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PUBLIC LAW 93-475-OCT. 26, 1974

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"(c) A death gratuity payment under this section shall be made as follows: " Q) First, to the widow or widower. "(2) Second, to the child, or children in equal shares, if there is no widow or widower. "(3) Third, to the dependent parent, or dependent parents in equal shares, if there is no widow, widower, or child. If there is no survivor entitled to payment under this subsection, no payment shall be made. " (d) As used in this section— "(1) the term 'Foreign Service employee' means a chief of mission. Foreign Service officer. Foreign Service information officer, Foreign Service Reserve officer of limited or unlimited tenure, or a Foreign Service staff officer or employee; "(2) each of the terms 'widow', 'widower', 'child', and 'parent' shall have the same meaning given each such term by section 8101 of title 5, United States Code; and "(3) the term 'United States' means the several States and the District of Columbia. "(e) The provisions of this section shall apply with respect to deaths occurring on and after January 1, 1973." PRIOR AUTHORIZATION REQUIRED

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SEC. 11. Subsection (a) of section 15 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide certain basic authority for the Department of State," approved August 1, 1956, is amended to read as follows: " (a)(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law enacted before the date of enactment of the State Department/USIA Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1975, no money appropriated to the Department of State under any law shall be available for obligation or expenditure with respect to any fiscal year commencing on or after July 1, 1972— " (A) unless the appropriation thereof has been authorized by law enacted on or after February 7, 1972; or " (B) in excess of an amount prescribed by law enacted on or after such date. "(2) To the extent that legislation enacted after the making of an appropriation to the Department of State authorizes the obligation or expenditure thereof, the limitation contained in paragraph (1) shall have no effect. " (3) The provisions of this section— " (A) shall not be superseded except by a provision of law enacted after February 7, 1972, which specifically repeals, modifies, or supersedes the provisions of this section; and " (B) shall not apply to, or affect in any manner, permanent appropriations, trust funds, and other similar accounts administered by the Department as authorized by law." AUTHORITY AXD R E S P O N S i m L I T Y OF AMBASSADORS

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SEC. 12. The Act entitled '"An Act to provide certain basi(j authority for the Department of State", approved August 1, 1956, as amended, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: "SEC. 16. Under the direction of the President— "(1) the United States Ambassador to a foreign country shall have full responsibility for the direction, coordination, and supervision of all United States Government officers and employees in that country, except for personnel under the command of a United States area military commander;

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