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63 Stat. 384.

PUBLIC LAW 4 9 5 - J U L Y 10, 1952

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Service, for which payments may be made in advance; $76,000,000: Provided, That pursuant to section 201(c) of the Act of June 30, 1949 (41 U.S.C. 231 (c)), passenger motor vehicles in possession of the Foreign Service abroad may be exchanged or sold and the exchange allowances or proceeds of such sales shall be available without fiscal year limitation for replacement of an equal number of such vehicles and the cost, including the exchange allowance, of each such replacement shall not exceed $3,000 in the case of the chief of mission automobile at each diplomatic mission (except that two such vehicles may be purchased at not to exceed $3,600 each) and $1,400 in the case of all other such vehicles except station wagons. INTERNATIONAL CLAIMS COMMISSION

64 Stat. 12. 22 USC 1 6 2 1 note.

60 Stat. 810.

For expenses necessary to enable the Commission to settle certain claims of the Government of the United States on its own behalf and on behalf of American nationals against foreign governments as authorized by Public Law 455, approved March 10, 1950, including expenses of attendance at meetings of organizations concerned with the purpose of this appropriation; hire of passenger motor vehicles for field use only; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); and employment of aliens; $161,419. KEPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES

60 Stat. 1026.

For representation allowances as authorized by section 901(3) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (22 U.S.C. 1131), $650,000. ACQUISITION or BUILDINGS ABROAD

60 Stat. 663.

44 Stat. 405. 22 USC 297.

For carrying into effect the Act of July 25, 1946 (22 U.S.C. 295b), including the initial alterations, repair, and furnishing of buildings acquired under said Act, $6,500,000, which is exclusively for expenditure under the provisions of said Act which relate to payments representing the value of foreign property or credits: Provided, That, when specifically authorized by the Secretary of State or such Assistant Secretary as he may designate, section 6 of the Act of May 7, 1926, may be construed as including leaseholds of not less than ten years. EMERGENCIES I N THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE

For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of State to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service, to be expended pursuant to the requirement of section 291 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 107), $1,100,000: Provided, That the Secretary of State may delegate to subordinate officials the authority vested in him by section 291 of the Revised Statutes pertaining to certification of expenditures. CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Restriction.

For expenses necessary to meet annual obligations to international organizations, the Government of Panama, and Gorgas Memorial Institute, pursuant to treaties, conventions, or specific Acts of Congress, $30,484,749. No representative of the United States Government in any international organization after fiscal year 1953 shall make any commitment requiring the appropriation of funds for a contribution by the United States in excess of 331^ per centum of the budget of any international organization for which the appropriation for the United States contribution is contained in this Act: Provided,