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PUBLIC LAW 94-000—MMMM. DD, 1975

89 STAT. 858

PUBLIC LAW 94-161—DEC. 20, 1975 responsible parenthood and motivational programs, as well as delivery of family planning services and which are coordinated with programs aimed at reducing the infant mortality rate, providing better nutrition to pregnant women and infants, and raising the standard of living of the poor.". EDUCATION" AND H U M A K RESOUKCES DEVELOPMENT

22 USC 2151c.

SEC. 305. (a) Section 105 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended— (1) by inserting " (a) " immediately before " I n "; (2) by inserting "$89,200,000 for the fiscal year 1976 and $101,800,000 for the fiscal year 1977," immediately after "1975,"; and (3) by a d d i n g at the end thereof the following new subsections: " (b) Assistance provided under this section shall be used primarily to expand and strengthen nonformal education methods, especially those designed to improve productive skills of rural families and the urban poor and to provide them with useful information; to increase the relevance of formal education systems to the needs of the poor, especially at the p r i m a r y level, through reform of curricula, teaching materials, and teaching methods, and improved teacher t r a i n i n g; and to strengthen the management capabilities of institutions which enable the poor to participate in development. " (c) Of the amount authorized to be appropriated by subsection (a), not less than $1,000,000 shall be available to support the southern African student program and the southern African t r a i n i n g program, for the purpose of providing educational assistance to Southern Africans.". TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, ENERGY, RESEARCH, RECONSTRUCTION, AND SELECTED DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS; INTERMEDIATE TECHNOLOGY

Repeals. 22 USC 2151d, 2151e, 2201.

SEC. 306. The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 is amended— (1) by repealing sections 106, 107, and 241; and (2) by inserting immediately after section 105 the following new sections:

22 USC 2151d.

" SEC. 106. T E C H N I C A L ASSISTANCE, E N E R G Y, RESEARCH, RECONSTRUCTION, AND SELECTED DEVELOPMENT PROBLEMS.— (a) The P r e s i d e n t is

Ante, p. 856. Supra.

authorized to furnish assistance, on such terms and conditions as he may determine, for the following activities, to the extent that such activities are not authorized by sections 103, 104, and 105 of this Act: " (1) programs of technical cooperation and development, particularly the development efforts of United States private and voluntary agencies and regional and international development organizations; " (2) programs to help developing countries alleviate their energy problems by increasing their production and conservation of energy, through such means as research and development of suitable energy sources and conservation methods, collection and analysis of information concerning countries' potential supplies of and needs for energy, and pilot projects to test new methods of production or conservation of energy; " (3) programs of research into, and evaluation of, the process of economic development in less developed countries and areas, into the factors affecting the relative success and costs of development activities, and into the means, techniques, and such other