§ 290b. — Authorization of appropriations; payment of salaries and 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: 22USC290b]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
SUBCHAPTER XX--WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Sec. 290b. Authorization of appropriations; payment of salaries
and expenses
There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of
State for contribution to the working capital fund of the organization
the sum of $560,000 and as annual appropriations the following:
(a) 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 Health Assembly in accordance with article 56 of
the constitution of the Organization, except that payments by the
United States for any fiscal year of the Organization after 1958
shall not exceed 33\1/3\ per centum of the total assessments of
active members of the Organization for such fiscal year; and
(b) such additional sums, not to exceed $83,000 for the fiscal
year beginning July 1, 1947, as may be necessary to pay the expenses
incident to participation by the United States in the activities of
the Organization, including--
(1) salaries of the representative and alternate provided
for in section 290a of this title, and appropriate staff,
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; services as
authorized by section 3109 of title 5; under such rules and
regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe, allowances
for living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light and cost of
living allowances to persons temporarily stationed abroad;
printing and binding without regard to section 501 of title 44
and section 5 of title 41; and
(2) such other expenses as the Secretary of State deems
necessary to participation by the United States in the
activities of the Organization: Provided, That the provisions of
section 287r of this title, and regulations thereunder,
applicable to expenses incurred pursuant to subchapter XVII of
this chapter shall be applicable to any expenses incurred
pursuant to this paragraph.
(June 14, 1948, ch. 469, Sec. 3, 62 Stat. 441; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782,
title II, Sec. 202(2), title XI, Sec. 1106(a), 63 Stat. 954, 972; Sept.
21, 1950, ch. 976, Sec. 1(d), 64 Stat. 902; Aug. 26, 1954, ch. 937,
title IV, Sec. 419, as added July 8, 1955, ch. 301, Sec. 8(j), 69 Stat.
288.)
References in Text
The civil-service laws, referred to in subsec. (b)(1), are set forth
in Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See, particularly,
section 3301 et seq. of Title 5.
Subchapter XVII [Sec. 287m et seq.] of this chapter, referred to in
subsec. (b)(2), was in the original a reference to the Act of July 30,
1946, Public Law 565, Seventy-ninth Congress.
Codification
In subsec. (b)(1), ``chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of
title 5'' and ``section 3109 of title 5'' substituted for ``the
Classification Act of 1949'' and ``section 15 of Public Law 600,
Seventy-ninth Congress [5 U.S.C. 55a]'', 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, Government Organization and Employees.
``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, 82 Stat. 1305, the first section of which
enacted Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.
Amendments
1955--Subsec. (a). Act July 8, 1955, removed limitation of
$3,000,000 which may be appropriated annually, and limited payments by
United States to not more than 33\1/3\ per centum of total assessments.
1950--Opening par. amended by Joint Res. Sept. 21, 1950,
Sec. 1(d)(1), to provide for a contribution of $560,000 to working
capital fund.
Subsec. (a). Joint Res. Sept. 21, 1950, Sec. 1(d)(2), increased
authorized annual appropriation from $1,920,000 to $3,000,000.
1949--Subsec. (b)(1). Act Oct. 28, 1949, substituted
``Classification Act of 1949'' for ``Classification Act of 1923''.
Repeals
Pub. L. 85-141, Sec. 8(n), Aug. 14, 1957, 71 Stat. 362, repealed
section 419 of act Aug. 26, 1954, cited as a credit to this section,
except insofar as section 419 affected this section.
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.
Limitation of Contributions
Contributions by United States, except for special projects, limited
to amount provided by Joint Res. Sept. 21, 1950; consent by State
Department and reports to Congress, see section 262a of this title.
