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68 S T A T. ]

PUBLIC LAW 665-AUG. 26, 1964

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(2) $75,000,000 for assistance designed to promote the economic development of South Asia and to assist in maintaining economic and political stability in the area; and (3) $9,000,000 for assistance designed to promote economic development in the other American Republics and non-self-governing territories of the Western Hemisphere. Such assistance may be furnished on such terms and conditions as the President may specify, except that 30 per centum of the funds appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall be available only for furnishing assistance on terms of repayment in accordance with section 505. (b) I n addition, unexpended balances of appropriations heretofore made pursuant to sections 206 and 302 (b) of the Mutual Security Act of 1951, as amended, and unexpended balances of funds allocated stau^*76l ^^^' ^^ to the emergency economic aid program for Bolivia are hereby author- 22 USC 169e, ized to be continued available for the purposes of this section through ^ ^^ * June 30, 1955, and to be consolidated with the appropriations authorized by paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subsection (a) of this section, respectively. SEC. 202. ADMINISTRATION.—Except as necessary to accomplish the purposes of section 201, programs of assistance authorized by that section shall be administered in accordance with sections 303 and 308 (relating to technical cooperation). TITLE III—TECHNICAL COOPERATION SEC. 301. DECLARATION OF PURPOSE.—It is the policy of the United

States and the purpose of this title to aid the efforts of the peoples of economically underdeveloped areas to develop their resources and improve their working and living conditions by encouraging the exchange of technical knowledge and skills and the flow of investment capital to countries which provide conditions under which such technical assistance and capital can effectively and constructively contribute to raising standards of living, creating new sources of wealth, increasing productivity and expanding purchasing power. SEC. 302. GENERAL AUTHORITY AND DEFINITION.—The President is

authorized to furnish assistance in accordance with the provisions of this title through bilateral technical cooperation programs. As used in this title, the term "technical cooperation programs" means programs for the international interchange of technical knowledge and skills designed to contribute primarily to the balanced and integrated development of the economic resources and productive capacities of economically underdeveloped areas. Such activities shall be limited to economic, engineering, medical, educational, labor, agricultural, forestry, fishery, mineral, and fiscal surveys, demonstration, training, and similar projects that serve the purpose of promoting the development of economic resources, productive capacities, and trade of economically underdeveloped areas, and training in public administration. The term "technical cooperation programs" does not include such activities authorized by the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 (62 Stat. 6) as are not primarily related ^^2^2 USC 1431 to economic development, nor activities undertaken now or hereafter pursuant to the International Aviation Facilities Act (62 Stat. 450), ^^••J' u s e 1 i s i nor activities undertaken now or hereafter in the administration of areas occupied by the United States Armed Forces. SEC. 303. PREREQUISITES TO ASSISTANCE.—Assistance shall be made available under section 302 of this Act only where the President determines that the nation being assisted— (a) pays a fair share of the cost of the program;