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    "ocrText": "Digitized from Box 12 of the White House Press Releases at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library\nJune 21 75\nOffice of the White House Press Secretary\nNOTICE TO THE PRESS\nThe President has signed S.818 - United Nations Middle East peacekeeping\nforces -- which authorizes appropriations for United States payments of\nits share of the expenses of the United Nations peacekeeping forces in the\nMiddle East.\nThe bill, will provide an open-ended authorization of appropriations for\npayment by the United States of its share of the expenses of the United\nNations Emergency Force in the Sinai and the United Nations Disengagement\nObserver Force on the Golan Heights. These forces resulted from the\ndisengagement and cease-fire agreements worked out under United Nations\nauspices following the October 1973, Middle East war.\nUnder the formula for apportioning expenses for the U.N. for ces among\nUnited Nations members, the U.S. share was established at 28. 9 percent\nof the total. The bill will specifically recognize this formula by providing\nthat the appropriations it authorizes are not subject to the general limitation\nof 25 percent on U.S. contributions to the U.N.\nThe Congress has already appropriated $28. 8 million subject to enactment\nof this bill to cover estimated U.S. contributions through October 1975.\nS. 818 will also authorize any additional appropriations for any periods\nafter October 1975, to cover necessary U.S. payments for its sha re of\nthe peacekeeping forces' expenses.\nThe President has signed H.R. 4700 - NASA Appropriations Authorization\nwhich authorizes appropriations of $3, 562, 310, 000 for the activities of\nthe National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for fiscal year\n1976 and $925, 150,000 for the transition period, July 1 to September 30,\n1976.\n- 2 -\nThe President has signed S. 441 - Availability of forest pest control funds --\nwhich makes appropriations provided under the Forest Pest Control Act\navailable until expended.\nUnder existing law, appropriations provided under the Forest Pest\nControl Act lapse at the end of the fiscal year. This situation frequently\nimpairs the continuity of Federal and matching State programs, as funds\nmay cease to be available at the height of particular pest or disease\ninfestations. S. 441 will remove this technical inflexibility by providing\nauthority, similar to that in many other programs, that will make\nappropriations available until expended.\nThe President has signed H.R. 3109 - Annual authorization of appropriations,\nsaline water program -- which authorizes appropriations in the amount of\n$4,100,000 to carry out the saline water conversion program of the\nInterior Department during fiscal year 1976.\nSince 1952, the Interior Department has conducted a program to develop\nmethods and processes for low-cost desalting of seawater and brackish\nwater. The current authority for this program is the Saline Water Conversion\nAct of 1971, which provides that authorization of appropriations be obtained\nannually.\nDuring the past year, the Office of Saline Water which administered this\nprogram has been merged into a new Office of Water Resources Research\nand Technology.\n#\n#\n#"
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