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PUBLIC LAW 93-189-DEC. 17, 1973

Repeals. 22 USC 23192321, 2321e, 2321g, 86 Stat. 25. 22 USC 2321f.

Post, p. 729. 86 Stat. 29. 22 USC 2415.

(C) strike out "$300,000,000" and insert in lieu thereof "$250,000,000". (5) Sections 507,508, 509,512, and 514 are repealed. (6) Section 513 is amended— (A)^ by striking out "THAILAND.—" in the section heading and inserting in lieu thereof "THAILAND AND L A O S. — (a) "; and (B) by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (b) After June 30, 1974, no military assistance snail be furnished by the United States to Laos directly or through any other foreign country unless that assistance is authorized under this Act or the Foreign Military Sales Act." (c) Section 655(c) shall not apply to assistance authorized to be furnished under any provision of law for fiscal year 1974. SECURITY

86 Stat. 26. 22 USC 2346a.

Repeal. 22 USC 2346b.

SUPPORTING

ASSISTANCE

SEC. 13. Chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended— (1) in section 532 by striking out "for the fiscal year 1972 not to exceed $618,000,000, of which not less than $50,000,000 shall be available solely for Israel" and inserting in lieu thereof "for the fiscal year 1974 not to exceed $125,000,000, of which not less than $50,000,000 shall be available solely for Israel"; and (2) by striking out section 533. TERMINATION

22 USC 2367.

[87 STAT.

OF

ASSISTANCE

SEC. 14. Section 617 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by striking out "twelve" and inserting in lieu thereof "eight". PROHIBITIONS

77 Stat. 386; 78 Stat. 1013. 22 USC 2370.

Report to e o n gress.

SEC. 15. The first full paragraph of section 620(e)(1) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by striking out "no other provision of this Act shall be construed to authorize the President to waive the provisions of this subsection," and inserting in lieu thereof "the provisions of this subsection shall not be waived with respect to any country unless the President determines and certifies that such a waiver is important to the national interests of the United States. Such certification shall be reported immediately to Congress." EMPLOYMENT OF P E R S O N N E L

78 Stat. 1014. 22 USC 2385.

Ante,

p. 714.

SEC. 16. Section 625 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: " (k)(1) In accordance with such regulations as the President may prescribe, the following categories of personnel who serve in the agency primarily responsible for administering part I of this Act shall become participants in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System: " (A) persons serving under unlimited appointments in employment subject to subsection (d)(2) of this section as Foreign Service Reserve officers and as Foreign Service staff officers and employees; and " (B) a person serving in a position to which he was appointed by the President, whether with or without the advice and consent of the Senate, if (i) such person shall have served previously under an unlimited appointment pursuant to such subsection (d) (2) or a comparable provision of predecessor legislation to this Act, and (ii) following service specified in clause (i) of this subparagraph, such person shall have served continuously with such

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