weizmann Institute of Science 
and the Bar Ilan University by the Agency for International Develop-
ment from funds available under title I of the Agricultural Trade 
Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (Public Law 
480), are hereby waived. 
Indus Basin Development Fund, grants: For expenses authorized 
by section 302 (b) (2), $4,925,000. 
Indus Basin Development Fund, loans: For expenses authorized 
by section 302(b) (1), $6,980,000, to remain available until expended. 
United Nations Relief and Works Agency (Arab refugees) : For 
expenses authorized by section 302(e), $1,000,000. 
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Supportiug assistaiice: For expenses authorized by section 402, 
$414,600,000: Prov'/ded. That no part of this appropriation shall be 
used to initiate any project or activity which has not been justified 
to the Congress. 
Contingency fund: For expenses authorized by section 451(a), 
$15,000,000. 
Alliance for Progress, development loans: For expenses authorized 
by section 252(a), $287,500,000, together with such amounts as are 
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authorized to be made available under section 203, all such amounts 
to remain available until expended. 
80 Stat. 15 26 
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8 3 Stat. 8 19. 
22 u s e 2222. 
81 Stat. 454; 
!3 Stat. 819. 
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75 Stat. 460. 
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75 Stat. 424. 
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Development loans: For expenses authorized by section 202(a), 
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$420,000,000, together with such amounts as are authorized to be 
made available under section 203, all such amounts to remain avail- 
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able until expended. 
Administrative expenses: For expenses authorized by section 
637 (a), $51,000,000. 
Administrative and other expenses: For expenses authorized by 
section 637(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, 
and by section 305 of the Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act of 
1951, as amended, $4,100,000. 
Unobligated balances as of June 30, 1970, of funds heretofore 
made available under the authority of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, as amended, except as otherwise provided by law, are hereby 
continued available for the fiscal year 1971, for the same general note. 
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purposes for which appropriated and amounts certified pursuant to 
section 1311 of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1955, as having 
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been obligated against appropriations heretofore made under the ^^3fuse^2oo. 
authority of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, for 
the same general purpose as any of the subparagraphs under "Eco-
nomic Assistance", are hereby continued available for the same period 
as the respective appropriations in such subparagraphs for any of 
the same general purposes: Provided, That such purpose relates to com'J^utlef°no1i. 
a project or program previously justified to Congress and the Com- fication. 
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate are notified prior to the reobligation of funds for such projects 
or programs. 
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION 
The Overseas Private Investment Corporation is authorized to 
make such expenditures within the limits of funds available to it and 
in accordance with law (including not to exceed $10,000 for enter-
tainment allowances), and to make such contracts and commitments 
without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 104 
of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 
849), as may be necessary in carrying out the program set forth in 
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the budget for the current fiscal year. 
Overseas Private Investment Corporation, capital: For expenses 
authorized by section 232, such amounts as are authorized to be made 
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available under said section. 
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Overseas Private Investment Corporation, reserves: For expenses 
authorized by section 235(f), $18,750,000, to remain available until 
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expended. 
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE 
INTER-AMERICAN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE 
The Inter-American Social Development Institute is authorized to 
make such expenditures within the limits of funds available to it and 
in accordance with the law, and to make such contracts and commit-
ments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 
104 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 
U.S.C. 849), as may be necessary in carrying out its authorized pro-
grams during the current fiscal year: Provided, That not to exceed 
$10,000,000 shall be available to carry out the authorized programs 
during the current fiscal year. 
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80 Stat. 802; 
8 3 Stat. 819. 
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Flood control 
and related proj-
ects. 
Reports to Con-
gress. 
Funds, re-
strictions. 
Military per-
sonnel, recipient 
countries, pay-
ment prohibition. 
Contracts, termi-
nation provision. 
75 Stat. 424. 
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note. 
