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 PUBLIC LAW 98-411—AUG. 30, 1984

98 STAT. 1547

obligations for the principal amount of direct loans shall not exceed $6,500,000. During fiscal year 1985, total commitments to guarantee loans shall not exceed $15,000,000 of contingent liability for loan principal. MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AGENCY MINORITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

For necessary expenses of the Department of Commerce in fostering, promoting, and developing minority business enterprise, including expenses of grants, contracts, and other agreements with public or private organizations, $49,885,000, of which $36,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $13,885,000 shall be available for program management: Provided further, That the Minority Business Development Agency shall maintain a permanent position and full-time office in the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Provided further. That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph or in this title for the Department of Commerce shall be available to reimburse the fund established by 15 U.S.C. 1521 on account of the performance of a program, project, or activity, nor shall such fund be available for the performance of a program, project, or activity, which had not been performed as a central service pursuant to 15 U.S.C. 1521 before July 1, 1982, unless the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Congress are notified fifteen days in advance of such action in accordance with the Committees' reprograming procedures. UNITED STATES TRAVEL AND TOURISM ADMINISTRATION SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the United States Travel and Tourism Administration, including travel and tourism promotional activities abroad without regard to the provisions of law set forth in 44 U.S.C. 3702 and 3703; and including employment of aliens by contract for services abroad; rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding five years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement; purchase or construction of temporary demountable exhibition structures for use abroad; advance of funds under contracts abroad; payment of tort claims in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of 28 U.S.C. 2672, when such claims arise in foreign countries; and not to exceed $8,000 for representation expenses abroad; $12,000,000: Provided, That not later than January 1, 1985, the Secretary of Commerce shall establish offices of the United States Travel and Tourism Administration in Italy, the Netherlands, and Australia, and that such offices be in addition to rather than in lieu of any offices of the United States Travel and Tourism Administration that existed in foreign nations on April 1, 1984. NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION OPERATIONS, RESEARCH, AND FACILITIES (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)

For necessary expenses of activities authorized by law for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, including acqui-

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