[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC4604]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 56--UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE
Sec. 4604. Powers and duties
(a) District of Columbia nonprofit-corporative powers
The Institute may exercise the powers conferred upon a nonprofit
corporation by the District of Columbia Nonprofit Corporation Act
consistent with this chapter, except for section 5(o) of the District of
Columbia Nonprofit Corporation Act.
(b) Description of specific activities
The Institute, acting through the Board, may--
(1) establish a Jennings Randolph Program for International
Peace and appoint, for periods up to two years, scholars and leaders
in peace from the United States and abroad to pursue scholarly
inquiry and other appropriate forms of communication on
international peace and conflict resolution and, as appropriate,
provide stipends, grants, fellowships, and other support to the
leaders and scholars;
(2) enter into formal and informal relationships with other
institutions, public and private, for purposes not inconsistent with
this chapter;
(3) establish a Jeannette Rankin Research Program on Peace to
conduct research and make studies, particularly of an
interdisciplinary or of a multidisciplinary nature, into the causes
of war and other international conflicts and the elements of peace
among the nations and peoples of the world, including peace
theories, methods, techniques, programs, and systems, and into the
experiences of the United States and other nations in resolving
conflicts with justice and dignity and without violence as they
pertain to the advancement of international peace and conflict
resolution, placing particular emphasis on realistic approaches to
past successes and failures in the quest for peace and arms control
and utilizing to the maximum extent possible United States
Government documents and classified materials from the Department of
State, the Department of Defense, the Arms Control and Disarmament
Agency, and the intelligence community;
(4) develop programs to make international peace and conflict
resolution research, education, and training more available and
useful to persons in government, private enterprise, and voluntary
associations, including the creation of handbooks and other
practical materials;
(5) provide, promote, and support peace education and research
programs at graduate and postgraduate levels;
(6) conduct training, symposia, and continuing education
programs for practitioners, policymakers, policy implementers, and
citizens and noncitizens directed to developing their skills in
international peace and conflict resolution;
(7) develop, for publication or other public communication, and
disseminate, the carefully selected products of the Institute;
(8) establish a clearinghouse and other means for disseminating
information, including classified information that is properly
safeguarded, from the field of peace learning to the public and to
government personnel with appropriate security clearances;
(9) secure directly, upon request of the president of the
Institute to the head of any Federal department or agency and in
accordance with section 552 of title 5 (relating to freedom of
information), information necessary to enable the Institute to carry
out the purposes of this chapter if such release of the information
would not unduly interfere with the proper functioning of a
department or agency, including classified information if the
Institute staff and members of the Board who have access to such
classified information obtain appropriate security clearances from
the Department of Defense and the Department of State; and
(10) establish the Spark M. Matsunaga Scholars Program, which
shall include the provision of scholarships and educational programs
in international peace and conflict management and related fields
for outstanding secondary school students and the provision of
scholarships to outstanding undergraduate students, with program
participants and recipients of such scholarships to be known as
``Spark M. Matsunaga Scholars''.
(c) Annual award of Spark M. Matsunaga Medal of Peace
(1)(A) The Institute, acting through the Board, may each year make
an award to such person or persons who it determines to have contributed
in extraordinary ways to peace among the nations and peoples of the
world, giving special attention to contributions that advance society's
knowledge and skill in peacemaking and conflict management. The award
shall include the public presentation to such person or persons of the
Spark M. Matsunaga Medal of Peace and a cash award in an amount of not
to exceed $25,000 for any recipient.
(B)(i) The Secretary of the Treasury shall strike the Spark M.
Matsunaga Medal of Peace with suitable emblems, devices, and
inscriptions which capture the goals for which the Medal is presented.
The design of the medals shall be determined by the Secretary of the
Treasury in consultation with the Board and the Commission of Fine Arts.
(ii) The Spark M. Matsunaga Medal of Peace shall be struck in bronze
and in the size determined by the Secretary of the Treasury in
consultation with the Board.
(iii) The appropriate account of the Treasury of the United States
shall be reimbursed for costs incurred in carrying out this subparagraph
out of funds appropriated pursuant to section 4609(a)(1) of this title.
