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PUBLIC LAW 86-108-JULY 24, 1959

(d) I n section 510, which relates to purchase of conimodities, delete the comma following the words "industrial mobilization base" in the third sentence and insert the following: "or to the net position of the United States in its balance of trade with the rest of the world,". (e) I n section 517, which relates to completion of plans and cost estimates, delete the words "title I or" in the first sentence, and insert "title I, II, or", and add at the end of such section the following: "To the maximum extent practicable, all contracts for construction outside the United States made in connection with any agreement or grant subject to this section, except any agreement for assistance authorized under title II of chapter II, shall be made on a competitive basis." (f) Amend section 523, which relates to coordination with foreign policy, as follows: (1) I n subsection (b), add the following new sentence: "The chief of the diplomatic mission shall make sure that recommendations of such representatives pertaining to military assistance are coordinated with political and economic considerations, and his comments shall accompany such recommendations if he so desires." (2) Amend subsection (c) to read as follows: "(c) Under the direction of the President, the Secretary of State shall be responsible for the continuous supervision and general direction of the assistance programs authorized by this Act, including but not limited to determining whether there shall be a military assistance program for a country and the value thereof, to the end that such programs are effectively integrated both at home and abroad and the foreign policy of the United States is best served thereby." (g) I n section 527(b), which relates to employment of personnel, strike out "sixty" and "thirty-five" in the first sentence and substitute "seventy" and "forty-five", respectively, and add the following new sentence at the end of such section: "One of the offices established by section 1(d) of Reorganization Plan Numbered 7 of 1953 may notwithstanding the provisions of any other law be compensated at a rate not in excess of $20,000 per annum." (h) Insert immediately after section 533 the following new section: " SEC. 533A. INSPECTOR GENERAL AND COMPTROLLER.—(a) There is hereby established in the Department of State an office to be known as the "Office of the Inspector General and Comptroller", which shall be headed by an officer designated as the "Inspector General and Comptroller", whose salary shall be fixed at the annual rate of $19,000, and who shall be appointed by the Secretary of State and be responsible to an Under Secretary of State designated for such purpose by the Secretary of State. I n addition, there shall be a Deputy Inspector General and Comptroller, whose salary shall not exceed the maximum rate provided under the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949, as amended, and such other personnel as may be required to carry out the functions vested in the Inspector General and Comptroller by or pursuant to this section. " (b) There are hereby transferred to the Inspector General and Comptroller all functions, powers, and duties of the Office of Evaluation of the International Cooperation Administration, and so much of the functions, powers, and duties of the Office of Personnel Security and Integrity as relate to investigations of improper activities in connection with programs under the International Cooperation Administration. " (c) The Inspector General and Comptroller shall have the following duties, in addition to those duties transferred to him under subsection (b) of this section:

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