technical cooperation

technical cooperation Sec. 204. Title III of the chapter designated by paragraph (2) of section 501 of this Act as chapter II of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, which relates to technical cooperation, is amended as follows: (a) In section 304, which relates to authorization, strike out “$151,900,000” and insert in lieu thereof “$150,000,000 for use beginning in the fiscal year 1959”. (b) Amend section 306, which relates to multilateral technical cooperation, as follows: (1) Insert “and related programs” after “cooperation” in the heading of the section; insert “and this Act” after “title” in the first sentence; and insert “and related” after “cooperation” in the first sentence. (2) In subsection (a), which relates to contributions to the United Nations Expanded Program of Technical Assistance, strike out “$15,500,000 for the fiscal year 1958” and substitute “$20,000,000 for the fiscal year 1959”; insert “and such related fund as may hereafter be established” after “Assistance”; and in the proviso change “to this program” to “for such purpose” and after the word “contributed” the 72 Stat. 266 first time it appears, strike the remainder of the subsection and insert “for such purpose and for succeeding calendar years not to exceed 40 per centum of the total amount contributed for such purpose for each such year.” (3) In subsection (b), which relates to contributions to the technical cooperation program of the Organization of American States, strike out “1958” and substitute “1959”.