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ing countries and in the training of farmers of such de\elping countries within the United States or abroad; " (4) To conduct research in tropical and subtropical agricuUure for Research, the improvement and development of tropical and subtropical food products for dissemination and cuhivation in friendly countries: "(5) To coordinate the program authorized in this section with the activities of the Peace Corps, the Agency for International Development, and other agencies of the United States and to assign, upon agreement with such agencies, such persons to work with and under the administration of such agencies: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed to infringe upon the powers OT- functions of the Secretary of State: "(6) To establish by such rules and regulations as he deems Jiecessary the conditions for eligibility and retention in and dismissal from the program established in this section, together with the terms, length and nature of service, compensation, employee status, oaths of office, and security clearances, and such persons shall be entitled to the benefits and subject to the responsibilities applicable to persons serving in the Peace Corps pursuant to the provisions of section 612, volume 75 of the Statutes at Large, as amended; and ^^^^ use 2501 "(7) To the maximum extent practicable, to pay the costs of such program through the tise of foreign currencies accruing from the sale of agricultural commodities under this Act, as provided in section 104(i),

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" (b) There are hereby authorized to be appropriated not to exceed Appropriation. $83,000,000 during any fiscal year for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section. "SEC. 407. There is hereby established an advisory committee com- mittte^.^esLwiThposed of the Secretary of State, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Sec- ment. I'etary of Agriculture, the Director of the Bureau of the l^udget, the Administrator of the Agency for International Development, the chairman, the vice chairman and the two ranking minority members of the House Committee on Agriculture and the House Committee on iJ'oreign x\.fFairs, and the chairman, the next ranking majority member and the two ranking minority members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. The advisory committee shall survey the general policies relating to the administration of the Act, including the manner of implementing the self-help provisions, the uses to be made of foreign currencies which accrue in connection with sales for foreign currencies under title I, the amount of currencies to be reserved in sales agree- ^"^^' P- ^^^^• ments for loans to private industry under section 104(e), rates of exchange, interest rates, and the terms under which dollar credit sales are made, and shall advise the President with respect thereto. "SEC. 408. The President shall make a report to Congress not later Report to conthan April 1 each year with respect to the activities carried out under ^'"^^^" this Act during the preceding calendar year. Such report shall describe the progress of each country with which agreements are in effect under title I in carrying out its agreements under such title. "SEC. 409. No agreements to finance sales under title I and no pro- "^'"^ limitation. grams of assistance under title II shall be enfered into after Decembei31, 1968.

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