(4) acquiring necessary material and equipment for such games. Such expenditures shall be subject to such controls and audits as the Comptroller General may prescribe.

(c) To carry out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State $12,000,000.5

MEMBERSHIP AUTHORITY FOR INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Sec. 113. The President is authorized to maintain United States membership in the International Cotton Advisory Committee, the International Lead and Zinc Study Group, the International Rubber Study Group, and the International Seed Testing Association.

PANAMA CANAL

Sec. 114. Any new Panama Canal treaty or agreement negotiated with funds appropriated under this title must protect the vital interests of the United States in the Canal Zone and in the operation, maintenance, property, and defense of the Panama Canal.

INTERNATIONAL JOINT COMMISSION

Sec. 115. After the date of enactment of this Act, any commissioner of the International Joint Commission appointed on the part of the United States, pursuant to article VII of the treaty between the United States and Great Britain relating to boundary waters between the United States and Canada, signed at Washington on January 11, 1909 (36 Stat. 2448; TS 548; III Redmond 2607), shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.

Sec. 121.8 Information should not be disseminated about opportunities for, and there should be no participation or other assistance by any officer or employee of the Department of State (including the Agency for International Development) in, the negotiation of

Sec. 117 was repealed by sec. 2205(4) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-465; 94 Stat. 2160).

7 Sec. 120 was repealed by sec. 2205(4) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-465; 94 Stat. 2160).

8 22 U.S.C. 2661a.

any contract or arrangement with a foreign country, individual, or entity, if—

(1) any United States person (as defined in section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954) is prohibited from entering into such contract or arrangement, or

(2) such contract or arrangement requires that any such person be excluded from participating in the implementation of such contract or arrangement,

on account of the race, religion, national origin, or sex of such person in the case of an individual or, in the case of a partnership, corporation, association, or other entity, any officer, employee, agent, director, or owner thereof.

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10 Sec. 403, which had required a report from the President concerning international broadcasting, was repealed by sec. 505(a)(4) of Public Law 97-241 (96 Stat. 299). The President submitted this report on Mar. 22, 1977.

i. Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1976

Partial text of Public Law 94-141 [S. 1517], 89 Stat. 756, approved November 29, 1975, as amended by Public Law 97-241 [S. 1193], 96 Stat. 273 at 299, approved August 24, 1982

AN ACT To authorize appropriations for the administration of foreign affairs; international organizations, conferences, and commissions; information and cultural exchange; and for other purposes

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1976".

TITLE I-ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS

PART 1-DEPARTMENT OF STATE

TRAVEL DOCUMENT AND ISSUANCE SYSTEM

Sec. 102.1 No part of any funds authorized to be appropriated by this title may be used for the development or implementation of the Travel Document and Issuance System which has been proposed by the United States Passport Office (and which involves a restructuring of the passport issuance function and the issuance of machine readable passport books), or of any other new passport system.

REOPENING OF UNITED STATES CONSULATE AT GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN

Sec. 105. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that the United States Consulate at Gothenburg, Sweden, should be reopened as soon as possible after the date of enactment of this Act.

(b)(1) There are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of State for fiscal year 1976, in addition to amounts authorized under section 101 of this Act, such sums as may be necessary for the operation of such consulate.

(2) Amounts appropriated under this subsection are authorized to remain available until expended.

1 Sec. 505(a)(5) of Public Law 97-241 (96 Stat. 299) repealed subsec. (b) of this section which had authorized $100,000 to conduct a study on the desirability and cost implications of the Travel Document and Issuance System. Congress received this study on Feb. 5, 1976.

AGRICULTURAL ATTACHÉ IN CHINA

Sec. 106. It is the sense of the Congress that the President should establish an agricultural attaché in the People's Republic of China.

TITLE II-INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS,
CONFERENCES, AND COMMISSIONS

UNITED STATES CONTRIBUTION TO THE UNITED NATIONS UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT FUND

Sec. 205. There is authorized to be appropriated, upon request of the President, to the President for fiscal year 1977, $10,000,000 to be used for a contribution of the United States to the United Nations University Endowment Fund, such contribution to be made on such terms as the President finds will promote the purposes of the University as stated in University Charter approved by the General Assembly of the United Nations in December 1973; except. that the contribution of the United States to the United Nations University Endowment Fund may not exceed 25 per centum of the total amount actually contributed to such fund by other members of the United Nations. Amounts appropriated under this section are authorized to remain available until expended.

TITLE IV-FOREIGN SERVICE

AUTHORITY OF CERTAIN OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES TO CARRY FIREARMS

Sec. 406. The Act of June 28, 1955 (22 U.S.C. 2666) is amended by striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "That, under such regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe, security officers of the Department of State and the Foreign Service who have been designated by the Secretary of State and who have qualified for the use of firearms, are authorized to carry firearms for the purpose of protecting heads of foreign states, official representatives of foreign governments, and other distinguished visitors to the United States, the Secretary of State, the Deputy Secretary of State, official representatives of the United States Government, and members of the immediate families of any such persons, both in the United States and abroad. The Secretary shall transmit such regulations to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate not more than twenty days before the date on which such regulations take effect.".

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UNITED NATIONS COOPERATION REGARDING MEMBERS OF UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES MISSING IN ACTION IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

Sec. 503.2 The President shall direct the United States Ambassador to the United Nations to insist that the United Nations take all necessary and appropriate steps to obtain an accounting of members of the United States Armed Forces and United States civilians missing in action in Southeast Asia.

2 Sec. 505(a)(5) of Public Law 97-241 (96 Stat. 299) repealed subsec. (b) of this section which had required a report from the President on actions taken by the United Nations to account for U.S. servicemen and civilians missing in action in Southeast Asia. The President submitted this report on June 1.