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[CITE: 22USC287q]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
           CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
 
 SUBCHAPTER XVII--UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND CULTURAL 
                              ORGANIZATION
 
Sec. 287q. General and special conferences; expenses; acceptance 
        of services and gifts or bequests of money or materials
        
    The National Commission shall call general conferences for the 
discussion of matters relating to the activities of the Organization, to 
which conferences organized bodies actively interested in such matters 
shall be invited to send representatives: Provided, however, That the 
travel and maintenance of such representation shall be without expense 
to the Government. Such general conferences shall be held annually or 
biennially, as the National Commission may determine, and in such places 
as it may designate. They shall be attended so far as possible by the 
members of the National Commission and by the delegates of the United 
States to the General Conference of the Organization. The National 
Commission is further authorized to call special conferences of experts 
for the consideration of specific matters relating to the Organization 
by persons of specialized competences. The Department of State may pay 
their transportation and other expenses as authorized by section 5703 of 
title 5, for the period of actual attendance and of necessary travel. 
The National Commission is further authorized to receive and accept 
services and gifts or bequests of money or materials to carry out any of 
the educational, scientific, or cultural purposes of the National 
Commission as set forth in this subchapter and in the constitution of 
the Organization. Any money so received shall be held by the Secretary 
of State and shall be subject to disbursement through the disbursement 
facilities of the Treasury Department as the terms of the gift or 
bequest may require and shall remain available for expenditure by grant 
or otherwise until expended: Provided, That no such gift or bequest may 
be accepted or disbursed if the terms thereof are inconsistent with the 
purposes of the National Commission as set forth in this subchapter and 
in the constitution of the Organization. Gifts or bequests provided for 
herein shall, for the purposes of Federal income, estate, and gift 
taxes, be deemed to be a gift to or for the United States. The National 
Commission and Secretary of State shall submit to Congress annual 
reports of receipts and expenditures of funds and bequests received and 
disbursed pursuant to the provisions of this section.

(July 30, 1946, ch. 700, Sec. 5, 60 Stat. 713; Pub. L. 85-477, ch. V, 
Sec. 502(e), June 30, 1958, 72 Stat. 273; Pub. L. 87-139, Sec. 10, Aug. 
14, 1961, 75 Stat. 341; Pub. L. 98-164, title I, Sec. 106(a), Nov. 22, 
1983, 97 Stat. 1018.)

                    Repeal of Reporting Requirements

        Pub. L. 89-348, Sec. 1(21), Nov. 8, 1965, 79 Stat. 1311, 
    repealed provisions of this section which required an annual report 
    to the Congress by the National Commission on Educational, 
    Scientific, and Cultural Cooperation and the Secretary of State of 
    the receipts and expenditures of funds and bequests received and 
    disbursed in connection with the United Nations Educational, 
    Scientific, and Cultural Organization.

                       References in Text

    The constitution of the Organization, referred to in text, is the 
Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural 
Organization, which is set out as a note under section 287m of this 
title.

                          Codification

    ``Section 5703 of title 5'' substituted in text for ``section 5 of 
the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended (5 U.S.C. 73b-2)'' 
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.


                               Amendments

    1983--Pub. L. 98-164 struck out provision prohibiting acceptance of 
gifts or bequests aggregating more than $200,000 in any year.
    1961--Pub. L. 87-139 substituted provisions authorizing payment of 
transportation and other expenses of attending experts as authorized by 
section 5703 of title 5, for provisions which allowed the experts $10 
per diem plus actual transportation expenses.
    1958--Pub. L. 85-477 authorized the National Commission to receive 
and accept services and gifts or bequests of money or materials.
