Pub. L. 88-633, pt. III, ch. 2, sec. 302

Sec. 302. Chapter 2 of part III of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, which relates to administrative provisions, is amended as follows: (a) Amend section 625, which relates to employment of personnel, as follows: (1) In subsection (d)(2) in the third proviso strike out “more than thirty persons in the aggregate” and substitute “the assignment to such duty of more than twenty persons at any one time”. (2) Add the following new subsection (j): “(j) The President may appoint or assign a United States citizen to be representative of the United States to the Inter-American Committee on the Alliance for Progress and, in his discretion, may terminate such appointment or assignment, notwithstanding any other provision of law. Such person may be compensated at a rate not to exceed that authorized for a chief of mission, class 2, within the meaning of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended.” (b) Amend section 626, which relates to experts, consultants and retired officers, as follows: (1) Subsection (a) is amended by striking out “$75” and substituting “$100”. (2) Subsection (c) is amended by striking out the words “Career Compensation Act of 1949, as amended (37 U.S.C. 231 et seq.)” and substituting “section 101(3) of title 37 of the United States Code”. (c) Amend section 637(a), which relates to administrative expenses, by striking out “1964” and “$54,000,000” and substituting “1965” and “$52,500,000”, respectively.