PUBLIC LAW 95-431—OCT. 10, 1978
92 STAT. 1041
of funds abroad; advances or reimbursements to other Government agencies for use of their facilities and services in carrying out the functions of the Commission; hire of motor vehicles for field use only; and employment of aliens; $1,015,000, to be derived by transfer from the account entitled "Payment of Vietnam Prisoners of War Claims". INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION AGENCY
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessa,ry to enable the International Communication Agency, as authorized by Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977, the Mutual Educational and Cultural 5 USC app. Exchange Act (22 U.S.C. 2451 et seq,), and the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.), to carry out international communication, educational and cultural activities, including employment, without regard to the civil service and classification laws, of persons on a temporary basis (not to exceed $20,000). and aliens within the United States; expenses authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. ^* 801-1158) and living quarters as authorized by 5 LT.S.C. 5912; entertainment within the United States not to exceed $6,500; purchase for use abroad of passenger motor vehicles (of which not to exceed twenty-five may be for purposes other than replacement); hire of passenger motor vehicles; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; advance of funds notwithstanding section 3648 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 529); dues for library membership in organizations which issue publications to members only, or to members at a price lower than to others; expenses authorized by section 804(14) of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1474); radio activities and acquisition and production of motion pictures and visual materials and purchase or rental of technical equipment and facilities therefor, narration, scriptwriting, translation, and engineering services, by contract or otherwise; and purchase of objects for presentation to foreign governments, schools, or organizations; $368,000,000, of which not to exceed $7,941,000 of the amounts allocated by the International Communication Agency to carry out section 102(a)(3) of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as amended (22 U.S.C. 2451), shall 22 USC 2452. remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $410,000 may be used for representation abroad: Provided further, That passenger motor vehicles used abroad exclusively for the purposes of this appropriation may be replaced in accordance with section 806 of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1475a), and the cost, including the exchange allowance, of each such replacement, shall not exceed such amounts as may be otherwise provided by law (except that right-hand drive vehicles may be purchased without regard to any maximum price limitation otherwise established by law): Provided further, That not- 22 USC 1461b. withstanding the provisions of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 665), the International Communication Agency is authorized, in making contracts for the use of international shortwave radio stations and facilities, to agree on behalf of the United States to indemnify the owners and operators of said radio stations and facilities from such funds as may be hereafter appropriated for the purpose against loss or damage on account of injury to persons or property arising from such use of said radio stations and facilities.
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