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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Chapter 7 — International Bureaus, Congresses, Etc.

§ 272a. Authorization of appropriations

Statutory text

There is hereby authorized to be appropriated annually to the Department of State—

(a)

such sums as may be necessary for the payments by the United States of its share of the expenses of the Organization, but not to exceed 25 per centum of such expenses, as apportioned by the International Labour Conference in accordance with article 13(2)(c) and 13(3) of the constitution of the Organization; and

(b)

such additional sums as may be necessary to pay the expenses incident to participation by the United States in the activities of the Organization, including—

(1)

salaries of the representative or representatives and alternates and appropriate staff, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, without regard to the civil-service laws and chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5; services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5; under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe, allowances for living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light and cost-of-living allowances to persons temporarily stationed abroad; printing and binding without regard to section 501 of title 44 and section 6101 of title 41; and

(2)

such other expenses as the Secretary of State deems necessary to participation by the United States in the activities of the Organization: Provided, That the provisions of section 287r of this title, and regulations thereunder, applicable to expenses incurred pursuant to subchapter XVII of this chapter shall be applicable to any expenses incurred pursuant to this paragraph.

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. 80–756 § 2 · 62 Stat. 1151

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 272a

    June 30, 1948, ch. 756, § 2, 62 Stat. 1151

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    June 30, 1948, ch. 756, § 2, 62 Stat. 1151

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated annually to Appropriation authorized. Ante, p. 309. the Department of State— (a) such sums, not to exceed $1,091,739 per annum, as may be necessary for the payment by the United States of its share of the expenses of the Organization, as apportioned by the International Labor Conference in accordance with article 13 (c) of the constitution of the Organization; and (b) such additional sums, not to exceed $95,000 per annum, as may be necessary to pay the expenses incident to participation by the United States in the activities of the Organization, including— (1) salaries of the representative or representatives and alternates and appropriate staff, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, without regard to the civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1923, as 42 Stat. 1488. 5 U. S. C. §§661–674. amended; services as authorized by section 15 of Public Law 600, Seventy-ninth Congress; under such rules and regulations 60 Stat. 810. 5 U. S. C. § 55a. as the Secretary of State may prescribe, allowances for living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light and cost-of-living allowances to persons temporarily stationed abroad; printing and binding without regard to section 11 of the 40 Stat. 1270. 41 U. S. C. §5. 60 Stat. 714. 22 U. S. C. § 287r. Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U. S. C. 111), and section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended; and (2) such other expenses as the Secretary of State deems necessary to participation by the United States in the activities of the Organization: Provided, That the provisions of section 6 of the Act of July 30, 1946, Public Law 565, Seventy ninth Congress, and regulations thereunder, applicable to expenses incurred pursuant to that Act shall be applicable to any expenses incurred pursuant to this paragraph (b) (2).

  2. Public Law not identified

    Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 272a(b)(1)

    Subsec. (b)(1). Act Oct. 28, 1949, substituted “Classification Act of 1949” for “Classification Act of 1923”

    Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b)(1). Act Oct. 28, 1949, substituted “Classification Act of 1949” for “Classification Act of 1923”.

  3. Public Law not identified

    Changed · 22 U.S.C. § 272a(a)

    Subsec. (a). Joint Res. Sept. 21, 1950, § 1(e)(1), (2), increased the authorized annual appropriation from $1,091,739 to $1,750,000, and changed the reference to the Organization’s constitution from article 13(c) to article 13(2)(c) and 13(3)

    Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Joint Res. Sept. 21, 1950, § 1(e)(1), (2), increased the authorized annual appropriation from $1,091,739 to $1,750,000, and changed the reference to the Organization’s constitution from article 13(c) to article 13(2)(c) and 13(3).

  4. Public Law not identified

    Struck · 22 U.S.C. § 272a(b)

    Subsec. (b). Joint Res. Sept. 21, 1950, § 1(e)(3), struck out limitation of $95,000 on the authorized annual appropriation for expenses

    Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (b). Joint Res. Sept. 21, 1950, § 1(e)(3), struck out limitation of $95,000 on the authorized annual appropriation for expenses.

  5. Mutual Security Act of 1958

    Pub. L. 85–477 · 72 Stat. 261

    Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 272a(a)

    Pub. L. 85–477 substituted provisions limiting appropriations to not more than 25 per centum of the expenses for provisions which authorized an appropriation of not more than $1,750,000 per annum for payment of expenses

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 85–477 substituted provisions limiting appropriations to not more than 25 per centum of the expenses for provisions which authorized an appropriation of not more than $1,750,000 per annum for payment of expenses.

1 of 5 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial · 3 unresolved

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Subchapter XVII [§ 287m et seq.] of this chapter, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), was in the original a reference to the Act of , Public Law 565, Seventy-ninth Congress.

Codification

In subsec. (b)(1), “chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5” and “section 3109 of title 5” substituted for “the Classification Act of 1949” and “section 15 of Public Law 600, Seventy-ninth Congress [5 U.S.C. 55a]”, respectively, on authority of Pub. L. 89–554, § 7(b) , 80 Stat. 631, which Act enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

In subsec. (b)(1), “section 501 of title 44” substituted for “section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U.S.C. 111)” on authority of Pub. L. 90–620, § 2(b), , 82 Stat. 1305, which Act enacted Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.

In subsec. (b)(1), “section 6101 of title 41” substituted for “section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended” on authority of Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), , 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.

Amendments1949–1958 · 3 rounds

1958

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 85–477 substituted provisions limiting appropriations to not more than 25 per centum of the expenses for provisions which authorized an appropriation of not more than $1,750,000 per annum for payment of expenses.

1950

Subsec. (a). Joint Res. , § 1(e)(1), (2), increased the authorized annual appropriation from $1,091,739 to $1,750,000, and changed the reference to the Organization’s constitution from article 13(c) to article 13(2)(c) and 13(3).

Subsec. (b). Joint Res. , § 1(e)(3), struck out limitation of $95,000 on the authorized annual appropriation for expenses.

1949

Subsec. (b)(1). Act , substituted “Classification Act of 1949” for “Classification Act of 1923”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Annual Appropriations

Annual appropriations to meet the obligations of membership in various international organizations were contained in acts listed in a note set out under section 269a of this title.

Limitation of Contributions

Contributions by United States, except for special projects, limited to amount provided by Joint Res. ; consent by State Department and reports to Congress, see section 262a of this title.

Credits

1948–1958 · 4 acts
  1. 1948June 30, 1948, ch. 756, § 2, 62 Stat. 1151
  2. 1949Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, title II, § 202(2), title XI, § 1106(a), 63 Stat. 954, 972
  3. 1950Sept. 21, 1950, ch. 976, § 1(e), 64 Stat. 903
  4. 1958Pub. L. 85–477, ch. V, § 502(f), , 72 Stat. 273.
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(June 30, 1948, ch. 756, § 2, 62 Stat. 1151; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, title II, § 202(2), title XI, § 1106(a), 63 Stat. 954, 972; Sept. 21, 1950, ch. 976, § 1(e), 64 Stat. 903; Pub. L. 85–477, ch. V, § 502(f), , 72 Stat. 273.)

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