(2) The Board shall establish an advisory panel composed of persons
eminent in peacemaking, diplomacy, public affairs, and scholarship, and
such advisory panel shall advise the Board during its consideration of
the selection of the recipient of the award.
(3) The Institute shall inform the Committee on Foreign Relations
and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate and the
Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Education and Labor of
the House of Representatives about the selection procedures it intends
to follow, together with any other matters relevant to making the award
and emphasizing its prominence and significance.
(d) Description of extension and outreach activities
The Institute may undertake extension and outreach activities under
this chapter by making grants and entering into contracts with
institutions of postsecondary, community, secondary, and elementary
education (including combinations of such institutions), with public and
private educational, training, or research institutions (including the
American Federation of Labor-the Congress of Industrial Organizations)
and libraries, and with public departments and agencies (including State
and territorial departments of education and of commerce). No grant may
be made to an institution unless it is a nonprofit or official public
institution, and at least one-fourth of the Institute's annual
appropriations shall be paid to such nonprofit and official public
institutions. A grant or contract may be made to--
(1) initiate, strengthen, and support basic and applied research
on international peace and conflict resolution;
(2) promote and advance the study of international peace and
conflict resolution by educational, training, and research
institutions, departments, and agencies;
(3) educate the Nation about and educate and train individuals
in peace and conflict resolution theories, methods, techniques,
programs, and systems;
(4) assist the Institute in its publication, clearinghouse, and
other information services programs;
(5) assist the Institute in the study of conflict resolution
between free trade unions and Communist-dominated organizations in
the context of the global struggle for the protection of human
rights; and
(6) promote the other purposes of this chapter.
(e) Services for Federal agencies
The Institute may respond to the request of a department or agency
of the United States Government to investigate, examine, study, and
report on any issue within the Institute's competence, including the
study of past negotiating histories and the use of classified materials.
(f) Contracts for operation of Institute
The Institute may enter into personal service and other contracts
for the proper operation of the Institute.
(g) Personnel; administrative assistance
The Institute may fix the duties of its officers, employees, and
agents, and establish such advisory committees, councils, or other
bodies, as the efficient administration of the business and purposes of
the Institute may require.
(h) Grants and contracts; gifts and contributions; domestic and foreign
restrictions
(1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), the Institute may
obtain grants and contracts, including contracts for classified research
for the Department of State, the Department of Defense, the Arms Control
and Disarmament Agency, and the intelligence community, and receive
gifts and contributions from government at all levels.
(2) The Institute and the legal entity described in section 4603(c)
of this title may not accept any gift, contribution or grant from a
foreign government, any agency or instrumentality of such government,
any international organization, or any corporation or other legal entity
in which natural persons who are nationals of a foreign country own,
directly or indirectly, more than 50 percent of the outstanding capital
stock or other beneficial interest in such legal entity.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the
Institute and the legal entity described in section 4603(c) of this
title may not obtain any grant or contract or receive any gift or
contribution from any private agency, organization, corporation or other
legal entity, institution, or individual, except such Institute or legal
entity may accept such a gift or contribution to--
(A) purchase, lease for purchase, or otherwise acquire,
construct, improve, furnish, or maintain a suitable permanent
headquarters, any related facility, or any site or sites for such
facilities for the Institute and the legal entity described in
section 4603(c) of this title; or
(B) provide program-related hospitality, including such
hospitality connected with the presentation of the Spark M.
Matsunaga Medal of Peace.
(i) Fees for periodicals and other materials
The Institute may charge and collect subscription fees and develop,
for publication or other public communication, and disseminate,
periodicals and other materials.
(j) Participation fees and costs
The Institute may charge and collect fees and other participation
costs from persons and institutions participating in the Institute's
direct activities authorized in subsection (b) of this section.
(k) Civil actions
The Institute may sue and be sued, complain, and defend in any court
of competent jurisdiction.
(l) Corporate mark of recognition and colorable simulations
The Institute may adopt, alter, use, and display a corporate seal,
emblem, badge, and other mark of recognition and colorable simulations
thereof.
