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PUBLIC LAW 665-AUG. 26, 1954

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be an officer or an employee of the United States (including any United States Government agency) who as such regularly receives compensation for current services. Members of the Board, other than the chairman if he is an officer of the United States Government, shall receive out of funds made available for the purpose of this title a per diem allowance of $50 for each day spent away from their homes or regular places of business for the purpose of attendance at meetings of the Board or at conferences held upon the call of the chairman, and in necessary travel, and while so engaged they may be paid actual travel expenses and not to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of subsistence and other expenses. TITLE IV—OTHER PROGRAMS 401. SPECIAL FUND.—Of the funds made available under this Act, not to exceed $150,000,000 may be used in any fiscal year, without regard to the requirements of this Act or any other Act for which funds are authorized by this Act, in furtherance of any of the purposes of such Acts, when the President determines that such use is important to the security of the United States. Not to exceed $100,000,000 of the funds available under this section may be expended for any selected persons who are residing in or escapees from the Soviet Union, Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Rumania, Bulgaria, Albania, Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia or the Communist-dominated or Communist-occupied areas of Germanj and Austria, or any Communistdominated or Communist-occupied areas of Asia and any other countries absorbed by the Soviet Union, either to form such persons into elements of the military forces supporting the North Atlantic Treaty Organization or for other purposes, when the President determines that such assistance will contribute to the defense of the North Atlantic area or to the security of the United States. Certification by the President that he has expended amounts under this section not in excess of $50,000,000, and that it is inadvisable to specify the nature of such expenditures, shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for such amounts. Not more than $20,000,000 of the funds available under this section may be allocated to any one nation in any fiscal year. SEC. 402. EARMARKING OF FUNDS.—Of the funds authorized to be made available pursuant to this Act not less than $350,000,000 shall be used to finance the export and sale for foreign currencies of surplus agricultural commodities or products thereof produced in the United States, in addition to surplus agricultural commodities or products transferred pursuant to the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, and in accordance with the standards as to ^"^^' P* ^^4. pricing and the use of private trade channels expressed in section 101 of said Act. Foreign currency proceeds accruing from such sales shall be used for the purposes of this Act and with particular emphasis on the purposes of section 104 of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 which are in harmony with the purposes of this Act. Notwithstanding section 1415 of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1953, or any other provision of law, the President |^ ^^ ^^^ may use or enter into agreements with friendly nations or organizations of nations to use for such purposes the foreign currencies which accrue to the United States under this section. SEC.

SEC. 403. SPECIAL ASSISTANCE I N JOINT CONTROL AREAS.—The

President is hereby authorized to furnish commodities, services, and financial and other assistance to nations and areas for which the United States has responsibility as a result of participation in joint control arrangements where found by the President to be in the interest of the security of the United States. There is hereby authorized to be

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