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 100 STAT. 3341-41

PUBLIC LAW 99-591—OCT. 30, 1986 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of administering the economic development assistance programs as provided for by law, $25,000,000: Provided, That these funds may be used to monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment Act of 1976, as amended, title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any other law, funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to fill and maintain forty-nine permanent positions designated as Economic Development Representatives out of the total number of permanent positions funded in the Salaries and Expenses account of the Economic Development Administration for fiscal year 1987. REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM •J' 1

R E G I O N A L DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS (RESCISSION)

Of the funds available for Regional Development Program, "Regional Development Programs", $1,576,000 are rescinded. INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION ^

OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

For necessary expenses for international trade activities of the Department of Commerce, including trade promotional activities abroad without regard to the provisions of law set forth in 44 U.S.C. 3702 and 3703; full medical coverage for dependent members of immediate families of employees stationed overseas; employment of Americans and aliens by contract for services abroad; rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding ten years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement; purchase or construction of temporary demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; payment of tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672 when such claims arise in foreign countries; not to exceed $253,000 for official representation expenses abroad; awards of compensation to informers under the Export Administration Act of 1979, and as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 40103); purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad and motor vehicles for law enforcement use with special requirement vehicles eligible for purchase without regard to any price limitation otherwise established by law; $197,500,000, to remain available until expended, of which $6,785,000 is for the Office of Textiles and Apparels, including $3,349,000 for a grant to the Tailored Clothing Technology Corporation and, of which $3,500,000 is for a grant for support costs for a new materials center in Ames, Iowa: Provided, That the provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(1) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrying out these activities: Provided further. That none of the funds appropriated herein may be used for activities associated with conferences, trade shows, expositions, and/or seminars which feature or convey the advan-

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