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engaged in the manufacturing, repair, rehabilitation, packing, handling, crating, or delivery of materiel: Provided further, That after the Director has determined the reduction to be effected in each agency, the determination as to which individual employees shall be retained shall be made by the head of the agency concerned". (g) Amend section 506(c) to read as follows: "(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning with July 1, 1952, the Secretary of Defense may furnish (subject to reimbursement from funds appropriated pursuant to this Act) military assistance out of the materials of war whose production in the United States shall have been authorized for, and appropriated to, the Department of Defense: Provided, however, That nothing in this Act shall authorize the furnishing of military items under this subsection in excess of $1,000,000,000 in value. For the purposes of this subsection (1) 'value' shall be determined in accordance with section 403(c) of the Mutual Defense Assistance Act of 1949, as amended, and (2) the term 'materials of war' means those goods, commonly known as military end items, which are required for the performance of their missions by armed forces of a nation, including weapons, military vehicles, ships of war under lifteen hundred tons, aircraft, military communications equipment, ammunition, maintenance parts and spares, and military hardware." (h) Section 511 is amended by adding the following new subsection: "(c)(1) The Congress of the United States finds that mutual security can be realized only to the extent that the countries who receive our aid do their utmost to help themselves and cooperate among themselves and with the United States to the fullest extent in achieving the objectives of the free world. I n providing assistance under this Act, the Congress of the United States affirms the desire of the United States to continue to use its leadership and resources for the purpose of uniting the efforts of recipient countries to the end that positive accomplishments toward mutual security may be realized with a maximum of efficiency and a minimum of delay and cost. "(2) I n addition to the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the Director, in administering this Act, shall insure that, where necessary to the mutual security effort, no country shall receive any assistance hereunder unless it take decisive action to marshal its resources collectively, or individually where more suitable, with integration and unification plans in the appropriate area, and participate in programs which promote collective security in that area. The Director shall insure that, where suitable or necessary to the success of the mutual security effort, countries take adequate steps to mobilize their industries for mutual defense and gear their fiscal, budgetary, capital, political, and military resources to the objectives of this Act and take appropriate other steps toward self-help and mutual cooperation. "(3) Assistance shall be given on a country-by-country basis to a degree and at a rate commensurate with the rate of progress made in the attainment of the objectives of this Act." (i) In section 513, amend the heading to read "SPECIAL U S E OF FUNDS", insert " (a) " after " SEC. 513.", and add at the end of such section the following new subsection: "(b) Not more than $100,000,000 of the funds made available under the Mutual Security Act of 1952, of which not more than $20,000,000 may be allocated to any one country, may be used or supplied without regard to any conditions as to eligibility contained in this Act, or any other Act for which funds are authorized by this Act, when the President determines that such use is important to the security of the United States. The President shall notify the Committee on Foreign

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22 USC 1657. Secretary of Defense.

63 Stat. 717. 22 USC 1574.

22 USC 1662. Cooperative action requirement.

S p e c i a l use of funds. 22 USC 1664.

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