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TITLE V-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

REPORT ON COSTS FOR REFUGEES AND CUBAN AND HAITIAN ENTRANTS

SEC. 502. (a) Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the President shall prepare and transmit to the Congress a full and complete report on the total cost of Federal, State, and local efforts to assist refugees and Cuban and Haitian entrants within the United States or abroad for each of the fiscal years 1981 and 1982. Such report shall include and set forth for each such fiscal year

(1) the costs of assistance for resettlement of refugees and Cuban and Haitian entrants within the United States or abroad;

(2) the costs of United States contributions to foreign governments, international organizations, or other agencies which are attributable to assistance for refugees and Cuban and Haitian entrants;

(3) the costs of Federal, State, and local efforts other than those described in paragraphs (1) and (2) to assist and provide services for refugees and Cuban and Haitian entrants;

(4) administrative and operating expenses of Federal, State, and local governments that are attributable to programs of assistance or services described in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3); and

(5) administrative and operating expenses incurred by the United States because of the entry of such aliens into the United States.

(b) For purposes of this section

(1) the term "refugees" is used within the meaning of paragraph (42) of section 101(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act; and

(2) the term "Cubans and Haitian entrants" means Cuban and Haitians paroled into the United States pursuant to section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, during 1980 who have not been given or denied refugee status under that Act.

INTERNATIONAL CODE OF MARKETING OF BREASTMILK SUBSTITUTES

SEC. 504. The Congress expresses its strong support for the promotion by the United States of sound infant feeding practices, and continues to be concerned with the sole negative vote cast by the United States against the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes. The Congress urges the President, in light of congressional concern and of new indications of international support for general implementation of the Code, to review the United States position on the Code prior to the 25th World Health Assembly meeting. The Congress also urges United States infant

formula manufacturers to continue to re-examine their own position regarding the Code.

k. Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1980 and 1981

Partial text of Public Law 96-60 [H.R. 3363], 93 Stat. 395, approved August 15, 1979; as amended by Public Law 96-110 [Cambodian Disaster Assistance Authorization Act, H.R. 4955], 93 Stat. 843, approved November 13, 1979; Public Law 96-533 [International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980, H.R. 6942], 94 Stat. 3131 at 3151, approved December 16, 1980; and by Public Law 97241 [Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1982 and 1983; S. 1193], 96 Stat. 273 at 298, approved August 24, 1982

AN ACT To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1980 and 1981 for the Department of State, the International Communication Agency, and the Board for International Broadcasting.

NOTE.-Sections amend other State Department and foreign relations legislation and are incorporated elsewhere in this compilation.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

TITLE I-DEPARTMENT OF STATE

SHORT TITLE

SEC. 101. This title may be cited as the "Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1980 and 1981".

AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS

SEC. 102. (a) There are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of State to carry out the authorities, functions, duties, and responsibilities in the conduct of the foreign affairs of the United States and other purposes authorized by law, the following amounts, subject to the limitation in subsection (b):

(1) For "Administration of Foreign Affairs", $849,423,000 for the fiscal year 1980 and $1,009,815,000 for the fiscal year 1981.1

1 The Department of State Appropriation Act, 1981 (title I of H.R. 7584), was adopted by Congress on December 3, 1980, but vetoed by the President on December 13, 1980. Appropriations for the Department of State during fiscal year 1981 were governed by Public Law 96-536, a continuing resolution providing funds for any Federal agency which had not yet received funding through an appropriation act. Under the terms of Public Law 96-536, the Department of State was funded at levels established in H.R. 7584. H.R. 7584 appropriated $996,385,000 for Administration of Foreign Affairs itemized in the following manner: salaries and expenses $813,000,000; representation allowances $3,125,000; acquisition, operation, and maintenance of buildings abroad-$118,432,000; acquisition, operation, and maintenance of buildings abroad (special foreign currency program-$8,200,000; emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service $5,000,000; payment to the American Institute in Taiwan-$6,282,000; payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund-$42,346,000.

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(2) For "International Organizations and Conferences", $502,945,000 for the fiscal year 1980 and $525,082,000 for the fiscal year 1981.2

(3) For "International Commissions", $26,733,000 for the fiscal year 1980 and $26,081,000 for the fiscal year 1981.3

(4) For "Migration and Refugee Assistance", $104,910,000 for the fiscal year 1979 (in addition to amounts otherwise authorized), $456,241,000 for the fiscal year 1980, and $517,209,000 for the fiscal year 1981.4

(b) The aggregate amount appropriated under paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a) may not exceed $1,369,401,000 for the fiscal year 1980 and may not exceed $1,547,778,000 for the fiscal year 1981.

(c) Funds appropriated under paragraph (2) of subsection (a) may not be used for payment by the United States, as its contribution toward the assessed budget of the United Nations for any year, of any amount which would cause the total amount paid by the United States as its assessed contribution for that year to exceed the amount assessed as the United States contribution for that year less

(1) 25 percent of the amount budgeted for that year for the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People (or any similar successor entity), and

(2) 25 percent of the amount budgeted for that year for the Special Unit on Palestinian Rights (or any similar successor entity).

