Statutory Officers.—

Sec. 624. Statutory Officers.— (a) The President may appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, twelve officers in the agency primarily responsible for administering part I, of whom— (1) one shall have the rank of an Under Secretary and shall be compensated at a rate not to exceed the rate authorized by law for any Under Secretary of an Executive Department; (2) two shall have the rank of Deputy Under Secretaries and shall be compensated at a rate not to exceed the rate authorized by law for any Deputy Under Secretary of an Executive Department; and nine shall have the rank of Assistant Secretaries and shall be compensated at a rate not to exceed the rate authorized by law for any Assistant Secretary of an Executive Department, and in the selection of one of such persons due consideration shall be given to persons qualified as professional engineers. (b) Within the limitations established by subsection (a) of this section, the President may fix the rate of compensation, and may designate the title of, any officer appointed pursuant to the authority contained in that subsection. The President may also fix the order of succession among the officers provided for in paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a) of this section in the event of the absence, death, resignation, or disability of the officers provided for in paragraphs (1) and (2) of that subsection. (c) Any person who was appointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to any statutory position authorized by any provision of law repealed by section 642(a) and who is serving in one of such positions at the time of transfer of functions pursuant to subsections (c) and (d) of section 621, may be appointed by the President to a comparable position authorized by subsection (a) of this section on the date of the establishment of the agency primarily responsible for administering part I, without further action by the Senate. (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 642(a)(1) and 642(a) (2), any person who, on the date prior to the effective date of this Act, held an office or a position authorized pursuant to sections 205(b), 527(b), or 533A of the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, or Reorganization Plan Numbered 7 of 1953, may continue to hold such office or position, subject to the discretion of the head of the agency primarily responsible for administering part I, for a period of not more than sixty days following the effective date of this Act. (e) (1) In addition to the officers provided for in subsection (a) of this section, there shall be in the Department of State an officer with the title of “Inspector General, Foreign Assistance,” who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. In addition, there shall be one Deputy Inspector General, Foreign Assistance, and two Assistant Inspector Generals, Foreign Assistance, who shall be appointed by the President, and such other personnel as may be required to carry out the functions vested in the Inspector General, Foreign Assistance, by this subsection. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, such of the personnel employed under the authority of section 533A of the Mutual Security Act of Transfers. 1954, as amended, as the Inspector General, Foreign Assistance, may designate, and such of the property, records, and funds of the office established by such section 533A as the Inspector General, Foreign 75 Stat. 448Assistance, may deem necessary, may be transferred to the office of the Inspector General, Foreign Assistance. The Inspector General, Foreign Assistance, shall receive compensation at the rate of $20,000 annually; the Deputy Inspector General, Foreign Assistance, shall receive compensation at the rate of $19,500 annually, and each Assistant Inspector General, Foreign Assistance, shall receive compensation at the rate of $19,000 annually. (2) The Inspector General, Foreign Assistance, shall report directly to the Secretary of State and shall have the following duties and responsibilities: (A) He shall arrange for, direct or conduct such reviews, inspections and audits of programs being conducted under part I of this Act and of the Peace Corps as he considers necessary for the purpose of ascertaining the efficiency and the economy of their administration, their consonance with the foreign policy of the United States, and the attainment of their objectives. (B) For the purpose of ascertaining the extent to which programs of assistance being carried out under part II of this Act and the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, are in consonance with the foreign policy of the United States, are aiding in the attainment of the objectives of this Act, and are being carried out consistently with the responsibilities with respect thereto of the respective United States chiefs of missions and of the Secretary of State, as well as the efficiency and the economy with which such responsibilities are discharged, he shall arrange for, direct or conduct such reviews, inspections and audits of programs of assistance under part II of this Act and the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, as he considers necessary. (3) The Inspector General, Foreign Assistance, shall maintain continuous observation and review of programs with respect to which he has responsibilities under paragraph (2) of this subsection for the purpose of— (A) determining the extent to which such programs are in compliance with applicable laws and regulations; (B) making recommendations for the correction of deficiencies in, or for improving the organization, plans or procedures of, such programs; and (C) evaluating the effectiveness of such programs in attaining United States foreign policy objectives and reporting to the Secretary of State with respect thereto. (4) In order to eliminate duplication and to assure full utilization of existing data, the Inspector General, Foreign Assistance, shall, in carrying out his duties under this Act, give due regard to the audit, investigative and inspection activities of the various agencies, including those of the General Accounting Office and of the military Inspectors General. (5) For the purpose of aiding in carrying out his duties under this Act, the Inspector General, Foreign Assistance, shall have access to all records, reports, audits, reviews, documents, papers, recommendations, or other material of the agencies of the United States Government administering part I or part II of this Act, the Peace Corps or the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended. All agencies of the United States Government shall cooperate with the Inspector General, Foreign Assistance, and shall furnish assistance upon request to the Inspector General, Foreign Assistance, in aid of his responsibilities. (6) The Inspector General, Foreign Assistance, shall have authority to suspend all or any part of any project or operation (but not a 75 Stat. 449country program) with respect to which he has conducted or is conducting an inspection, audit or review provided he first has given written notice to the Secretary of State. Any such suspension shall remain effective until such program or part thereof is ordered resumed by the Inspector General, Foreign Assistance, or by the Secretary of State. This paragraph shall not apply to part II of this Act, and with respect to the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, shall apply only to projects and operations administered by the Secretary of State. (7) Expenses of the Inspector General, Foreign Assistance, with respect to programs under part I or part II of this Act and the Peace Corps shall be charged to the appropriations made to carry out such programs, and with respect to programs under the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended, shall be charged to funds available under the authority of this Act: Provided, That such appropriations shall not be charged with such expenses after the expiration of a thirty-five day period which begins on the date the General Accounting Office, or any committee of the Congress, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, charged with considering legislation, appropriations, or expenditures under the Act, has delivered to the Office of the Secretary of State a written request that it be furnished any document, paper, communication, audit, review, finding, recommendation, report, or other material which relates to the operation or activities of the Inspector General, Foreign Assistance, unless and until there has been furnished to the General Accounting Office, or to such committee, or subcommittee, as the case may be, (A) the document, paper, communication, audit, review, finding, recommendation, report, or other material so requested, or (B) a certification by the President personally that he has forbidden the furnishing thereof pursuant to such request and his reason for so doing. The waiver authority in section 614(a) of this Act and the provisions of section 634(c) of this Act shall not apply to this subsection. Such expenses shall not exceed $2,000,000 in any fiscal year. The Inspector General, Foreign Assistance, may make expenditures (not in excess of $2,000 in any fiscal year) of a confidential nature when he finds that such expenditures are in aid of inspections, audits or reviews under this subsection. A certificate of the amount of each such expenditure, the nature of which it is considered inadvisable to specify, shall be made by the Inspector General, Foreign Assistance, and every such certificate shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the amount therein specified.