An Act making appropriations for foreign assistance and related agencies for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, and for other purposes
PL 89-273 (H.R.10871), enacted 10/20/1965

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PUBLIC LAW 89-273-OCT. 20, 1965 
[79 STAT. 
October 20, 1965 
[H. R. 10871] 
Public Law 89-273 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for Foreign Assistance and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending June 30, 1966, and for other purposes. 
Foreign Assist-
ance and Related 
Agencies Appro-
priation Act, 1966. 
Be it enacted hy the Senate and House of Eepresentatives 
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 a])propriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1966, namely: 
TITLE I—FOREIGN ASSISTANCE 
75 Stat. 424, 
22 u s e 2151 
note. 
Ante, p. 654. 
Ante, p. 656. 
Ante, p. 655. 
76 Stat. 258. 
22 u s e 2212. 
75 Stat. 426. 
22 u s e 2162. 
Ante, p. 653. 
Ante, p. 661. 
75 Stat. 460. 
22 u s e 2397. 
75 Stat. 463, 
22 u s e 1613d. 
68 Stat. 830. 
31 u s e 200. 
68 Stat. 8.32, 
22 u s e 1750 et 
seq. 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
MUTUAL DEFENSE AND DEVELOPMENT 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to carry out the pro-
visions of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, to remain 
available until June 30, 1966, unless otherwise specified herein, as 
follows: 
E C O N O M I C ASSISTANCE 
For expenses 
Technical cooperation and development grants: 
authorized by section 212, $202,355,000. 
American schools and hospitals abroad: For expenses authorized 
by section 214(c), $7,000,000. 
International organizations and programs: For expenses author-
ized by section 302, $144,755,000. 
Supporting assistance: For expenses authorized by section 402, 
$369,200,000. 
Contingency fund, general: For expenses authorized by section 
451(a), $50,000,000. 
Contingency fund, southeast Asia: For expenses authorized by sec-
tion 451(a), $89,000,000. 
Alliance for Progress, technical cooperation and development 
grants: For expenses authorized by section 252, $75,000,000. 
Alliance for Progress, development loans: For expenses authorized 
by section 252, $435,125,000, together with such dollar amounts as are 
authorized to be made available for assistance under section 253, all 
such amounts to remain available until expended. 
Development loans: For expenses authorized by section 202(a), 
$618,225,000, together with such amounts as are authorized to be 
made available for expenses under section 203, all such amounts to 
remain available until expended: Provided, 
That no part of this 
appropriation may be used to carry out the pro\nsions of section 205 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended. 
Administrative expenses: For expenses authorized by section 
637(a), $54,249,000. 
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, $3,100,000. 
Unobligated balances as of June 30,1965, of funds heretofore made 
available under the authorit^r of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, 
as amended, except as othei'wise provided by law, are hereby continued 
available for the fiscal year 1966, for the same general purposes for 
which appropriated and amounts certified pursuant to section 1311 
of the Supplemental Apj)ropriation Act, 1965, as having been obli-
gated against appropriations heretofore made under the authority 
of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, and the Foreign 
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Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, for the same general purpose as 
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any of the subparagraphs under "Economic Assistance" are hereby note. 
continued available for the same period as the respective appropria-
tions in such subparagraphs for the same general purpose: 
Provided, 
That such purpose relates to a project or program previously justified con°r«sroi^" °^ 
to Congress and the Committees on Aj>propriations of the House of committer? 
Representatives and the Senate are notifiea prior to the reobligation 
of funds for such projects or programs. 
Ante, p. (556. 
MILITARY 
ASSISTANCE 
Military assistance: For expenses authorized by section 504(a) of 
the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, including adminis-
trative expenses authorized by section 636(g) (1) of such Act, which 
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shall not exceed $23,500,000 for the current fiscal year, and purchase of 
passenger motor vehicles for replacement only for use outside the 
United States: 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, $1,170,000,000. 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds herein appropriated (other than funds and^reciamau°^ 
appropriated under the authorization for "International organiza- programs,Ttc°" 
tions and programs") 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 standards 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 en- 
Engineering and 
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architectural fees. 
gineering and architectural fees and services to any individual or group 
Reports to con. 
of engineering and architectural firms on any one project in excess gressionai com-
of $25,000 shall be reported to the Committees on Appropriations of ™
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the Senate and House of Representatives at least twice annually. 
