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 62 STAT.] 80TH CONG., 2D SESS.-CH. 169-APR. 3, 1948 (1) employ persons who shall receive compensation at any of the rates provided for the Foreign Service Reserve and Staff by the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 999), together with allowances and benefits established thereunder; and (2) recommend the appointment or assignment of persons, and the Secretary of State may appoint or assign such persons, to any class in the Foreign Service Reserve or Staff for the duration of operations under this title, and the Secretary of State may assign, transfer, or promote such persons upon the recommenda- tion of the Administrator. Persons so appointed to the Foreign Service Staff shall be entitled to the benefits of section 528 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946. (b) For the purpose of performing functions under this title out- side the continental limits of the United States, the Secretary of State may, at the request of the Administrator, appoint, for the duration of operations under this title, alien clerks and employees in accordance with applicable provisions of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 999). (c) No citizen or resident of the United States may be employed, or if already employed, may be assigned to duties by the Secretary of State or the Administrator under this title for a period to exceed three months unless such individual has been investigated as to loyalty and security by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and a report thereon has been made to the Secretary of State and the Administrator, and until the Secretary of State or the Administrator has certified in writing (and filed copies thereof with the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the House Committee on Foreign Affairs) that, after full consideration of such report, he believes such individual is loyal to the United States, its Constitution, and form of government, and is not now and has never been a member of any organization advo- cating contrary views. This subsection shall not apply in the case of any officer appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. NATURE AND METHOD OF ASSISTANCE SEC. 111. (a) The Administrator may, from time to time, furnish assistance to any participating country by providing for the perform- ance of any of the functions set forth in paragraphs (1) through (5) of this subsection when he deems it to be in furtherance of the pur- poses of this title, and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this title and such additional terms and conditions consistent with the pro- visions of this title as he may determine to be necessary and proper. (1) Procurement from any source, including Government stocks on the same basis as procurement by Government agencies under Public Law 375 (Seventy-ninth Congress) for their own use, of any commodity which he determines to be required for the further- ance of the purposes of this title. As used in this title, the term "commodity' means any commodity, material, article, supply, or goods necessary for the purposes of this title. (2) Processing, storing, transporting, and repairing any com- modities, or performing any other services with respect to a par- ticipating country which he determines to be required for accomplishing the purposes of this title. The Administrator shall, in providing for the procurement of commodities under authority of this title, take such steps as may be necessary to assure, so far as is practicable, that at least 50 per centum of the gross tonnage of commodities, procured within the United States out of funds made available under this title and transported abroad on ocean vessels, is so transported on United States flag vessels to the extent such vessels are available at market rates. 143 22U..C.801 et seq. 60 Stat. 1010. 22U.S. C. 928. Alien employees. 22 U.S. C. §801 et seq. Loyalty and secu- rity investigations. Report. Nonapplicability. Procurement of commodities. 60 Stat. 16S. 50U.S.C.app. §§ 1621, 1622, 1625 , 1627; Supp. I. i 1622. Post, pp. 350, 1103. "Commodity." Transportation on U. S. vessels.

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