amendments to other laws

amendments to other laws Sec. 502. (a) The Defense Base Act, as amended (42 U. S. C. 1651), is further amended as follows: (1) In subsection (a) of the first section, insert the following new subparagraph after subparagraph (4): “(5) under a contract approved and financed by the United States or any executive department, independent establishment, or agency thereof (including any corporate instrumentality of the United States), or any subcontract or subordinate contract with respect to such contract, where such contract is to be performed outside the continental United States, under the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended (other than title II of chapter II thereof), and not otherwise within the coverage of this section, and every such contract shall contain provisions requiring that the contractor (and subcontractor or subordinate contractor with respect to such contract) (A) shall, before commencing performance of such contract, provide for securing to or on behalf of employees engaged in work under such contract the payment of compensation and other benefits under the provisions of this Act, and (B) shall maintain in full force and effect during the term of such contract, subcontract, or subordinate contract, or while employees are engaged in work performed thereunder, the said security for the payment of such compensation and benefits, but nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to apply to any employee of such contractor or subcontractor who is engaged exclusively in furnishing materials or supplies under his contract (2) In subsection (e) of such section, strike “(3) or (4)” in the last sentence and substitute therefor “(3), (4), or (5)”. (3) In subsection (f) of such section, insert “or in any work under subparagraph (5) subsection (a) of this section” between “this section” and “shall not apply”. (b) In the first section of the Act of June 28, 1935, as amended (49 Stat. 425), strike out “$30,000” and insert “$33,000”, and strike out “$15,000” the first time it appears and insert “$18,000”. (c) In section 101 of the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U. S. C. 846), insert “Development Loan Fund;” before “Institute of Inter-American Affairs”. 72 Stat. 273 (d) In section 2 of the Act of July 11, 1956 (70 Stat. 523), strike out all beginning with “An” down through “Conference and” and substitute “There is authorized to be appropriated annually, for the annual contribution of the United States toward the maintenance of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Parliamentary Conference, such sum as may be agreed upon by the United States Group and approved by such Conference, but in no event to exceed for any year an amount equal to 25 per centum of the total annual contributions made for that year by all members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization toward the maintenance of such Conference, and”. (e) Section 5 of the Act of July 30, 1946 (22 U. S. C. 287q) is amended by the addition of the following sentences at the end thereof: “The National Commission is further authorized to receive and accept services and gifts or bequests of money or materials to carry out any of the educational, scientific, or cultural purposes of the National Commission as set forth in this Act and in the constitution of the Organization. Any money so received shall be held by the Secretary of State and shall be subject to disbursement through the disbursement facilities of the Treasury Department as the terms of the gift or bequest may require and shall remain available for expenditure by grant or otherwise until expended: Provided, That no such gift or bequest may be accepted or disbursed if the terms thereof are inconsistent with the purposes of the National Commission as set forth in this Act and in the constitution of the Organization. In no event shall the National Commission accept gifts or bequests in excess of $200,000 in the aggregate in any one year. Gifts or bequests provided for herein shall, for the purposes of Federal income, estate, and gift taxes, be deemed to be a girt to or for the United States. The National Commission and Secretary of State shall submit to Congress annual reports of receipts and expenditures of funds and bequests received and disbursed pursuant to the provisions of this section.” (f) The portion of subsection (a) of section 2 of the joint resolution of June 30, 1948, as amended (22 U. S. C. 272a (a)), which precedes as apportioned” is amended to read as follows: “(a) such sums as may be necessary for the payment by the United States of its share of the expenses of the Organization, but not to exceed 25 per centum of such expenses”. (g) Section 101 (a) of the War Hazards Compensation Act, as amended (42 U. S. C. 1701), is further amended by inserting the following new subparagraph after subparagraph (3): “or (4) to any person who is an employee specified in section 1 (a) (5) of the Defense Base Act, as amended, if no compensation is payable with respect to such injury or death under such Act, or to any person engaged under a contract for his personal services outside the United States approved and financed by the United States under the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended (other than title II of chapter II thereof) : Provided, That in cases where the United States is not a formal party to contracts approved and financed under the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, the Secretary, upon the recommendation of the head of any department or agency of the United States, may, in the exercise of his discretion, waive the application of the provisions of this subparagraph with respect to any such contracts, subcontracts, or subordinate contracts, work location under such contracts, subcontracts, or subordinate contracts, or classification of employees.” (h) Section 571 (c) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended, is amended by deleting the words “in the Department” wherever they appear therein and by adding at the end thereof the following new sentences: “Any Foreign Service officer who resigned from the Service, or 72 Stat. 274retired in accordance with section 636 of this Act on or after November 14, 1957, but prior to the enactment of this sentence, for the purpose of accepting an immediate appointment to such a position, shall be considered as having been assigned to such other position under authority of this section as amended. Appropriate adjustment at the election of the officer may be made with respect to special contributions deposited immediately prior to resignation or retirement by any such officer under title VIII of this Act on salaries in excess of $13,500.”