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                COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
                         WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548

                                           May 13, 1980

B-198635


The Honorable Elizabeth Holtzman

House of Representatives                             112302

Dear Ms. Holtzman:

     Subject:  Need for State Department to Implement
               Section 121 of the Foreign Relations
               Authorization Act7(ID-80-37)

     This letter is in response to your March 5, 1980, request
for the General Accounting Office to conduct a study of the
State Department's implementation of section 121 of the Foreign
Relations Authorization Act (Public Law 94-350, July 12, 1976).
Section 121 states that State Department officials should not
participate or assist in the negotiation of contracts, or
disseminate information about contracts, that require the
exclusion from participation of some Americans on the basis
of religion, race, sex or national origin.

     As of April 1, 1980, the responsibility for Commercial
Affairs activities at 65 posts was transferred from the State
Department to the Commerce Department. Accordingly, the scope
of our study and interviews included both agencies.

     The Department of Commerce, since 1975, has had a policy
of domestic non-dissemination of trade opportunities contain-
ing boycott conditions that seek to foster a restrictive trade
practice or boycott against another country friendly to the
United States, including provisions that would discriminate
against United States citizens on the grounds of race, religion,
sex or national origin. In keeping with this past policy and
because of the recently acquired responsibility for foreign
trade promotion and commercial affairs under Reorganization
Plan No. 3 of 1979 and Executive Order No. 12188, Commerce
Department officials have stated they will issue implementing
instructions to all Commercial officers to comply with the
provisions of section 121.

     U.S. Embassies overseas promote U.S. trade and contract
opportunities by assisting U.S. business representatives in
seizing and/or creating such opportunities in-country and by




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