International Communication Agency Message to the Congress Transmitting Amendments to Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977.

To the Congress of the United States:

I herewith transmit amendments to Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977, which I transmitted to you on October 12, 1977, and certain amendments to which I transmitted on November 1, 1977. Except as specifically amended hereby and by the amendments transmitted November 1, 1977, Reorganization Plan No. 2 remains unmodified.

JIMMY CARTER

The White House,

November 3, 1977.

FURTHER AMENDMENTS TO REORGANIZATION PLAN No. 2 OF 1977

Prepared by the President and transmitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives in Congress assembled November 3, 1977, pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 9 of Title 5 of the United States Code.

Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1977, which was transmitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives in Congress assembled on October 12, 1977, and certain amendments to which were transmitted November 1, 1977, is hereby further amended as follows:

A. Section 7 is further amended by adding thereto a new subsection, to read: "(c) The Director shall insure that the scholarly integrity and nonpolitical character of educational and cultural exchange activities vested in the Director are maintained."

B. Section 8(b) is amended by adding at the end thereof a new sentence, to read:

"The Commission's reports to the Congress shall include assessments of the degree to which the scholarly integrity and nonpolitical character of the educational and cultural exchange activities vested in the Director have been maintained, and assessments of the attitudes of foreign scholars and governments regarding such activities."