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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1985

99 STAT. 1940

CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—AUG. 1, 1985

Wednesday, September 4, 1985, or until 12 o'clock meridian on Monday, September 9, 1985, pursuant to a motion made by the Majority Leader, or until 12 o'clock meridian on the second day after Members are notified to reassemble pursuant to section 2 of this concurrent resolution whichever occurs first. SEC. 2. The Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of the Senate, acting jointly after consultation with the Minority Leader of the House and the Minority Leader of the Senate, shall notify the Members of the House and the Senate, respectively, to reassemble whenever, in their opinion, the public interest shall warrant it. Agreed to August 1, 1985.

Aug. 1, 1985 [H. Con. Res. 181]

Ante, p. 405.

CORRECTIONS IN ENROLLMENT OF H.R. 2068 Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring). That, in the enrollment of the bill (H.R. 2068) to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1986 and 1987 for the Department of State, the United States Information Agency, the Board for International Broadcasting, and for other purposes, the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall make the following corrections: (1) At the end of title I of the bill, after section 154, insert the following new section: "SEC. 155. SOVIET AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNIST BEHAVIOR

"Not later than one year after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary of State shall prepare and transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and to chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate, an unclassified report on the advisability of establishing a permanent office in the Department of State to study Soviet and international Communist behavior that violates the concepts of national sovereignty and peace between nations. In conducting the study required by this section, the Secretary may make use of suitably qualified journalists and scholars.". (2) In the table of contents contained in section 10?), after the item relating to section 154, insert the following new item: "Sec. 155. Soviet and international Communist behavior.".

(3) In section 812(c), strike out "The President should submit" and insert in lieu thereof "The President shall submit". (4) In section 813(b), strike out "It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State and the Attorney General should" and insert in lieu thereof "The Secretary of State and the Attorney General shall" and strike out "should transmit" and insert in lieu thereof "shall transmit". (5) In section 151, amend subsection (c) to read as follows: "(c) REDUCTION IN CONTRIBUTION IF SUBSTANTIAL PROGRESS NOT

MADE.—If the Secretary of State determines pursuant to subsection (b) that substantial progress has not been made in correcting this practice, the United States shall thereafter reduce the amount of its annual assessed contribution to the United Nations by the amount of that contribution which is the United States proportionate share of the salaries of those international civil servants employed by the