VETERANS' PREFERENCE

SEC. 14. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 3320 of title 5 of the United States Code, the fact that any applicant is a veteran or disabled veteran, as defined in section 2108 (1) or (2) of such title, shall be taken into consideration as an affirmative factor in the selection of applicants for initial appointment as Foreign Service officers or Foreign Service information officers.

13 TENURE OF FOREIGN SERVICE RESERVE OFFICERS

SEC. 15. (a) Any officer appointed as a Foreign Service Reserve officer after the date of enactment of this Act may serve as such for not more than five years. During such period (no sooner than the expiration of the third year but no later than the expiration of the fifth year) such Foreign Service Reserve officer shall be appointed as a Foreign Service officer, Foreign Service Information Officer, Foreign Service Reserve officer with unlimited tenure, Foreign Service Staff officer, or shall be terminated as a Foreign Service Reserve officer.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 522 and 527 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended, an appointment of any Foreign Service Reserve officer existing on the date of enactment of this Act may be extended, but not beyond the expiration of the fiveyear period beginning on such date of enactment.

RETIREMENT AND SEPARATION OF FOREIGN SERVICE RESERVE OFFICERS 14

SEC. 16. (a) In accordance with such regulations as the President may prescribe, any Foreign Service Reserve officer with unlimited tenure shall become a participant in the Foreign Service retirement and disability system and shall make a special contribution to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund in accordance with the provisions of section 852 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended. Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act, any Reserve officer referred to in the preceding sentence shall be mandatorily retired for age in accordance with the provisions of subsections (c) and (d) of section 9 of this Act.

(b) The provisions of sections 633 and 634 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended, shall apply to Foreign Service Reserve officers with unlimited tenure.

SEC. 17. Any Foreign Service Reserve officer appointed before the date of enactment of this Act who has completed at least three years of continuous and satisfactory service as such on such date of enactment, or who will have completed at least three years of such service before the expiration of the three-year period beginning on such date of enactment, may be appointed as a Foreign Service Reserve officer with unlimited tenure.

13 22 U.S.C. 929. 14 22 U.S.C. 930.

15 22 U.S.C. 931.

LIMITATION ON EXTENSION OF FOREIGN SERVICE RESERVE OFFICER

APPOINTMENTS

16

SEC. 18. Paragraph (3) of section 522 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended, is amended by inserting immediately before the period at the end thereof the following: "; except that the authority contained in this paragraph relating to extending the appointment of any Reserve officer, and to continuing the services of any such Reserve officer by reappointment, shall not be applicable to the Department of State and the United States Information Agency".

EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN AGENCIES

SEC. 19. The provisions of sections 15, 16, and 17 of this Act shall not apply to officers and employees of the Agency for International Development, the Peace Corps, and the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.

18 22 U.S.C. 932.

i. Executive Order 11434, November 8, 1969, 33 F.R. 16485, 3 CFR, 1966-70 Comp., p. 752

RELATING TO THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE PERSON NEL SYSTEMS OF THE UNITED STATES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 801 et seq.), Reorganization Plan No. 8 of 1953 (67 Stat. 642), Reorganization Plan No. 4 of 1965 (79 Stat. 1321), Public Law 90-494 (82 Stat. 810), and Section 301 of Title 3 of the United States Code, and as President of the United States, it is ordered as follows:

SECTION 1. Policies and Regulations. The Secretary of State with respect to the Foreign Service personnel and retirement systems and the Director of the United States Information Agency with respect to the Foreign Service personnel system of the United States Information Agency shall promulgate policies and related regulations governing such systems after consultation with the Director of the Bureau of the Budget and the Chairman of the Civil Service Commission. SEC. 2. Board of the Foreign Service and Board of Examiners for the Foreign Service. The Board of the Foreign Service and the Board of Examiners for the Foreign Service established by Executive Order No. 11264 of December 31, 1965, as hereinafter amended, shall exercise with respect to Foreign Service information officers the functions delegated to them by that order with respect to Foreign Service officers. The Boards shall perform such additional functions with respect to Foreign Service personnel of the United States Information Agency as the Director may from time to time delegate or otherwise assign.

SEC. 3. Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System. The authority vested in the President by Sections 9 (b) and 16(a) of Public Law 90-494 to prescribe regulations relating to participation of Foreign Service staff officers and employees of the United States Information Agency and Foreign Service Reserve officers with unlimited tenure, respectively, in the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System is hereby delegated to the Secretary of State.

SEC. 4. Amendment of Executive Order No. 11264. Section 21 of Executive Order No. 11264 of December 31, 1965, is amended as follows:

(a) Paragraph (2) of subsection (b) is amended by deleting "(iii) The United States Information Agency" and redesignating subdivísion (iv) as subdivision (iii).

(b) Paragraph (3) of subsection (b) is redesignated as paragraph (4) and the following new paragraph (3) is added:

"(3) Two officials of the United States Information Agency who shall be designated as members of the Board by the Director of the United States Information Agency."

(c) Subsection (d) is amended by substituting "subsection (b) (1), (b) (2) or (b) (3)" for "subsection (b) (1) or (b)(2)."

SEC. 5. Effective Date. This order shall be effective as of August 20, 1968, and the Secretary of State and the Director of the United States Information Agency, in their discretion and consistent with law, may make rules and regulations pursuant to this order effective on or after that date.

2. Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act and Related

Materials

a. Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961, as amended (Fulbright-Hays Act)

Public Law 87-256 [H.R. 8666], 75 Stat. 527, approved September 21, 1961; as amended by Public Law 87-565 [S. 996], 76 Stat. 255, approved August 1, 1962; Public Law 87-793 [H.R. 7927], 76 Stat. 832, approved October 11, 1962; Public Law 89-698 [H.R. 14263], 80 Stat. 1066, approved October 29, 1966; Public Law 94-350 [S. 3168], 90 Stat. 823, approved July 12, 1976; and by Public Law 95-426 [Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1979; H.R. 12598], 92 Stat. 963 at 973, approved October 7, 1978.

AN ACT TO provide for the improvement and strengthening of the international relations of the United States by promoting better mutual understanding among the peoples of the world through educational and cultural exchanges. 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 "Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961."

SEC. 101.1 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.-The purpose of this Act is to enable the Government of the United States to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries by means of educational and cultural exchange; to strengthen the ties which unite us with other nations by demonstrating the educational and cultural interests, developments, and achievements of the people of the United States and other nations, and the contributions being made toward a peaceful and more fruitful life for people throughout the world; to promote international cooperation for educational and cultural advancement; and thus to assist in the development of friendly, sympathetic, and peaceful relations between the United States and the other countries of the world.

SEC. 102. (a) The President is authorized, when he considers that it would strengthen international cooperative relations, to provide, by grant, contract, or otherwise, for

(1) educational exchanges, (i) by financing studies, research, instructions, and other educational activities—

(A) of or for American citizens and nationals in foreign countries, and

(B) of or for citizens and nationals of foreign countries in American schools and institutions of learning located in or outside the United States;

and (ii) by financing visits and interchanges bei ween the United States and other countries of students, trainees, eachers, instructors, and professors;

(2) cultural exchanges, by financing

(i) visits and interchanges between the United States and other countries of leaders, experts in fields of specialized

122 U.S.C 2451. Sec. 107 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1978 (91 Stat. 845), called for a strengthening of educational exchange programs. For text of the Congressional findings and reference to a report due from State Department regarding these programs, see page 463.

22 U.S.C. 2452.