HR 1220 · 98th Congress · International Affairs
Exchange for Understanding Act
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Introduced2
Committee3
House Vote4
Senate5
EnactedLatest: Executive Comment Requested from State.(1983-02-24)
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Exchange for Understanding Act - Establishes the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe Exchange Fund in the Treasury. Authorizes appropriations for the Fund. Establishes the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe Exchange Commission. Requires the Commission to issue regulations, within 60 days, governing its operation and the use of Commission funds. Provides for Commission membership and for a Commission Director and staff. Authorizes the Commission to hold hearings and to use the U.S. mails as do other U.S. agencies. Directs that interest on obligations held in the Fund be available for payments to the Commission for specified uses. Requires the Commission to use such funds to make grants to support academic, agricultural, business, cultural, journalistic, labor and scientific exchanges between the United States and the Soviet Union and the countries of Eastern Europe. Requires such funds to be paid to the Commission upon its request. Authorizes specified funds for the Commission's operating expenses. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to invest that portion of the Fund not required for current withdrawals in specified U.S. obligations or U.S. guaranteed obligations. Authorizes the Secret…
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