technical and clarifying amendments on personnel and other matters

technical and clarifying amendments on personnel and other matters Sec. 204. (a) Section 104(e)(1) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2454(e) (1)) is amended by striking out “President” and inserting, in lieu thereof “Director of the International Communication Agency”. (b) (1) The Act entitled “An Act to promote the foreign policy of the United States by strengthening and improving the Foreign Service personnel system of the United States Information Agency through establishment of a Foreign Service Information Officer Corps”, approved August 20, 1968, is amended in the first section, section 2, and section 12 (22 U.S.C. 1221, 1222, and 1232) by striking out “United States Information” and inserting in lieu thereof “International Communication”. (2) Section 4 of that Act (22 U.S.C. 1224) is amended to read as follows: “authority of the director “Sec. 4. Foreign Service information officers, Foreign Service Reserve officers, Foreign Service staff officers and employees, and alien clerks and employees of the Agency shall be under the direction and authority of the Director. Authority available to the Secretary of State with respect to Foreign Service officers. Foreign Service Reserve officers, Foreign Service staff officers and employees, or alien clerks and employees of the Department of State shall be available on the same basis to the Director with respect to Foreign Service information officers. Foreign Service Reserve officers. Foreign Service staff officers and employees, and alien clerks and employees of the Agency, except as provided in section 11 of this Act.”. 92 STAT. 974 (3) Section 10 of that Act (22 U.S.C. 1230) is amended to read as follows: “other applicable provisions of law “Sec. 10. All provisions of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 or of any other law, which apply to Foreign Service officers, Foreign Service Reserve officers. Foreign Service staff officers and employees, or alien clerks and employees of the Department of State and which are not referred to in sections 6 through 9 of this Act, shall be applicable to Foreign Service information officers, Foreign Service Reserve officers, Foreign Service staff officers and employees, or alien clerks and employees, as the case may be, of the Agency.”. (4) Section 11 of that Act (22 U.S.C. 1231) is amended to read as follows: “commissioning and assignment as diplomatic and consular officers “Sec. 11. (a) The Secretary of State may, upon request of the Director, recommend to the President that Foreign Service information officers or Foreign Service Reserve officers of the Agency be commissioned as diplomatic or consular officers, or both, in accordance with section 512 or 524 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946. “(b) The Secretary of State may, upon request of the Director, assign Foreign Service information officers or Foreign Service Reserve officers of the Agency, commissioned as diplomatic or consular officers, to serve under such commissions in accordance with sections 512 and 514 or section 524 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946.”. (5) (A) The title of the Act of August 20, 1968, is amended to read as follows: “An Act to promote the foreign policy of the United States by strengthening and improving the Foreign Service personnel system of the International Communication Agency through establishment of a Foreign Service Information Officer Corps.”. (B) Effective October 1, 1978, clause (xv) of paragraph (2) of section 5541 of title 5 of the United States Code, as added by section 412(a)(1)(C) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1978, is amended by striking out “United States Information” and inserting in lieu thereof “International Communication”. (6) Paragraph (3) of section 522 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (22 U.S.C. 922(3)) is amended by striking out “United States Information” and inserting in lieu thereof “International Communication”. (7) Section 803(a)(4) of that Act (22 U.S.C. 1063(a)(4)) is amended by striking “United States Information” and inserting in lieu thereof “International Communication”. (c) Title VIII of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (22 U.S.C. 147l–1475a) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “seal of the international communication agency “Sec. 807. The seal of the International Communication Agency shall be the arms and crest of the United States, encircled by the words ‘International Communication Agency’. Judicial notice shall be taken of the seal.”.