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2562 60 Stat. 128 . 50U.S.C.app. i§ 1751-1806 . INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. as may be determined by the duly authorized representative of the Philippine Department of Public Works and Communications and the authorized representative of the United States Public Roads Adminis- tration subject to such regulations as may be issued by the Commis- sioner of the United States Public Roads Administration and subject to the availability of such funds as may be allotted by the ad- ministrative agency of the Government of the United States of Amer- ica which is or may be authorized and empowered to administer the provisions of the Act of the Congress of the United States of America approved April 30, 1946, referred to above. ARTICLE III Studies ofhighway The United States Public Roads Administration personnel assigned to this work will aid and assist the Philippine Department of Public Works and Communications in making appropriate studies of high- way transportation in order that the latter shall be enabled to sub- mit a comprehensive program of work to be undertaken with funds under the Act for each fiscal year as well as the over-all program. These programs will be supported by Project Statements and Project Agreements which are to be determined and negotiated between the Philippine Department of Public Works and Communications and the United States Public Roads Administration. ARTICLE IV Filipino trainees. The United States Public Roads Administration, subject to the availability of appropriated funds, shall provide training during the period of this Agreement for not to exceed ten engineers, citizens of the Republic of the Philippines, in the construction, maintenance, and highway traffic engineering and control necessary for the continued maintenance and for the efficient and safe operation of highway transport facilities. The President of the Republic of the Philippines shall designate trainees selected in accordance with procedures and standards es- tablished by the Commissioner of Public Roads of the United States. The Government of the Republic of the Philippines shall furnish to the United States Embassy at Manila the names of trainees so designated. ABTICLE V Reimbursement. The United States Public Roads Administration will reimburse the Philippine Department of Public Works and Communications monthly (or as otherwise agreed between these two governmental agencies) in United States dollars for the United States Govern- ment's share of the value of the work found to have been satisfactorily performed under any or all active Project Agreements in accordance with the pro rata and other conditions provided in said Project Agreements. ARTICLE VI Acounts and ree The United States Public Roads Administration personnel will con- fer with the Philippine Department of Public Works and Communi-