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40 U.S.C. § 703 — Donation of medical supplies for use in foreign country
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**(a) Application.—** This section applies to medical materials or supplies that are in a foreign country but that would, if situated within the United States, be available for donation under subchapter III of chapter 5 of this title.
**(b) In General.—** An executive agency may donate medical materials or supplies that are not disposed of under [section 702 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section702&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Conditions.—** A donation under this section is subject to the following conditions:
(1) The medical materials and supplies must be donated for use in a foreign country.
(2) The donation must be made to a nonprofit medical or health organization, which may be an organization qualified to receive assistance under section 214(b) or 607 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ([22 U.S.C. 2174(b)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2174/b&num=0&edition=prelim), 2357).
(3) The donation must be made without cost to the donee (except for costs of care and handling).
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**(a) Application.—** This section applies to medical materials or supplies that are in a foreign country but that would, if situated within the United States, be available for donation under subchapter III of chapter 5 of this title.
**(b) In General.—** An executive agency may donate medical materials or supplies that are not disposed of under [section 702 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title40-section702&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Conditions.—** A donation under this section is subject to the following conditions:
(1) The medical materials and supplies must be donated for use in a foreign country.
(2) The donation must be made to a nonprofit medical or health organization, which may be an organization qualified to receive assistance under section 214(b) or 607 of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ([22 U.S.C. 2174(b)](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2174/b&num=0&edition=prelim), 2357).
(3) The donation must be made without cost to the donee (except for costs of care and handling).
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**(a) In General.—** Under regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (b), foreign excess property may be returned to the United States for handling as excess or surplus property under subchapter II of chapter 5 of this title or section 549 or 551 of this title when the head of the executive agency concerned, or the Administrator of General Services after consultation with the agency head, determines that return of the property to the United States for such handling is in the interest of the United States.
**(b) Regulations.—** The Administrator shall prescribe regulations to carry out this section. The regulations must require that transportation costs for returning foreign excess property to the United States are paid by the federal agency, state agency, or donee receiving the property.
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**(a) Assistance for schools and libraries** The President is authorized to furnish assistance, on such terms and conditions as he may specify, to schools and libraries outside the United States founded or sponsored by United States citizens and serving as study and demonstration centers for ideas and practices of the United States.
**(b) Assistance for hospital centers** The President is authorized, notwithstanding the provisions of the Mutual Defense Assistance Control Act of 1951 [[22 U.S.C. 1611](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section1611&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], to furnish assistance, on such terms and conditions as he may specify, to institutions referred to in subsection (a) of this section, and to hospital centers for medical education and research outside the United States, founded or sponsored by United States citizens.
**(c) Authorization of appropriations**
(1) To carry out the purposes of this section, there are authorized to be appropriated to the President $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1986 and $35,000,000 for fiscal year 1987.
(2) Amounts appropriated under paragraph (1) are authorized to remain available until expended.
**(d) Pediatric plastic and reconstructive surgery centers** Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b), funds appropriated under this section may be used for assistance to centers for pediatric plastic and reconstructive surgery established by Children’s Medical Relief International, except that assistance may not be furnished for the domestic operations of any such center located in the United States, its territories or possessions.
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§§ 2171, 2172
1975—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 94–161 substituted provision
for increase of Federal funds to multilateral lending in-
stitutions and multilateral organizations for making
loans to foreign countries for prior provision for reduc-
tion of loans under the bilateral lending programs to
attain a total amount not to exceed $100,000,000 not
later than June 30, 1975.
1972—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 92–226, § 101(c)(1), in amend-
ing subsec. (a) generally, provided for United Nations
sponsorship of development assistance and substituted
‘‘may contribute’’ for ‘‘may, in some instances, con-
tribute’’.
Subsecs. (c), (d). Pub. L. 92–226, § 101(c)(2), added sub-
secs. (c) and (d).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
ESTABLISHMENT
OF STANDARD GOVERNING ALLOCATION
OF DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
FOR PRODUCTION
AND
EXPORT OF COMMODITIES IN SURPLUS IN WORLD MAR-
KET; PRESIDENTIAL
INITIATION
OF
INTERNATIONAL
CONSULTATIONS; REPORT BY PRESIDENT TO CONGRESS
Pub. L. 95–481, title VI, § 610, Oct. 18, 1978, 92 Stat.
1602, provided that: ‘‘The President shall initiate wide
international consultations beginning with the member
nations of the Organization of Economic Cooperation
and Development (OECD), designed to develop a viable
standard governing the allocation of development as-
sistance for the production and export of commodities.
Such consultations shall relate to commodities which
are in surplus in the world market and if produced for
export would cause substantial harm to producers of
the same, similar or competing products. Not later
than one year after the enactment of this Act [Oct. 18,
1978] the President shall report to the President of the
Senate, the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
and the Cha
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TITLE 40—PUBLIC BUILDINGS, PROPERTY, AND WORKS
§ 702
seq.) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see sec-
tion 299 of Title 22 and Tables.
§ 702. Return of foreign excess property to
United States
(a) IN GENERAL.—Under regulations prescribed
pursuant to subsection (b), foreign excess prop-
erty may be returned to the United States for
handling as excess or surplus property under
subchapter II of chapter 5 of this title or section
549 or 551 of this title when the head of the exec-
utive agency concerned, or the Administrator of
General Services after consultation with the
agency head, determines that return of the prop-
erty to the United States for such handling is in
the interest of the United States.
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Administrator shall
prescribe regulations to carry out this section.
The regulations must require that transpor-
tation costs for returning foreign excess prop-
erty to the United States are paid by the federal
agency, state agency, or donee receiving the
property.
(Pub. L. 107–217, Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1126.)
HISTORICAL AND REVISION NOTES
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Section
Source (U.S. Code)
Source (Statutes at Large)
702 .............
40:512(c).
June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title
IV, § 402(c), as added Pub.
L. 91–426, § 2(d), Sept. 26,
1970, 84 Stat. 883; Pub. L.
94–519, § 4, Oct. 17, 1976, 90
Stat. 2455.
§ 703. Donation of medical supplies for use in for-
eign country
(a) APPLICATION.—This section applies to med-
ical materials or supplies that are in a foreign
country but that would, if situated within the
United States, be available for donation under
subchapter III of chapter 5 of this title.
(b) IN GENERAL.—An executive agency may do-
nate medical materials or
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