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Public Law 95–45
To authorize additional appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal year 1977.
Approved June 15, 1977
Statutory text
An Act
To authorize additional appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal year 1977.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
Section 1. additional authorization for international organizations and conferences and for migration and refugee assistance
Section 101(a) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1977, is amended—
90 Stat. 823.
in paragraph (2) by striking out “$342,460,453” and inserting in lieu thereof “$402,460,453”; and
in paragraph (5) by striking out “$10,000,000” and inserting in lieu thereof “$28,725,000”.
Sec. 2. assistance for Americans incarcerated abroad
Section 3 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide certain basic authority for the Department of State”, approved on August 1, 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2670), is amended by—
striking out “and” at the end of subsection (h);
striking out the period at the end of subsection (i) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon and “and”; and
inserting at the end thereof the following new subsection:
Emergency assistance.
“(j) provide emergency medical attention and dietary supplements, and other emergency assistance, for United States citizens incarcerated abroad who are unable to obtain such services otherwise, such assistance to be provided on a reimbursable basis to the extent feasible.”
Sec. 3. additional authorization for Foreign Service Buildings Act
Section 4(h) (1) of the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926,
is amended by striking out subparagraphs (A) through (G) and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
“(A) for use in Europe, not to exceed $225,000 for fiscal year 1977;
“(B) for use in the Near East and South Asia, not to exceed $12,885,000, of which not to exceed $3,985,000 may be appropriated for fiscal year 1976;
“(C) for facilities for the United States Information Agency, not to exceed $3,400,000, of which not to exceed $2,800,000 may be appropriated for fiscal year 1976;
“(D) for facilities for agricultural and defense attaché housing, not to exceed $150,000 for fiscal year 1977; and
“(E) for facilities for the United States Agency for International Development, not to exceed $17,200,000 for fiscal year 1977; and”.
Sec. 4. delegations to certain interparliamentary groups
The first section of the joint resolution entitled “Joint resolution to authorize participation by the United States in parliamentary conferences with Canada”, approved June 11, 1959 (22 U.S.C. 276d), is amended—
in the second sentence of the first paragraph, by striking out “Foreign Affairs” and inserting in lieu thereof “International Relations”, and by inserting “upon recommendations of the majority and minority leaders of the Senate” immediately after “President of the Senate”;
in the second paragraph, by striking out “Foreign Affairs” and inserting in lieu thereof “International Relations”; and
by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph: “The Chairman or Vice Chairman of the House delegation shall be a Member from the International Relations Committee, and, unless the. President of the Senate, upon the recommendation of the. Majority Leader, determines otherwise, the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Senate delegation shall be a Member from the Foreign Relations Committee.”.
The first section of the joint resolution entitled “Joint resolution to authorize participation by the United States in parliamentary conferences with Mexico”
, approved April 9, 1960 (22 U.S.C. 276h), is amended—
in the second sentence, by striking out “Foreign Affairs” and inserting in lieu thereof “international Relations”, and by inserting “upon recommendations of the majority and minority leaders of the Senate” immediately after “President of the Senate”;
in the third sentence, by striking out “Foreign Affairs” and inserting in lieu thereof “International Relations”; and
by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: “The Chairman or Vice Chairman of the House delegation shall be a Member from the International Relations Committee, and, unless the President of the Senate, upon the recommendation of the Majority Leader, determines otherwise, the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Senate delegation shall be a Member from the Foreign Relations Committee.”.
The first section of the joint resolution entitled “Joint Resolution to authorize participation by the United States in parliamentary conferences of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization”, approved July 11, 1956 (22 U.S.C. 1928a), is amended—
in the first sentence, by striking out “eighteen” and inserting in lieu thereof “twenty-four”;
in the second sentence, by inserting “(not less than four of whom shall be from the Committee on International Relations)” immediately after “Members of the House”, and by inserting “upon recommendations of the majority and minority leaders of the Senate” immediately after “President of the Senate”;
by amending the third sentence to read as follows: “Not more than seven of the appointees from the Senate shall be of the same political party.”; and
by adding the following new sentence at the end of the section: “The Chairman or Vice Chairman of the House delegation shall be a Member from the International Relations Committee, and, unless the President of the Senate, upon the recommendation of the Majority Leader, determines otherwise, the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Senate delegation shall be a Member from the Foreign Relations Committee.”.
The second sentence of the first section of the Act entitled “An Act to authorize participation by the United States in the Inter-parliamentary Union”, approved June 28, 1935 (22 U.S.C. 276), is amended by striking out “president and the executive secretary of the American group” and inserting in lieu thereof “Chairman of the House delegation in the case of delegates from the House of Representatives or the Chairman of the Senate delegation in the case of delegates from the Senate, except that either such Chairman may authorize the executive secretary of the American group to approve such vouchers on his behalf”.
Section 3 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 276a–1) is amended to read as
House of Representatives delegates.
follows:
“Sec. 3.
There shall be not to exceed twelve delegates from the House of Representatives (at least four of whom shall be from the Committee on International Relations) to each Conference of the Interparliamentary Union, such delegates to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives. The Chairman or Vice
Chairman.
Chairman of the House delegation shall be a member from the Committee on International Relations. The Speaker shall designate the Chairman and the Vice Chairman of the House delegation for each such Conference.”.
Such Act is further amended by adding at the end thereof the
Senate delegates.
following new sections:
“Sec. 4.
Senate delegates to each conference of the Interparliamentary
Union, and to all other parliamentary conferences, shall be designated by the President of the Senate upon recommendations of the majority and minority leaders of the Senate. Unless the President of
Chairman.
the Senate, upon the recommendation of the majority leader, determines otherwise, the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Senate delegation shall be a Member from the Foreign Relations Committee. Not fewer than two Senators designated to be in the Senate delegation to each conference of the Interparliamentary Union shall be members of the Committee on Foreign Relations.
“Sec. 5.
After December 31, 1977, the executive secretary of the
Executive secretary, appointment.
American group of the Interparliamentary Union shall be an officer or employee of the Senate or the House of Representatives and shall be appointed—
“(1) by the Chairman of the Senate delegation upon recommendations of the majority and minority leaders of the Senate for service during odd-numbered Congresses; and
“(2) by the Chairman of the House delegation for service during even-numbered Congresses.
“Sec. 6.
The certificate of the Chairman of the respective delegation
Certificate
to the Interparliamentary Union (or the certificate of the executive secretary of the American group if the Chairman delegates such authority to him) shall be final and conclusive upon the accounting officers in the auditing of all accounts of the House and Senate delegations to the Interparliamentary Union.”.
The second sentence of the nineteenth undesignated paragraph under the general heading “DEPARTMENT OF STATE” in title I of the Third Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1937 (22 U.S.C. 276b) is deleted.
Sec. 5. international agreements
Section 112b, title I, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “Any department or agency of the United States Government which enters into any international agreement on behalf of the United States shall transmit to the Department of State the text of such agreement not later than twenty days after such agreement has been signed.”.
The second sentence of such section is amended by deleting the words “Foreign Affairs” and inserting in lieu thereof the words “International Relations”.
Approved June 15, 1977.