SEC. 103. Except for the appropriations entitled "Contingency 
Restrictions. 
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 hereafter 
serving in the armed forces of any recipient country. 
SEC. 105. The Congress hereby reiterates its opposition to the seating 
seating of com-
in the United Nations of the Communist China regime as the repre- U"N.^ opp"At'^n. 
sentative of China, and it is hereby declared to be the continuing sense 
of the Congress that the Communist regime in China has not demon-
strated its willingness to fulfill the obligations contained in the Charter 
of the United Nations and should not be recognized to represent China 
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in the United Nations. 
In the event of the seating of representatives 
of the Chinese Communist regime in the Security Council or General 
Assembly of the United Nations the President is requested to inform 
the Congress insofar as is compatible with the requirements of national 
security, of the implications of this action upon the foreign policy of 
the United States and our foreign relationships, including that created 
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Racial or re-
ligious discrimi-
nation. 
Restriction on 
assistance to cer-
tain countries. 
22 u s e 2151 
note. 
65 Stat. 645. 
22 u s e 1611-
161 Id. 
Presidential 
determination of 
assistance. 
Report to con-
gressional com-
mittees. 
Publication in 
Federal Register. 
Procurement 
outside U.S. 
Report to con-
gressional com-
mittees. 
75 Stat. 439. 
22 u s e 2354, 
eommunist na-
tions. 
Furnishing of 
strategic mate-
rials, prohibition. 
Economic as-
sistance. 
Presidential 
determination. 
22 u s e 2174. 
by membership in the United Nations, together with any recommenda-
tions which he may have with respect to the matter. 
SEC. 106. It is the sense of Congress that any attempt by foreign 
nations to create distinctions because of their race or religion among 
American citizens in the granting of personal or commercial access or 
any other rights otherwise available to United States citizens generally 
is repugnant to our principles; and in all negotiations between the 
United States and any foreign State arising as a result of funds appro-
priated under this title these principles shall be applied as the Presi-
dent may determine. 
SEC. 107. (a) No assistance shall be furnished under the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, to any country which sells, fur-
nishes, or permits any ships under its registry to carry to Cuba, so long 
as it is governed by the Castro regime, m addition to those items con-
tained on the list maintained by the Administrator pursuant to title I 
of the Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act of 1951, as amended, any 
arms, ammunition, implements of war, atomic energy materials, or any 
other articles, materials, or supplies of primary strategic significance 
used in the production of arms, ammunition, and implements of war 
or of strategic significance to the conduct of war, including petroleum 
products. 
(b) No economic assistance shall be furnished under the Foreign 
Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, to any country which sells, fur-
nishes, or permits any ships under its registry to carry items of eco-
nomic assistance to Cuba, so long as it is governed by the Castro 
regime, or to North Vietnam, unless the President determines that the 
withholding of such assistance would be contrary to the national 
interest and reports such determination to the Foreign Relations and 
Appropriations Committees of the Senate and the Foreign Affairs 
and Appropriations Committees of the House of Representatives. 
Reports made pursuant to this subsection shall be published in the 
Federal Register within seven days of submission to the committees 
and shall contain a statement by the President of the reasons for such 
determination. 
SEC. 108. Any expenditure made from funds provided in this title 
for procurement outside the United States of any commodity in bulk 
and in excess of $100,000 shall be reported to the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives at least twice 
annually: Provided^ That each such report shall state the reasons for 
which the President determined, pursuant to criteria set forth in sec-
tion 604(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, that 
foreign procurement will not result in adverse effects upon the econ-
omy of the United States or the industrial mobilization base which 
outweigh the economic or other advantages to United States of less 
costly procurement outside the United States. 
