An Act making appropriations for foreign assistance and related programs for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and for other purposes
PL 92-242 (H.R.12067), enacted 03/08/1972

PUBLIC LAW 92-241-MAR. 6, 1972 
[86 STAT. 
85 Stat. 379. 
SEC. 3. The second sentence of section 8(d) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1158(d)) is amended by striking 
out "$650,000,000 for the four-month period ending October 31.1971."' 
and inserting in lieu thereof "$1,650,000,000 for the period ending 
April 30. 1972.**. 
Approved March 1, 1972. 
March 6, 1972 
[S. 960] 
Public Law 92-241 
AN ACT 
To designate the Sycamore Canyon Wilderness, Coconino. Kail>ab, and Prescott 
National i\)re.sts, State of Arizona. 
Sycamore Can-
yon Wilderness. 
Designation. 
16 u s e 1132. 
Map and de-
scription, filing 
with congression-
al committees. 
Administration. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate <(nd Iloune of RepreHentatirex of the 
U'tdted Htaten of Amerioti in, Congre^n (lisxcinbled. That, in accordance 
with subsection 3(b) of the AVilderness Act of September 3, 1964 ("S 
Stat. 891), the area classihed as the Sycamore ("anyon Primitive Area, 
with the proposed additions thereto and deletions therefrom, as gen-
erally depicted on a map entitled "Proposed Sycamore Canyon Wil-
derness," dated September 30. 1971, which is on file and available for 
public inspection in the office of the Chief. Forest Service. Department 
of Agriculture, is hereby designated as the Sycamore Canyon Wilder-
ness within and as a part of the Coconino, Kaibab. and Prescott 
National Forests, comprising an area of approximately forty-eight 
thousand five hundred acres. 
SKC. 2. As soon as practicable after this Act takes effect, the Secre-
tary of Agriculture shall file a map and a legal description of the 
Sycamore Canyon Wilderness with the Interior and Insular Affairs 
Committees of tlie United States Senate and the House of Representa-
tives, and such description shall have the same force and effect as if 
included in this Act: Provided. howere/\ That correction of clerical 
and typographical errors in such legal description and map may be 
made. 
SEC. 3. The Sycamore Canyon Wilderness shall be administered by 
the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the provisions of 
the Wilderness Act governing areas designated by that Act as wilder-
ness areas, except that any reference in such provisions to the effective 
date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the 
effective date of this Act. 
SEC. 4. The previous classification of the Sycamore Canyon Primi-
tive Area is hereby abolished. 
Approved March 6, 1972. 
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March 8, 1972 
[H. R. 12067] 
Public Law 92-242 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations fnr Foreign Assistance and related progra)n< 
tiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and for other purposes. 
for 
tilt 
Foreign Assist-
ance and Related 
Programs Appro-
priation Act, 1972. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not other-
wise appropriated, for Foreign Assistance and related programs for 
rhe fiscal year ending June 30, 1972, and for other purposes, namely: 
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PUBLIC LAW 92-242-MAR. 8, 1972 
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TITLE I—FOEEIGN ASSISTANCE ACT ACTIVITIES 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
80 Stat. 797. 
22 u s e 2171. 
81 Stat. 453. 
22 u s e 2221. 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to carry ont the 
provisions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, and 
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for other purposes, to remain available until June 30, 1072, unless note. 
otherwise specified herein, as follows: 
ECONOMIC 
A S S I S T A N C E 
Worldwide, technical assistance: For necessary expenses to carry 
out the provisions of section 211, $160,000,000: Provided^ That no 
part of this appropriation shall be used to initiate any jiroject or 
activity which has not been justified to the Congress. 
Alliance for Progress, technical assistance: For necessary expenses 
to carry out the provisions of section 251 with respect to Alliance for 
76 stat. 257; 
Progress, technical assistance, $80,000,000: Provided^ That no part of 
22 use 2211. 
this appropriation shall be used to initiate any project or activity 
which has not been justified to the Congress. 
International organizations and programs: For necessary expenses 
to carry out the provisions of section 301, $127,000,000, of which 
$15,000,000 shall be available only for the United Nations' Children's 
Fund: Provided, That no part or this appropriation shall be used to 
initiate any project or activity which has not been justified to the 
Congress. It is the sense of the Congress that the total United States 
international 
contribution to the International Atomic Energy Agency be nego- Agency,^u!s^^ 
tiated by the State Department w^ith the members of the IAEA in contribution. 
order to bring our contribution down to a per centum not to exceed 
31.5. Progress made on these negotiations shall be reported to the For- 
Report to con 
eign Relations and Appropriations Committees of the Senate and the commit"" es. 
