§ 2692. — Compensation for persons participating in State Department proceedings; availability of funds.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC2692]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 38--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Sec. 2692. Compensation for persons participating in State
Department proceedings; availability of funds
(a) The Secretary of State may compensate, pursuant to regulations
which he shall prescribe, for the cost of participating in any
proceeding or on any advisory committee or delegation of the Department
of State, any organization or person--
(1) who is representing an interest which would not otherwise be
adequately represented and whose participation is necessary for a
fair determination of the issues taken as a whole; and
(2) who would otherwise be unable to participate in such
proceeding or on such committee or delegation because such
organization or person cannot afford to pay the costs of such
participation.
(b) Of the funds appropriated for salaries and expenses for the
Department of State, not to exceed $250,000 shall be available in any
fiscal year for compensation under this section to such organizations
and persons.
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, Sec. 22, as added Pub. L. 95-105, title
I, Sec. 113(a), Aug. 17, 1977, 91 Stat. 848; renumbered title I, Pub. L.
97-241, title II, Sec. 202(a), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 282.)
Effective Date
Section 113(b) of Pub. L. 95-105 provided that: ``Subsection (a)
[enacting this section] shall become effective on October 1, 1977.''
