§ 2057. Authorization of appropriations. There are authorized to be appropriated, to remain available until expended, such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter. (Pub. L. 86-472, ch. VII, § 705, May 14, 1960, 74 Stat. 142.) SUBCHAPTER II.-WESTERN HEMISPHERIC CENTER §§ 2071, 2072. Repealed. Pub. L. 87-195, pt. III, § 642(a) (8), Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 460. Sections, Pub. L. 86-472, ch. VIII, §§ 801, 802, May 14, 1960, 75 Stat. 142, related to a Western Hemispheric Center, stated the Congressional declaration of purpose and authorized the preparation and submission of a plan to Congress. Chapter 30.-INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN HEALTH AND MEDICAL RESEARCH [New] Sec. 2101. Statement of purpose. 2102. Authority of Secretary. (a) Use of health research and research training resources. (b) Fellowships; equipment, meetings and conferences; interchange of scientists and experts; consultants; compensation and travel expenses. (c) Definitions. 2103. Authority of President. (a) Use of foreign currencies and credits. (d) Programs of an operational nature excepted (e) Consultants; advisory committees; compen- (f) Delegation of authority; regulations. (1) Definitions. 2104. Authority of Federal officers and agencies unaffected. § 2101. Statement of purpose. It is the purpose of this chapter and section 242f of Title 42 (1) to advance the status of the health sciences in the United States and thereby the health of the American people through cooperative endeavors with other countries in health research, and research training; and (2) to advance the international status of the health sciences through cooperative enterprises in health research, research planning, and research training. (Pub. L. 86-610, § 2, July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 364.) RECITAL Pub. L. 86-610 provided that: "Whereas it is recognized that disease and disability are the common enemies of all nations and peoples, and that the means, methods, and techniques for combating and abating the ravages of disease and disability and for improving the health and health standards of man should be sought and shared, without regard to national boundaries and divisions; and "Whereas advances in combating and abating disease and in the positive promotion of human health can be stimulated by supporting and encouraging cooperation among scientists, research workers, and teachers on an international basis, with consequent benefit to the health of our people and of all peoples; and "Whereas there already exist tested means for international cooperation in matters relating to health, including the World Health Organization, the Pan American Health Organization, and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), with which the United States is identified and associated, and it is highly desirable that the United States establish domestic machinery for the maximum mobilization of its health research resources, the more efficiently to cooperate with and support the research, research-training and research-planning endeavors of such international organizations: Therefore be it SHORT TITLE Section 1 of Pub. L. 86-610 provided that Pub. L. 86610, which enacted this chapter and section 242f of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, may be cited as the "International Health Research Act of 1960." § 2102. Authority of Secretary. (a) Use of health research and research training resources. To carry out the purposes of clause (1) of section 2101 of this title, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare (hereafter referred to as the "Secretary") may in the exercise of his responsibilities under the Vocational Rehabilitation Act, sections 191-194 of Title 42, and any other provision of law, to conduct and support health research and research training, including research and research training relating to the rehabilitation of the handicapped, make such use of health research and research training resources in participating foreign countries as he may deem necessary and desirable. (b) Fellowships; equipment, meetings and conferences; interchange of scientists and experts; consultants; compensation and travel expenses. To carry out his responsibilities under this section the Secretary may (1) establish and maintain fellowships in the United States and in participating foreign countries; (2) make grants to public institutions or agencies and to nonprofit private institutions or agencies in the United States and in participating foreign countries for the purpose of establishing and maintaining fellowships; (3) make grants or loans of equipment, medical, biological, physical, or chemical substances or other materials, for use by public institutions or agencies, or nonprofit private institutions or agencies, or by individuals, in participating foreign countries; (4) participate and otherwise cooperate in any international health or medical research or research training meetings, conferences, or other activities: (5) facilitate the interchange between the United States and participating foreign countries, and among participating foreign countries, of research scientists and experts who are engaged in experiments and programs of research or research training, and in carrying out such purpose may pay per diem compensation, subsistence, and travel for such scientists and experts when away from their places of residence at rates not to exceed those provided in section 73b-2 of Title 5 for persons in the Government service intermittently employed; and (6) procure, in accordance with the provisions of section 55a of Title 5, the temporary or intermittent services of experts or consultants; individuals so employed shall receive compensation at a rate to be fixed by the Secretary, but not in excess of $50 per diem, including travel time, and while away from their homes or regular places of business may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 73b of Title 5 for persons