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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Chapter 38 — Department of State

§ 2689. American Sections, International Joint Commission, United States and Canada; funds for representation expenses and official entertainment within the United States

Statutory text

Each fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 1977), the Secretary of State may use funds appropriated for the American Sections, International Joint Commission, United States and Canada, for representation expenses and official entertainment within the United States for such American Sections.

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. Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1977

    Pub. L. 94–350 title I § 104 · 90 Stat. 823

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 2689

    Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 19, as added Pub. L. 94–350, title I, § 104, July 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 824

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 19, as added Pub. L. 94–350, title I, § 104, July 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 824

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 104. international joint commission The Act entitled “An Act to provide certain basic authority for the Department of State”, approved August 1, 1956, is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “Sec. 19. Each fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 1977), the Secretary of State may use not to exceed $1,500 of the funds appropriated for the American Sections, International Joint Commission, United States and Canada, for representation expenses and official entertainment within the United States for such American Sections.”.

  2. Pub. L. 95–426 title I § 110(a) · 92 Stat. 963

    Struck · 22 U.S.C. § 2689

    Pub. L. 95–426 struck out “not to exceed $1,500 of the” after “the Secretary of State may use”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 95–426 struck out “not to exceed $1,500 of the” after “the Secretary of State may use”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    (a) Section 19 of the Act entitled “An Act to provide certain basic authority for the Department of State”, approved August 1, 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2689), is amended by striking out “not to exceed $1,500 of the”.

    Effective date note
    Pub. L. 95–426, title I, § 110(b), Oct. 7, 1978, 92 Stat. 967, provided that: “The amendment made by this section [amending this section] shall take effect on October 1, 1978.”

2 of 2 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1978—Pub. L. 95–426 struck out “not to exceed $1,500 of the” after “the Secretary of State may use”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1978 Amendment

Pub. L. 95–426, title I, § 110(b), , 92 Stat. 967, provided that: “The amendment made by this section [amending this section] shall take effect on .”

Credits

1956–1982 · 3 acts
  1. 1956Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 19, as added Pub. L. 94–350, title I, § 104, , 90 Stat. 824
  2. 1978amended Pub. L. 95–426, title I, § 110(a), , 92 Stat. 967
  3. 1982renumbered title I, Pub. L. 97–241, title II, § 202(a), , 96 Stat. 282.
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(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 19, as added Pub. L. 94–350, title I, § 104, , 90 Stat. 824; amended Pub. L. 95–426, title I, § 110(a), , 92 Stat. 967; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 97–241, title II, § 202(a), , 96 Stat. 282.)

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