75 Stat. 433; 
77 Stat. 382. 
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MILITARY ASSISTANCE 
Military assistance: For expenses authorized by section 504 (a) of the 
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, including administrative 
expenses and purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement 
only for use outside of the United States, $350,000,000: Promded, 
That none of the funds contained in this {paragraph shall be available 
for the purchase of new automotive vehicles outside of the United 
States. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds herein appropriated (other than funds 
appropriated for "Technical Assistance, Multilateral Organizations" 
and "Indus Basin Development Fund") shall be used to finance the 
construction of any new flood control, reclamation, or other water or 
related land resource project or program which has not met the stand-
ards and criteria used in determining the feasibility of flood control, 
reclamation, and other water and related land resource programs 
and projects proposed for construction within the United States of 
America as per memorandum of the President dated May 15, 1962. 
SEC. 102. Obligations made from funds herein appropriated for 
engineering and architectural fees and services to any individual or 
group of engineering and architectural firms on any one project 
in excess of $25,000 shall be reported to the Senate and House of 
Representatives at least twice annually. 
SEC. 103. .Except for the appropriations entitled "Contingency 
fund", "Alliance for Progress, development loans", and "Develop-
ment loans", not more than 20 per centum of any appropriation item 
made available by this title shall be obligated and/or reserved during 
the last month of availability. 
SEC. 104. None of the funds herein appropriated nor any of the 
counterpart funds generated as a result of assistance hereunder or 
any prior Act shall be used to pay pensions, annuities, retirement pay, 
or adjusted service compensation for any persons heretofore or here-
after serving in the armed forces of any recipient country. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds appropriated or made available pur-
suant to this Act for carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
as amended, may be used for making payments on any contract for 
procurement to which the United States is a party entered into after 
the date of enactment of this Act which does not contain a provision 
authorizing the termination of such contract for the convenience of 
the United States. 
SEC. 106. None of the funds appropriated or made available under 
this Act for carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
amended, may be used to make payments with respect to any capital 
project financed by loans or grants from the United States where 
the United States has not directly approved the terms of the con-
tracts and the firms to provide engineering, procurement, and con-
struction services on such projects. 
SEC. 107. Of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant 
to this Act not more than $9,000,000 may be used during the fiscal 
year ending June 30, 1971, in carrying out research under section 241 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of i961, as amended. 
SEC. 108. None of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant 
to this Act for carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
amended, may be used to pay in whole or in part any assessments, 
arrearages, or dues of any member of the United Nations. 
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SEC. 109. None of the funds made available by this Act for carrying ^J^°2^^^?^^°^ '" 
out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be obligated countries! °^^'^ 
for financing, in whole or in part, the direct costs of any contract 
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for the construction of facilities and installations in any underde- no^te.^^^ ^^^^ 
veloped country, unless the President shall have promulgated regula-
tions designed to assure, to the maximum extent consistent with the 
national interest and the avoidance of excessive costs to the United 
States, that none of the funds made available by this Act and there-
after obligated shall be used to finance the direct costs under such 
contracts for construction work performed by persons other than 
qualified nationals of the recipient country or qualified citizens of 
the United States: Provided, however, That the President may waive 
waiver. 
the application of this amendment if it is important to the national 
interest. 
SEC. 110. None of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant 
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amended, may be used to finance the procurement of iron and steel 
products for use in Vietnam containing any component acquired by 
the producer of the commodity, in the form in which imported into 
the country of production, from sources other than the United States 
or a country designated as a limited free world country by code num-
ber 901 in the July 1968 Geographic Code Book compiled by the 
Agency for International Development, and at a total cost (delivered 
to the point of production) that amounts to more than 10 per centum 
of the lowest price (excluding the cost of ocean transportation and 
marine insurance) at which the supplier makes the commodity avail-
able for export sale (whether or not financed by the Agency for 
International Development). 
SEC. 111. None of the funds contained in Title I of this Act 
Restriction. 
may be used to carry out the provisions of sections 205 and 251(h) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended. 
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TITLE II—FOREIGN MILITARY CREDIT SALES 
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FOREIGN MILITARY CREDIT SALES 
For expenses not otherwise provided for, necessary to enable the 
President to carry out the provisions of the Foreign Military Sales 
Act, $200,000,000: Provided, however, That none of these funds may 
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be obligated or expended until an authorization shall have been note. 
enacted into law. 
