AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. (a) Authorization of Appropriations.—The following amounts are authorized to be appropriated for the United States Information Agency (other than for the Voice of America) to carry out international information, educational, cultural, and exchange programs under the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, Reorganization Plan Number 2 of 1977, and to carry out other authorities in law consistent with such purposes: (1) Salaries and expenses.—For “Salaries and Expenses”, $423,827,500 for the fiscal year 1992 and $451,294,000 for the fiscal year 1993. 105 STAT. 692 (2) Office of the inspector general.—For “Office of the Inspector General” $4,206,000 for the fiscal year 1992 and $4,420,000 for the fiscal year 1993. (3) National endowment for democracy.—For “National Endowment for Democracy”, $25,000,000 for the fiscal year 1992 and $31,250,000 for the fiscal year 1993. (4) Center for cultural and technical interchange between east and west.—For “Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange between East and West”, $24,500,000 for the fiscal year 1992 and $26,000,000 for the fiscal year 1993. (b) Authorization Within “Salaries and Expenses” Account.—Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a)(1), $284,000 is authorized for the fiscal year 1992 for the establishment and operation of a United States Information Agency office in Vientiane, Laos, pursuant to section 216 of this Act, and $307,000 is authorized for fiscal year 1993 for the continued operation of such office.