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[CITE: 22USC280b]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
           CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
 
                SUBCHAPTER VII--SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION
 
Sec. 280b. Authorization of appropriations

    There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of 
State, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated--
    (a) such \1\ sums as may be required annually for the payment by the 
United States of its proportionate share of the expenses of the 
Commission and its auxiliary and subsidiary bodies, in accordance with 
article XIV of the agreement establishing the South Pacific Commission, 
as amended, except that in no event shall that payment for any fiscal 
year of the Commission exceed 20 per centum of all expenses apportioned 
among participating governments of the Commission for that year.
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    (b) Such additional sums as may be needed for the payment of all 
necessary expenses incident to participation by the United States in the 
activities of the Commission, including salaries of the United States 
Commissioners, their alternates, and appropriate staff, without regard 
to the civil-service laws and chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 
53 of title 5; personal services in the District of Columbia; services 
as authorized by section 3109 of title 5; under such rules and 
regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe, allowances for 
living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light and cost-of-living 
allowances to persons temporarily stationed abroad; hire of passenger 
motor vehicles and other local transportation; printing and binding 
without regard to section 501 of title 44 and section 5 of title 41; and 
such other expenses as the Secretary of State finds necessary to 
participation by the United States in the activities of the Commission: 
Provided, That the provisions of section 287r of this title, and 
regulations thereunder, applicable to expenses incurred pursuant to 
subchapter XVII of this chapter shall be applicable to any expenses 
incurred pursuant to this paragraph.

(Jan. 28, 1948, ch. 38, Sec. 3, 62 Stat. 15; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, 
title II, Sec. 202(2), title XI, Sec. 1106(a), 63 Stat. 954, 972; Sept. 
21, 1950, ch. 976, Sec. 1(c), 64 Stat. 902; Pub. L. 86-472, ch. VI, 
Sec. 603, May 14, 1960, 74 Stat. 141; Pub. L. 88-263, Jan. 31, 1964, 78 
Stat. 7; Pub. L. 89-91, July 27, 1965, 79 Stat. 281; Pub. L. 91-632, 
Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1876; Pub. L. 92-490, Oct. 13, 1972, 86 Stat. 
808.)

                       References in Text

    The civil-service laws, referred to in subsec. (b), are set forth in 
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See, particularly, 
section 3301 et seq. of Title 5.
    Subchapter XVII [Sec. 287m et seq.] of this chapter, referred to in 
subsec. (b), was in the original a reference to the Act of July 30, 1946 
(Public Law 565, Seventy-ninth Congress).

                          Codification

    In subsec. (b), ``chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of 
title 5'' and ``section 3109 of title 5'' substituted for ``the 
Classification Act of 1949'' and ``section 15 of Public Law 600, 
Seventy-ninth Congress [5 U.S.C. 55a]'', respectively, on authority of 
Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first 
section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
    ``Section 501 of title 44'' substituted for ``section 11 of the Act 
of March 1, 1919 (44 U.S.C. 111)'' on authority of Pub. L. 90-620, 
Sec. 2(b), Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1305, the first section of which 
enacted Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.


                               Amendments

    1972--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92-490 struck out ``not to exceed 
$250,000 per fiscal year'' after ``annually'' and inserted ``except that 
in no event shall that payment for any fiscal year of the Commission 
exceed 20 per centum of all expenses apportioned among participating 
governments of the Commission for that year'' after ``as amended''.
    1970--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 91-632 substituted ``$250,000'' for 
``$200,000''.
    1965--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89-91 substituted ``such sums as may be 
required annually, not to exceed $200,000 per fiscal year'' for ``Not 
more than $150,000 for the fiscal year 1965, and $150,000 for the fiscal 
year 1966''.
    1964--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 88-263 substituted ``$150,000 for the 
fiscal year 1965, and $150,000 for the fiscal year 1966,'' for 
``$100,000 annually''.
    1960--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 86-472 substituted ``$100,000'' for 
``$75,000''.
    1950--Subsec. (a). Joint Res. Sept. 21, 1950, substituted 
``$75,000'' for ``$20,000''.
    1949--Subsec. (a). Act Oct. 28, 1949, substituted ``Classification 
Act of 1949'' for ``Classification Act of 1923''.


                                 Repeals

    Act Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, cited as a credit to this section, was 
repealed (subject to a savings clause) by Pub. L. 89-554, Sept. 6, 1966, 
Sec. 8, 80 Stat. 632, 655.


                          Annual Appropriations

    Annual appropriations to meet the obligations of membership in 
various international organizations were contained in acts listed in a 
note set out under section 269a of this title.


                       Limitation of Contributions

    Contributions by United States, except for special projects, limited 
to amount provided by Joint Res. Sept. 21, 1950; consent by State 
Department and reports to Congress, see section 262a of this title.