in the Government service employed intermittently. (c) Definitions. For the purposes of this section (1) The term "health research" shall include, but not be limited to, research, investigations, and studies relating to causes and methods of prevention of accidents, including but not limited to highway and aviation accidents. (2) The term "participating foreign countries" means those foreign countries which cooperate with the United States in carrying out the purposes of this section. (Pub. L. 86-610, § 4, July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 365.) REFERENCES IN TEXT The Vocational Rehabilitation Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is classified to chapter 4 of Title 29, Labor. § 2103. Authority of President. (a) Use of foreign currencies and credits. It is the sense of Congress that the President should use his authority under the Constitution and laws of the United States to accomplish the purposes of section 2101 of this title and in accomplishing such purposes (1) use to the fullest extent practicable foreign currencies or credits available for utilization by the United States, (2) enter into agreements to use foreign currencies and credits available to other nations for use with the agreement of the United States, and (3) use any other foreign currencies and credits which may be made available by participating foreign countries. (b) Disease and health deficiency investigations, experiments, and studies; rehabilitation. To carry out the purposes of section 2101 of this title the President, in cooperation with participating foreign countries, is authorized to encourage, support, and promote the planning and conduct of, and training for, research investigations, experiments, and studies in the United States and in participating foreign countries relating to the causes, diagnosis, treatment, control, and prevention of diseases and impairments of mankind (including nutritional and other health deficiencies) or to the rehabilitation of the handicapped. (c) Fellowships; equipment; technical assistance; interchange of scientists and experts; compensation and travel expenses; health science programs and projects; meetings and conferences; scientific publications. To carry out his responsibilities under this chapter and section 242f of Title 42 the President may (1) establish and maintain fellowships in participating foreign countries; (2) make financial grants to establish and maintain fellowships, and for other purposes, to public institutions and agencies and to nonprofit private institutions and agencies, and to individuals in participating foreign countries, or contract with such institutions, agencies, or individuals without regard to section 529 of Title 31 and section 5 of Title 41; (3) make grants or loans of equipment, medical, biological, physical, or chemical substances or other materials, for use by such institutions, agencies, or individuals; (4) furnish technical assistance and advice to such institutions or agencies and in carrying out such purposes may pay the compensation and expenses of scientists and experts from the United States and other participating foreign countries; (5) facilitate the interchange among participating foreign countries of scientists and experts (including the payment of travel and subsistence for such scientists and experts when away from their places of residence); (6) cooperate and assist in the planning and conduct of research, research planning, and research training programs and projects by groups engaged in, or concerned with, research or research training endeavors in the health sciences, and, through financial grants or other appropriate means, assist in special research, research planning, or research training projects conducted by or under the auspices of such groups where they can effectively carry out such activities contemplated by this joint resolution; (7) encourage and support international communication in the sciences relating to health by means of calling or cooperating in the convening, and financing or contributing to the financing of the expenses of, international scientific meetings and conferences; and provide, or arrange for the provision of, translating and other services, and issue or finance publications, leading to a more effective dissemination of relevant scientific information with respect to research conducted in the United States or participating foreign countries. (d) Programs of an operational nature excepted from assistance. The activities authorized in this section shall not extend to the support of public health, medical care, or other programs of an operational nature as contrasted with research and research training nor shall any of the grants authorized by this section include grants for the improvement or extension of public health administration in other countries except for necessary research and research training in the science of public health and public health administration. (e) Consultants; advisory committees; compensation and travel expenses. The President is authorized, to the extent he deems it necessary to carry out the purposes of section 2101 of this title, to employ experts and consultants or organizations thereof, as authorized by section 55a of Title 5 and create a committee or committees to be composed entirely of persons who are citizens of the United States to advise him in the administration of this chapter and section 242f of Title 42, individuals so employed and members of committees shall be entitled to receive compensation at a rate to be fixed by the President, but not to exceed $50 per diem, including travel time, and while away from their homes or regular places of business they may be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, as authorized by section 73b-2 of Title 5 for persons in the Government service employed intermittently. (f) Delegation of authority; regulations. The President may delegate any authority vested in him by this section to