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[CITE: 22USC2412]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                     CHAPTER 32--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
 
          SUBCHAPTER III--GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
                   Part III--Miscellaneous Provisions
 
Sec. 2412. Limitation on foreign assistance appropriations


(a) Restrictions on appropriations in absence of or in excess of prior 
        authorizations

    Notwithstanding any provision of law enacted before January 12, 
1971, no money appropriated for foreign assistance (including foreign 
military sales) shall be available for obligation or expenditure--
        (1) unless the appropriation thereof has been previously 
    authorized by law; or
        (2) in excess of an amount previously prescribed by law.

(b) Exception

    To the extent that legislation enacted after the making of an 
appropriation for foreign assistance (including foreign military sales) 
authorizes the obligation or expenditure thereof, the limitation 
contained in subsection (a) of this section shall have no effect.

(c) Specific repeal or modification of section

    The provisions of this section shall not be superseded except by a 
provision of law enacted after January 12, 1971, which specifically 
repeals or modifies the provisions of this section.

(Pub. L. 91-672, Sec. 10, Jan. 12, 1971, 84 Stat. 2055.)

                          Codification

    Section was not enacted as part of Pub. L. 87-195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 
Stat. 424, known as the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, which comprises 
this chapter.
