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mittee created pursuant to the provisions of this Act. Members of the Board, the Commission, the Committee, and other committees provided for in this section shall be entitled (i) to transportation expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence at the rate prescribed by or established pursuant to section 5 of the Administrative Expense 340."'^' '"'• ^^^' ^ c t of 1946, as amended (5 U.S.C. 73b-2), while away from home m 60 Stat. 808; 69 conucction with attendance at meetings or in consultation with officials Stat. 394. Q£ the Government or otherwise carrying out duties as authorized, and (ii) if not otherwise in the employ of the United States Government, to conjpensation at rates not in excess of $50 per diem while performing services for such Board, Commission, Committee, or other committee. etc. °sTa« ' * * " ^'
(f) The President is authorized to provide for necessary secretarial and staff assistance for the Board, the Commission, the Committee, and such other committees as may be created under this section. Reports to Con- g^c. 107. The Board, the Commission, and the Committee shall submit annual reports to the Congress and such other reports to the Congress as they deem appropriate, and shall make reports to the public in the United States and abroad to develop a better understanding of and support for the programs authorized by this Act. SEC. 108. (a) Whenever the President determines it to be in furtherance of this Act, the functions authorized in section 102(a)(2) and (3) may be performed without regard to such provisions of law or limitations of authority regulating or relating to the making, performance, amendment, or modification of contracts, the acquisition and disposition of property, and the expenditure of Government funds, as he may specify. (b) The President shall submit annual reports to the Congress of activities carried on and expenditures made in furtherance of the purposes of this Act. Each such report shall include the texts of agreements made with other nations during the period covered by the report, a full description of the program and the funds expended with respect to each country in which activities have been carried on in furtherance of the purposes of this Act. (c) I n connection with activities authorized by section 102(a) (2) and (3) of this Act, the President is authorized to provide for all necessary expenditures involved in the selection, purchase, rental, construction, or other acquisition of exhibits and materials and equipment therefor, and the actual display thereof, including but not limited to costs of transportation, insurance, installation, safekeeping and storage, maintenance and operation, rental of space, and dismantling. (d) The President is authorized to utilize the provisions of title VIII of the United States Information and Educational Exchange 22 USC 14 7 1- Qj^ Qf 1948^ as amended, to the extent he deems necessary in carrying out the provisions and purposes of this Act. Immigration and ^^^ ^Q^ 'pjjg Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, is National i t y Act,
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hereby amended as follows: (a) In section 101(a) (15)(F) i n s e r t " (i) " at the beginning thereof, strike out the semicolon at the end thereof, and add the following: ", and (ii) the alien spouse and minor children of any such alien if accompanying him or following to join him;" (b) I n section 101(a) (15)(I) change the period to a semicolon at the end thereof and add the following: " (J) an alien having a residence in a foreign country which he has no intention of abandoning who is a bona fide student, scholar, trainee, teacher, professor, research assistant, specialist, or leader in a field of specialized knowledge or skill, or other person of similar description, who is coming temporarily to the United States as a participant in a program designated by the
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