special assistance and other programs

special assistance and other programs Sec. 205. Title IV 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 special assistance and other programs, is further amended as follows: (a) In subsection (a) of section 400, which relates to special assistance, strike out “1958” and “$250,000,000” in the first sentence and insert in lieu thereof “1959” and “$202,500,000”, respectively; and strike out all following “stability” in the first sentence and all of the last sentence and insert a period. (b) In section 402, which relates to earmarking of funds, strike out “1958” in the first sentence and substitute “1959”. (c) Repeal sections 403 and 404, which relate, respectively, to special assistance in joint control areas and responsibilities in Germany, and substitute the following new section: “Sec. 403. Responsibilities in Germany.—The President is hereby authorized to use during the fiscal year 1959 not to exceed $8,200,000 of the funds made available pursuant to section 400 (a) of this Act in order to meet the responsibilities or objectives of the United States in Germany, including West Berlin. In carrying out this section, the President may also use currency which has been or may be deposited in the GARIOA (Government and Relief in Occupied Areas) Special Account, including that part of the German currency now or hereafter deposited under the bilateral agreement of December 15, 1949, between the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany (or any supplementary or succeeding agreement) which, upon approval by the President, shall be deposited in the GARIOA Special Account under the terms of article V of that agreement. The President may use the funds available for the purposes of this section on such terms and conditions as he may specify, and without regard to any provision of law which he determines must be disregarded.”. (d) Amend section 405, which relates to migrants, refugees, and escapees, as follows: (1) In subsection (c), strike out all following “fiscal year” and substitute “1959 not to exceed $1,200,000 for contributions to the program of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for assistance to refugees under his mandate.”. (2) In subsection (c), strike out all following “fiscal year” and substitute “1959” and “$8,600,000”, respectively. (e) In section 406, which relates to children’s welfare, strike out “1958” and substitute “1959”. (f) In section 407, which relates to Palestine refugees in the Near East, amend the first sentence to read as follows: “There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the President for the fiscal year 1959 not to exceed $25,000,000 to be used to make contributions to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East: Provided, That of the funds appropriated pursuant to this section fifteen per centum shall be available only for repatriation or resettlement of such refugees.” 72 Stat. 267 (g) In section 409 (c), which relates to ocean freight charges, strike out “1958” and “$2,200,000” and substitute “1959” and “$2,100,000”, respectively. (h) In section 410, which relates to Control Act expenses, strike out “1958” in the first sentence and substitute “1959”. (i) Amend section 411, which relates to administrative and other expenses, as follows: (1) In subsection (b), strike out “1958” and “$32,750,000” and substitute “1959” and “$33,000,000”, respectively; and insert “and title II of chapter II” immediately before the close of the first parentheses; (2) In subsection (c), insert “functions of the Department under this Act or for” before “normal”. (j) Amend section 413, which relates to encouragement of free enterprise and private participation, as follows: (1) In section 413 (o) (4). which relates to encouragement of free enterprise and private participation, strike out “the agency primarily” and substitute “an agency”; insert immediately before the semicolon at the end of subparagraph (E) the following proviso: “: Provided, That in the event the fee to be charged for a type of guaranty is reduced, fees to be paid under existing contracts for the same type of guaranty may be similarly reduced”; and insert after “Director of the International Cooperation Administration” both times it appears in subparagraph (F) “or such other officer as the President may designate”. (2) Insert the following new subsection: “(c) Under the direction of the President, the Departments of State and Commerce and such other agencies of the Government as the President shall deem appropriate, in cooperation to the fullest extent practicable with private enterprise concerned with international trade, foreign investment, and business operations in foreign countries, shall conduct a study of the ways and means in which the role of the private sector of the national economy can be more effectively utilized and protected in carrying out the purposes of this Act, so as to promote the foreign policy of the United States, to stabilize and to expand its economy and to prevent adverse effects, with special reference to areas of substantial labor surplus. Such study shall include specific recommendations for such legislative and administrative action as may be necessary to expand the role of private enterprise in advancing the foreign policy objectives of the United States.” (k) At the end of section 414 (b), which relates to munitions control, add the following: “Such regulations shall prohibit the return to the United States for sale in the United States (other than for the Armed Forces of the United States and its allies) of any military firearms or ammunition of United States manufacture furnished to foreign governments by the United States under this Act or any other foreign assistance program of the United States, whether or not advanced in value or improved in condition in a foreign country. This prohibition shall not extend to similar firearms that have been so substantially transformed as to become, in effect, articles of foreign manufacture.” (l) In section 419 (a), which relates to atoms for peace, strike out “1958” and “$7,000,000” in the second sentence and substitute “1959” and “$5,500,000”, respectively. (m) In section 420, which relates to malaria eradication, insert after the word “authorized” in the second sentence “to use funds made available under this Act (other than chapter I and title II of chapter II)”; insert immediately before the period at the end of the second sentence the following proviso: “: Provided, That this sec-72 Stat. 268tion shall not affect the authority of the Development Loan Fund to make loans for such purpose, so long as such loans are made in accordance with the provisions of title II of chapter II”; and strike out the last sentence.