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61 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 1ST SESS.-CH. 361-JULY 30, 1947 INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS AND ACTIVITIES International activities: The limitation of $75,000 contained in the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1948, for entertainment and representation allowances as authorized by section 901 (3) of the Act of August 13, 1946 (Public Law 724), is hereby made available for both entertainment and representation allowances. The Institute of Inter-American Affairs: The amount made avail- able under this head for administrative expenses for the fiscal year 1948 is hereby increased in the amount of $116,000, said amount to be for the payment of rent as required in section 306 of the Government Corporations Appropriation Act, 1948. Inter-American Educational Foundation, Incorporated: The amount made available under this head for administrative expenses for the fiscal year 1948 is hereby increased in the amount of $16,000, said amount to be for the payment of rent as required in section 306 of the Government Corporations Appropriation Act, 1948. International Refugee Organization: For expenses necessary in carrying out the provisions of the Act of July 1, 1947 (Public Law 146), providing for membership and participation by the United States in the International Refugee Organization, including attend- ance at meetings of societies or associations concerned with the work of the Organization; printing and binding without regard to section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U. S. C. 111), and section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (41 U. S . C . 5); and the hire of passenger motor vehicles, $71,073,900. United States participation in United Nations: The appropriation "United States participation in United Nations," contained in the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1948, is hereby made avail- able in an amount not exceeding $15,000 per annum for the furnishing of living quarters for the use of the Representative of the United States at the seat of the United Nations and this shall be accomplished by utilizing the authority contained in the second proviso of the appropriation "Salaries and expenses, Foreign Service," in the Depart- ment of State Appropriation Act, 1948, with respect to the furnishing of living quarters for the use of the Foreign Service; and for making allotments to the United States Mission to the United Nations to defray the unusual expenses incident to the maintenance of an official residence for the United States Representative to the United Nations in the same manner that such allotments are authorized to Foreign Service Posts by section 902 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (Public Law 724). TREASURY DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY Refunds under Renegotiation Act: To enable the Secretary of the Treasury to make refunds required by section 403 (a) (4) (D) (relating to the recomputation of the amortization deduction) and by the last sentence of section 403 (i) (3) (relating to excess inventories) of the Renegotiation Act; and to refund any amount finally adjudged or determined to have been erroneously collected by the United States pursuant to a unilateral determination of excessive profits, with interest thereon (at a rate not to exceed 4 per centum per annum) as may be determined by the War Contracts Price Adjustment Board, such interest to be computed to the date of certification of the amount to the Treasury Department for payment: Provided, That to the extent refunds are made from this appropriation of excessive profits collected Ante, p. 284. 60 Stat. 1026 . 22U.S . C . § 1131(3). Ante, p. 582. Ante, p. 584. Ante, p. 582. Ante, p. 584. Ante, p. 214. 40 Stat. 1270. Ante, p. 283. Ante, p. 281. 60 Stat. 1026. 22U. . .. 1132. 58 Stat. 80 , 89. 50U.S.C.app. § 1191 (a) (4) (D), (i) (3). Reimbursement.