77
STAT.J
PUBLIC
LAW 88-245-DEC. 30, 1963
799
TTxiTKi) STATES INFORMATION AGENCY SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses necessary to enable the United States Information Agency, as authorized by Keorganization Plan No. 8 of 1953, the ^7 Stat. 642. Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act (75 Stat. 527), and 5 '""^ '""" " u s e 133Z-15 note. the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act, as 22 USC 2451 amended (22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.), to carry out international informa- "°g2 gtat etion activities, including employment, without regard to the civil 75 Stat. 53^. service and classification laws, of (1) persons on a temporary basis (not to exceed $120,000), (2) aliens within the United States, and (3) aliens abroad for service in the United States relating to the translation or narration of colloquial speech in foreign languages (such aliens to be investigated for such employment in accordance with procedures established by the Secretary of State and the Attorney General); travel expenses of aliens employed abroad for service in the United States and their dependents to and from the United States; salaries, expenses, and allowances of personnel and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 801-1158); entertainment within the United States not to exceed $500; eo Stat. 999. hire of passenger motor vehicles; insurance on official motor vehicles in foreign countries; services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a); payment of tort claims, in the manner eo Stat. sio. authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672. as amended, of title 28 of the United States Code when such claims arise in foreign 53 Stat. 62; countries; advance of funds notwithstanding section 3648 of the 73 Stat. 471. Revised Statutes, as amended j dues for library membership in orga- ^' ^^^ ^^^' nizations which issue publications to members only, or to members at a price lower than to others; employment of aliens, by contract, for service abroad; purchase of ice and drinking water abroad; payment of excise taxes on negotiable instruments abroad; actual expenses of preparing and transporting to their former homes the remains of persons, not United States Government employees, who may die away from their homes while participating in activities authorized under 1 his appropriation; radio activities and acquisition and production of motion pictures alid visual materials and purchase or rental of technical equipment and facilities therefor, narration, script-writing, translation, and engineering services, by contract or otherwise; maintenance, improvement, and repair of properties used for information activities in foreign countries; fuel and utilities for Governmentowned or leased property abroad; rental or lease for periods not exceeding five years of offices, b u i l d i n g, grounds, and living quarters for officers and employees engaged in informational activities abroad; travel expenses for employees attending official international conferences, without regard to the Standardized Government Travel Regulations and to the rates of per diem allowances in lieu of subsistence expenses under the Travel Expense Act of 1949, but at rates not in 63 Stat. lee. excess of comparable allowances approved for such conferences by ^ ^^^ ^^^ "°*^' the Secretary of State; and purchase of objects for presentation to foreign governments, schools, or organizations; $134,000,000, of which not less than $11,000,000 shall be used to purchase foreign currencies or credits owed to or owned by the Treasury of the United States: Provided, That not to exceed $110,000 may be used for representation abroad: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available Travel outside for expenses in connection with travel of personnel outside the conti- "• ^' nental United States, including travel of dependents and transportation of personal etf'ects, household goods, or automobiles of such personnel, when any part of such travel or transportation begins in
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