(m) General authority
The Institute may do any and all lawful acts and things necessary or
desirable to carry out the objectives and purposes of this chapter.
(n) Legislative influencing-activity prohibition; communications or
testimony of personnel
The Institute shall not itself undertake to influence the passage or
defeat of any legislation by the Congress of the United States or by any
State or local legislative bodies, or by the United Nations, except that
personnel of the Institute may testify or make other appropriate
communication when formally requested to do so by a legislative body, a
committee, or a member thereof.
(o) Administrative services from General Services Administration
The Institute may obtain administrative support services from the
Administrator of General Services and use all sources of supply and
services of the General Services Administration on a reimbursable basis.
(Pub. L. 98-525, title XVII, Sec. 1705, Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2651;
Pub. L. 100-50, Sec. 25, June 3, 1987, 101 Stat. 363; Pub. L. 100-418,
title VI, Sec. 6272, Aug. 23, 1988, 102 Stat. 1523; Pub. L. 101-520,
title III, Sec. 319(a), Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 2284; Pub. L. 102-325,
title XV, Sec. 1554(b), (c), July 23, 1992, 106 Stat. 839; Pub. L. 105-
244, title IX, Sec. 931(1), Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1834.)
References in Text
The District of Columbia Nonprofit Corporation Act, referred to in
subsec. (a), is Pub. L. 87-569, Aug. 6, 1962, 76 Stat. 265, as amended,
which is not classified to the Code.
Amendments
1998--Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 105-244, Sec. 931(1)(A), inserted
``personal service and other'' after ``may enter into''.
Subsec. (o). Pub. L. 105-244, Sec. 931(1)(B), inserted ``and use all
sources of supply and services of the General Services Administration''
after ``Services''.
1992--Subsec. (b)(10). Pub. L. 102-325, Sec. 1554(b), added par.
(10).
Subsec. (h)(2). Pub. L. 102-325, Sec. 1554(c)(1), amended par. (2)
generally. Prior to amendment, par. (2) read as follows: ``The Institute
may not accept any gift, contribution, or grant from, or enter into any
contract with, a foreign government, any agency or instrumentality of
such government, any international organization, or any foreign
national, except that the Institute may accept the payment of tuition by
foreign nationals for instruction provided by the Institute. For
purposes of this paragraph, the term--
``(A) `foreign national' means--
``(i) a natural person who is a citizen of a foreign country
or who owes permanent allegiance to a foreign country; and
``(ii) a corporation or other legal entity in which natural
persons who are nationals of a foreign country own, directly or
indirectly, more than 50 percent of the outstanding capital
stock or other beneficial interest in such legal entity; and
``(B) `person' means a natural person, partnership, association,
other unincorporated body, or corporation.''
Subsec. (h)(3). Pub. L. 102-325, Sec. 1554(c)(2), substituted at end
``individual, except such Institute or legal entity may accept such a
gift or contribution to--'' for ``individual.'' and added subpars. (A)
and (B).
1990--Subsec. (b)(9), (10). Pub. L. 101-520, Sec. 319(a)(1),
redesignated par. (10) as (9) and struck out former par. (9) which read
as follows: ``recommend to the Congress the establishment of a United
States Medal of Peace to be awarded under such procedures as the
Congress may determine, except that no person associated with the
Institute may receive the United States Medal of Peace; and''.
Subsecs. (c) to (o). Pub. L. 101-520, Sec. 319(a)(2), (3), added
subsec. (c) and redesignated former subsecs. (c) to (n) as (d) to (o),
respectively.
1988--Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 100-418 made technical amendment to
directory language of Pub. L. 100-50, see 1987 Amendment note below.
1987--Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 100-50, as amended by Pub. L. 100-418,
inserted ``establish a Jeannette Rankin Research Program on Peace to''
before ``conduct research''.
Change of Name
Committee on Foreign Affairs of House of Representatives treated as
referring to Committee on International Relations of House of
Representatives and Committee on Education and Labor of House of
Representatives treated as referring to Committee on Economic and
Educational Oppor
