§ 287r. — Authorization of appropriations; payment of expenses.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC287r]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
SUBCHAPTER XVII--UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND CULTURAL
ORGANIZATION
Sec. 287r. Authorization of appropriations; payment of expenses
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated annually to the
Department of State, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise
appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the payment by the United
States of its share of the expenses of the Organization as apportioned
by the General Conference of the Organization in accordance with article
IX of the constitution of the Organization, and such additional sums as
may be necessary to pay the expenses of participation by the United
States in the activities of the Organization, including: (a) salaries of
the representatives provided for in section 287n of this title, of their
appropriate staffs, and of members of the secretariat of the National
Commission provided for in section 287o of this title, including
personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, without
regard to the civil-service laws and chapter 51 and subchapter III of
chapter 53 of title 5; (b) travel expenses without regard to the
Standardized Government Travel Regulations, as amended, the Subsistence
Expense Act of 1926, as amended, and section 5731 of title 5, and, under
such rules and regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe,
travel expenses of families and transportation of effects of United
States representatives and other personnel in going to and returning
from their post of duty; (c) allowances for living quarters, including
heat, fuel, and light, as authorized by section 5912 of title 5; (d)
cost of living allowances under such rules and regulations as the
Secretary of State may prescribe, including allowances to persons
temporarily stationed abroad; (e) communication services; (f)
stenographic reporting, translating, and other services, by contract, if
deemed necessary, without regard to section 5 of title 41; (g) local
transportation; (h) equipment; (i) transportation of things; (j) rent of
offices; (k) printing and binding without regard to section 501 of title
44 and section 5 of title 41; (l) official entertainment; (m)
stationery; (n) purchase of newspapers, periodicals, books, and
documents; and (o) such other expenses as may be authorized by the
Secretary of State.
(July 30, 1946, ch. 700, Sec. 6, 60 Stat. 714; ch. 782, title II,
Sec. 202(2), title XI, Sec. 1106(a), Oct. 28, 1949, 63 Stat. 954, 972.)
References in Text
Article IX of the constitution of the Organization, referred to in
text, is article IX of the constitution of the United Nations
Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, which is set out as
a note under section 287m of this title.
The civil-service laws, referred to in clause (a), are set forth in
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See, particularly,
section 3301 et seq. of Title 5.
The Subsistence Expenses Act of 1926, as amended, referred to in
clause (b), was repealed and superseded by the Travel Expense Act of
1949, which is now covered by subchapter I of chapter 57 of Title 5.
Section 9(a) of the 1949 Act provided in part: ``All Acts . . .
applicable to civilian officers or employees of the departments and
establishments, providing for reimbursement of actual travel or
transportation expense, and all other Acts, general or special, which
are in conflict with the provisions of this Act . . . are hereby
modified, but only to the extent of inconsistency or conflict with the
provisions of this Act . . .''
Codification
In clause (a), ``chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of
title 5'' substituted for ``the Classification Act of 1949'' on
authority of Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the
first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees.
In clauses (b) and (c), ``section 5731 of title 5'' and ``section
5912 of title 5'' substituted for ``section 10 of the Act of March 3,
1933 (U.S.C., title 5, sec. 73b)'' and ``the Act approved June 26, 1930
(U.S.C., title 5, sec. 118a)'', respectively, on authority of Pub. L.
89-554, Sec. 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of
which enacted Title 5.
In clause (k), ``section 501 of title 44'' substituted for ``section
11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U.S.C. 111)'' on authority of Pub. L.
90-620, Sec. 2(b), Oct. 22, 1968, the first section of which enacted
Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.
Amendments
1949--Act Oct. 28, 1949, substituted ``Classification Act of 1949''
for ``Classification Act of 1923''.
Repeals
Act Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, cited as a credit to this section, was
repealed (subject to a savings clause) by Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966,
Sec. 8, 80 Stat. 632, 655.
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.
Restriction on Contributions Because of Journalistic Interference;
Report to Congress
Pub. L. 97-241, title I, Sec. 109, Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 276,
provided that:
``(a) None of the funds authorized to be appropriated by paragraph
(2) of section 102 of this Act [section 102(2) of Pub. L. 97-241, which
was not classified to the Code] or by any other Act for `International
Organizations and Conferences' may be used for payment by the United
States of its contribution toward the assessed budget of the United
Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization if that
organization implements any policy or procedure the effect of which is
to license journalists or their publications, to censor or otherwise
restrict the free flow of information within or among countries, or to
impose mandatory codes of journalistic practice or ethics.
``(b) Not later then February 1 of each year, the Secretary of State
shall report to the Congress with respect to whether the United Nations
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has taken any action
described in subsection (a) of this section.''
[For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of reporting provisions in
section 109(b) of Pub. L. 97-241, set out above, see section 3003 of
Pub. L. 104-66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of
Title 31, Money and Finance, and page 130 of House Document No. 103-7.]
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 272a, 280b, 280i, 280k,
287e, 290b, 1928 of this title.
