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 PUBLIC LAW 94-118—OCT. 20, 1975

89 STAT. 603

Public Law 94-118 94th Congress An Act Ta provide for the use of certain funds to promote scholarly, cultural, and artistic activities between Japan and the United States, and for other purposes.

Oct. 20, 1975 [S. 824]

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may Japan-Unitijd States Friendship be cited as the "Japan-United States Friendship Act". STATEMENT OF FINDINGS AND PURPOSE

Act. 22 USC 2901 note. 22 USC 2901.

SEC. 2. (a) The Congress hereby finds that— (1) the post-Wo rid War II evolution of the relationship between Japan and the United States to peacetime friendship and partnership is one of the most significant developments of the postwar period; (2) the Agreement Between Japan and the United States of America Concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands, signed at Washington and Tokyo on June 17, 1971, is a major 23 UST 44(') achievement and symbol of the new relationship between the United States and Japan; and (3) the continuation of close United States-Japan friendship and cooperation will make a vital contribution to the prospects for peace, prosperity, and security in Asia and the world. (b) It is therefore the purpose of this Act to provide for the use of an amount equal to a part of the total sum payable by Japan to the United States in connection with the reversion of Okinawa to Japanese administration and the remaining funds of the amount set aside in 1962 for educational and cultural exchange with Japan (known as the G.A.R.I.O.A. Account) to aid education and culture at the highest level in order to enhance reciprocal people-to-people understanding and to support the close friendship and mutuality of interests between the United States and Japan. ESTABLISHMENT OP THE F U N D;

EXPENDITURES

SEC. 3. (a) There is established in the Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known as the Japan-United States Friendship Trust Fund (hereafter referred to as the "Fund"). (b) Amounts in the Fund shall be used for the promotion of scholarly, cultural, and artistic activities between Japan and the United States, including— (1) support for studies, including language studies, in institutions of higher education or scholarly research in Japan and the United States, designed to foster mutual understanding between Japan and the United States; (2) support for major collections of Japanese books and publications in appropriate libraries located throughout the United States and similar support for collections of American books and publications in appropriate libraries located throughout Japan; (3) support for programs in the arts in association with appropriate institutions in Japan and the United States;

Japan-Unit<!d States Friendship Trust Fund. 22 USC 2902.

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