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(2) the government of such foreign country had, on or before April 6, 1965, commenced negotiations with United States persons relative to the issuance of such debt obligation; and (^) exemption from the tax imposed by section 4911 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 on the acquisition of such debt obligation by a United States person is in the best interests of the United States. SEC. 6. USE OF FOREIGN CURRENCIES OWNED BY THE UNITED STATES. (a) Under the direction of the President, the Secretary of the Treasury shall periodically ascertain, by country, the amount of funds required by the United States Government to pay its obligations in foreign countries, including obligations payable in foreign currencies. (b) Every international agreement (6ther than an agreement entered into pursuant to title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (Public Law 480, 83d Congress)) hereafter entered into, or hereafter amended or extended, between the United States and any foreign country under which currency of such country accrues or will accrue for the use of the United States shall include provisions that such currency may be used for paying United States obligations in such country which may be paid in such currency, and if not needed for such purpose may be used, or converted to other for e i ^ currencies or to dollars for use, in paying United States obligations in any foreign country, in such amounts as the Secretary of the Treasury considers necessary for the requirements of the United States. (^) ^ h e Secretary of the Treasury shall submit a report annually to the Senate Committee on Finance and the House Committee on Ways and Means which shows, by executive agencies and by countries, (1) the expenditures in dollars and in foreign currencies made during the preceding fiscal year in paying the obligations of the United States in foreign countries, (2) the amounts of foreign currencies available for the use of the United States at the close of such year, and (3) the amounts of foreign currencies convertible to other foreign currencies or to dollars at the close of such year. (d) This section shall terminate at the time when the tax imposed by section 4911 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 terminates. Approved October 9, 1965, 6:25 a.m.
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