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1691, m?, iyVi!' sections 101(a)(1), 201, 301, and 401 may be transferred among such sections, except that not more than 10 per centum of the funds available under any such section may be transferred from that sec1693, Y702 \7iV' tion; and funds made available under sections 101(a)(2), 203, 302 (a), and 402 may be transferred among such sections, except that not more than 10 per centum of the funds available under any such section may be transferred from that section. Funds so transferred shall be consolidated with the funds available under the section to which they are transferred. SEC. 702. UNEXPENDED BALANCES.—The Mutual Security Act of
1951, as amended, is amended by adding after section 545 the following new section: "UNEXPENDED BALANCES 66 Stat. 6 5 2.
22 USC 1681.
"SEC. 546. The unexpended balance under each paragraph of title III, Mutual Security, of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1953, is hereby authorized to be continued available for its original purposes through June 30, 1954, and may be consolidated with the appropriate fiscal year 1954 appropriation made for the same general purpose under the authority of this Act." SEC. 703. ESCAPEES.—Paragraph 101 (a)(1) of title I (relating to Europe) of the Mutual Security Act of 1951, as amended, is amended (1) by deleting the word "similarly" before the word "determined", (2) by inserting "or any Communist-dominated or Communistoccupied areas of Asia" immediately after "Austria," and before "and any other countries absorbed by the Soviet Union", and (3) by striking out "and to the security of the United States" and inserting in lieu thereof "or to the security of the United States". SEC. 704. MILITARY A I D IN THE NEAR EAST AND AFRICA.—Section
22 USC 1692.
202 of the Mutual Security Act of 1951, as amended, is amended by inserting " (a) " after "Sec. 202.", and by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(b) There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the President for the fiscal year 1954 not to exceed $50,000,000 to be available, whenever the President determines that such action is essential for the purpose of this Act, in order to provide assistance, pursuant to the Post, p. 160. provisions of the Mutual Defense Assistance Act of 1949, as amended, in the area of the Near East and Africa. Such assistance may be furnished to any organization created pursuant to a regional defense arrangement in the area, to any nation in the general area participating in such an arrangement, or to any other nation in the general area which the President determines to be of direct importance to the defense of the area and whose increased ability to defend itself the President determines to be important to the security of the United Report to Con- States (any such determination to be reported forthwith to the CommittW^sr^ ° "*' mittee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives, and the Committees on Armed Services of the Senate and of the House of Representatives). No assistance shall be furnished under this subsection unless the recipient nation has agreed (1) that the equipment, materials, or services provided will be used solely to maintain its internal security, its legitimate self-defense, or to permit it to participate in the defense of the area, or in United Nations collective security arrangements and measures, and (2) that it will not undertake any act of aggression against any other nation." SEC. 705. AUTHORITY FOR ASSISTANCE TO KOREA.—The first sentence of section 302(a) (relating to economic aid and technical assistance) 22 USC 1702. Qf ^j^g Mutual Security Act of 1951, as amended, is amended by striking out " (but not including the Republic of Korea)".
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