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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Chapter 113 — United States Foundation for International Conservation

§ 10609. Authorization of appropriations

Statutory text

(a)

Authorization

In addition to amounts authorized to be appropriated to carry out international conservation and biodiversity programs under part I and chapter 4 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.[; 22 U.S.C. 2346 et seq.]), and subject to the limitations set forth in subsections (b) and (c), there is authorized to be appropriated to the Foundation to carry out the purposes of this chapter—

(1)

$1,000,000 for fiscal year 2025; and

(2)

not more than $100,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2026 through 2034.

(b)

Cost matching requirement

Amounts appropriated pursuant to subsection (a) may only be made available to grantees to the extent the Foundation or such grantees secure funding for an eligible project from sources other than the United States Government in an amount that is not less than twice the amount received in grants for such project pursuant to section 10606 of this title.

(c)

Administrative costs

The administrative costs of the Foundation shall come from sources other than the United States Government.

(d)

Prohibition on use of grant amounts for lobbying expenses

Amounts provided as a grant by the Foundation pursuant to section 10606 of this title may not be used for any activity intended to influence legislation pending before the Congress of the United States.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Pub. L. 118–159 div. E title LI § 5109 · 138 Stat. 2421

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 10609

    (Pub. L. 118–159, div. E, title LI, § 5109, Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2421.)

    Unresolved: Pub. L. 118–159 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 118–159, div. E, title LI, § 5109, Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2421.)

0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 unresolved

Editorial Notes

References in Text

The Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, referred to in subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 87–195, , 75 Stat. 424. Part I of the Act is classified generally to subchapter I (§ 2151 et seq.) of chapter 32 of this title. Chapter 4 of part II of the Act is classified generally to part IV (§ 2346 et seq.) of subchapter II of chapter 32 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2151 of this title and Tables.

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this title” and was translated as reading “this subtitle”, meaning subtitle A (§§ 5101–5109) of title LI of div. E of Pub. L. 118–159, , 138 Stat. 2410, known as the United States Foundation for International Conservation Act of 2024, which is classified generally to this chapter.

Credits

(Pub. L. 118–159, div. E, title LI, § 5109, , 138 Stat. 2421.)

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