SEC. 109. (a) No assistance shall be furnished to any nation, whose 
government is based upon that theory of government known as com-
munism under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, for 
any arms, ammunition, implements of war, atomic energy materials, 
or any articles, materials, or supplies, such as petroleum, transporta-
tion materials of strategic value, and items of primary strategic sig-
nificance used in the production of arms, ammunition, and implements 
of war, contained on the list maintained by the Administrator pur-
suant to title I of the Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act of 1951, 
as amended. 
(b) No economic assistance shall be furnished to any nation whose 
government is based upon that theory of government known as com-
munism under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended (except 
section 214(b)), unless the President determines that the withholding 
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of such assistance would be contrary to the national interest and gresskJiai'r'o"!^-" 
reports such determination to the Foreign Affairs and Appropriations mittees. 
Committees of the House of Kepresentatives and Foreign Relations 
and Appropriations Committees of the Senate. Reports made pur- pfjf^^i'^Re^^ster 
suant to this subsection shall be published in the Federal Register 
within seven days of submission to the committees and shall contain 
a statement by the President of the reasons for such determination. 
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 for making payments on any contract for 
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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. 111. None of the funds appropriated or made available by this io"d^o"tsid'e 
or any predecessor Act for the years subsequent to fiscal year 1962 u.°s. 
for carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may ^ ^^^^t*-^^"" 
be used on or after 60 days from the date of enactment of this Act to ^•'"'^^^ ^°"^-
make payments with respect to any contract for the performance of 
services outside the United States by United States citizens unless the 
President shall have promulgated regulations that provide for the 
investigation of such citizens for loyalty and security to the extent 
necessary to protect the security and other interests of the United 
States: Provided., That such regulations shall require that any such 
United States citizen who will have access, in connection with the per-
formance of such services, to information or material classified for 
security reasons shall be subject to such investigation as may other-
wise be provided by law and executive order. 
SEC. 112. None of the funds appropriated or made available under ^^^"^^ ^ri*^*"" 
this Act for carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
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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. 
SEC. 113. Of the funds appropriated or made available pursuant to 
this Act not more than $12,000,000 may be used during the fiscal year 
ending June 30,1966, in carrying out section 241 of the Foreign Assist-
ance Act of 1961, as amended. 
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SEC. 114. None of the funds appropriated or made available pur- 
22 use 2201. 
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. 115. None of the funds made available by this Act for carry- 
underdeveloped 
ing out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, may be ''°con"t'mction 
obligated on or after April 30, 1964, 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, on or before such date, 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 
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 the application of 
this amendment if it is important to the national interest. 
SEC. 116. No assistance shall be furnished under the Foreign Assist- 
Restriction on 
ance Act of 1961, as amended, to any country that sells, furnishes or cert^rf^ount'ries. 
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Report to Con-
gress. 
Restriction on 
assistance to 
United Arab 
Republic. 
Presidential 
determination. 
Restriction on 
assistance to 
Indonesia. 
Presidential 
determination. 
permits any sliips under its registry to carry to North Vietnam any 
of the items mentioned in subsection 107(a) of this Act unless the 
President determines that the withholding of such assistance would be 
contrary to the national interest of the United States and reports such 
determination to the Congress. 
SEC. 117. None of the funds appropriated or made available in 
this Act for carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
amended, shall be available for assistance to the United Arab Republic, 
unless the President determines that such availability is essential to 
the national interest of the United States. 
SEC. 118. None of the funds appropriated or made available in 
this Act for carrying out the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as 
amended, shall be available for assistance to Indonesia, imless the 
President determines that such availability is essential to the national 
interest of the United States. 
TITLE II—FOREIGN ASSISTANCE 
(OTHER) 
FrxDs APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
22 u s e 2501 
note. 
PEACE CORPS 
For expenses necessary to enable the President to carry out the 
provisions of the Peace Corps Act (75 Stat. 612), as amended, includ-
ing purchase of not to exceed five passenger motor vehicles for use 
outside the United StateSj $102,000,000, together with not to exceed 
$12,100,000 of funds previously appropriated whicli are hereby con-
tinued available for the fiscal year 1966, of which not to exceed 
$24,100,000 shall be available for administrative expenses. 
