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 PUBLIC LAW 100-204—DEC. 22, 1987

101 STAT. 1383

TITLE V—THE BOARD FOR INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING SEC. 501. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS; ALLOCATION OF FUNDS. (a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 8(a)(l)(A) of

the

Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973 (22 U.S.C. 2877) is amended to read as follows: "(A) $186,000,000 for fiscal year 1988 and $207,424,000 for fiscal year 1989; and". 0)) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of the funds authorized to be appropriated by section 8(a)(l)(A) of the Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973, $12,000,000 for the fiscal year 1988 and $12,000,000 for the fiscal year 1989 shall be available only for radio transmitter construction and modernization. SEC. 502. RESERVE FOR OFFSETTING DOWNWARD FLUCTUATIONS IN OVERSEAS RATES.

Section 8flt)) of the Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973 (22 U.S.C. 2877(b)) is amended by inserting after "RFE/RL, Incorporated," the following: "shall be certified to the Congress by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and placed in reserve in a separate account in the Treasury only for the purpose of offsetting future downward fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates in order to maintain the level of operations authorized for each fisced year. Any such amount". SEC. 503. CERTIFICATION OF CERTAIN CREDITABLE SERVICE.

The third to last sentence of section 8332(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting ", and the Secretary of State with respect to the Asia Foundation and the Secretary of Defense with respect to the Armed Forces Network, Europe (AFN-E)," after "Board for International Broadcasting".

TITLE VI—ASIA FOUNDATION SEC. 601. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

Section 404 of the Asia Foundation Act (22 U.S.C. 4401 et seq.) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 404. FUNDING.

22 USC 4403.

"There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State $13,700,000 for the fiscal year 1988 and $15,000,000 for the fiscal year 1989 for grants to the Asia Foundation pursuant to this title.".

TITLE VII—INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS PART A—UNITED NATIONS SEC. 701. PROBABLE EXEMPTIONS TO THE UNITED NATIONS EMPLOYEE HIRING FREEZE.

(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress makes the following findings:

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

22 USC 287e note.

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