amendments to other laws

amendments to other laws Sec. 701. (a) The Defense Base Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1651), is further amended by inserting in subsection (e) of the first section, between “the approval of this Act,” and “and contracting officers” in the first sentence, the following: “and the liability under this Act of a contractor, subcontractor, or subordinate contractor engaged in performance of contracts, subcontracts, or subordinate contracts specified in subparagraph (5), subdivision (a) of this section, and the conditions set forth therein, shall hereafter be applicable to the remaining terms of such contracts, subcontracts, and subordinate contracts entered into prior to June 30, 1958, but not completed on the date of the enactment of the Mutual Security Act of 1959,”. (b) Section 522 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (60 Stat. 1009, 22 U.S.C. 922), is amended by striking out the word “and” at the end of subparagraph (1), by striking out the period at the end of subparagraph (2) and substituting a semicolon and the word “and”, and by adding at the end thereof a new subparagraph (3) which shall read as follows: “(3) extend the appointment or assignment of any Reserve officer, or continue the services of any such Reserve officer by reappointment without regard to the provisions of section 527 of this Act, for not more than five additional years if the Secretary deems it to be in the public interest to continue such officer in the Service, except that the assignment of any Reserve officer under paragraph (2) above may not be extended under the provisions of this paragraph without the consent of the head of the agency concerned.” (c) Section 1011(a) of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1442), is amended by inserting before the period at the end thereof a colon and the following: “Provided, That the purpose of making informational media guaranties shall be the achievement of the foreign policy objectives of 73 Stat. 258 the United States, including the objective mentioned in sections 413(b)(4)(A) and 413(b)(4)(G) of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended”. (d) Section 104(k) of Public Law 480, Eighty-third Congress (68 Stat. 454), as amended, is further amended by inserting “research” immediately after “conduct”, and by substituting for the phrase “, but no foreign currencies shall be used for the purposes of this subsection (k) unless specific appropriations be made therefor;” the following: “: Provided, That foreign currencies shall be available for the purposes of this subsection (in addition to funds otherwise made available for such purposes) only m such amounts as may be specified from time to time in appropriation Acts;”.