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 92 STAT. 970

PUBLIC LAW 95-426—OCT. 7, 1978 tive agency for a period of not to exceed one year shall not be counted toward any personnel ceiling for the Department of State established by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.". EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN ALIENS FROM THE UNITED STATES

SEC, 119. Section 21 of the Act entitled "An Act to provide certain basic authority for the Department of State", approved August 1, 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2691), is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "Nothing in this section may be construed as authorizing or requiring the admission to the United States of any alien who is excludible for reasons other than membership in or affiliation with a proscribed organization.". PUBLICATION OF HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE

44 USC 1317 note.

SEC. 120. (a) The Congress finds that the Department of State publication "Foreign Relations of the United States" plays an important role in making the documentary record of United States foreign relations available to the Congress and the American public. (b) The Secretary of State shall therefore insure that publication of the "Foreign Relations of the United States" volumes is continued in such a manner as will maintain the high standard of comprehensive documentation already established by past volumes. ASSISTANCE TO BEREAVED UNITED STATES FAMILIES

22 USC 1175 note.

Report to Speaker of the House and Senate committee.

SEC. 121. (a) The Congress finds that the Department of State should, in the performance of its consular duties, render all reasonable administrative assistance to a United States citizen who is making necessary arrangements following the death of another United States citizen abroad. (b) The Secretary of State shall— (1) analyze alternative procedures by which the Department of State could, where necessary and appropriate, provide loans or other forms of assistance to facilitate such arrangements; and (2) not later than January 20, 1979, transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report describing fully and completely such alternate procedures, including associated costs, and presenting his views and recommendations with respect to such procedures. SYSTEMATIC

22 USC 2680 note.

INFORMATION-SHARING

SEC. 122. (a) The Congress finds that— (1) international political, economic, and other studies prepared systematically by analysts of the Department of State as needed background information for executive branch policymakers could be similarly valuable to the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate in fulfilling their responsibilities; and (2) a formal information-sharing arrangement between the Department of State and such congressional committees could therefore serve the national interest, provided that controls on dis-

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