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63 Stat. 384.
PUBLIC LAW 471-JULY 2, 1954
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fuel and utilities for Government-owned or leased property abroad, and (6) rental or lease, for periods not exceeding ten years, of offices, buildings, grounds, and living quarters for the use of the Foreign Service, for which payments may be made in advance; $62,500,000, and in addition $200,000 to be derived by transfer from the unobligated balance of the 1954 appropriation, "Government in Occupied Areas", of which not less than $8,000,000 shall, if possible, be used to purchase foreign currencies or credits owed to or owned by the Treasury of the United States: Provided, That pursuant to section 201(c) of the Act of Juue 30, 1949 (40 U.S.C. 481 (c)), passenger motor vehicles in possession of the Foreign Service abroad may be exchanged or sold and the exchange allowances or proceeds of such sales shall be available without fiscal year limitation for replacement of an equal number of such vehicles and the cost, including the exchange allowance, of each such replacement shall not exceed $3,000 in the case of the chief of mission automobile at each diplomatic mission (except that seven such vehicles may be purchased at not to exceed $3,600 each) and $1,400 in the case of all other such vehicles except station wagons: Pr6>V26?e6? further, That none of the funds made available by this appropriation shall be used to pay the salaries and expenses of the Metals and Minerals staff in the Office of Economic Affairs. EEPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES
60 Stat. 1026.
For representation allowances as authorized by section 901(3) of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (22 U.S.C. 1131), $475,000. ACQUISITION OF BUILDINGS ABROAD
44 Stat. 403. 60 Stat. 999. 60 Stat. 810.
For carrying into effect the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926, ^s amended (22 U.S.C. 292-300), including personal services in the United States and abroad; salaries, expenses and allowances of personnel and dependents as authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 194^^ ^s amended (22 U.S.C. 801-1158); expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with activities provided for under this appropriation; and services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. 55a), $2,500,000, of which not less than $2,000,000 shall be used to purchase foreign currencies or credits owed to or owned by the Treasury of the United States, to remain available until expended. EMERGENCIES I N THE DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR SERVICE
For expenses necessary to enable the Secretary of State to meet unforeseen emergencies arising in the Diplomatic and Consular Service, to be expended pursuant to the requirement of section 291 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 107), $1,000,000: Provided, That the Secretary of State may delegate to subordinate offic^ials the authority vested in him by section 291 of the Revised Statutes pertaining to certification of expenditures. CONTRIBUTIONS TO INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary to meet annual obligations of membership in international multilateral organizations, pursuant to treaties, conventions, or specific Acts of Congress, $28,260,000.
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