Domestic and International Business Administration

Domestic and International Business Administration salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of domestic business activities of the Department of Commerce; necessary expenses for international business activities, including trade promotional activities abroad without regard to the provisions of law set forth in 41 U.S.C. 5 and 13, and 44 U.S.C. 501, 3702, and 3703; purchase of commercial and trade reports; employment of aliens by contract for services abroad; rental of space abroad, for periods not exceeding five years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement; purchase or construction of temporary demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; advance of funds under contracts abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims arise in foreign countries; and, not to exceed $4,200 for official representation expenses abroad; and necessary expenses for carrying out the Export Administration Act of 1969, as amended and extended by the Equal Export Opportunity Act, including awards of compensation to informers under said Act and as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 401(b); $49,000,000, of which not to exceed $600.000 may be advanced to the Bureau of Customs, Treasury Department, for enforcement of the export, control program, and of which $15,212,000 shall remain available for international business activities until June 30, 1975: Provided, That, the provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out the activities concerned with international business activities.