§ 1477c. — Notification and award of grants.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC1477c]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 18--UNITED STATES INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
SUBCHAPTER VIII--APPROPRIATIONS AND OTHER FUNDS
Sec. 1477c. Notification and award of grants
The Department of State may award grants for overseas public
diplomacy programs only if the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate
are notified fifteen days in advance of the proposed grant.
(Jan. 27, 1948, ch. 36, title VII, Sec. 705, as added Pub. L. 98-164,
title II, Sec. 214, Nov. 22, 1983, 97 Stat. 1035; amended Pub. L. 99-93,
title II, Sec. 214(a), Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 434; Pub. L. 100-204,
title II, Sec. 202, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1372; Pub. L. 102-138,
title II, Sec. 202, Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 692; Pub. L. 105-277, div.
G, subdiv. A, title XIII, Sec. 1335(a)(3), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat.
2681-787.)
Amendments
1998--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1335(a)(3)(A), struck out
subsec. (a) which read as follows: ``Unless the Committee on Foreign
Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate are notified fifteen days in advance of a
proposed reprograming, funds appropriated for the United States
Information Agency shall not be available for obligation or expenditure
through any such reprograming of funds--
``(1) which creates new programs;
``(2) which eliminates a program, project, or activity;
``(3) which increases funds or personnel by any means for any
project or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted
by the Congress;
``(4) which relocates an office or employees;
``(5) which reorganizes offices, programs, or activities;
``(6) which involves contracting out functions which had been
performed by Federal employees; or
``(7) which involves a reprograming in excess of $500,000 or 10
per centum, whichever is less, and which (A) augments existing
programs, projects, or activities, (B) reduces by 10 per centum or
more the funding for any existing program, project, or activity, or
personnel approved by the Congress, or (C) results from any general
savings from a reduction in personnel which would result in a change
in existing programs, activities, or projects approved by the
Congress.''
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1335(a)(3)(B), struck out subsec.
(b) designation and substituted ``The Department of State'' for ``In
addition, the United States Information Agency'' and ``grants for
overseas public diplomacy programs'' for ``program grants''.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1335(a)(3)(A), struck out subsec.
(c) which read as follows: ``Funds appropriated for the United States
Information Agency may not be available for obligation or expenditure
through any reprogramming described in subsection (a) of this section
during the period which is the last 15 days in which such funds are
available unless notice of such reprogramming is made before such
period.''
1991--Subsec. (a)(7). Pub. L. 102-138 substituted ``$500,000'' for
``$250,000''.
1987--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100-204, Sec. 202(a), struck out ``for
the fiscal years 1986 and 1987'' after ``may award program grants''.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100-204, Sec. 202(b), added subsec. (c).
1985--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-93 substituted ``1986 and 1987'' for
``1984 and 1985''.
Change of Name
Committee on Foreign Affairs of House of Representatives treated as
referring to Committee on International Relations of House of
Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note
preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.
Effective Date of 1998 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 105-277 effective Oct. 1, 1999, see section
1301 of Pub. L. 105-277, set out as an Effective Date note under section
6531 of this title.
Effective Date of 1985 Amendment
Section 214(b) of Pub. L. 99-93 provided that: ``The amendment made
by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall take effect on October
1, 1985.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 1477b of this title.