TITLE III—FOREIGN ASSISTANCE (OTHER) 
PEACE CORPS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to carry out the 
provisions of the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), as amended, includ- 
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ing purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for use 
outside the United States, $90,000,000, of which $30,000,000 shall be 
available for administrative expenses. 
DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY—CIVIL FUNCTIONS 
RYUKYU ISLANDS, ARMY, ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to meet the 
responsibilities and obligations of the United States in connection 
with the government of the Ryukyu Islands, as authorized by the 
Act of July 12,1960 (74 Stat. 461), as amended (81 Stat. 363); serv-
note. 
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80 Stat. 416. 
ices as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, of individuals not to exceed 10 
in number; not to exceed $4,000 for contingencies for the High Com-
missioner, to be expended in his discretion; hire of passenger motor 
vehicles and aircraft; purchase of two passenger motor vehicles for 
replacement only; and construction, repair, and maintenance of 
buildings, utilities, facilities, and appurtenances, $6,476,000, of which 
not to exceed $3,107,000, shall be available for administrative and 
information expenses: Provided^ That expenditures, from this appro-
priation may be made outside the continental United States when 
necessary to carry out its purposes, without regard to sections 355 and 
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'^^^' ^®v^-^<^ Statutes, as amended, section 4774(d) of title 10, United 
70A Stat. 269. 
States Code, civil service or classification laws, or provisions of law 
prohibiting payment of any person not a citizen of the United States: 
Provided further. That funds appropriated hereunder may be used, 
insofar as practicable, and under such rules and regulations as may 
be prescribed by the Secretary of the Army to pay ocean transporta-
tion charges from United States ports, including territorial ports, 
to ports in the Ryukyus for the movement of supplies donated to, 
or purchased by. United States voluntary nonprofit relief agencies 
registered with and recommended by the Advisory Committee on 
Voluntary Foreign Aid or of relief packages consigned to individuals 
residing in such areas: Provided 
further^ That the President may 
transfer to any other department or agency any function or functions 
provided for under this appropriation, and there shall be transferred 
to any such department or agency, without reimbursement and with-
out regard to the appropriation from which procured, such property 
as the Director of the Bureau of the Budget shall determine to relate 
primarily to any function or functions so transferred: 
Provided 
further^ That reimbursement shall be made to the applicable military 
appropriation for the pay and allowances of any military personnel 
performing services primarily for the purposes of this appropriation. 
DEPARTMENT or HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE 
ASSISTANCE TO REFUGEES I N T H E UNITED STATES 
76 Stat. 121. 
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For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Migration 
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aid to refugees within the United States, including hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5 
United States Code, $112,000,000: Provided, That funds from this 
appropriation shall be used to reimburse the Secretary of State to 
cover the costs incurred by the Department of State in connection 
with the movement of refugees from Cuba to the United States. 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to enable the 
Secretary of State to provide, as authorized by law, a contribution to 
the International Committee of the Red Cross and assistance to 
refugees, including contributions to the Intergovernmental Committee 
for European Migration and the United Nations High Commissioner 
for Refugees; salaries and expenses of personnel and dependents as 
authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 
60 Stat. 999. 
801-1158) ; allowances as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5921-5925; hire of 
80 Stat. 510. 
passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 
$5,649,000, of which not to exceed $5,014,000 shall remain available 
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until December 31, 1971: Provided^ That no funds herein appro-
priated shall be used to assist directly in the migration to any nation 
in the Western Hemisphere of any person not having a security clear-
ance based on reasonable standards to insure against Communist 
infiltration in the Western Hemisphere. 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS 
ASIAN D E V E L O P M E N T BANK 
For payment of the fifth installment subscription on paid-in capital 
stock to the Asian Development Bank, $20,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
SUBSCRIPTION TO THE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION 
For payment of the third installment of the United States share of 
the 1969-1971 increase in the resources of the International Develop-
ment Association, $160,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND 
INCREASE IN QUOTA, INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND 
To finance an increase in the quota of the United States in the Inter-
national Monetary Fund, $1,540,000,000 to remain available until 
expended. 
