Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 38 — Department of State
§ 2694. Limitation on purchase of gifts for foreign individuals; report to Speaker of the House and chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate
Statutory text
After , no appropriated funds, other than funds from the “Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service” account of the Department of State, may be used to purchase any tangible gift of more than minimal value (as defined in section 7342(a)(5) of title 5) for any foreign individual unless such gift has been approved by the Congress.
Beginning , the Secretary of State shall annually transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report containing details on (1) any gifts of more than minimal value purchased with appropriated funds which were given to a foreign individual during the previous fiscal year, and (2) any other gifts of more than minimal value given by the United States Government to a foreign individual which were not obtained using appropriated 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.
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1978
Pub. L. 95–105 title V § 515(b) · 91 Stat. 844
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 2694
(Pub. L. 95–105, title V, § 515(b), Aug. 17, 1977, 91 Stat. 866.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 95–105, title V, § 515(b), Aug. 17, 1977, 91 Stat. 866.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
(b) (1) After September 30, 1977, no appropriated funds, other than funds from the “Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service” account of the Department of State, may be used to purchase any tangible gift of more than minimal value (as defined in section 7342(a) (5) of title 5, United States Code) for any foreign individual unless such gift has been approved by the Congress. (2) Beginning October 1, 1977, the Secretary of State shall annually transmit to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report containing details on (1) any gifts of more than minimal value purchased with appropriated funds which were given to a foreign individual during the previous fiscal year, and (2) any other gifts of more than minimal value given by the United States Government to a foreign individual which were not obtained using appropriated funds.
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