mittee on Merchant Marine of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, of the House Committee on Agriculture, and of the House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries shall serve as members of the Commission.

(4)(A) Four of the members appointed by the President shall be representatives of agricultural producers, cooperatives, merchandisers, and processors of agricultural commodities.

(B) The remaining four members appointed by the President shall be representatives of the United States-flag maritime industry, two of whom shall represent labor and two of whom shall represent management.

(c)(1) The members of the Commission shall elect a Chairman from among its members.

(2) Any vacancy in the Commission does not affect its powers but shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made.

DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION

Sec. 901h. (a) It shall be the duty of the Commission to conduct a comprehensive study and review of the ocean transportation of agricultural exports subject to the cargo preference laws referred to in section 901b and to make recommendations to the President and the Congress for improving the efficiency of such transportation on United States-flag vessels in order to reduce the costs incurred by the United States in connection with such transportation. In carrying out such study and review, the Commission shall consider the extent to which any unfair or discriminatory practices of foreign governments increase the cost to the United States of transporting agricultural commodities subject to such cargo preference laws.

(b)(1) The Commission shall submit an interim report to the President and the Congress not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this subtitle and such other interim reports as the Commission considers advisable.

(2) The Commission shall submit a final report containing its findings and recommendations to the President and the Congress not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this subtitle. The report shall include recommendations for any changes in the provisions of paragraph (1) that would help assure that the cost of ocean freight and ocean freight differential incurred by the Department of Agriculture and the Commodity Credit Corporation on the agricultural export programs specified in section 901b, is not increased above historical levels as a result of the extra demand for United States-flag vessels caused by section 901b.

(3) Sixty days after the submission of the final report, the Commission shall cease to exist.

(c) The Commission shall include in its reports submitted pursuant to subsection (b) recommendations concerning the feasibility and desirability of achieving the following goals with respect to the ocean transportation of agricultural commodities subject to the cargo preference laws referred to in section 901b:

(1) Ensuring that the timing of commodity purchase agreements entered into by the United States in connection with the

export of such commodities, and the methods of implementing such agreements, will minimize cost to the United States.

(2) Ensuring that shipments of such commodities are made on the most modern and efficient United States-flag vessels available.

(3) Ensuring that shipments of such commodities are made under the most advantageous terms available, including(A) charters for full shiploads;

(B) charters for intermediate or long term;

(C) charters for consecutive voyages and contracts of affreightment; and

(D) adjustment of rates in the event that vessels used for shipments of such commodities also carry cargoes on return voyages.

(4) Reduction and elimination of impediments, including delays in port, to the efficient loading and operation of the vessels employed for shipment of such commodities.

(5) Utilization of open and competitive bidding for the ocean transportation of such commodities.

INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE TO BE FURNISHED TO THE COMMISSION

Sec. 9011. (a) Each department, agency, and instrumentality of the United States, including independent agencies, shall furnish to the Commission, upon request made by the Chairman, such statistical data, reports, and other information as the Commission considers necessary to carry out its functions.

(b) The Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Transportation shall make available to the Commission such staff, personnel, and administrative services as may reasonably be required to carry out the Commission's duties.

COMPENSATION AND TRAVEL AND SUBSISTENCE EXPENSES OF

COMMISSION MEMBERS

Sec. 901j. Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation in addition to compensation they may otherwise be entitled to receive as employees of the United States or as Members of Congress, but shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of duties vested in the Commission.

DEFINITION OF UNITED STATES FLAG VESSEL ELIGIBLE TO CARRY
CARGOES UNDER CERTAIN SECTIONS

Sec. 901k. A United States flag vessel eligible to carry cargoes under sections 901b through 901d means a vessel, as defined in section 3 of title 1, United States Code, that is necessary for national security purposes and, if more than 25 years old, is within five years of having been substantially rebuilt and certified by the Secretary of Transportation as having a useful life of at least five years after that rebuilding.

f. Emergency Security Assistance Act of 1973

Public Law 93-199 [H.R. 110881, 87 Stat. 836, approved December 26, 1973, as amended by Public Law 95-384 [International Security Assistance Act of 1978; S. 3075], 92 Stat. 730 at 747, approved September 26, 1978

AN ACT To provide emergency assistance authorizations for Israel and Cambodia. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Emergency Security Assistance Act of 1973".

Sec. 2.1 In addition to such amounts as may be otherwise authorized to be appropriated to the President for security assistance for the fiscal year 1974, there are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the President not to exceed $2,200,000,000 for emergency military assistance or foreign military sales credits, or for both as the President may determine, for Israel, of which sum amounts in excess of $1,500,000,000 may be used pursuant to this section or section 4 of this Act only if the President (1) determines it to be important to our national interest that Israel receive assistance hereunder exceeding $1,500,000,000, and (2) reports to Congress each such determination (if more than one) at least twenty days prior to date on which funds are obligated or expended under this Act in excess of such $1,500,000,000 limitation. The twenty-day requirement contained in the preceding sentence shall not apply if hostilities are renewed in the Middle East. The President shall include in his report the amount of funds to be used pursuant to the determination, the terms of the additional assistance under section 2 or section 4, and the justification for the determination. All information contained in the justification shall be public information except to the extent that the President concludes that publication would be incompatible with the security interests of the United States.

