PUBLIC LAW 98-164—NOV. 22, 1983 97 STAT. 1023 (3) encourage greater private sector involvement in respond- ing to the concerns of the a^ng; and (4) inform developing nations that the United States Govern- ment recognizes aging as an important issue, requiring close and sustained attention in national and regional development plans. EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY SEC. 120. Section 11 of the International Organizations Immuni- ties Act (22 U.S.C. 288f-l) is amended by striking out "European Space Research Organization" and inserting in lieu thereof "Euro- pean Space Agency*. ALLOCATION AUTHORITY SEC. 121. Section 8 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2675) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 8. The Secretary of State may allocate or transfer to any department, agency, or independent establishment of the United States Government (with the consent of the head of such depart- ment, agency, or establishment) any funds appropriated to the Department of State, for direct expenditure by such department, agency, or independent establishment for the purposes for which the funds were appropriated in accordance with authority granted in this Act or under authority governing the activities of such depart- ment, agency, or independent establishment.". EMERGENCY EXPENDITURES SEC. 122. (a) Section 4 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2671) is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (a) and (b) as paragraphs (1) and (2); (2) by inserting "(a)" after "SEC. 4."; (3) by inserting "subject to subsection (b)," before "make expenditures" in subsection (a)(D, as redesignated by para- graphs (1) and (2) of this section; and (4) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(b)(l) Expenditures described under subsection (a) shall be made only for such activities as— "(A) serve to further the realization of foreign policy objectives; "(B) are a matter of urgency to implement; "(C) with respect to activities the expenditures for which are required to be certified under subsection (a), require confiden- tiality in the best interests of the conduct of fore^ policy by the United States; and "(D) are not otherwise prohibited by law. "(2) Activities described in paragraph (1) include— "(A) the evacuation of United States Government employees and their dependents and private United States citizens when their lives are endangered by war, civil unrest, or natural disaster; "(B) loans made to destitute citizens of the United States who are outside the United States and made to provide for the return to the United States of its citizens; "(C) visits by foreign chiefs of state or heads of government to the United States;
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