16 U.S.C. § 961 — Authorization of appropriations

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Congress may appropriate whatever amounts are needed to carry out each convention and this chapter, including (a) United States contributions to each commission’s joint expenses and expenses of United States commissioners and staff; (b) travel expenses without regard to the cited travel rules; (c) printing and binding without regard to the cited provisions; (d) necessary contracted stenographic and other services without regard to the cited provision; and (e) buying, hiring, operating, maintaining, and repairing aircraft, motor vehicles, boats, and research vessels.

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There is hereby authorized to be appropriated from time to time, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of each convention and of this chapter, including—

(a)

contributions to each commission for the United States share of any joint expenses of the commission and the expenses of the United States Commissioners and their staff, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere;

(b)

travel expenses without regard to the Standardized Government Travel Regulations, as amended, subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, or section 5731(a) of title 5;

(c)

printing and binding without regard to section 501 of title 44 or section 6101 of title 41;

(d)

stenographic and other services by contract, if deemed necessary, without regard to section 6101 of title 41; and

(e)

purchase, hire, operation, maintenance, and repair of aircraft, motor vehicles (including passenger-carrying vehicles), boats and research vessels.

Source credit: (Sept. 7, 1950, ch. 907, § 12, 64 Stat. 780.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1950Enacted · Act of Sept. 7, 1950, ch. 907 · 64 Stat. 780

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 907 on 1950-09-07.