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organizations' headquarters. In addition, provision is made for funding o United States Government participation in regularly scheduled or planne lateral intergovernmental conferences, meetings and related activities, i international trade negotiations, and for contributions to new or provision nizations. Included also are the expenses of Congressional delegations national parliamentary meetings. This subsection does not include the au tion of appropriations of voluntary contributions to international organ which are provided for in other Congressional enactments.

Paragraph (3) authorizes appropriations under the heading "Intern Commissions" which provides funds to enable the United States to fu treaty and other international obligations with Mexico, including the e and operations of the American Section of the International Boundary and Commission, United States and Mexico; project investigations and const on the United States-Mexican border. Most prominent among the approp to the U.S. Section, International Boundary and Water Commission, ar funds to be used for the resolution of the international problem of the sali the Colorado River. Resolution was reached in the agreement Minute of the Commission concluded under the 1944 Water Treaty and entitled nent and Definitive Solution to the International Problem of the Salinity Colorado River", dated August 30, 1973. This agreement settles an issue pl United States and Mexican relations for the past twelve years. The author requested provides that the U.S. Section be responsible for carrying out t visions of the agreement, since it is the agency charged with the adminis of the treaty.

Specifically, the appropriation proposed for authorization in the section be used to:

(a) Construct a desalting complex, including a desalting plant with boundaries of the United States and a bypass drain for the discharge reject stream from the plant and certain other drainage water to the Clara Slough in Mexico, with the part in Mexico to be constructed by the priate agencies of the Government of Mexico with funds transferred throug Commission.

(b) Accelerate cooperative water management programs in the Wellt hawk Irrigation and Drainage District to reduce the quantity of drain pumped by the District and thereby enable reduction in the size and cost desalting complex. The measures include assistance to farmers in inst on farm improvements to enhance irrigation efficiencies and

(c) Acquire, to the extent necessary, to further reduce the quantity of age flow, lands or interest in lands within the Wellton-Mohawk Division Project, to reduce the 75,000 irrigable acres authorized by the Act of July 30 (61 Stat. 628). In consideration of the purchase of irrigable lands and the ciated increased cost of operation and maintenance of the irrigating syste payment obligations of the irrigation district to the United States under ing contracts will be appropriately reduced.

The above measures will be designed and operated with the objective of ing out the obligations under Minute No. 242 at the least overall cost United States.

Also included are the authorization of funds for American Sections, In tional Commissions, in accordance with existing treaties, for expenses American Section of the International Boundary Commission and the In tional Joint Commission, which are concerned respectively with maintenar the United States-Canadian border, and environmental and other joint pro involving the United States and Canada. Appropriations are also autho for expenses, including contributions, to enable the United States to me obligations in connection with participation in international fisheries cor sions pursuant to treaties or conventions, and implementing Acts of Congre Paragraph (4) authorizes appropriations under the heading "Educationa change" which provides funds to enable the Secretary of State to carry ou functions under the provisions of the Mutual Educational and Cultural Exch Act of 1961, as amended, and the Act of August 9, 1939. Funds appropriated this authorization provide for the educational and cultural program of the partment of State, including the exchange of persons, aid to American spon

schools abroad, and cultural presentations. Included also as the authorization of funds to enable the Secretary of State to provide for carrying out the provisions of the Center for Cultural and Technical Interchange Between East and West Act of 1960 by grant to the State of Hawaii. The Center provides grants, fellowships and scholarships to qualified persons from Asia and the Pacific and Americans who work jointly on problems of mutual concern.

Paragraph (5) authorizes appropriations under the heading "Migration and Refugee Assistance" to enable the Secretary of State to provide assistance to migrants and refugees, both on a multilateral basis through contributions to organizations such as the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and on a unilateral basis through assistance to refugees designated by the President, as authorized by law. Also included is an authorization of funds for a contribution to the International Committee of the Red Cross pursuant to existing legislation. This subsection does not include the authorization of appropriations for special and emergency refugee relief assistance which is provided for in other Congressional enactments.

Section 3.-This section provides for the customary extension of the availability of funds beyond the end of the fiscal year, to the extent provided for in appropriation Acts, for such appropriations of the Department as "International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico-Construction", and "Migration and Refugee Assistance". This authority is required to enable the Department to retain funds appropriated for construction projects, the completion of which extends beyond a single fiscal year, and to enable the Department to meet completely the calendar year 1975 program needs for Migration and Refugee Assistance.

Section 4.-This section provides an authorization of appropriations for an expense difficult to determine in advance. Its purpose is to provide authorization of appropriations for increases in salary, pay, retirement or other employee benefits authorized by law which occur from time to time and require supplemental appropriations. The Department is requesting the flexibility to meet such additional mandatory costs without returning for increased authorizations of appropriations prior to the submission of a request for additional or supplemental appropriations.

Section 5.-This section provides authorization of appropriations for urgent activities which arise during the year and which are difficult to determine in advance. Experience has shown that unexpected international events of vital interest to the United States may necessitate urgent requests for additional appropriated funds which may be delayed because of lack of authorization. One recent example is the Middle East War and the resulting Middle East Peace Conference. Similarly, appropriations to support certain initiatives in foreign affairs such as opening a new post in East Berlin could not be obtained this past year because of lack of authorization. The limitation of 5 percent of the amounts previously authorized for each subparagraph in section 2 would allow flexibility to respond to fast-moving world events.

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COMPARISON OF 1975 DOLLAR AUTHORIZATION REQUEST WITH 1973 AND 1974 APPROPRIATIONS

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COMPARISON OF 1975 POSITION AUTHORIZATION REQUEST WITH 1973 AND 1974 POSITION A

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1 For fiscal year 1975 only 330 new positions are requested. The fiscal year 1975 column, however, includes 10 requested in a fiscal year 1974 proposed supplemental in the category "Administration of Foreign Affairs."

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