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 PUBLIC LAW 93-476-OCT. 26, 1974

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22 USC 2501 note.

Report to Speaker of the House and cong r e s s i o n a l committee.

[88 STAT.

States will cease to be the principal source of funds and material for South Vietnam's self-defense and economic viability; (2) the total number of personnel of the executive branch of the United States Government (other than personnel of the Department of State, the United States Information Agency, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the Department of Defense, and volunteers carrying out the Peace Corps Act) who were present in foreign countries on January 1, 1974, and who were citizens or nationals of the United States, should be substantially reduced; and (3) the total number of persoiinel of the Department of Defense assigned or detailed to military attache activities or to military assistance advisory groups or military aid missions, who were present in foreign countries on January 1, 1974, and who were citizens oi- nationals of the United States, should be substantially reduced. (b) Not later than six months after the date of enactment of this Act the Secretary shall report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate on the steps he has taken to carry out the provisions of this section. Approved October 26, 1974. Public Law 93-476

October 26, 1974 [S. J. R e s. 236]

Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y. Indemnification agreement.

24 UST 1395.

JOINT RESOLUTION To provide for the indemnification of the Metropolitan Museum of New York for loss or damage suffered by objects in exhibition in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of State (or such officer of the Department of State as he may designate) is authorized to conclude an agreement with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, located in New York, New York, for indemnification of such museum, in accordance with the terms of such agreement, for loss or damage suffered by objects in an exhibition of such museum in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics pursuant to an agreement between such museum and the Ministry of Culture of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, which agreement was made in accordance with the general agreement on contracts, exchanges, and cooperation, signed July 19, 1973, by the United States and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The agreement concluded by the Secretary of State shall provide for such indemnification— (1) during the period the works of art are in transit from the remises of said museum, on exhibition in the Union of Soviet ocialist Republics, and returning to said premises; and (2) only for substantial loss or damage as determined by the Secretary of State. I n the case of a claim for loss or damage with respect to an item or items which are covered under such agreement, the Secretary shall certify the validity of the claim and the amount of the loss to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out an agreement concluded pursuant to this joint resolution. Approved October 26, 1974.

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Claim, certification to Speaker of the House and P r e s i d e n t of the Senate. Appropriation.

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