general provisions

general provisions Sec. 401. The chapter designated by paragraph (16) of section 501 of this Act as chapter IV of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, which relates to general and administrative provisions, is further amended as follows: (a) Section 502, which relates to use of foreign currencies by committees of the Congress, is amended by striking out the proviso in subsection (b) and inserting the following: “: Provided, That each member or employee of any such committee shall make, to the chairman of such committee in accordance with regulations prescribed by such committee, an itemized report showing the amounts and dollar equivalent values of each such foreign currency expended, together with the purposes of the expenditure, including lodging, meals, transportation, and other purposes. Within the first sixty days that Congress is in session in each calendar year, the chairman of each such committee shall consolidate the reports of each member and employee of the committee and forward said consolidated report, showing the total itemized expenditures of the committee and each subcommittee thereof during 72 Stat. 269the preceding calendar year, to the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives (if the committee be a committee of the House of Representatives or a joint committee whose funds are disbursed by the Clerk of the House) or to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate (if the committee be a Senate committee or a joint committee whose funds are disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate). Each such report submitted by each committee shall be published in the Congressional Record within ten legislative days after receipt by the Committee on House Administration of the House or the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.”. (b) Section 509, which relates to shipping on United States vessels, is amended by adding the following new sentence at the end thereof: “Sales of fresh fruit and the products thereof under this Act shall be exempt from the requirements of the cargo preference laws (Public Resolution 17, Seventy-third Congress, and section 901 (b) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended).”. (c) Section 510, which relates to purchase of commodities, is amended by striking out “title II or” in the first sentence. (d) Add the following new sections immediately after section 515: “Sec. 516. Prohibition Against Debt Retirement.—None of the funds made available under this Act nor any of the counterpart funds generated as a result of assistance under this Act or any other Act shall be used to make payments on account of the principal or interest on any debt of any foreign government or on any loan made to such government by any other foreign government; nor shall any of these funds be expended for any purpose for which funds have been withdrawn by any recipient country to make payment on such debts: Provided, That to the extent that funds have been borrowed by any foreign government in order to make a deposit of counterpart and such deposit is in excess of the amount that would be required to be deposited pursuant to the formula prescribed by section 142 (b) of this Act, such counterpart may be used in such country for any agreed purpose consistent with the provisions of this Act. “Sec. 517. Completion of Plans and Cost Estimates.—After June 30, 1958, no agreement or grant which constitutes an obligation of the United States in excess of $100,000 under section 1311 of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1955, shall be made for any assistance authorized under title I or III (except section 306) of chapter II, or section 400 (a)— “(1) if such agreement or grant requires substantive technical or financial planning, until engineering, financial, and other plans necessary to carry out such assistance, and a reasonably firm estimate of the cost to the United States of providing such assistance, have been completed; and “(2) if such agreement or grant requires legislative action within the recipient country, unless such legislative action may reasonably be anticipated to be completed within one year from the date the agreement or grant is made. This section shall not apply to any assistance furnished for the sole purpose of preparation of engineering, financial, and other plans.” (e) Amend section 527, which relates to the employment of personnel, by adding the following new subsection, such amendment to take effect nine months after the date of enactment of this Act: “(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of title 10, United States Code, section 712, or any other law containing similar authority, officers and employees of the United States performing functions under this Act shall not accept from any foreign nation any compensation or other benefits. Arrangements may be made by the President with such nations for reimbursement to the United States or other sharing of the cost of performing such functions.” 72 Stat. 270 (f) Section 537, which relates to provisions on uses of funds, is amended as follows: in subsection (a) (1), strike out “for the fiscal year 1958”; in subsection (c), strike out “Not to exceed $18,000,000” and substitute “Notwithstanding the provisions of section 406 (a) of Public Law 85–241, not to exceed $26,000,000”, and add the following new clause before the period: “. and not to exceed $2,750,000 of funds made available for assistance in other countries under this Act may be used (in addition to funds available for such use under other authorities in this Act) for construction or acquisition of such facilities for such purposes elsewhere”; and add the following new subsection: “(f) During the annual presentation to the Congress of requests for authorizations and appropriations under this Act, a detailed explanation of the method by which the proposed programs for each country have been arrived at shall be submitted, including all significant factors considered in arriving at such proposed programs. (g) Amend section 543 (d), which relates to saving provisions, by striking out “Act of 1956 or the Mutual Security Act of 1957” and substituting “Act of 1956, 1957, or 1958” in the first sentence and by inserting the following new sentence after the second sentence: “Until June 30, 1958, funds used for the purposes of this Act shall be so used in accordance with the provisions of this Act as in effect prior to the date of enactment of the Mutual Security Act of 1958.”. (h) Amend section 544, which relates to amendments to other laws, by striking out subsections (b) and (c) (which deletions shall not be deemed to affect amendments contained in such subsections to Acts other than the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended). (i) Amend section 545, which relates to definitions, as follows: (1) In subsection (j), insert “the Development Loan Fund and” after “refer to” and strike out “title II,”. (2) In subsection (k), insert “the Board of Directors of the Development Loan Fund and” after “refer to” and strike out “title II,”.