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 PUBLIC LAW 99-180—DEC. 13, 1985

99 STAT. 1137

fiscal year 1986 total commitments to guarantee loans shall not exceed $150,000,000 of contingent liability for loan principal: Provided further. That none of the funds appropriated or otherwise Prohibition. made available under this heading may be used directly or indirectly for attorneys' or consultants' fees in connection with securing grants and contracts made by the Economic Development Administration. SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of administering the economic development assistance programs as provided for by law, $26,000,000: Provided, That these funds may be used to monitor projects approved pursuant to title I of the Public Works Employment Act of 1976, as amended, title II of the Trade Act of 1974, as amended, and the Community Emergency Drought Relief Act of 1977. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or any other law, funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be used to fill and maintain forty-nine permanent positions designated as Economic Development Representatives out of the total number of permanent positions funded in the Salaries and Expenses account of the Economic Development Administration for fiscal year 1986.

42 USC 6701 note. 19 USC 2251. 42 USC 5184 note.

INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION OPERATIONS AND ADMINISTRATION

For necessary expenses for international trade activities of the Department of Commerce, including trade promotional activities abroad without regard to the provisions of law set forth in 44 U.S.C. 3702 and 3703; full medical coverage for dependent members of immediate families of employees stationed overseas; employment of Americans and aliens by contract for services abroad; rental of space abroad for periods not exceeding ten years, and expenses of alteration, repair, or improvement; purchase or construction of temporary demountable exhibition structures for use 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; not to exceed $253,000 for official representation expenses abroad; awards of compensation to informers under the Export Administration Act of 1979, and as authorized by 22 U.S.C. 401(b); purchase of passenger motor vehicles for official use abroad and motor vehicles for law enforcement use with special requirement vehicles eligible for purchase without regard to any price limitation otherwise established by law; $192,000,000, of which $7,090,000 is for the Office of Textiles and Apparels, including $3,500,000 for a grant to the Tailored Clothing Technology Corporation, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the provisions of the first sentence of section 105(f) and all of section 108(c) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2455(f) and 2458(c)) shall apply in carrsdng out these activities. During fiscal year 1986 and within the resources and authority available, gross obligations for the principal amount of direct loans shall not exceed $8,100,000. During fiscal year 1986, commitments to guarantee loans shall not exceed $6,000,000 of contingent liability for loan principal.

50 USC app. 2401 note.

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