§ 2692. Compensation for persons participating in State Department proceedings; availability of funds

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. 1956

   Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1978

   Pub. L. 95–105 title I § 113(a) · 91 Stat. 844

   Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 2692

   Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 22, as added Pub. L. 95–105, title I, § 113(a), Aug. 17, 1977, 91 Stat. 848

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 22, as added Pub. L. 95–105, title I, § 113(a), Aug. 17, 1977, 91 Stat. 848

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (a) The Act entitled “An Act to provide certain basic authority for the Department of State”, approved August 1, 1956, as amended by section 112 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “Sec. 22. (a) The Secretary of State may compensate, pursuant Compensation. 22 USC 2692. to regulations which he shall prescribe, for the cost of participating in any proceeding or on any advisory committee or delegation of the Department of State, any organization or person— “(1) who is representing an interest which would not otherwise be adequately represented and whose participation is necessary for a fair determination of the issues taken as a whole; and “(2) who would otherwise be unable to participate in such proceeding or on such committee or delegation because such organization or person cannot afford to pay the costs of such participation. “(b) Of the funds appropriated for salaries and expenses for the Funds, availability. Department of State, not to exceed $250,000 shall be available in any fiscal year for compensation under this section to such organizations and persons.”.

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