Palestine Refugees in the Near East.—

Sec. 407. Palestine Refugees in the Near East.— There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the President for the fiscal year 1955, not to exceed $30,000,000, to be used to make contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East. In addition, the unexpended balance of the appropriation made for the Palestine refugee program in the Mutual Security Appropriation Act, 1954, is hereby authorized to be continued available for the purpose of this section through June 30, 1955. Whenever the President shall determine that it would more effectively contribute to the relief, rehabilitation, and resettlement of Palestine refugees in68 Stat. 845 the Near East, he may expend any part of the funds made available pursuant to this section through any other agency he may designate.