22 U.S.C. § 262b — Commitments for United States contributions to international organizations; limitations; consultation with Congressional committees

submitted 75 years ago by ch. 533 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 152 words · no verdicts yet

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U.S. reps at international organizations can't commit to paying more than a third of the budget. In special cases, a bigger commitment is allowed after consulting Congress's spending committees. This rule skips certain Inter-American and aviation organizations.

This section is one undivided provision, with two provisos. No U.S. representative at any international organization may commit the United States to pay more than 33⅓% of that organization's budget, for organizations whose U.S. contribution is funded through this Act. But in exceptional circumstances that call for a bigger U.S. share, a representative, or another appropriate State Department official, may commit to paying more than that, as long as they first consult with the Senate and House Appropriations Committees. This whole section, though, doesn't apply to U.S. representatives at the Inter-American organizations, the Caribbean Commission, or the Joint Support program of the International Civil Aviation Organization.

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No representative of the United States Government in any international organization hereafter shall make any commitment requiring the appropriation of funds for a contribution by the United States in excess of 33⅓ per centum of the budget of any international organization for which the appropriation for the United States contribution is contained in this Act: Provided, That in exceptional circumstances necessitating a contribution by the United States in excess of 33⅓ per centum of the budget, a commitment requiring a United States appropriation of a larger proportion may be made after consultation by United States representatives in the organization or other appropriate officials of the Department of State with the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives: Provided, however, That this section shall not apply to the United States representatives to the Inter-American organizations, Caribbean Commission and the Joint Support program of the International Civil Aviation Organization.

Source credit: (Oct. 22, 1951, ch. 533, title VI, § 602, 65 Stat. 599; Aug. 5, 1953, ch. 328, title I, 67 Stat. 368.)

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1951Enacted · Act of Oct. 22, 1951, ch. 533 · 65 Stat. 599
1953Amended · Act of Aug. 5, 1953, ch. 328 · 67 Stat. 368

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