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[81 STAT. 454]
PUBLIC LAW 90-000—MMMM. DD, 1968
[81 STAT. 454]

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PUBLIC LAW 90-137-NOV. 14, 1967

[81 STAT.

shall provide that the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct such audits as are necessary to assure that such fund is administered in accordance with such agreement. The President shall undertake to modify any existing agreement entered into before the date of enactment of this subsection to conform to the requirements of the preceding sentence." 80 Stat. 801. (b) Section 302, which relates to authorization, is amended as 22 USC 2222. follows: (1) I n subsection (a) strike out all after "for such purposes," and substitute "for the fiscal year 1968, $141,000,000." (2) Subsection (b) is amended to read as follows: Indus Basin " (b) There is authorized to be appropriated to the President for Development, aploans for Indus Basin Development to carry out the purposes of this propriation. section, in addition to funds available under this or any other Act for such purposes, for use beginning in the fiscal year 1969, $51,220,000. Such amounts are authorized to remain available until expended." United Nations, (c) Immediately after section 303, add the following new section: peacekeeping. " SEC. 304. UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING.—It is the sense of the Congress that the cause of international order and peace can be enhanced by the establishment, within the United Nations Organization, of improved arrangements for standby forces being maintained by United Nations members for United Nations peacekeeping purposes in accordance with the United Nations Charter. The President is therefore requested to explore through the United States Representative to the United Nations, and in cooperation with other members of the United Nations and the United Nations Secretariat, both the means and the prospects of establishing such peacekeeping arrangements. Report to The President shall submit to the Congress, not later than March 31, Congress. 1968, a report upon the outcome of his initiatives, together with such recommendations as he may deem appropriate." CHAPTER 4—SUPPORTING ASSISTANCE

75 Stat. 434; 80 Stat. 801. 22 USC 2241. Supporting assistance, limitation. 80 Stat. 801. 22 USC 2242.

SEC. 111. Chapter 4 of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended, which relates to supporting assistance, is amended as follows: (a) Section 401, which relates to general authority, is amended (1) by striking out all after "political stability" and substituting a period, and (2) by adding at the end thereof a new sentence as follows: "The authority of this chapter shall not be used to furnish assistance to more than twelve countries in any fiscal year." (b) Section 402, which relates to authorization, is amended (l)^by striking out "1967" and substituting "1968", and (2) by striking out "$715,000,000" and substituting "$660,000,000". (c) At the end of such chapter 4 add the following new section: " SEC. 403. UNITED STATES REFUND CLAIMS.—It is the sense of the Congress that the President should seek the agreement of the Government of Vietnam to the establishment and maintenance of a separate special account of United States dollars, which account shall be available solely for withdrawals by the United States, at such times and in such amounts as the President may determine, in satisfaction of United States dollar refund claims against the Government of Vietnam arising out of operations conducted under this Act. Such account should be established in an amount not less than $10,000,000 and maintained thereafter at a level sufficient to cover United States refund claims as they arise."