Foreign Affairs and Appropriations Committees of the House of 
Representatives by September 30, 1972. 
Programs relating to population growth: For necessary expenses 
to carry out tlie provisions of section 291, $125,000,000. 
si stat. 452. 
American schools and hospitals abroad: For necessary expenses to 
carry out the provisions of section 214, $20,000,000. 
'^"'«' P- 22. 
Indus Basin Development Fund, grants: For necessary expenses to 
carry out the provisions of section 302(b) (2) with respect to Indus 
Basin Development Fund, grants, $10,000,000. 
Indus Basin Development Fund, loans: For expenses authorized by 
section 302(b) (1), $12,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
Contingency fund: For necessary expenses, $30,000,000, to be used 
for the purposes set forth in section 451. 
^"'«. p- 24. 
Refugee relief assistance (East Pakistan) : For necessary expenses 
^^^' Pakistan 
for the relief and rehabilitation of refugees from East Pakistan and 
for humanitarian relief ill Kasf Pakistan. i^^Od.OiKt.OOO, 
Alliance for Progress, development loans: For necessary expenses 
to carry out the provisions of section 251 Avitli respect to Alliance for 
Progress, development loans, $150,000,000, together with such amounts 
as are provided for under section 203, all such amounts to remain 
^3 stat. 80S; 
available until expended. 
"22'use 2163. 
Development loans: For necessary expenses to carry out the pro-
visions of section 201, $200,000,000, together with such amounts as 
are provided for under section 203, all such amounts to remain avail-
able until expended. 
Antu, 
p. 23. 
81 Stat. 454. 
22 u s e 2222. 
75 Stat. 426. 
22 u s e 2161. 
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PUBLIC LAW 92-242-lVIAR. 8, 1972 
[86 STAT. 
Ante, 
p. 28. 
75 Stat. 460. 
22 u s e 2397. 
22 u s e 1613d. 
22 u s e 2151 
note. 
68 Stat. 830; 
73 Stat. 167. 
31 u s e 200. 
Advance notice 
to congressional 
committees. 
Administrative expenses: For necessary expenses, $50,000,000, to 
be, used for the purposes set forth in section 637(a). 
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, $4,221,000. 
Unobligated balances as of June 30,1971, 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 1972, for the same general purposes for 
which appropriated and amounts certified pursuant to section 1311 
of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1955, as having been 
obligated against appropriations heretofore made under the authority 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, for the same 
general purpose as any of the subparagraphs under "Economic 
Assistance" and "Security Supporting Assistance'", are hereby con-
tinued available for the same period as the respective appropriations 
in such subparagraphs for the same general purpose: Provided, That 
such purpose relates to a project or program previously justified to 
Congress and the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate are notified prior to the reobligation 
of funds for such projects or programs. 
]\tILITARY ASSISTANCE 
75 Stat. 435; 
81 Stat. 455. 
22 u s e 2311. 
Military assistance: For necessary expenses to carry out the pro-
visions of section 503 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, $500,000,000: Provided, That none of the funds contained in 
this paragraph shall be available for the purchase of new automotive 
vehicles outside of the United States. 
SECURITY SUPPORTING ASSISTANCE 
Ante, 
p. 26. 
Israel, funds 
availability. 
Security supporting assistance: For necessary expenses to carry out 
the provisions of section 531 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
amended, $550,000,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation 
shall be used to initiate any project or activity which has not been 
justified to the Congress: Provided further, That of the funds appro-
priated under this paragraph, not less than $50,000,000 shall be 
available for obligation for security supporting assistance for Israel 
onlv. 
OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT CORPORATION 
61 Stat. 584. 
83 Stat. 813. 
22 u s e 2195. 
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 LT.S.C. 
849), as may be necessary in carrying out the program set forth in the 
budget for the current fiscal year. 
Overseas Private Investment Corporation, reserves: For expenses 
authorized by section 235(f), $12,500,000, to remain available until 
expended. 
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INTER-AMERICAN 
FOUNDATION 
The Inter-American Foundation is authorized to make such expendi-
tures within the limits of funds available to it and in accordance with 
the law, 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 
^^ ^t^'- 584. 
necessary in carrying out its authorized programs 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. 
GENEKAL PEG VISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds herein appropriated (other than funds ^^^1ly^''°2^^°^ 
appropriated for "International organizations and programs" and projects.^ 
"Indus Basin Development Fund") shall be used to finance the con-
struction 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 Amer-
ica as per memorandum of the President dated May 15, 1962. 
SEC. 102. Obligations made from funds herein appropriated for engi- 
Engineering and 
neering and architectural fees and services to any individual or group biannuai*"eport lo' 
of engineering and architectural firms on any one project in excess congress. 
