for UNDOF. The forces are comprised of contingents from Austria, Canada, Finland, Ghana, Indonesia, Peru, Poland, Senegal, and Sweden. Legislative history of S. 818 and H.R. 5457 Feb. 13, 1975-A letter from the Acting Assistant Secretary of State Feb. 24, 1975-Executive Communication referred to Subcommittee on Mar. 25, 1975-H.R. 5457 introduced by Representatives Fraser, Bu- Mar. 25, 1975-H.R. 5457 referred to Subcommittee on International Apr. 8, 1975-Considered in open session by subcommittee. Apr. 23, 1975-Considered in open markup session by subcommittee and favorably reported to full committee by voice vote. Apr. 24, 1975 S. 818 reported in Senate. Senate Report, 94–93. Apr. 28, 1975-Passed Senate by voice vote. Apr. 29, 1975-Referred to Committee on International Relations. May 7, 1975-Considered in open session by full committee and ordered favorably reported by voice vote in lieu of H.R. 5457. May 12, 1975-Reported. House Report 94-200. May 12, 1975-Rule requested. June 3, 1975-Hearing on request for rule. Rule granted (H. Res. 506). June 9, 1975-Passed House by a vote of 350 yeas to 21 nays. June 19, 1975-Approved. Public Law 94-37. 8. Authorization for Council on International Economic Policy— H.R.5884 (by Mr. Nix, by request) This legislation authorized appropriations for fiscal years 1976 and 1977 in support of the activities of the Council on International Economic Policy. It also provided an exemption from the provisions of the United States Code regulating the employment and compensation of persons in the Federal Service, while limiting executive positions to three and those above GS-15 to eight. The Council on International Economic Policy (CIEP) was originally established by a Presidential Directive on January 10, 1971. The Council was given statutory authorization in the International Economic Policy Act of 1972, signed into law August 29, 1972. The agency will expire under the terms of the statute at the end of fiscal 1977. The Council advises the President on international economic issues, coordinates the activities of various departments and agencies as they relate to international economic policy and drafts the Annual International Economic Report of the President to the Congress, the most recent of which was published in March 1975. The Council is composed of the Secretaries of State, Treasury, Defense, Agriculture, Commerce, Labor, Transportation and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisors, the Special Representative for Trade Negotiations, as well as the Assistant to the President for Economic Affairs. The Secretary of the Treasury has been designated the Chairman of the Council. Å staff of 45 persons consisting of clerical, economic, legal and international affairs experts plus personnel detailed on occasion from the executive branch serves the Council. The fiscal 1975 appropriation level was $1,600,000. H.R. 5884 authorized $1,657,000 for fiscal 1976 and $1,670,000 for fiscal 1977. The increased costs for fiscal 1976 amounting to $57,000 covers anticipated personnel cost increases of $15,000 and additional costs of $42,000 for travel, space rental and the printing of the annual report. The additional increase of another $13,000 over the fiscal 1976 authorization for fiscal 1977 will cover anticipated space rental costs and increases in terminal leave payments. Legislative history Mar. 20, 1975-A letter from the Acting Executive Director, Council on Mar. 26, 1975 Executive Communication-Referred to Subcommittee on Apr. 10, 1975-H.R. 5884 was introduced by Representative Nix (by Apr. 10, 1975-Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Apr. 15, 1975-Considered in open markup session by subcommittee and May 8, 1975-Considered in open markup session by full committee and ordered favorably reported by voice vote. May 15, 1975-Reported. House Report 94–219. May 23, 1975-Rule requested. June 3, 1975-Hearing on request for rule. Rule granted. (H. Res. 504.) July 9, 1975-Passed House by a vote of 345 yeas to 58 nays. July 10, 1975-Referred to Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. July 31, 1975-Reported by Senate committee. Senate Report 94-355. August 9, 1975-Approved. Public Law 94-87. B. Second Session, 94th Congress 1. International Security Assistance and Arms Export Control Act of 1976-H.R. 13680 (by Mr. Morgan and Mr. Broomfield, by request) The principal purpose of the bill H.R. 13680 was to authorize appropriations for international security assistance programs in the amount of $3,191,900,000 for fiscal year 1976 and $2,973,500,000 for fiscal year 1977. The following table compares the amounts requested by the executive branch, the amounts recommended by the House and Senate, and the amounts recommended by the conference committee: FUNDS AUTHORIZED FOR FISCAL YEARS 1976 AND 1977 BY H.R. 13680 1 In addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated for grant military assistance programs, recoupments and reimbursement of $28,300,000 for fiscal year 1976 and $26,700,000 for fiscal year 1977 are authorized to be made available for such programs. 2 Includes $85,000,000 in supplemental request for southern Africa. 3 Includes $85,000,000 authorized and earmarked for Zaire, Zambia, and the countries of southern Africa. Includes $27,500,000 earmarked for Zaire, $27,500,000 for Zambia and $20,000,000 pursuant to the supplemental executive request. 