the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. The Secretary may from time to time issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out any authority which is delegated to him under this section, and may delegate performance of any such authority to the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, the Director of the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation, the Chief of the Children's Bureau, or other subordinates acting under his direction. (g) Use of foreign currencies and credits. In order to carry out the purposes of section 2101 of this title, and subject to section 724 of Title 31, the President may use or enter into agreements with foreign nations or organizations of nations to use the foreign currencies which accrue under sections 1701-1704 and 1705-1709 of Title 7, and the Mutual Security Act of 1954, or which are otherwise available for utilization by the United States. The President is authorized to agree to the utilization by foreign nations, for programs designed to carry out the purposes of section 2101 of this title in cooperation with the United States, of amounts deposited in special accounts pursuant to section 1852 (b) of this title, to the extent that the amounts in such accounts exceed the requirements of other programs covered by such section 1852(b). Such utilization of amounts in special accounts shall be without regard to the second proviso in clause (iii) of such section 1852(b). (h) Report to Congress. The President shall transmit to the Congress at the beginning of each regular session, a report summarizing activities under this section and making such recommendations as he may deem appropriate. (i) Definitions. For the purposes of this section (1) the term "health research" shall include, but not be limited to, research, investigations, and studies relating to causes and methods of prevention of accidents, including but not limited to highway and aviation accidents. (2) the term "participating foreign countries" means those foreign countries which cooperate with the United States in carrying out the purposes of this section. (Pub. L. 86-610, § 5, July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 366.) REFERENCES IN TEXT The Mutual Security Act of 1954, referred to in subsec. (g), was classified to chapter 24 of this title, and is now covered by chapter 33 of this title. § 2104. Authority of Federal officers and agencies unaffected. Nothing in this chapter and section 242f of Title 42 shall be construed to repeal or restrict authority vested in the President, the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, the Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, or any other officer or agency of the United States by any other provision of law. (Pub. L. 86–610, § 6, July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 369.) Chapter 31.-INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL [New] Sec. 2121. Congressional declaration of purpose. 2122. 2123. 2124. Powers and duties of Secretary of Commerce. Utilization of agency facilities and services; consultation and cooperation; professional advice and services; foreign branches; transportation and accommodation restrictions affecting competitors. United States Travel Service; establishment; appointment and compensation of Director. 2125. Reports to the President and the Congress. 2126. Appropriations. § 2121. Congressional declaration of purpose. It is the purpose of this chapter to strengthen the domestic and foreign commerce of the United States, and promote friendly understanding and appreciation of the United States by encouraging foreign residents to visit the United States and by facilitating international travel generally (Pub. L. 87-63, § 1, June 29, 1961, 75 Stat. 129.) SHORT TITLE Section 7 of Pub. L. 87-63 provided that: "This Act [enacting this chapter] may be cited as the 'International Travel Act of 1961'." § 2122. Powers and duties of Secretary of Commerce. In order to carry out the purpose of this chapter the Secretary of Commerce (hereafter in this chapter referred to as the "Secretary") shall (1) develop, plan, and carry out a comprehensive program designed to stimulate and encourage travel to the United States by residents of foreign countries for the purpose of study, culture, recreation, business, and other activities as a means of promoting friendly understanding and good will among peoples of foreign countries and of the United States; (2) encourage the development of tourist facilities, low cost unit tours, and other arrangements within the United States for meeting the requirements of foreign visitors; (3) foster and encourage the widest possible distribution of the benefits of travel at the cheapest rates between foreign countries and the United States consistent with sound economic principles; (4) encourage the simplification, reduction, or elimination of barriers to travel, and the facilitation of international travel generally; (5) collect, publish, and provide for the exchange of statistics and technical information, including schedules of meetings, fairs, and other attractions, relating to international travel and tourism. (Pub. L. 87-63, § 2, June 29, 1961, 75 Stat. 129.) § 2123. Utilization of agency facilities and services; consultation and cooperation; professional advice and services; foreign branches; transportation and accommodation restrictions affecting competitors. (a) In performing the duties set forth in section 2122 of this title, the Secretary (1) shall utilize the facilities and services of existing agencies of the Federal Government to the fullest extent possible including the maximum utilization of counterpart funds; and, to the fullest extent consistent with the performance of their own duties and functions, such agencies shall permit such utilization of facilities and services; (2) may consult and cooperate with individuals, businesses, and organizations engaged in or concerned with international travel, including local, State, Federal, and foreign governments, and international agencies; (3) may obtain by contract and otherwise the advice and services of qualified professional organizations and personnel; (4) after consultation with the Secretary of State, may establish such branches in foreign countries, as he deems to be necessary and desirable. (b) The Secretary, under the authority of this chapter, shall not provide or arrange for transportation for, or accommodations to, persons traveling between foreign countries and the United States in competition with business engaged in providing or arranging for such transportation or accommodations. 