I will nominate David B. Bolen, of Boulder, Colo., to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States to the German Democratic Republic.

Earlier in the day, in a ceremony at the Department of State, Academician Kirillin and Dr. Press had signed the renewal for another 5 years of the U.S.-Soviet Agreement on Cooperation in the Fields of Science and Technology of May 24, 1972.

State Veterans' Home Assistance Improvement Act of 1977.

JOHN H. SHENEFIELD, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, vice Donald I. Baker, resigned.

An act for the relief of Tulsedei Zalim.

An act for the relief of Soo Jin Lee.

I will nominate John D. Negroponte, of New York, for the rank of Ambassador.

Submitted July 8, 1977

National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere Act of 1977.

An act for the relief of Hee Kyung Yoo.

The Secretary of Commerce may from time to time refer to the Board such particular export license matters, involving questions of national security or other major policy issues, as the Secretary shall select.

All delegations, rules, regulations, orders, licenses, and other forms of administrative action made, issued, or otherwise taken under, or continued in existence by, the Executive orders revoked in Section 7 of this Order, and not revoked…

The power, authority and discretion conferred upon the President in Section 3(8) of the Act, which directs that every reasonable effort be made to secure the removal or reduction of assistance by foreign countries to international…

The Board may invite the heads of other United States Government departments or agencies to participate in the activities of the Board when matters of interest to such departments or agencies are under consideration.

Except as provided in Section 2, the power, authority, and discretion conferred upon the President by the provisions of the Export Administration Act of 1969, as amended, are delegated to the Secretary of Commerce, with the power of…

I herewith propose rescission of $850,000 appropriated for the National Transportation Safety Board.

I will nominate Elizabeth E. Bailey to be a member of the Civil Aeronautics Board.

The power, authority and discretion conferred upon the President in Sections 4(h) and 4(1) of the Act are retained by the President.