International Communication Agency

International Communication Agency salaries and expenses For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to enable the International Communication Agency, as authorized by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977, the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq,), and the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.), to carry out international communication, educational and cultural activities, including employment, without regard to the civil service and classification laws, of persons on a temporary basis (not to exceed $20,000). and aliens within the United States; expenses authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 801–1158) and living quarters as authorized by 5 LT.S.C. 5912; entertainment within the United States not to exceed $6,500; purchase for use abroad of passenger motor vehicles (of which not to exceed twenty-five may be for purposes other than replacement); hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; advance of funds notwithstanding section 3648 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 529); dues for library membership in organizations which issue publications to members only, or to members at a price lower than to others; expenses authorized by section 804(14) of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1474); radio activities and acquisition and production of motion pictures and visual materials and purchase or rental of technical equipment and facilities therefor, narration, scriptwriting, translation, and engineering services, by contract or otherwise; and purchase of objects for presentation to foreign governments, schools, or organizations; $368,000,000, of which not to exceed $7,941,000 of the amounts allocated by the International Communication Agency to carry out section 102(a) (3) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2451), shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $410,000 may be used for representation abroad: Provided further, That passenger motor vehicles used abroad exclusively for the purposes of this appropriation may be replaced in accordance with section 806 of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1475a), and the cost, including the exchange allowance, of each such replacement, shall not exceed such amounts as may be otherwise provided by law (except that right-hand drive vehicles may be purchased without regard to any maximum price limitation otherwise established by law): Provided further, That notwithstanding the provisions of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 665), the International Communication Agency is authorized, in making contracts for the use of international shortwave radio stations and facilities, to agree on behalf of the United States to indemnify the owners and operators of said radio stations and facilities from such funds as may be hereafter appropriated for the purpose against loss or damage on account of injury to persons or property arising from such use of said radio stations and facilities. 92 STAT. 1042 salaries and expenses (special foreign currency program) For payments in foreign currencies which the Treasury Department determines to be excess to the normal requirements of the United States, for necessary expenses of the International Communication Agency, as authorized by law, including Section 804 (14) of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1474), $9,824,000, to remain available until expended. center for cultural and technical interchange between east and west To enable the Director of the International Communication Agency to provide for carrying out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960, by grant to any appropriate recipient in the State of Hawaii, $13,500,000: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be used to pay any salary, or to enter into any contract providing for the payment thereof, in excess of the highest rate authorized in the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended. acquisition and construction of radio facilities For an additional amount for the purchase, rent, construction, and improvement of facilities for radio transmission and reception, purchase and installation of necessary equipment for radio transmission and reception, without regard to the provisions of the Act of June 30, 1932 (40 U.S.C. 278a), and acquisition of land and interests in land by purchase, lease, rental, or otherwise, $19,685,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available for acquisition of land outside the continental United States without regard to section 355 of the Revised Statutes (40 U.S.C. 255) and title to any land so acquired shall be approved by the Director of the International Communication Agency.