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[CITE: 36USC2109]

 
     TITLE 36--PATRIOTIC AND NATIONAL OBSERVANCES, CEREMONIES, AND 
                              ORGANIZATIONS
 
      Subtitle I--Patriotic and National Observances and Ceremonies
 
Part B--United States Government Organizations Involved with Observances 
                             and Ceremonies
 
            CHAPTER 21--AMERICAN BATTLE MONUMENTS COMMISSION
 
Sec. 2109. Foreign Currency Fluctuations Account

    (a) Establishment and Purpose.--There is an account in the Treasury 
known as the ``Foreign Currency Fluctuations, American Battle Monuments 
Commission, Account''. The Account shall be used to provide amounts, in 
addition to amounts appropriated for salaries and expenses of the 
Commission, to pay the cost of salaries and expenses that exceeds the 
amount appropriated for salaries and expenses because of fluctuations in 
currency exchange rates of foreign countries occurring after a budget 
request for the Commission is submitted to Congress. The Account may not 
be used for any other purpose.
    (b) Increase in Permissible Obligations of Amounts.--A provision of 
law limiting the amounts the Commission may obligate in a fiscal year 
shall be increased to the extent necessary to reflect fluctuations in 
exchange rates from those used in preparing the budget submission.
    (c) Transferred Amounts.--(1) Amounts in the Account may be 
transferred to amounts appropriated for salaries and expenses of the 
Commission. Transferred amounts shall be merged with, and are available 
for the same time period as, the appropriation to which they are 
applied.
    (2) Amounts transferred from the Account may be transferred back--
        (A) if the amounts are not needed to pay obligations incurred 
    because of fluctuations in currency exchange rates of foreign 
    countries in the appropriation to which the amounts were originally 
    transferred; or
        (B) because of subsequent favorable fluctuations in the rates or 
    because other amounts are, or become, available to pay the 
    obligations.

    (3) Amounts transferred to an appropriation under this subsection 
may not be transferred back to the Account after the end of the 2d 
fiscal year after the fiscal year in which the appropriation was 
available for obligation.
    (d) Recording of Obligations and Fluctuations in Exchange Rates.--An 
obligation of the Commission payable in the currency of a foreign 
country may be recorded as an obligation based on exchange rates used in 
preparing a budget submission. A change reflecting fluctuations in 
exchange rates may be recorded as a disbursement is made.
    (e) Unobligated Balances.--The unobligated balance of an 
appropriation for salaries and expenses may be transferred to the 
Account not later than the end of the second fiscal year following the 
fiscal year for which the appropriation was made. The unobligated 
balance shall be merged with, and be available for the same period and 
purposes as, the Account.
    (f) Annual Report.--The Commission each year shall submit to the 
appropriate committees of Congress a report on amounts transferred under 
this section.
    (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $3,000,000 to the Account.

(Pub. L. 105-225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1275.)

                                          Historical and Revision Notes
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           Revised  Section                    Source (U.S. Code)              
 Source (Statutes at Large)
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2109(a)...............................  36:138c(a) (1st-3d sentences).   Mar. 4
, 1923, ch. 283, Sec.  13, as
                                                                          added
 May 20, 1988, Pub. L. 100-322,
                                                                          title
 III, Sec.  345(a), 102 Stat.
                                                                          540.
2109(b)...............................  36:138c(b) (last sentence).
2109(c)(1)............................  36:138c(a) (last sentence), (b)
                                         (1st sentence).
2109(c)(2)............................  36:138c(d).
2109(c)(3)............................  36:138c(e).
2109(d)...............................  36:138c(c).
2109(e)...............................  36:138c(f).
2109(f)...............................  36:138c(g).
2109(g)...............................  36:138c note.                    May 20
, 1988, Pub. L. 100-322, title
                                                                          III, 
Sec.  345(b), 102 Stat. 540.
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