DEPARTMENT OF T H E ARMY—CIVIL FUNCTIONS 
RYUKYU ISLANDS. ARMY 
60 Stat. 810. 
40 u s e 255; 
31 u s e 529. 
70A Stat. 269. 
ADMINISTRATION 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessarj^ 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 (76 Stat. 742); services 
as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 
56a), of individuals not to exceed ten in number; not to exceed $4,000 
for contingencies for the High Commissioner, to be expended in his 
discretion; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; purchase of 
one passenger motor vehicle, for replacement only; and construction, 
repair, and maintenance of buildings, utilities, facilities, and appur-
tenances; $14,733,000, of which not to exceed $2,733,000 shall be avail-
able for administrative and information expenses: Provided^ That 
expenditures from this appropriation may be made outside continental 
United 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, 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 transportation charges from United States ports, includ-
ing territorial ports, to ports in the Ryukyus for the movement of 
supplies donated to, or purchased bjr, United States voluntary non-
profit relief agencies registered with and recommended by the 
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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 without 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 OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND WELFARE 
ASSISTANCE TO REFUGEES IN THE UNITED STATES 
For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Migration 
and Eefugee Assistance'Act of 1962 (Public Law 87-510), relating to 
76 stat. 1
1
2
1
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aid to refugees within the United States, including hire of passenger ^^^l^^^ ^^^^ 
motor vehicles, and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of 
August 2,1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), $30,000,000. 
60 stat. s 10. 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
MIGRATION AND REFUGEE ASSISTANCE 
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to enable the 
Secretary of State to provide assistance to refugees, as authorized 
by law, 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 the Overseas Differentials 
60 stat. 999. 
and Allowances Act (5 U.S.C. 3031-3039) ; hire of passenger motor 
74 stat. 792. 
vehicles; and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 
2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); $7,575,000, of which not to exceed $7,050,000 
shall remain available until December 31, 1966: Provided^ That no 
funds herein appropriated shall be used to assist directly in the migra-
tion to any nation in the Western Hemisphere of any person not hav-
ing a security clearance based on reasonable standards to insure against 
Communist infiltration in the Western Hemisphere: Provided 
further^ 
That $371,000 of the balances of prior year appropriations under this 
head shall remain available until December 31,1965. 
FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT 
INVESTMENT IN INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK 
For subscription to the Inter-American Development Bank for the 
second installment on the increase in callable capital stock and for 
the second installment of the United States share in the increase in 
the resources of the Fund for Special Operations of the Bank, 
$455,880,000, to remain available until expended. 
SUBSCRIPTION TO T H E INTERNATIONAL 
DEVELOPMENT 
ASSOCIATION 
For payment of the first installment of the supplementary contribu-
tions of the United States to the International Development Associa-
tion, $104,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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61 Stat. 584. 
31 use 849. 
60 Stat. 810. 
Extension of 
credit to Com-
;munist countries, 
restriction. 
76 Stat. 261; 
78 Stat. 1013. 
22 use 2370. 
Report to 
eongress. 
TITLE III—EXPORT-IMPOKT BANK OF WASHINGTON 
The Export-Import Bank of Washington 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 
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. 
LIMITATION ON OPERATING EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $1,186,120,000 (of which not to exceed $900,000,000 
shall be for long term project and equipment loans) shall be author-
ized during the current fiscal year for other than administrative 
expenses. 
LlMFPATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES 
Not to exceed $4,052,000 (to be computed on an accrual basis) shall 
l^e available during the current fiscal yeiar for administrative expenses, 
including services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 
1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), and not to exceed $9,000 for entertainment 
allowances for members of the Board of Directors: Provided^ That 
(1) fees or dues to international organizations of credit institutions 
engaged m 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, 
maintenance, improvement, or disposition of any real or personal 
property belonging to the Bank or in which it has an interest, includ-
ing expenses of cmlections of pledged collateral, or the investigation 
or appraisal of any property m respect to which an application for 
a loan has been made, and (3) exj)enses (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. 
