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 PUBLIC LAW 99-93—AUG. 16, 1985 transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, an unclassified report on Soviet and Communist disinformation and press manipulation with respect to the United States. Such report shall include a recommendation by the President on the advisability of establishing, within the Department of State, a permanent office of Soviet disinformation and press manipulation. In conducting the study required by this section the Secretary may make us<5 of suitably qualified scholars and journalists.

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SEC. 148. MURDER OF MAJOR ARTHUR D. NICHOLSON, JUNIOR.

It is the sense of the Congress that the United States should declare persona non grata one or more senior defense attaches of the Soviet Union's mission to the United States unless the President certifies to the Congress, within 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act— (1) that the Soviet Union has made a formal apology for the murder of Major Arthur D. Nicholson, Junior; and (2) that the Soviet Union has provided satisfactory assurances that it will adhere to agreements concerning the status and safety of military and civilian missions of western nations in the German Democratic Republic. SEC. 149. INTER-AMERICAN COOPERATION IN SPACE, SCIENCE, AND TECHNOLOGY.

The Secretary of State shall conduct an in-depth study of the Study. feasibility and the economic and political benefits of the establishment of a major initiative in Inter-American Cooperation in Space, Science, and Technology. Not more than one year after the date of Report. the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress on the findings of such study and shall include recommendations for implementing such an initiative. SEC. 150. DEPARTMENT OF STATE INSPECTOR GENERAL. (a) ESTABLISHMENT U N D E R INSPECTOR GENERAL ACT.—(1) Section

2(1) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— (A) by striking out "and" immediately before "the Veterans' Administration'; and (B) by inserting immediately before the semicolon ", and the Department of State". (2) Section 11 of such Act is amended— 5 USC app. (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting "State," after "Labor,"; and (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting "State," after "Labor,". (b) LIMITATION ON AUTHORITY OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE 22 USC 3929a. DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND THE FOREIGN SERVICE.—Notwithstanding

section 209 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3929), any individual appointed to or serving in the capacity of the Inspesctor General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service shall be designated as the "Pr<^ram Inspector General" and may only perform such functions (utilizing appropriate authority under such section) as may be necessary for the purposes of carrying out subsection (g) of such section. (c) REPORT.—Not later than six months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Congress on the steps the Secretary has undertaken to implement the provisions of the amendment made by subsection (a).

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