special assistance and other programs

special assistance and other programs Sec. 205. Title IV of chapter II of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, which relates to special assistance and other programs, is amended as follows: (a) Amend section 400, which relates to special assistance, as follows: (1) In subsection (a), which relates to authorization, strike out “1959” and “$202,500,000” and substitute “1960” and “$247,500,000”, respectively. (2) In subsection (c), which relates to assistance to American-sponsored schools and libraries abroad, strike out “$10,000,000” and substitute “$20,000,000”, and in the last sentence of such subsection strike out “for the purposes of this subsection” and insert in lieu thereof the following: “and notwithstanding the provisions of Public Law 213, Eighty second Congress, the President is authorized to utilize foreign currencies accruing to the United States under this or any other Act, for the purposes of this subsection and for hospitals abroad designed to serve as centers for medical treatment, education and research, founded or sponsored by citizens of the United States”. (b) Insert after section 400 the following new section: “Sec. 401. United Nations Emergency Force.— The Congress of the United States, recognizing the important contribution of the United Nations Emergency Force to international peace and security, declares it to be the policy of the United States and the purpose of 73 Stat. 250 this section to support the United Nations Emergency Force. The President is hereby authorized to use during the fiscal year 1960 funds made available pursuant to section 400(a) of this Act for contributions on a voluntary basis to the budget of the United Nations Emergency Force.” (c) In section 402, which relates to earn marking of funds, strike out “1959” in the first sentence and substitute “1960”; in the same sentence, after the words “foreign currencies” insert the words “or the grant”, and at the end of the section, add the following new sentences: “Surplus food commodities or products thereof made available for transfer under this Act (or any other Act) as a grant or as a sale for foreign currencies may also be made available to the maximum extent practicable to eligible domestic recipients pursuant to section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1431), or to needy persons within the United States pursuant to clause (2) of section 32 of the Act of August 24, 1935, as amended (7 U.S.C. 612c). Section 416 of the Agricultural Act of 1949, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1431), is amended by inserting ‘whether in private stocks or’ after ‘commodities’ the first time that word appears.” (d) In section 403, which relates to responsibilities in Germany, strike out “1959” and “$8,200,000” in the first sentence and substitute “1960” and “$7,500,000”, respectively. (e) Amend section 405, which relates to migrants, refugees, and escapees, as follows: (1) In subsection (c), strike out “1959” and “$1,200,000” and substitute “1960” and “$1,100,000”, respectively. (2) In subsection (d), strike out “1959” and “$8,600,000” and substitute “1960” and “$5,200,000”, respectively. (f) In section 406, which relates to children’s welfare, strike out “$11,000,000” and “1959” and substitute “$12,000,000” and “1960”, respectively. (g) In section 407, which relates to Palestine refugees in the Near East, strike out “1959” in the first sentence and substitute “1960”, and in the proviso in the first sentence, strike out “15 per centum” and substitute “10 per centum”. (h) In section 408(c), which relates to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, strike out “four” and substitute “five”. (i) In section 409(c), which relates to ocean freight charges, strike out “1959” and “$2,100,000” and substitute “1960” and “$2,300,000”, respectively. (j) Section 410, which relates to Control Act expenses, is repealed. (k) Amend section 411, which relates to administrative and other expenses, as follows: (1) In subsection (b), strike out “1959” and “$33,000,000” and substitute “1960” and “$39,500,000”, respectively. (2) In subsection (c), strike out “, not to exceed $7,000,000 in any fiscal year,”; and insert before the period “, and for expenses of carrying out the objectives of the Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act of 1951 (22 U.S.C. 1611): Provided, That, in addition, funds made available for carrying out chapter I of this Act shall be available for carrying out the objectives of the Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act of 1951 in such amounts as the President may direct”. (l) After section 411, insert a new section as follows: “Sec. 412. President’s Special Education and Training Fund.— Of the funds appropriated pursuant to this Act for use beginning in each of the fiscal years 1960 through 1964, $10,000,000 for each such year shall be available only as follows: 73 Stat. 251 “(a) $5,000,000 shall be available until expended only for financing studies, research, instruction, and other educational activities of citizens of underdeveloped countries in educational institutions in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Such financing may include payment for transportation, tuition, maintenance and other expenses incident to scholastic activities. The President may employ such funds to augment programs of this character authorized by section 32(b)(2) of the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended, and by the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as amended, and he may consolidate such portions of such $5,000,000 as he may deem appropriate with appropriations made to carry out these two Acts. “(b) $5,000,000 shall be available until expended only for the training of people of underdeveloped countries in skills which will contribute to economic development. Such training shall be carried out in accordance with the policies set forth in title III of chapter II, relating to technical cooperation, and such $5,000,000 may be consolidated with appropriations made for carrying out title III of chapter II.” (m) Amend section 413, which relates to encouragement of free enterprise and private participation, as follows: (1) In subparagraph (b)(4)(A), strike out “any of the purposes of this Act” and substitute “the development of the economic resources and productive capacities of economically underdeveloped areas or, in the case of guaranties issued prior to January 1, 1960, on the basis of applications submitted prior to July 1, 1959, any of the purposes of this Act”. (2) In subparagraph (b)(4)(F), strike out “$500,000,000” and substitute “$1,000,000,000”. (3) In subparagraph (b)(4)(G), strike out “achieving any of the purposes of this Act” and substitute “furthering the development of the economic resources and productive capacities of economically underdeveloped areas or, in the case of guaranties issued prior to January 1, 1960, on the basis of applications submitted prior to July 1, 1959, any of the purposes of this Act”. (4) In subsection (c), delete the words “a study” following the words “shall conduct” and insert in lieu thereof “annual studies to keep the data up to date”; insert immediately before the period at the end of the first sentence the following: “, and to the net position of the United States in its balance of trade with the rest of the world”; and in the final sentence delete the word “study” following “such” and insert in lieu thereof “studies”. (5) Add the following new subsection: “(d) Under the direction of the President, the Department of State and such other agencies of the Government as the President shall deem appropriate shall conduct a study of methods by which the United States and other nations including those which are parties to regional agreements for economic cooperation to which the United States is a party, or any of them, might best together formulate and effectuate programs of assistance to strengthen the economies of free nations so as to advance the principal purposes of this Act, as stated in section 2 thereof.” (n) In section 419(a), which relates to atoms for peace, strike out “1959” and “$5,500,000” in the second sentence and substitute “1960” and “$6,500,000”, respectively.