PUBLIC LAW 99-93—AUG. 16, 1985
99 STAT. 425
(2) by striking out the period a t the end of paragraph (3) and inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon; and (3) by adding at the end of the subsection the following: "(4) 25 percent of the amount budgeted for that year for the Second Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination; "(5) 25 percent of the amount budgeted for any other United Nations agency or conference whose sole or partial purpose is to implement the provisions of General Assembly Resolution 33/79; and "(6) 25 percent of the amount budgeted for the General Assembly-approved $73,500,000 conference center to be constructed for the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa.". SEC. 145. INTERNATIONAL JUTE ORGANIZATION.
The President is authorized to maintain membership of the United States in the International Jute Organization.
President of U.S.
SEC. 146. INTELSAT.
Communications and telecommunications. 47 USC 701 note.
(a) PoucY.—The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States— (1) as a party to the International Telecommunications Satellite Organization (hereafter in this section referred to as "Intelsat"), to foster and support the global commercial communications satellite system owned and operated by Intelsat; (2) to make available to consumers a variety of communications satellite services utilizing the space segment facilities of Intelsat and any additional such facilities which are found to be in the national interest and which— (A) are technically compatible with the use of the radio frequency spectrum and orbital space by the existing or planned Intelsat space segment, and (B) avoid significant economic harm to the global system of Intelsat; and (3) to authorize use and operation of any additional space segment facilities only if the obligations of the United States under article XIV(d) of the Intelsat Agreement have been met. 23 UST 3813. (b) PRECONDITIONS FOR INTELSAT CONSULTATION.—Before consult-
ing with Intelsat for purposes of coordination of any separate international telecommunications satellite system under article XlV(d) of the Intelsat Agreement, the Secretary of State shall— (1) in coordination with the Secretary of Commerce, ensure that any proposed separate international satellite telecommunications system comply with the Executive Branch conditions established pursuant to the Presidential Determination No. 85-2; and (2) ensure that one or more foreign authorities have authorized the use of such system consistent with such conditions. (c) AMENDMENT OF INTELSAT AGREEMENT.—(1) The Secretary of
State shall consult with the United States signatory to Intelsat and the Secretary of Commerce regarding the appropriate scope and character of a modification to article V(d) of the Intelsat Agreement which would permit Intelsat to establish cost-based rates for individual traffic routes, as exceptional circumstances warrant, paying particular attention to the need for avoiding significant economic harm to the global system of Intelsat as well as United States national and foreign policy interests.
3 CFR, 1984 Comp., p. 254.
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