22 U.S.C. § 4411 — Findings; statement of purposes

Page 1588 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 4411 Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2002—Pub. L. 107–228 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: ‘‘There are au- thorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State $15,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2000 and 2001 for grants to The Asia Foundation pursuant to this sub- chapter.’’ 1999—Pub. L. 106–113 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: ‘‘There are au- thorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State $10,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for grants to The Asia Foundation pursuant to this sub- chapter.’’ 1998—Pub. L. 105–277 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: ‘‘(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State $13,900,000 for the fiscal year 1990 and $18,000,000 for the fiscal year 1991 for grants to The Asia Foundation pur- suant to this subchapter. ‘‘(b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Of amounts authorized to be appropriated under subsection (a) of this section, $1,324,000 for the fiscal year 1990 and $1,324,000 for the fiscal year 1991 shall be available only for the expansion of programs and services (including the establishment of a field office) for Oceania, comprised of Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia.’’ 1990—Pub. L. 101–246 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: ‘‘There is au- thorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State $13,700,000 for the fiscal year 1988 and $15,000,000 for the fiscal year 1989 for grants to the Asia Foundation pur- suant to this subchapter.’’ 1987—Pub. L. 100–204 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: ‘‘There are au- thorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State $10,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1986 and 1987 for grants to The Asia Foundation pursuant to this sub- chapter.’’ 1985—Pub. L. 99–93 amended section generally, sub- stituting ‘‘$10,500,000 for each of the fiscal years 1986 and 1987’’ for ‘‘$5,000,000 for the fiscal year 1983, $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1984, and $10,000,000 for the fiscal year 1985’’. SUBCHAPTER II—NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY § 4411. Findings; statement of purposes (a) The Congress finds that there has been es- tablished in the District of Columbia a private, nonprofit corporation known as the National Endowment for Democracy (hereafter in this subchapter referred to as the ‘‘Endowment’’) which is not an agency or establishment of the United States Government. (b) The purposes of the Endowment, as set forth in its articles of incorporation, are— (1) to encourage free and democratic institu- tions throughout the world through private sector initiatives, including activities which promote the individual rights and freedoms (including internationally recognized human rights) which are essential to the functioning of democratic institutions; (2) to facilitate exchanges between United States private sector groups (especially the two major American political parties, labor, and business) and democratic groups abroad; (3) to promote United States nongovern- mental participation (especially through the two major American political parties, labor, business, and other private sector groups) in democratic training programs and democratic institution-building abroad; (4) to strengthen democratic electoral proc- esses abroad through timely measures in co- operation with indigenous democratic forces; (5) to support the participation of the two major American political parties, labor, busi- ness, and other United States private sector groups in fostering cooperation with those abroad dedicated to the cultural values, insti- tutions, and organizations of democratic plu- ralism; and (6) to encourage the establishment and growth of democratic development in a man- ner consistent both with the broad concerns of United States national interests and with the specific requirements of the democratic groups in other countries which are aided by pro- grams funded by the Endowment. (Pub. L. 98–164, title V, § 502, Nov. 22, 1983, 97 Stat. 1039.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SHORT TITLE Pub. L. 98–164, title V, § 501, Nov. 22, 1983, 97 Stat. 1039, provided that: ‘‘This title [enacting this subchapter] may be cited as the ‘National Endowment for Democ- racy Act’.’’ § 4412. Grants to the Endowment (a) Authorization; funding; grant agreement The Director of the United States Information Agency shall make an annual grant to the En- dowment to enable the Endowment to carry out its purposes as specified in section 4411(b) of this title. Such grants shall be made with funds spe- cifically appropriated for grants to the Endow- ment or with funds appropriated to the Agency for the ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ account. Such grants shall be made pursuant to a grant agree- ment between the Director and the Endowment which requires that grant funds will only be used for activities which the Board of Directors of the Endowment determines are consistent with the purposes described in section 4411(b) of this title, that the Endowment will allocate funds in accordance with subsection (e) of this section, and that the Endowment will otherwise comply with the requirements of this sub- chapter. The grant agreement may not require the Endowment to comply with requirements other than those specified in this subchapter. (b) Implementation of purposes Funds so granted may be used by the Endow- ment to carry out the purposes described in sec- tion 4411(b) of this title, and otherwise applica- ble limitations on the purposes for which funds appropriated to the United States Information Agency may be used shall not apply to funds granted to the Endowment. (c) Status of Endowment Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to make the Endowment an agency or establish- ment of the United States Government or to make the members of the Board of Directors of the Endowment, or the officers or employees of the Endowment, officers or employees of the United States. (d) Oversight procedures applicable The Endowment and its grantees shall be sub- ject to the appropriate oversight procedures of the Congress.