[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC4412]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 54--PRIVATE ORGANIZATION ASSISTANCE
SUBCHAPTER II--NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY
Sec. 4412. Grants to the Endowment
(a) Authorization; funding; grant agreement
The Director of the United States Information Agency shall make an
annual grant to the Endowment to enable the Endowment to carry out its
purposes as specified in section 4411(b) of this title. Such grants
shall be made with funds specifically appropriated for grants to the
Endowment or with funds appropriated to the Agency for the ``Salaries
and Expenses'' account. Such grants shall be made pursuant to a grant
agreement between the Director and the Endowment which requires that
grant funds will only be used for activities which the Board of
Directors of the Endowment determines are consistent with the purposes
described in section 4411(b) of this title, that the Endowment will
allocate funds in accordance with subsection (e) of this section, and
that the Endowment will otherwise comply with the requirements of this
subchapter. The grant agreement may not require the Endowment to comply
with requirements other than those specified in this subchapter.
(b) Implementation of purposes
Funds so granted may be used by the Endowment to carry out the
purposes described in section 4411(b) of this title, and otherwise
applicable limitations on the purposes for which funds appropriated to
the United States Information Agency may be used shall not apply to
funds granted to the Endowment.
(c) Status of Endowment
Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to make the Endowment
an agency or establishment of the United States Government or to make
the members of the Board of Directors of the Endowment, or the officers
or employees of the Endowment, officers or employees of the United
States.
(d) Oversight procedures applicable
The Endowment and its grantees shall be subject to the appropriate
oversight procedures of the Congress.
(e) Amounts to Free Trade Union Institute and National Chamber
Foundation
Of the amounts made available to the Endowment for each of the
fiscal years 1984 and 1985 to carry out programs in furtherance of the
purposes of this Act--
(1) not less than $13,800,000 shall be for the Free Trade Union
Institute; and
(2) not less than $2,500,000 shall be to support private
enterprise development programs of the National Chamber Foundation.
(f) Independent labor unions
Nothing in this subchapter shall preclude the Endowment from making
grants to independent labor unions.
(Pub. L. 98-164, title V, Sec. 503, Nov. 22, 198
