Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 7 — International Bureaus, Congresses, Etc.
§ 279a. Authorization of appropriations for payment of United States expenses in Organization; limitation of contributions
Statutory text
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be required for expenditure under the direction of the Secretary of State, for the payment by the United States of its proportionate share in the expenses of the Organization: Provided, That the percentage contribution of the United States to the total annual budget of the Organization shall not exceed 33.33 per centum.
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.
Pub. L. 79–342 § 2 · 59 Stat. 529
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 279a
July 31, 1945, ch. 342, § 2, 59 Stat. 529
Source evidence
Code source credit
July 31, 1945, ch. 342, § 2, 59 Stat. 529Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 2. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any Appropriations authorized. Post, p. 653. money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, a sum not exceeding $625,000 during the first fiscal year of the Organization and sums not exceeding $1,250,000 annually thereafter as may be required for expenditure under the direction of the Secretary of State, for the payment by the United States of its proportionate share in the expenses of the Organization.Pub. L. 85–141 § 11(b)(2) · 71 Stat. 355
Added · 22 U.S.C. § 279a
Pub. L. 85–141, § 11(b)(2), added section 544(b) to act August 26, 1954, which section 544(b) amended this section by increasing the maximum percentage contribution from 31.5 to 33.33 per centum
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 85–141, § 11(b)(2), added section 544(b) to act August 26, 1954, which section 544(b) amended this section by increasing the maximum percentage contribution from 31.5 to 33.33 per centum.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) Add the following new subsections: “(b) Public Law 174, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended, is 70 Stat. 559. 22 USC 279a. hereby further amended by striking out ‘31.5’ in the proviso at the end of section 2 and inserting ‘33.33’. “(c) Section 104 (h) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as amended (Public Law 480, Eighty-third Congress; 7 U. S. C. 1704) is amended by changing the period at the 68 Stat. 457. end thereof to a comma and adding: ‘such special and particular effort to include the setting aside of such amounts from sale proceeds and loan repayments under this title, not in excess of $1,000,000 a year in any one country for a period of not more than five years in advance, as may be determined by the Secretary of Stat. to be required for the purposes of this subsectionPub. L. 87–195 · 75 Stat. 424
Struck · 22 U.S.C. § 279a
Pub. L. 87–195 struck out provisions which limited the annual appropriations to not more than $3,000,000
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 87–195 struck out provisions which limited the annual appropriations to not more than $3,000,000.
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments1950–1961 · 4 rounds
1961
Pub. L. 87–195 struck out provisions which limited the annual appropriations to not more than $3,000,000.
1957
Pub. L. 85–141, § 11(b)(2), added section 544(b) to act , which section 544(b) amended this section by increasing the maximum percentage contribution from 31.5 to 33.33 per centum.
1956
Act , increased authorized annual appropriation from $2,000,000, to $3,000,000, and inserted provisions limiting percentage contribution of United States to total annual budget to not more than 31.5 per centum.
1950
Joint Res. , increased authorized annual appropriation from $1,250,000 to $2,000,000.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Repeals
Section 709 of Pub. L. 87–195, cited as a credit to this section, was repealed by section 401 of Pub. L. 87–565, pt. IV, , 76 Stat. 263, except insofar as section 709 affected this section.
Section 544(b) of act , cited as a credit to this section, was repealed by Pub. L. 85–477, ch. IV, § 401(h), , 72 Stat. 270, except insofar as such section 544(b) affected this section.
Section 421 of act , cited as a credit to this section was repealed by section 8(n) of Pub. L. 85–141, except insofar as section 421 affected this section.
Similar Provisions
Similar provisions were contained in the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1946, act July 5, 1946, ch. 541, title I, 60 Stat. 453.
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
1945–1961 · 5 acts
- 1945July 31, 1945, ch. 342, § 2, 59 Stat. 529
- 1950Sept. 21, 1950, ch. 976, § 1(b), 64 Stat. 902
- 1954Aug. 26, 1954, ch. 937, title IV, § 421, as added July 18, 1956, ch. 627, § 8(n), 70 Stat. 559
- 1954Aug. 26, 1954, ch. 937, title V, § 544(b), as added Pub. L. 85–141, § 11(b)(2), , 71 Stat. 365
- 1961Pub. L. 87–195, pt. IV, § 709, , 75 Stat. 465.
Show as published
(July 31, 1945, ch. 342, § 2, 59 Stat. 529; Sept. 21, 1950, ch. 976, § 1(b), 64 Stat. 902; Aug. 26, 1954, ch. 937, title IV, § 421, as added July 18, 1956, ch. 627, § 8(n), 70 Stat. 559; Aug. 26, 1954, ch. 937, title V, § 544(b), as added Pub. L. 85–141, § 11(b)(2), , 71 Stat. 365; Pub. L. 87–195, pt. IV, § 709, , 75 Stat. 465.)