Sec. 3. Military assistance furnished out of funds appropriated under section 2 of this Act shall be furnished in accordance with all of the provisions applicable to military assistance under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (75 Stat. 424; Public Law 87-195), as amended. Foreign military sales credits extended to Israel out of such funds shall be provided on such terms and conditions as the

IFA Appropriation Act, 1974: "$2,200,000,000: Provided, That the funds appropriated in this paragraph shall be available only upon enactment into law of authorizing legislation: Provided further, That any part of any funds appropriated in this paragraph used to furnish military assistance shall be accounted for in accordance with section 108 of the Mutual Security Appropriation Act, 1956 (69 Stat. 438), as amended: Provided further, That of the funds appropriated under this paragraph, not more than $1,500,000,000 may be available for grant military assistance: Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this paragraph in excess of $1,700,000,000 shall be obligated unless the President determines such obligations will be in the national interest and provides Congress with detailed justifications and notification ten days prior to any such obligation of funds.'

The FA Appropriation Act, 1974 required 10 days notification prior to any such obligation of

funds.

President may determine and without regard to the provisions of the Foreign Military Sales Act (82 Stat. 1320; Public Law 90-629), as amended.

Sec. 4. At any time prior to June 30, 1974, the President is hereby authorized, within the limits of funds appropriated under section 2 of this Act for Israel, to release Israel from its contractual liability to pay for defense articles and defense services purchased or financed under the said Foreign Military Sales Act or under this Act during the period beginning October 6, 1973, and ending June 30, 1974, and such funds shall be used to reimburse current applicable appropriations, funds, and accounts of the Department of Defense for the value of such defense articles and defense services. Sec. 5.2

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Sec. 6. Of the funds appropriated pursuant to section 2, the President may use such sums as may be necessary from time to time for payment by the United States of its share of the expenses of the United Nations Emergency Force in the Middle East, as apportioned by the United Nations in accordance with article 17 of the United Nations Charter.

NOTE.-On March 1, 1974, the President signed the following Memorandum (39 F.R. 10417, March 20, 1974):

DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS AND ALLOCATION OF FUNDS
RELATED TO EMERGENCY SECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR ISRAEL
Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Defense
THE WHITE HOUSE,
Washington, March 1, 1974.

You are hereby designated and empowered to exercise the following functions vested in the President by Public Law 93-199, the emergency Security Assistance Act of 1973, without the approval, ratification, or other action of the President.

1. Functions delegated to the Secretary of State:

(a) the function or reporting to the Congress any determination made by the President under Section 2 of the Act;

(b) the function conferred in Section 6 of the Act.

2. Functions delegated to the Secretary of Defense:

The function of providing military assistance or foreign military sales credits as determined by the President.

Pursuant to the authority contained in Public Law 93-240, the Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriation Act, 1974, I hereby allocate from the appropriation for "Energy Security Assistance for Israel" to the Secretary of Defense, $2,200,000,000.00. This allocation is subject to the limitations imposed by the provisos in the provision appropriating these funds and subject to apportionment of the necessary funds by the Office of Management and Budget. I direct the Secretary of Defense to allocate to the Secretary of State such sums from the $2,200,000,000.00 as may be necessary from time to time for payment by the United States of its share of the expenses of the United Nations Emergency Force in the Middle East, as apportioned by the United Nations in accordance with article 17 of the United Nations Charter as authorized in Section 6 of Public Law 93–199, the Emergency Security Assistance Act of 1973.

This memorandum shall be published in the Federal Register.

2Sec. 5, which required the Secretary of Defense to submit a report to the Congress on the effectiveness of the foreign military assistance program as it related to the Middle East conflict, was repealed by sec. 29(c)(3) of the International Security Assistance Act of 1978 (92 Stat. 747).

g. Amendments to Board for International Broadcasting Act of 1973

Partial Text of Public Law 94-104 [S. 2230], 89 Stat. 508, approved October 6, 1975 AN ACT To authorize appropriations for the Board for International Broadcasting for fiscal year 1976; and to promote improved relations between the United States, Greece, and Turkey, to assist in the solution of the refugee problem on Cyprus, and to otherwise strengthen the North Atlantic Alliance.

Sec. 2. (a)(1) The Congress reaffirms the policy of the United States to seek to improve and harmonize relations among the allies of the United States and between the United States and its allies, in the interest of mutual defense and national security. In particular, the Congress recognizes the special contribution to the North Atlantic Alliance of Greece and Turkey by virtue of their geographic position on the southeastern flank of Europe and is prepared to assist in the modernization and strengthening of their respective armed forces.

(2) The Congress further reaffirms the policy of the United States to alleviate the suffering of refugees and other victims of armed conflict and to foster and promote international efforts to ameliorate the conditions which prevent such persons from resuming normal and productive lives. The Congress, therefore, calls upon the President to encourage and to cooperate in the implementation of multilateral programs, under the auspices of the Secretary General of the United Nations, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, or other appropriate international agencies, for the relief of and assistance to refugees and other persons disadvantaged by the hostilities on Cyprus pending a final settlement of the Cyprus refugee situation in the spirit of Security Council Resolution 361.

(b)(1) In order that the purposes of this Act may be carried out without awaiting the enactment of foreign assistance legislation for fiscal year 1976 programs

(A) the President is authorized, notwithstanding section 620 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, to furnish to the Government of Turkey those defense articles and defense services with respect to which contracts of sale were signed under section 21 or section 22 of the Foreign Military Šales Act on or before February 5, 1975, and to issue licenses for the transportation to the Government of Turkey of arms, ammunition, and implements of war (including technical data relating thereto): Provided, That such authorization shall be effective only while Turkey shall observe the cease-fire and shall neither increase its forces on Cyprus nor transfer to Cyprus any United States supplied implements of war: Provided further, That the authorities contained in this section shall not become effective