. (i) Section 1011 of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as amended, is further amended by adding the following new subsection at the end thereof: “(h) (1) There is authorized to be appropriated annually an amount to restore in whole or in part any realized impairment to the capital used in carrying on the authority to make informational media guaranties, as provided in subsection (c), through the end of the last completed fiscal year. “(2) Such impairment shall consist of the amount by which the losses incurred and interest accrued on notes exceed the revenue earned and any previous appropriations made for the restoration of impairment. Losses shall include the dollar losses on foreign currencies sold, and the dollar cost of foreign currencies which (a) the Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with the Director, has determined to be unavailable for, or in excess of, requirements of the United States, or (b) have been transferred to other accounts without reimbursement to the special account. “(3) Dollars appropriated pursuant to this section shall be applied to the payment of interest and in satisfaction of notes issued or assumed hereunder, and to the extent of such application to the principal of the notes, the Director is authorized to issue notes to the Secretary of the Treasury which will bear interest at a rate to be determined by the Secretary of the Treasury, taking into consideration the current average market yields of outstanding marketable obligations of the United States having maturities comparable to the guaranties. The currencies determined to be unavailable for, or in excess of, requirements of the United States as provided above shall be transferred to the Secretary of the Treasury to be held until disposed of, and any dollar proceeds realized from such disposition shall be deposited in miscellaneous receipts.”. (j) The Act of May 26, 1949, as amended (5 U. S. C. 151a–151c), relating to the organization of the Department of State, is amended as follows: (1) In the first section, strike out “three” and insert “two”. (2) In section 2, designate the present language as “(a)” and add the following new subsection: “(b) There is hereby established in the Department of State the Office of Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, which shall be filled by appointment by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs shall receive compensation at the rate of $22,000 per year and shall perform such duties as may be prescribed by the Secretary of State. The President may initially fill the position of Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs by appointing, without further advice and consent of the Senate, the officer who, on the date of the enactment of this subsection, held the position of Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs. Any provision of law vesting authority in the ‘Deputy Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs’ or any other reference with respect thereto, is 72 Stat. 275hereby amended to vest such authority in the Under Secretary of State for Economic Affairs.” (k) Section 712 (b) of title 10 of the United States Code is amended to read as follows, such amendment to take effect nine months after the date of enactment of this Act: “(b) Subject to the prior approval of the Secretary of the military department concerned, a member detailed under this section may accept any office from the country to which he is detailed. He is entitled to credit for all service while so detailed, as if serving with the armed forces of the United States. Arrangements may be made by the President, with countries to which such members are detailed to perform functions under this section, for reimbursement to the United States or other sharing of the cost of performing such functions.” (l) Section 104 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (Public Law 480, Eighty-third Congress; 7 U. S. C. 1704), as amended, is further amended by adding after paragraph (j) the following new paragraph: “(k) To collect, collate, translate, abstract, and disseminate scientific and technological information and to conduct and support scientific activities overseas including programs and projects of scientific cooperation between the United States and other countries such as coordinated research against diseases common to all of mankind or unique to individual regions of the globe, but no foreign currencies shall be used for the purposes of this subsection (k) unless specific appropriations be made therefor.” (m) The Act of June 14, 1948, as amended (22 U. S. C. 290) authorizing participation in the World Health Organization, is amended by adding the following new section 6: “Sec. 6. The Congress of the United States, recognizing that the diseases of mankind, because of their widespread prevalence, debilitating effects, and heavy toll in human life, constitute a major deterrent to the efforts of many peoples to develop their economic resources and productive capacities, and to improve their living conditions, declares it to be the policy of the United States to continue and strengthen mutual efforts among the nations for research against diseases such as heart disease and cancer. In furtherance of this policy, the Congress invites the World Health Organization to initiate studies looking toward the strengthening of research and related programs against these and other diseases common to mankind or unique to individual regions of the globe.”