None of the funds made available because of the provisions of this 
title shall be used by the Export-Import Bank to either guarantee 
the payment of any obligation hereafter incurred by any Communist 
country (as defined in section 620(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act 
of 1961, as amended) or any agency or national thereof, or in any 
other way to participate in the extension of credit to any such country, 
agency, or national, in connection with the purchase of any product 
by such country, agency, or national, except when the President de-
termines that such guarantees would be in the national interest and 
reports each such determination to the House of Kepresentatives and 
the Senate within 30 days after such determination. 
TITLE IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Publicity or 
propaganda. 
Inspector 
General, For-
eign Assistance. 
Expenses. 
SEC. 401. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
be used for publicity or propaganda purposes within tlie United 
States not heretofore authorized by the Congress. 
SEC. 402. None of the funds herein appropriated 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 considering for-
eign assistance legislation, appropriations, or expenditures, has 
delivered to the Office of the Inspector General. Foreign Assistance, 
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a written request that it be furnished any document, paper, commu-
nication, 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 fur-
nished to the General Accounting Office or to such committee or 
subcommittee, as the case may be, (A) the document, paper, com-
mimication, audit, review, finding, recommendation, report, or other 
material so requested or (B) a certification by the President, person-
ally, that he has forbidden the furnishing thereof pursuant to such 
request and his reason for so doing. 
This Act may be cited as the "Foreign Assistance and Related 
Agencies Appropriation Act, 1966." 
Approved October 20, 1965. 
Short title. 
Public Law 89-274 
JOINT RESOLUTION 
To allow the showing in the United States of the T'nited States Information 
Agency tilm "John F. Kennedy—Years of Lightning, Day of Dnuns". 
October 20, 1965 
[S. J. Res. 106] 
Resolved hy the Senate and House of Reiyresentdtiues of the Utilted 
States of America in Congress assemhled^ That it is the sense of the 
Congress that the people of the United States should not be denied 
an opportunity to view the film prepared by the United States Infor-
mation Agency entitled "Years of Lightning, Day of Drums", depict-
ing events in the administration of the late President John F. Kennedy. 
It is further the sense of Congress that the expression of congres-
sional intent embodied in this joint resolution is to be limited solely 
to the film referred to herein, and that nothing contained in this joint 
resolution should be construed to establish a precedent for making 
other materials prepared by the Ignited States Information Agency 
available for general distribution in the L'nited States. 
SEC. 2. Accordingly, the LTnited States Infonnation Agency is 
authorized to make appropriate arrangements to transfer to the 
trustees of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts six 
master copies of such film and the exclusive rights to distribute copies 
thereof, through educational and commercial media,, foi' viewing 
within the United States. The net proceeds resulting from any sucli 
distribution shall be covered into the Treasury for the benefit of the 
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and shall be avail-
able, in addition to appropriations authorized in the John F. Kennedy 
Center Act, to the trustees of such Center foi^ use in carrying out the 
purposes of such Act. 
SEC. 3. In order to reimburse the Ignited States Government for its 
expenditures in connection with production of the film, such arrange-
ments shall provide for payment, at the time of delivery of the said 
master copies, for such rights in the amount of $122,000, which shall 
be covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts. 
SEC. 4. Any documentary film which has been, is now being, or is 
hereafter produced by any Government department or agency witli 
appropriations out of the Treasury concerning the life, character, and 
public service of any individual who has served oi* is serving the Gov-
ernment of the United States in any official capacity shall not be dis-
tributed or shown in public in this country during the lifetime of the 
said official or after the death of sudi official unless authorized by law 
in each specific case. 
Approved October 20, 1965. 
"John F. 
Kennedy-Years 
of Lightning, Day 
of Drums." 
Transfer and 
distribution 
of film. 
72 Stat. 
78 Stat, 4. 
1698; 
Future Govern-
ment-produced 
films. 
Restriction.