§ 4603. — United States Institute of Peace.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC4603]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 56--UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE
Sec. 4603. United States Institute of Peace
(a) Establishment
There is hereby established the United States Institute of Peace.
(b) Status; restrictions
The Institute is an independent nonprofit corporation and an
organization described in section 170(c)(2)(B) of title 26. The
Institute does not have the power to issue any shares of stock or to
declare or pay any dividends.
(c) Establishment and functions of an ``Endowment of the United States
Institute for Peace''
As determined by the Board, the Institute may establish, under the
laws of the District of Columbia, a legal entity which is capable of
receiving, holding, and investing public funds for purposes in
furtherance of the Institute under this chapter. The Institute may
designate such legal entity as the ``Endowment of the United States
Institute for Peace''.
(d) Liability for acts within scope of authority
The Institute is liable for the acts of its directors, officers,
employees, and agents when acting within the scope of their authority.
(e) Trade name and trademark rights; vested rights protected; condition
for use of Federal identity
(1) The Institute has the sole and exclusive right to use and to
allow or refuse others the use of the terms ``United States Institute of
Peace'', ``Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace'', ``Spark
M. Matsunaga Medal of Peace'', and ``Endowment of the United States
Institute of Peace'' and the use of any official United States Institute
of Peace emblem, badge, seal, and other mark of recognition or any
colorable simulation thereof. No powers or privileges hereby granted
shall interfere or conflict with established or vested rights secured as
of September 1, 1981.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the
Institute may use ``United States'' or ``U.S.'' or any other reference
to the United States Government or Nation in its title or in its
corporate seal, emblem, badge, or other mark of recognition or colorable
simulation thereof in any fiscal year only if there is an authorization
of appropriations for the Institute for such fiscal year provided by
law.
(Pub. L. 98-525, title XVII, Sec. 1704, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2651;
Pub. L. 99-514, Sec. 2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095; Pub. L. 101-520,
title III, Sec. 319(b), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2285.)
Amendments
1990--Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 101-520 inserted reference to Spark M.
Matsunaga Medal of Peace.
1986--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99-514 substituted ``Internal Revenue
Code of 1986'' for ``Internal Revenue Code of 1954'', which for purposes
of codification was translated as ``title 26'' thus requiring no change
in text.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 4604, 4609 of this title.
