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63 Stat. 384.

PUBLIC LAW 195-AUG. 5, 1953

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ment-owned or leased property abroad, and (6) rental or lease, for periods not exceeding ten years, of offices, buildings, grounds, and living quarters for the use of the Foreign Service, for which payments may be made in advance; $50,000,000 and in addition $15,600,000 of the unobligated balances of all appropriations available to the Department of State during fiscal year 1953, of which not less than $8,000,000 shall, if possible, be used to purchase foreign currencies or credits owed to or owned by the Treasury of the United States: Provided, That pursuant to section 201(c) of the Act of June 30, 1949 (40 U.S.C. 481 (c)), passeuger motor vehicles in possession of the Foreign Service abroad may be exchanged or sold and the exchange allowances or proceeds of such sales shall be available without fiscal year limitation for replacement of an equal number of such vehicles and the cost, including the exchange allowance, of each such replacement shall not exceed $3,000 in the case of the chief of mission automobile at each diplomatic mission (except that two such vehicles may be purchased at not to exceed $3,600 each) and $1,400 in the case of all other such vehicles except station wagons. REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES

60 Stat. 1026.

For representation allowances as authorized by section 901(3) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (22 U.S.C. 1131), $500,000. EMERGENCIES IN THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE

For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of State to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service, to be expended pursuant to the requirement of section 291 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 107), $1,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary of State may delegate to subordinate officials the authority vested in him by section 291 of'the Revised Statutes pertaining to certification of expenditures. CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

For expenses necessary to meet annual obligations to international organizations, and Gorgas Memorial Institute, pursuant to treaties, conventions, or specific Acts of Congress, $29,614,787. PAYMENT TO THE REPUBLIC OF PANAMA

22 USC 262b.

The Secretary of the Treasury shall cause to be paid annually out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $430,000 as a payment to the Republic of Panama in accordance with the Treaty of 1936 (53 Stat. 1818). Section 602 of the Departments of State, Justice, Commerce, and the Judiciary Appropriation Act, 1952, as amended (65 Stat. 599), is hereby amended as follows: At the end of the second proviso in the first paragraph and before the period, insert: ", Caribbean Commission and the Joint Support program of the International Civil Aviation Organization". MISSIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

For expenses necessary for permanent representation to certain international organizations in which the United States participates pursuant to treaties, conventions, or specific Acts of Congress, including expenses authorized by the pertinent Acts and Conventions providing for such representation; attendance at meetings of soci-

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