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 "Development 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 hereafter 
serving in the armed forces of any recipient country. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds appropriated or made available pur- 
Procurement 
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o ontrfl c t s 
r c s t r i c -
suant to this Act for carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, tion. 
as amended, may be used for making payments on any contract for 
^^ stat. 424. 
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 contracts and 
the firms to provide engineering, procurement, and construction serv-
ices on such projects. 
note. 
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[86 STAT. 
Development 
research, appro-
priation limita-
tion. 
75 Stat. 433; 
77 Stat. 382. 
22 u s e 2201. 
22 u s e 2151 
note, 
eonstruction in 
underdeveloped 
countries. 
Iron and steel 
products for 
Vietnam, restric-
tion. 
Ante, 
p. 21. 
80 Stat. 799. 
22 u s e 2211. 
India and 
Pakistan, 
conditional 
assistance. 
Ecuador. 
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, 1972, in carrying out research under section 241 of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended. 
SEC. 108. 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 to pay in whole or in part any assessments, 
arrearages, or dues of any member of the United Nations. 
SEC. 109. None of the funds made available by this Act for carrying 
out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be obligated 
for financing, in whole or in part, the direct costs of any contract for 
the construction of facilities and installations in any underdeveloped 
country, unless the President shall have promulgated regulations 
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 thereafter obligated 
shall be used to finance the direct costs under such contracts for con-
struction work performed by persons other than qualified nationals of 
the recipient country or qualified citizens of the United States: Pro-
vided, however, That the President may waive the application of this 
amendment if it is important to the national interest. 
SEC. 110. 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 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. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds contained in title I of this Act may be 
used to carry out the provisions of sections 209(d) and 251(h) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended. 
SEC. 112. None of the funds appropriated or made available pur-
suant to this Act may be used to provide assistance, except assistance 
relating to refugee relief and rehabilitation and humanitarian relief, 
to India and Pakistan while these countries are involved in armed 
conflict with one another, unless the President determines that the 
furnishing of such assistance is important to the national security of 
the United States and reports within thirty days each such determina-
tion to the Congress. 
SEC. 113. No part of any appropriations contained in this Act may 
be used to provide assistance to Ecuador, unless the President deter-
mines that the furnishing of such assistance is important to the national 
interest of the United States. 
82 Stat. 1320. 
22 u s e 2751 
note. 
TITLE II—FOEEIGN MILITARY CREDIT SALES 
; 
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, $400,000,000. 
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note. 
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TITLE III—FOREIGN ASSISTANCE (OTHER) 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
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, 
including purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for 
use outside the United States, $72,000,000, of which not to exceed 
$24,250,000 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) ; services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, of individuals not to exceed 10 in num- 
so stat. 4i6. 
ber; not to exceed $4,000 for contingencies for the High Commissioner, 
to be expended in his discretion; hire of passenger motor vehicles 
and aircraft; and construction, repair, and maintenance of buildings, 
utilities, facilities, and appurtenances, $4,216,000 of which not to 
exceed $3,314,000 shall be available for administrative and informa-
tion expenses: Provided, That expenditures from this appropriation 
may be made outside the continental L^nited States when necessary to 
carry out its purposes, without regard to sections 355 and 3648, Revised 
Statutes, as amended, section 4774(d) of title 10, United States Code, 
3^ ^|^ g^^-
civil service or classification laws, or provisions of law prohibiting 
70A stat. 269. 
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 paj^ ocean transportation 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 recom-
mended by the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid or of 
relief packages consigned to individuals residing in such areas: Pro-
vided further, That the President may transfer to any other depart-
ment or agency any function or functions provided for under this property^ 
appropriation, and there shall be transferred to any such department 
or agency, without reimbursement and without regard to the appro-
priation from which procured, such property as the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget shall determine to relate primarily 
to any function or functions so transferred: Provided further, 
That 
reimbursement shall be made to the applicable military appropria-
tion for the pay and allowances of any military personnel performing 
services primarily for the purposes of this appropriation. 
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE 
ASSISTANCE TO REFUGEES IN THE UNITED STATES 
Transfer of 
functions, 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Migration 
and Refugee Assistance Act of 1962 (Public Law 87-510), relating 
to aid to refugees within the United States, including hire of passenger note 
76 Stat. 121. 
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[86 STAT. 
80 Stat. 416. 
Secretary of 
State, reimburse-
ment. 
60 Stat. 999. 
80 Stat. 510. 
Security 
clearance. 
motor vehicles, and services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, $139,000,000: 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. 
