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 93 STAT. 380

PUBLIC LAW 96-53—AUG. 14, 1979 preliminary report to be submitted no later than one hundred and twenty days after the date of enactment of this Act. CERTAIN TRAVEL EXPENSES

SEC. 510. Section 5924(4)(B) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking out "one annual trip each way for each dependent of an employee of the Department of State or the United States Information Agency, or" and inserting in lieu thereof "(i) in the case of dependents traveling to obtain secondary education, one annual trip, or in the case of dependents traveling to obtain undergraduate college education, two annual trips, each way for each dependent of an employee of the Department of State, of the International Communication Agency, or of the Agency for International Development, or(ii)". HUMAN RIGHTS

22 USC 2304.

SEC. 511. Section 502B of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: "(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds authorized to be appropriated under part I of this Act may be made available for the furnishing of assistance to any country with respect to which the President finds that such a significant improvement in its human rights record has occurred as to warrant lifting the prohibition on furnishing such assistance in the national interest of the United States.". EFFECTIVE DATES

22 USC 2151 note.

SEC. 512. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section and in section 5030)), this Act shall take effect on October 1, 1979. (b) Sections 11403), 123, 501, and 509 of this Act shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act. Approved August 14, 1979.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY: HOUSE REPORTS: No. 96-79 (Comm. on Foreign Affairs) and No. 96-397 (Comm. of SENATE REPORTS: No. 96-137 accompanying S. 588 (Comm. on Foreign Relations) and No. 96-196 accompanying S. 588 (Comm. on Governmental Affairs). CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 125 (1979): Apr. 4, 5, 9, 10, considered and passed House. June 18, 19, S. 588 considered in Senate. June 19, H.R. 3324 considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 588. July 31, Senate agreed to conference report. Aug. 2, House agreed to conference report.

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