2 The Department of State Appropriation Act, 1981 (title I of H.R. 7584), was adopted by Congress on December 3, 1980, but vetoed by the President on December 13, 1980. Appropriations for the Department of State during fiscal year 1981 were governed by Public Law 96-536, a continuing resolution providing funds for any Federal agency which had not yet received funding through an appropriation act. Under the terms of Public Law 96-536, the Department of State was funded at levels established in H.R. 7584. H.R. 7584 appropriated $538,110,000 for International Organizations and Conferences itemized in the following manner: contributions to international organizations $481,110,000; contributions for international peacekeeping activities— $50,000,000; international conferences and contingencies $7,000,000.

3 The Department of State Appropriation Act, 1981 (title I of H.R. 7584), was adopted by Congress on December 3, 1980, but vetoed by the President on December 13, 1980. Appropriations for the Department of State during fiscal year 1981 were governed by Public Law 96-536, a continuing resolution providing funds for any Federal agency which had not yet received funding through an appropriation act. Under the terms of Public Law 96-536, the Department of State was funded at levels established in H.R. 7584. H.R. 7584 appropriated $24,713,000 for International Commissions itemized in the following manner: International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico $13,675,000; American sections, international commissions $3,000,000; international fisheries commissions $8,038,000.

* Sec. 1 of the Cambodian Disaster Assistance Authorization Act (Public Law 96-110; 93 Stat 843) substituted authorization figures of $456,241,000 and $457,798,000 in lieu of the original fiscal years 1980 and 1981 authorizations of $248,951,000 and $254,188,000, respectively. The fiscal year 1981 authorization was further increased to $517,209,000 by sec. 406 of the International Security and Development Cooperation Act of 1980 (Public Law 96-533; 94 Stat. 3151).

A foreign assistance appropriation bill was not enacted for fiscal years 1980 or 1981. Since Oct. 1, 1979, programs funded under this appropriation measure operated pursuant to a series of continuing resolutions. The final continuing resolution (H.J. Res. 644, Public Law 96-536) provided (with several exceptions) such amounts as may be necessary for continuing projects or activities "which were conducted in fiscal year 1980 and would be provided for in H.R. 7854, the Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriation Act, 1981, as reported July 29, 1980, at a rate of operations not in excess of the rate which would have been provided under the terms of the conference report (House Report 96-787), and in accordance with associated agreements stated in the Joint Explanatory Statements of the Committee of Conference, accompanying H.R. 4473" (this conference report was never approved by Congress).

Pursuant to Public Law 96-536, the fiscal year 1981 appropriation for Migration and Refugee Assistance was $456,241,000.

ASSISTANCE FOR REFUGEES SETTLING IN ISRAEL

SEC. 103. Of the amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 102(a)(4) of this Act for the fiscal year 1980 and for the fiscal year 1981, $25,000,000 for each such fiscal year shall be available only for assistance for the resettlement in Israel of refugees from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and from Communist countries in Eastern Europe.

UNITED STATES-YUGOSLAVIA BILATERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

AGREEMENT

SEC. 104. In addition to the amounts authorized to be appropriated by section 102(a) of this Act, there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State $1,400,000 for the fiscal year 1980 and $1,400,000 for the fiscal year 1981 5 for payment of the United States share of expenses of a five-year bilateral science and technology agreement between the United States and Yugoslavia, following entry into force of such agreement.

EFFECTIVE DATE FOR CERTAIN PROMOTIONS OF FOREIGN SERVICE

OFFICERS

SEC. 106. The promotion for each of 64 Foreign Service officers of classes 8 and 7 to the next higher class, as the case may be, for which the Senate gave its advice and consent on March 21, 1979, and which was attested to on March 22, 1979, shall be considered for all purposes to take effect on December 17, 1978. Any payments made in implementation of this section shall be from funds previously authorized and appropriated for the fiscal year 1979.

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IMPROVEMENT IN FOREIGN NATIONAL PAY PLANS

SEC. 107. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State should

(1) improve coordination between the Department of State and the Department of Defense and other departments and agencies of the United States operating outside the United States with respect to foreign national pay systems and wage schedules to the extent that—

(A) joint wage surveys and compatible pay schedules are adopted in countries where two or more departments or agencies of the United States directly employ foreign nationals, and

(B) Department of Defense wage rates are included in wage surveys of the Department of State where the De

• The Department of State Appropriation Act, 1981 (title I of H.R. 7584), was adopted by Congress on December 3, 1980, but vetoed by the President on December 3, 1980. Appropriations for the Department of State during fiscal year 1981 were governed by Public Law 96-536, a continuing resolution providing funds for any Federal agency which had not yet received funding through an appropriation act. Under the terms of Public Law 96-536, the Department of State was funded at levels established in H.R. 7584. H.R. 7584 appropriated $1,400,000 for United States-Yugoslavia Bilateral Science and Technology Agreement.

22 U.S.C. 899 note.

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