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PUBLIC LAW 85-477-JUNE 30, 1958

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the preceding calendar year, to the Committee on House Administration of the House of Representatives (if the committee be a committee of the House of Representatives or a joint committee whose funds are disbursed by the Clerk of the House) or to the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate (if the committee be a Senate committee or a joint committee whose funds are disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate). Each such report submitted by each committee shall be published in the Congressional Record within ten legislative days after receipt by the Committee on House Administration of the House or the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.". (b) Section 509, which relates to shipping on United States vessels, 22 USC i76i. is amended by adding the following new sentence at the end thereof: "Sales of fresh fruit and the products thereof under this Act shall be exempt from the requirements of the cargo preference laws (Public Resolution 17, Seventy-third Congress, and section 901(b) of the Mer- staf. lit' ^°°' ^^ chant Marine Act, 1936, as amended).". 46 USC 1241.^^^^' (c) Section 510, which relates to purchase of commodities, is 22 USC 1762. amended by striking out "title II or" in the first sentence. (d) Add the following new sections immediately after section 515: 22 USC i766a. " SEC. 516.

PROHIBITION AGAINST DEBT RETIREMENT.—None of

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funds made available under this Act nor any of the counterpart funds generated as a i*esult of assistance under this Act or any other Act shall be used to make payments on account of the principal or interest on any debt of any foreign government or on any loan made to such government by any other foreign government; nor shall any of these funds be expended for any purpose for which funds have been withdrawn by any recipient country to make payment on such debts: Provided, That to the extent that funds have been borrowed by any foreign government in order to make a deposit of counterpart and such deposit is in excess of the amount that would be required to be deposited pursuant to the formula prescribed by section 142(b) of this Act, such counterpart may be used in such country for any agreed 22 USC 1852. purpose consistent with the provisions of this Act. " SEC. 517. COMPLETION or PLANS AND COST ESTIMATES.—After June 30, 1958, no agreement or grant which constitutes an obligation of the United States in excess of $100,000 under section 1311 of the Supple- ff l^i^' 2^50.' mental Appropriation Act, 1955, shall be made for any assistance authorized under title I or III (except section 306) of chapter II, or 1930." ^ ^ ^^^^' section 400(a) — "(1) if such agreement or grant requires substantive technical or financial planning, until engineering, financial, and other plans necessary to carry out such assistance, and a reasonably firm estimate of the cost to the United States of providing such assistance, have been completed; and "(2) if such agreement or grant requires legislative action within the recipient country, unless such legislative action may reasonably be anticipated to be completed within one year from the date the agreement or grant is made. This section shall not apply to any assistance furnished for the sole purpose of preparation of engineering, financial, and other plans." (e) Amend section 527, which relates to the employment of per- H ^*|^- ^^j sonnel, by adding the following new subsection, such amendment to take effect nine months after the date of enactment of this Act: "(e) Notwithstanding the provisions of title 10, United States Code, section 712, or any other law containing similar authority, officers and employees of the United States performing functions under this Act shall not accept from any foreign nation any compensation or other benefits. Arrangements may be made by the President with such nations for reimbursement to the United States or other sharing of the cost of performing such functions."

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