5 These funds are in addition to the $30,000,000 authorization for such purpose contained in H.R. 9005. H.R. 13680 was a follow up bill to S. 2662, which the President vetoed on May 7, 1976. Although H.R. 13680 omitted several provisions to which the President objected in his veto message, it did not retreat from the basic reform initiatives of S. 2662. Like S. 2662, H.R. 13680 reaffirmed the U.S. policy of opposing discrimination against U.S. citizens on the basis of race, religion, national origin, or sex by countries receiving U.S. arms aid. It also retained the provisions terminating the grant military assistance programs and all military assistance advisory groups by the end of fiscal year 1977. H.R. 13680 did, however, delete the $9 billion ceiling on the annual volume of arms sales (in effect, mandating that arms sales should not exceed the current level) and the provisions in S. 2662 relating to a temporary lifting of the trade embargo against Vietnam. Finally, H.R. 13680 retained congressional authority, through the passage of a concurrent resolution, to disapprove the sale of major defense equipment sold through government-to-government channels, and congressional authority to terminate assistance to countries engaging in a consistent pattern of gross violation of internationally recognized human rights. Legislative history of H.R. 13680 Apr. 14, 1976-A letter from the Secretary of State, transmitting a May 11, 1976-Considered in open markup session by full committee May 12, 1976-Rule requested. May 14, 1976-Reported. House Report 94-1144. May 18, 1976-Hearing on request for rule. Rule granted. H. Res. 1204. May 19, 1976-Considered in House. June 2, 1976-Passed House, amended, by a vote of 255 yeas to 140 nays. June 14, 1976-Passed Senate by a vote of 62 yeas to 18 nays, after being amended to contain the language of the Senate companion measure, S. 3439. Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the House, and appointed as conferees: Senators Sparkman, Church, McGee, McGovern, Humphrey, Case, Javits, and Scott of Pennsylvania. June 14, 1976-House disagreed to the Senate amendment, agreed to a conference with the Senate, and appointed as conferees: Representatives Morgan, Zablocki, Fascell, Diggs, Hamilton, Broomfield, and Derwinski. June 15, 1976-Conferees met. June 16, 1976-Conferees met and agreed to file conference report. June 22, 1976-House agreed to the conference report by a vote of 258 June 25, 1976-Senate agreed to the conference report. June 30, 1976-Approved. Public Law 94-329. 2. Foreign Relations Authorizations Act of 1976-S. 3168 (by Mr. Sparkman) This act authorized appropriations for fiscal year 1977 for the Department of State, the United States Information Agency, the Board for International Broadcasting, and for other purposes. The House had approved each of these authorizations in three separate bills enacted in 1976-H.R. 13179, 13589, and 12262. The Senate, however, decided to pass its own omnibus bill for the second year in a row, containing comparable authorizations. The House subsequently vacated the passage of H.R. 13179, 13589, and 12262 and the Senate bill S. 3168 was passed in lieu after being amended to contain the language of the House approved bills. The Senate disagreed with the House amendments and a conference committee was established. The conference committee recommended that the Senate recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the House. The following table shows the provisions of the Senate bill, the House amendment and the conference substitute, with respect to the authorization of appropriations for fiscal year 1977: AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS The following table shows, in thousands of dollars, the provisions of the Senate bill the House amendment, and the conference substitute, with respect to the authorization of appropriations] 1 The Senate added to the executive branch request $280,500 for additional personnel in the Department of State's Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs and $5,000 for that Bureau's representational funds. 2 The House added $500,000 for representational expenses of the Department of State. 3 The conferees intend that this $500,000 increase over the executive branch request be used both to augment the account for representational expenses and for expanded activities by the Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs. The Senate added $3,545,453 to complete the fiscal year 1975 U.S. contribution to UNESCO and $20,000 each for the fiscal year 1977 expenses of the U.S. delegations to 2 interparliamentary groups (Canada-United States Interparliamentary Group and Mexico-United States Interparliamentary Group). The conference substitute is the same as the Senate provision. The Senate provision permitted not more than 20 percent of the funds to be spent for the resettlement of Jewish refugees from the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe in countries other than Israel. The House amendment limited the use of these funds to resettlement in Israel only. The conference substitute is the same as the House provision. The conferees intend that this $1,000,000 reduction from the executive branch request be applied wherever economies can best be achieved in this item. Legislative history of S. 3168 Mar. 18, 1976-S. 3168 reported in Senate. Senate Report 94-703. June 21, 1976-Senate disagreed to House amendments; requested a June 22, 1976-House insisted on its amendment; agreed to a conference June 23, 1976-Conferees met and agreed to file a report. June 25, 1976-Report filed. House Report 94-1302. June 29, 1976-House agreed to conference report by a vote of 358 yeas June 30, 1976-Senate agreed to conference report by voice vote. (a) Department of State Authorization Act-H.R. 13179 (by The principal purpose of H.R. 13179 was to provide an authorization of appropriations for the Department of State for fiscal year |