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(d) I n section 2 of the Act of July 11, 1956 (70 Stat. 523), strike out all beginning with "An" down through "Conference and" and substitute "There is authorized to be appropriated annually, for the annual contribution of the United States toward the maintenance of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Parliamentary Conference, such sum as may be agreed upon by the United States Group and approved by such Conference, but in no event to exceed for any year an amount equal to 25 per centum of the total annual contributions made for that year by all members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization toward the maintenance of such Conference, and". (e) Section 5 of the Act of July 30, 1946 (22 U.S.C. 287q) is amended by the addition of the following sentences at the end thereof: "The National Commission is further authorized to receive and accept services and gifts or bequests of money or materials to carry out any of the educational, scientific, or cultural purposes of the National Commission as set forth in this Act and in the constitution of the Organization. Any money so received shall be held by the Secretary of State and shall be subject to disbursement through the disbursement facilities of the Treasury Department as the terms of the gift or bequest may require and shall remain available for expenditure by grant or otherwise until expended: Provided, That no such gift or bequest may be accepted or disbursed if the terms thereof are inconsistent with the purposes of the National Commission as set forth in this Act and in the constitution of the Organization. In no event shall the National Commission accept gifts or bequests in excess of $200,000 in the aggregate in any one year. Gifts or bequests provided for herein shall, for the purposes of Federal income, estate, and gift taxes, be deemed to be a gift to or for the United States. The National Commission and Secretary of State shall submit to Congress annual reports of receipts and expenditures of funds and bequests received and disbursed pursuant to the provisions of this section." (f) The portion of subsection (a) of section 2 of the joint resolution of June 30, 1948, as amended (22 U.S.C. 272a (a)), which precedes ", as apportioned" is amended to read as follows: " (a) such sums as may be necessary for the payment by the United States of its share of the expenses of the Organization, but not to exceed 25 per centum of such expenses". (g) Section 101(a) of the War Hazards Compensation Act, as amended (42 U.S.C. 1701), is further amended by inserting the following new subparagraph after subparagraph (3): "or (4) to any person who is an employee specified in section 1(a)(5) of the Defense Base Act, as amended, if no compensation is payable with respect to such injury or death under such Act, or to any person engaged under a contract for his personal services outside the United States approved and financed by the United States under the Mutual Security Act of 3954, as amended (other than title II of chapter II thereof): Provided, That in cases where the United States is not a formal party to contracts approved and financed under the Mutual Security Act of 1954, as amended, the Secretary, upon the recommendation of the head of any department or agency of the United States, may, in the exercise of his discretion, waive the application of the provisions of this subparagraph with respect to any such contracts, subcontracts, or subordinate contracts, work location under such contracts, subcontracts, or subordinate contracts, or classification of employees." (h) Section 571(c) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended, is amended by deleting the words "in the Department" wherever they appear therein and by adding at the end thereof the following new sentences: "Any Foreign Service officer who resigned from the Service, or

22 USC 1928b, Educational, scientific and cultural cooperation.

50 Stat. 713.

Reports to Congress.

International Labor Organization. 62 Stat. 1151.

56 Stat. 1028.

68 Stat. 832. 22 USC 175 1 note.

60 Stat. 1011. 22 USC 961.

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