UNITED STATES-SOVIET EXCHANGES.

SEC. 224. UNITED STATES-SOVIET EXCHANGES. The Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “Sec. 113. United States-Soviet Exchanges.— (a) The President is authorized to negotiate and implement an agreement with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics under which repayments made by the Soviet Union on Lend-Lease debts to the United States would be used to finance the exchange of persons between the United States and the Soviet Union for educational, cultural, and artistic purposes. Exchanges authorized pursuant to this section shall be administered subject to the provisions of this Act. Part of the funds repaid to the United States shall be in convertible currency for the purpose of paying the expenses associated with study and other exchange activities by Soviet citizens in the United States. “(b) Funds made available for the purposes of this section shall be available only to the extent and in the amounts provided for in an appropriation Act.”.