75 Stat. 130.) (Pub. L. 87-63, § 3, June 29, 1961, § 2124. United States Travel Service; establishment; appointment and compensation of Director. There is established in the Department of Commerce a United States Travel Service which shall be headed by a Director who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall be compensated at the rate of $19,000 per annum, and who shall report directly to the Secretary. All duties and responsibilities of the Secretary under this chapter shall be exercised directly by the Secretary or by the Secretary through the Director. (Pub. L. 87-63, § 4, June 29, 1961, 75 Stat. 130.) §2125. Reports to the President and the Congress The Secretary shall submit semi-annually to the President and to the Congress a report on his activities under this chapter. (Pub. L. 87-63, § 5, June 29, 1961, 75 Stat. 130.) § 2126. Appropriations. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, there is authorized to be appropriated not to exceed $3,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1962, and not to exceed $4,700,000 for each fiscal year thereafter. (Pub. L. 87-63, § 6, June 29, 1961, 75 Stat. 130.) Chapter 32.-INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, PEACE AND SECURITY [New] SUBCHAPTER I.—INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT Sec. 2161. General authority. (a) Establishment of Development Loan Fund. (b) Loan authorization for development of economic resources and increase of productive capacities; considerations; prospects of repayment. (c) Decrease of funds; waiver of requirements. (d) Rate of interest. (e) Limitation on the allocation, reservation, earmarking, or committal of funds; exceptions. (f) Promotion of economic development of recipient country; considerations. 2162. Authorization of appropriations. 2174. 2175. 2176. 2181. (a) Promotion of economic development through programs of technical cooperation and development; considerations. (b) Emphasis on programs of development of education and human resources in certain countries and areas. (c) Limitation on funds for programs to promote peaceful uses of atomic energy outside the United States. Authorization of appropriations. Atoms for peace. American schools, libraries and hospitals abroad. (a) Assistance for schools and libraries. (b) Assistance for hospitals. (c) Authorization of appropriations; availability for direct dollar costs, purchase of foreign currencies. Loans to small farmers. Payment of transportation charges on shipments by American Red Cross and United States voluntary nonprofit relief agencies; arrangements for free entry and for defraying transportation costs. Subpart III-Investment Guaranties General authority. (a) Private enterprise participation; authorization to issue guaranties; project approval by President. (b) Eligibility; risks guaranteed; amount of guaranties. maximum (c) Limitation on amount and term of guaranty. (d) Protection of United States interests. 2182. General provisions. (a) Fees; determination by President; reduction. (b) Availability of fees. (c) Computation of total face amount of guar anties outstanding. (d) Payments to discharge liabilities under guaranties. (a) Recognition of unique relationships among American peoples and Republics; importance of self-help; authorization of assistance. (b) Assistance for development of human and economic resources; considerations for furnishing assistance. (c) Waiver of loan requirements; transfer of (d) Assistance in fostering agrarian reform. (f) Assistance from departments and agencies to 2212. Authorization for appropriations; request for authorization to be accompanied by presentation proposed program. 2213. Receipts from loans to be available for use as loans. Subpart VII-Evaluation of programs 2216. Appointment of committee; report to President and to Congress. PART III.-INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS : 2221. General authority. 2553. 2354. (a) Policy of United States. (b) Action by President to facilitate participa tion to maximum extent. (c) Advisory Committee on Private Enterprise in Foreign Aid. Small business. (a) Assistance for participation in furnishing of commodities, defense articles, and services. (b) Office of Small Business. (c) Information with respect to certain purchases by Department of Defense. Shipping on United States vessels. Procurement. (a) Use of funds outside United States. (c) Surplus agricultural commodities. 2355. Retention and use of commodities and defense articles; disposal to prevent spoilage or wastage or to conserve usefulness; reversion of funds; commodities transferred as repayment of assist 2356. 2358. ance. Patents and technical information. (a) Practice of invention or disclosure of information; suits against United States for reasonable compensation; jurisdiction; limitation of action; defenses. (b) Settlement of claims. (c) Drug products manufactured outside the United States. 2357. Furnishing of services and commodities on an advance-of-funds or reimbursement basis. Advance acquisition of property; special account for payment of costs; limitation; use of property; transfer of domestic excess property. 2359. Special accounts; establishment by recipient countries; deposits; availability and utilization; disposition of unencumbered balances. Transfer of funds between accounts. Completion of plans and cost estimates. 2360. 2361. |