§ 2680. — Appropriations for State Department; information to Congressional committees.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC2680]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 38--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Sec. 2680. Appropriations for State Department; information to
Congressional committees
(a)(1) Notwithstanding any provision of law enacted before October
26, 1974, no money appropriated to the Department of State under any law
shall be available for obligation or expenditure with respect to any
fiscal year commencing on or after July 1, 1972--
(A) unless the appropriation thereof has been authorized by law
enacted on or after February 7, 1972; or
(B) in excess of an amount prescribed by law enacted on or after
such date.
(2) To the extent that legislation enacted after the making of an
appropriation to the Department of State authorizes the obligation or
expenditure thereof the limitation contained in paragraph (1) shall have
no effect.
(3) The provisions of this section--
(A) shall not be superseded except by a provision of law enacted
after February 7, 1972, which specifically repeals, modifies, or
supersedes the provisions of this section; and
(B) shall not apply to, or affect in any manner, permanent
appropriations, trust funds, and other similar accounts administered
by the Department as authorized by law.
(b) The Department of State shall keep the Committee on Foreign
Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the
House of Representatives fully and currently informed with respect to
all activities and responsibilities within the jurisdiction of these
committees. Any Federal department, agency, or independent establishment
shall furnish any information requested by either such committee
relating to any such activity or responsibility.
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, Sec. 15, 70 Stat. 892; Pub. L. 92-226,
pt. IV, Sec. 407(b), Feb. 7, 1972, 86 Stat. 35; Pub. L. 92-352, title I,
Sec. 102, July 13, 1972, 86 Stat. 490; Pub. L. 93-475, Sec. 11, Oct. 26,
1974, 88 Stat. 1442; H. Res. 163, Mar. 19, 1975; renumbered title I,
Pub. L. 97-241, title II, Sec. 202(a), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 282.)
Codification
Section was formerly classified to section 170t of Title 5 prior to
the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization
and Employees, by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
Amendments
1974--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 93-475 incorporated existing provisions
into par. (1) preceding subpar. (A), and par. 3(B), added pars. (1)(A),
(B), (2), and (3)(A), and substituted ``enacted before October 26, 1974,
no money appropriated to the Department of State under any law shall be
available for obligation or expenditure with respect to any fiscal year
commencing on or after July 1, 1972'' of ``, no appropriation shall be
made to the Department of State under any law for any fiscal year
commencing on or after July 1, 1972, unless previously authorized by
legislation hereafter enacted by the Congress.'', in par. (1) preceding
subpar. (A), and ``section'' for ``subsection'' in par. (3).
1972--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92-352 inserted provisions that this
subsection shall not apply to, or affect in any manner, permanent
appropriations, trust funds, and other similar accounts administered by
the Department as authorized by law.
Pub. L. 92-226 substituted provisions constituting subsecs. (a) and
(b) and prohibiting any State Department appropriation on and after July
1, 1972, without a prior congressional legislative authorization, and
requiring the State Department and Federal agencies to furnish
information to congressional committees for former provisions
constituting the entire section and authorizing and making
appropriations available for the State Department.
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.
Future Assistance Projections
Pub. L. 101-513, title V, Sec. 581, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2046,
directed that the Congressional Presentation Documents of departments
and agencies included within this Act should contain funding projections
for each of its major program components for each of the three years
following the year for which new budget or other authority was being
requested and provided that the requirements of this section were
effective for Congressional Presentation Documents submitted for fiscal
year 1992.
Report on Expenditures Made From Appropriation for Emergencies in
Diplomatic and Consular Service
Pub. L. 100-204, title I, Sec. 124, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1341,
as amended by Pub. L. 102-138, title I, Sec. 114, Oct. 28, 1991, 105
Stat. 655, provided that: ``The Secretary of State shall provide to the
Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of
the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs [now Committee on
International Relations] and the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives within 30 days after the end of each quarter of
the fiscal year a complete report, including amount, payee, and purpose,
of all expenditures made from the appropriation for `Emergencies in the
Diplomatic and Consular Service' for that quarter. Items included in
each such report concerning representation, official travel, and gifts
shall be submitted in unclassified form.''
Information-Sharing Arrangement Between Department of State and
Congressional Committees
Pub. L. 95-426, title I, Sec. 122, Oct. 7, 1978, 92 Stat. 970, as
amended by Pub. L. 97-241, title V, Sec. 505(a)(2), (b)(1), Aug. 24,
1982, 96 Stat. 299, provided that: ``The Congress finds that--
``(1) international political, economic, and other studies
prepared systematically by analysts of the Department of State as
needed background information for executive branch policymakers
could be similarly valuable to the Committee on International
Relations [now Foreign Affairs] of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate in fulfilling their
responsibilities; and
``(2) a formal information-sharing arrangement between the
Department of State and such congressional committees could
therefore serve the national interest, provided that controls on
dissemination are established which insure that neither the process
of analysis nor necessary confidentiality is jeopardized.''
Congressional Purpose Respecting Laws Relating to Department of State
and United States Information Agency; Foreign Relations; and
Authorization of Appropriations
Section 407(a) of Pub. L. 92-226 provided that: ``It is the purpose
of this section [amending sections 1476, 2680, and 2684 of this title]
to enable the Congress generally, and the Committee on Foreign Relations
of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of
Representatives in particular, to carry out the purposes and intent of
the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and 1970 [see Short Title
notes set out under section 72a of Title 2, The Congress], with respect
to--
``(1) the analysis, appraisal, and evaluation of the
application, administration, and execution of the laws relating to
the Department of State and the United States Information Agency and
of matters relating to the foreign relations of the United States;
and
``(2) providing periodic authorizations of appropriations for
that Department and Agency.''
[For abolition of United States Information Agency (other than
Broadcasting Board of Governors and International Broadcasting Bureau),
transfer of functions, and treatment of references thereto, see sections
6531, 6532, and 6551 of this title.]
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 2696 of this title.