TITLE IV—EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE 
UNITED STATES 
The Export-Import Bank of the United States is hereby authorized 
to make such expenditures within the limits of funds and borrowing 
authority available to such corporation, and in accord with law, 
and to make such contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal 
year limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corpo-
ration Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out 
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the program set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such 
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corporation, except as hereinafter provided. 
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LIMITATION ON PROGRAM ACTIVITY 
Not to exceed $4,075,483,000 (of which not to exceed $2,775,000,000 
shall be for equipment and services loans) shall be authorized during 
the current fiscal year for other than administrative expenses. 
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $6,613,000 (to be computed on an accrual basis) shall 
be available during the current fiscal year for administrative expenses, 
including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services as authorized by 
5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $12,000 for entertainment allowances 
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for members of the Board of Directors: Provided^ That (1) fees or 
dues to international organizations of credit institutions engaged in 
financing foreign trade, (2) necessary expenses (including special 
services performed on a contract or fee basis, but not including other 
personal services) in connection with the acquisition, operation, main-
tenance, improvement, or disposition of any real or personal property 
belonging to the Bank or in which it has an interest, including expenses 
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of collections of pledged collateral, or the investigation or appraisal 
of any property in respect to which an application for a loan has been 
made, and (3) expenses (other than internal expenses of the Bank) 
incurred in connection with the issuance and servicing of guarantees, 
insurance, and reinsurance, shall be considered as nonadministrative 
expenses for the purposes hereof. 
Publicity or 
propaganda. 
Inspector Gen-
eral, Foreign 
Assistance. 
Fiscal year 
limitation. 
Short title. 
TITLE Y—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United 
States not heretofore authorized by the Congress. 
SEC. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used for expenses of the Inspector General, Foreign Assistance, 
after the expiration of the thirty-five day period which begins on 
the date thie General Accounting Office or any committee of the 
Congress, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, charged with 
considering foreign assistance legislation, appropriations, or expendi-
tures, has delivered to the Office of the Inspector General, Foreign 
Assistance, a written request that it be furnished any document, paper, 
communication, audit, review, finding, recommendation, report, or 
other material in the custody or control of the Inspector General, 
Foreign Assistance, relating to any review, inspection, or audit 
arranged for, directed, or conducted by him, unless and until there 
has been furnished to the General Accounting Office or to such com-
mittee or subcommittee, as the case may be, (A) the document, paper, 
communication, audit, review, finding, recommendation, report, or 
other material so requested or (B) a certification by the President, 
personally, that he has forbidden the furnishing thereof pursuant 
to such request and his reason for so doing. 
SEC. 503. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
This Act may be cited as the "Foreign Assistance and Related 
Programs Appropriation Act, 1971." 
Approved December 31, 1970. 
Public Law 91-620 
AN ACT 
December 31, 19 70 
[H. R. 11547] 
To amend the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961, as 
amended, to increase tlie loan limitation on certain loans. 
Consolidated 
Farmers Home Ad-
ministration Act of 
1961, amendment. 
75 Stat. 308. 
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Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Remesentatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled^ That the Consoli-
dated Farmei-s Home Administration Act of 1961, as amended, is 
further amended by changing the figure "$60,000" in section 305(a) to 
"$100,000". 
SEC. 2. Section 302 of the Act, as amended, is amended by inserting 
after the word "background" the phrase ", except with respect to vet-
erans as defined in section 333(e), a farm background shall not be 
required as a condition precedent to obtaining any loan,". 
SEC. 3. Section 333 (e) of the Act, as amended, is amended by delet-
ing the word "or" following the word "nation" and inserting in lieu 
thereof a comma, and by inserting after the words "Korean conflict" 
the words "or the Vietnam era". 
Approved December 31, 1970.