Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 7 — International Bureaus, Congresses, Etc.
§ 287q. General and special conferences; expenses; acceptance of services and gifts or bequests of money or materials
Statutory text
The National Commission shall call general conferences for the discussion of matters relating to the activities of the Organization, to which conferences organized bodies actively interested in such matters shall be invited to send representatives: Provided, however, That the travel and maintenance of such representation shall be without expense to the Government. Such general conferences shall be held annually or biennially, as the National Commission may determine, and in such places as it may designate. They shall be attended so far as possible by the members of the National Commission and by the delegates of the United States to the General Conference of the Organization. The National Commission is further authorized to call special conferences of experts for the consideration of specific matters relating to the Organization by persons of specialized competences. The Department of State may pay their transportation and other expenses as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, for the period of actual attendance and of necessary travel. The National Commission is further authorized to receive and accept services and gifts or bequests of money or materials to carry out any of the educational, scientific, or cultural purposes of the National Commission as set forth in this subchapter and in the constitution of the Organization. Any money so received shall be held by the Secretary of State and shall be subject to disbursement through the disbursement facilities of the Treasury Department as the terms of the gift or bequest may require and shall remain available for expenditure by grant or otherwise until expended: Provided, That no such gift or bequest may be accepted or disbursed if the terms thereof are inconsistent with the purposes of the National Commission as set forth in this subchapter and in the constitution of the Organization. Gifts or bequests provided for herein shall, for the purposes of Federal income, estate, and gift taxes, be deemed to be a gift to or for the United States. The National Commission and Secretary of State shall submit to Congress annual reports of receipts and expenditures of funds and bequests received and disbursed pursuant to the provisions of this section.1
Footnotes
- 1 See Termination of Reporting Requirements note below.
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. 79–700 § 5 · 60 Stat. 712
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 287q
July 30, 1946, ch. 700, § 5, 60 Stat. 713
Source evidence
Code source credit
July 30, 1946, ch. 700, § 5, 60 Stat. 713Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 5. The National Commission shall call general conferences for General conferences. the discussion of matters relating to the activities of the Organization, to which conferences organized bodies actively interested in such matters shall be invited to send representatives: Provided, however, That Travel and maintenance of representation. the travel and maintenance of such representation shall be without expense to the Government. Such general conferences shall be held annually or biennially, as the National Commission may determine, and in such places as it may designate. They shall be attended so far as possible by the members of the National Commission and by the delegates of the United States to the General Conference or the Special conferences. Organization. The National Commission is further authorized to call special conferences of experts for the consideration of specific matters relating to the Organization by persons of specialized competences. Expenses of experts. Under such regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe, the actual transportation expenses of experts attending such conferences shall be borne by the Department of State, and they shall be allowed a per diem of $10 in lieu of subsistence and other expenses, for the period of actual attendance and of necessary travel.Mutual Security Act of 1958
Pub. L. 85–477 · 72 Stat. 261
Changed · 22 U.S.C. § 287q
Pub. L. 85–477 authorized the National Commission to receive and accept services and gifts or bequests of money or materials
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 85–477 authorized the National Commission to receive and accept services and gifts or bequests of money or materials.Pub. L. 87–139 § 10 · 75 Stat. 339
Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 287q
Pub. L. 87–139 substituted provisions authorizing payment of transportation and other expenses of attending experts as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, for provisions which allowed the experts $10 per diem plus actual transportation expenses
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 87–139 substituted provisions authorizing payment of transportation and other expenses of attending experts as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, for provisions which allowed the experts $10 per diem plus actual transportation expenses.Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 10. Section 5 of the Act of July 30, 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 287q), is amended by striking out “Under such regulations 62 Stat. 713. as the Secretary of State may prescribe, the actual transportation expenses of experts attending such conferences shall be borne by the Department of State, and they shall be allowed a per diem of $10 in lieu of subsistence and other expenses, for the period of actual attendance and of necessary travel.” and inserting in lieu thereof the following: “The Department of State may pay their transportation and other expenses as authorized by section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended (5 U.S.C. 73b–2), for the period of actual attendance and of necessary travel.”.Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985
Pub. L. 98–164 title I § 106(a) · 97 Stat. 1017
Struck · 22 U.S.C. § 287q
Pub. L. 98–164 struck out provision prohibiting acceptance of gifts or bequests aggregating more than $200,000 in any year
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 98–164 struck out provision prohibiting acceptance of gifts or bequests aggregating more than $200,000 in any year.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(a) Section 5 of the joint resolution entitled “Joint resolution providing for membership and participation by the United States in the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, and authorizing an appropriation therefor”, approved July 30, 1946 (22 U.S.C. 287q), is amended by repealing the eighth sentence.
3 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The constitution of the Organization, referred to in text, is the Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, which is set out as a note under section 287m of this title.
Codification
“Section 5703 of title 5” substituted in text for “section 5 of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended (5 U.S.C. 73b–2)” on authority of Pub. L. 89–554, § 7(b), , 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
Amendments1958–1983 · 3 rounds
1983
Pub. L. 98–164 struck out provision prohibiting acceptance of gifts or bequests aggregating more than $200,000 in any year.
1961
Pub. L. 87–139 substituted provisions authorizing payment of transportation and other expenses of attending experts as authorized by section 5703 of title 5, for provisions which allowed the experts $10 per diem plus actual transportation expenses.
1958
Pub. L. 85–477 authorized the National Commission to receive and accept services and gifts or bequests of money or materials.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Termination of Reporting Requirements
Pub. L. 89–348, § 1(21), , 79 Stat. 1311, repealed the following reporting requirement: “The annual report to Congress by the National Commission on Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Cooperation and the Secretary of State of the receipts and expenditures of funds and bequests received and disbursed in connection with the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (72 Stat. 273; 22 U.S.C. 287q).”
Credits
1946–1983 · 4 acts
- 1946July 30, 1946, ch. 700, § 5, 60 Stat. 713
- 1958Pub. L. 85–477, ch. V, § 502(e), , 72 Stat. 273
- 1961Pub. L. 87–139, § 10, , 75 Stat. 341
- 1983Pub. L. 98–164, title I, § 106(a), , 97 Stat. 1018.
Show as published
(July 30, 1946, ch. 700, § 5, 60 Stat. 713; Pub. L. 85–477, ch. V, § 502(e), , 72 Stat. 273; Pub. L. 87–139, § 10, , 75 Stat. 341; Pub. L. 98–164, title I, § 106(a), , 97 Stat. 1018.)