110 STAT. 3009 -55
PUBLIC LAW 104-208—SEPT. 30, 1996
and the Department of State may be obligated and expended notwithstanding section 701 of the United States Information and
Educational Exchange Act of 1948 and section 313 of the Foreign
Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995, section
53 of the Arms Control and Disarmament Act, and section 15
of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956.
SEC. 405. Any costs incurred by a Department or agency funded
under this title resulting from personnel actions taken in response
to funding reductions included in this title shall be absorbed within
the total budgetary resources available to such Department or
agency: Provided, That the authority to transfer funds between
appropriations accounts as may be necessary to carry out this
section is provided in addition to authorities included elsewhere
in this Act: Provided further, That use of funds to carry out this
section shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section
605 of this Act and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures set forth in that
section.
SEC. 406. Starting sixty days after enactment of this Act, none
of the funds made available by this Act may be made available
to support the activities of the Standing Consultative Commission
(SCC) unless the President provides to the Congress a report
containing a detailed analysis of whether the Memorandum of
Understanding on Succession and the Agreed Statement regarding
Demarcation agreed to by the Standing Consultative Commission
on June 24, 1996, which was reaffirmed by Secretary of State
Warren Christopher and Minister of Foreign Affairs Evgeny
Primakov on September 23, 1996, represent substantive changes
to the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty of 1972 and whether these
agreements will require the advice and consent of the Senate of
the United States.
SEC. 407. Section 1 of the Act of June 4, 1920 (41 Stat. 750;
22 U.S.C. 214) is amended by-
CD inserting before the period at the end of the first sentence the following: "; except that the Secretary of State may
by regulation authorize State officials or the United States
Postal Service to collect and retain the execution fee for each
application for a passport accepted by such officials or by that
Service"; and
(2) striking the second sentence.
This title may be cited as the "Department of State and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997".
TITLE V—RELATED AGENCIES
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
MARITIME ADMINISTRATION
OPERATING-DIFFERENTIAL SUBSIDIES
(LIQUIDATION OF CONTRACT AUTHORITY)
For the payment of obligations incurred for operating-differential subsidies, as authorized by the Merchant Marine Act, 1936,
as amended, $148,430,000, to remain available until expended.
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