801-1158) ; allowances as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 5921-5925; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; 
$8,690,000, of w^hich not to exceed $7,650,000 shall remain available 
until December 31, 1972: 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 
INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK 
Investment in Inter-American Development Bank: $211,760,000 to 
remain available until expended, of which $75,000,000 shall be avail-
able for paid in capital; $136,760,000 shall be available for callable 
ordinary capital. 
84 Stat. 1657. 
22 u s e 286e-
INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT 
To pay for the increase in the United States subscription to the 
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, as author-
ized by the Act of December 30, 1970 (Public Law 91-599), 
$123,050,000, to remain available until expended. 
TITLE IV—EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF T H E 
UNITED STATES 
61 Stat. 584. 
31 u s e 849. 
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 wdth law, and 
to make such contracts and commitments w^ithout regard to fiscal year 
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation 
Control Act, as amended, as may be necessary in carrying out the 
program set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for such 
corporation, except as hereinafter provided. 
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55 
LIMITATION ON PROGRAM ACTIVITY 
, Not to exceed $7,323,675,000 (of which not to exceed $2,675,000,000 
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 $8,072,000 (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 $18,000 for entertainment allowances 
^^ ^^^^- '^^^• 
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 
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. 
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T I T L E V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
Publicity or 
be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States P''°p^eanda. 
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 the General Accounting Office or any committee of the Congress, 
or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, charged with consider-
ing foreign assistance legislation, appropriations, or expenditures, 
has delivered to the Office of the Inspector General, Foreign Assist-
ance, 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. 
SEC. 504. Not to exceed $1,200,000 of the funds appropriated under 
title I of this Act and for the Peace Corps under this Act may be used 
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PUBLIC LAW 92-243-MAR. 9, 1972 
[86 STAT,I 
Short title. 
to reimburse the expenses of the Inspector General, Foreign Assistance, 
of which amount not to exceed $1,028,000 may be expended for com-
pensation for personnel. All obligations incurred during the period 
beginning February 23,1972 and ending on the date of approval of this 
Act, for projects or activities for which pi-ovision is made in this Act 
are hereby ratified and confirmed if otherwise in accord with the 
applicable provisions of this Act. 
This Act may be cited as the "Foreign Assistance and Related Pro-
grams Appropriation Act, 1972". 
Approved March 8, 1972. 
Public Law 92-243 
March 9, 1972 
^N ACT 
[S.2896] 
To amend chapter 83 of title o, United States Code, relating to adopted child. 
Civil service 
retirement. 
Survivor 
annuities. 
80 Stat. 577; 
84 Stat. 1961. 
Effective date. 
Be it eiKufe.iI by the Senate and Hoa-se of Rejue-sentittices of th{ 
United State.^ of Atnsrka 
in Congmss aH-seinbled. That section 8841
(a)(3)(A) of title 5. United States Code, is amended by inserting* 
before the semicolon the following: ", and (iii) a child who lived with 
and for whom a petition of adoption was filed by an employee or 
Membeir, and who is adopted by the surviving spouse of the employee 
or Meml)er after his death". 
SEC. 2. The amendment made by the first section of this Act is" 
effective upon enactment. Upon application to the Civil Service Com-
mission, it also applies to a child of an employee or Mem})er wlio died 
or retired before such date of enactment but no annuity shall be paid 
by reason of the amendment for any period prior to the date of 
enactment. 
Approved March 9, 1972. 
March 9, 1972 
[H. R. 6291] 
Public Law 92-244 
AN ACT 
To provide for the disposition of funds arising from judgments in Indian Claims 
Commission dockets numbered 178 and 179, in favor of the Confederated^ 
Tribes of the Colville Reservation, and for other purposes. 
Indians. 
Confederated 
Tribes of the 
Colville Reserva-
tion. 
Judgment funds, 
disposition. 
Per capita 
distribution. 
Be it enavted hy the Senate and Hou^e of Representatives 
of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled. That the funds 
deposited to the credit of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville 
Reservation to pay a judgment arising out of proceedings before the 
Indian Claims Commission in docket numbered 178 and the funds 
appropriated by the Act of July 6, 1970 (84 Stat. 376), to pay a 
judgment in favor of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reserva-
tion, and others, in Indian Claims Commission docket numbered 179, 
and apportioned to the Confederated Tribes under the Act of April 24, 
1961 (75 Stat. 45), and interest thereon, after payment of attorney fees 
and other litigation expenses, shall be distributed on a per capita basis, 
each share amounting to not more than $950, to the extent such funds 
are available, to each person born on or prior to and living on the 
date of this Act who meets the requirements for membership in the 
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. The remaining bal-