22 U.S.C. § 2668a — Disposition of trust funds received from

Page 1107 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 2668a 770, authorized security officers of Department of State and Foreign Service to carry firearms. See section 2709 of this title. Section 2667, act June 28, 1955, ch. 199, § 2, as added Aug. 27, 1964, Pub. L. 88–493, § 4, 78 Stat. 610, empowered security officers of Department of State and Foreign Service to make arrests without warrant. See section 2709(a)(5) of this title. § 2668. Requisitions for advances to pay lawful obligations (a) Authorization; accounting Notwithstanding the provisions of any other law the Secretary of State is authorized in his discretion to issue under the limitations and re- strictions hereinafter established requisitions for advances of funds to disbursing officers of the Fiscal Service of the Treasury Department, under a ‘‘State account of advances’’ not to ex- ceed the total amount of appropriations for the Department of State, the amounts so advanced to be used exclusively to pay upon proper vouch- ers obligations lawfully payable under the re- spective appropriations: Provided, That a sepa- rate ‘‘State account of advances’’ shall be estab- lished on the books of the Treasury Department relating to appropriations made to the Depart- ment of State for each fiscal year and that a ‘‘State account of advances’’ relating to the ap- propriations for one fiscal year shall not be used to pay vouchers pertaining to the appropriations of any other fiscal year. Expenditures from the amounts requisitioned under the ‘‘State account of advances’’ shall be charged to applicable ap- propriations on the books of the Treasury De- partment on the basis of transfer and counter warrants prepared in the State Department as of the close of each month and prior to audit, cer- tification, or adjustment by the Government Ac- countability Office. The Government Account- ability Office shall subsequently declare the sums finally due from the several appropriations upon audited vouchers according to law and shall certify the same to the Treasury Depart- ment which shall make the necessary adjust- ments between appropriations upon the basis of such audited settlements of the Government Ac- countability Office: Provided further, That such adjustments shall be reflected on the books of the Government in the month and fiscal year during which the audited settlements are cer- tified to the Treasury. (b) Removal of outstanding charges A charge outstanding in the ‘‘State account of advances’’ shall be removed by crediting the ac- count of advances and deducting the amount of the charge from an appropriation made avail- able for advances to the Department of State when— (1) relief has been granted or may be granted later to a disbursing official or agent of the Department operating under the account of advances and under a law having no provision for removing charges outstanding in the ac- count of advances; or (2) the charge has been— (A) outstanding in the account of advances for 2 complete fiscal years; and (B) certified by the Secretary of State to the Comptroller General as uncollectable. (c) Financial liability of disbursing agent or offi- cial Subsection (b) of this section does not affect the financial liability of a disbursing official or agent. (Apr. 25, 1940, ch. 154, 54 Stat. 163; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. III, § 1(a)(1), eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2107, 54 Stat. 1231; Pub. L. 97–258, § 2(e), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1059; Pub. L. 108–271, § 8(b), July 7, 2004, 118 Stat. 814.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 170 of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, § 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378. AMENDMENTS 2004—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–271 substituted ‘‘Govern- ment Accountability Office’’ for ‘‘General Accounting Office’’ wherever appearing. 1982—Pub. L. 97–258 redesignated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsecs. (b) and (c). Executive Documents TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS In subsec. (a), ‘‘Fiscal Service of the Treasury De- partment’’ substituted for ‘‘Division of Disbursement, Treasury Department’’ on authority of section 1(a)(1) of Reorg. Plan No. III of 1940, eff. June 30, 1940, 5 F.R. 2107, 54 Stat. 1231, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Govern- ment Organization and Employees, which consolidated such division into the Fiscal Service of the Treasury Department. See section 306 of Title 31, Money and Fi- nance. § 2668a. Disposition of trust funds received from foreign governments for citizens of United States All moneys received by the Secretary of State from foreign governments and other sources, in trust for citizens of the United States or others, shall be deposited and covered into the Treas- ury. The Secretary of State shall determine the amounts due claimants, respectively, from each of such trust funds, and certify the same to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall, upon the presentation of the certificates of the Secretary of State, pay the amounts so found to be due. Each of the trust funds covered into the Treas- ury as aforesaid is appropriated for the payment to the ascertained beneficiaries thereof of the certificates provided for in this section. (Feb. 27, 1896, ch. 34, 29 Stat. 32.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was formerly classified to section 547 of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97–258, § 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877. Page 1108 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 2669 § 2669. Printing and binding outside continental United States; settlement and payment of claims by foreign governments; employment of aliens; official functions and courtesies; purchase of uniforms; payment of tort claims; payment of assumed obligations in Germany; telecommunications services; secu- rity; special purpose passenger motor vehi- cles; pay obligations arising under inter- national conventions or contracts; personal service contracts The Secretary of State may use funds appro- priated or otherwise available to the Secretary to— (a) provide for printing and binding outside the States of the United States and the Dis- trict of Columbia without regard to section 501 of title 44; (b) for the purpose of promoting and main- taining friendly relations with foreign coun- tries through the prompt settlement of certain claims, settle and pay any meritorious claim against the United States which is presented by a government of a foreign country for dam- age to or loss of real or personal property of, or personal injury to or death of, any national of such foreign country: Provided, That such claim is not cognizable under any other stat- ute or international agreement of the United States and can be settled for not more than $15,000 or the foreign currency equivalent thereof; (c) employ individuals or organizations, by contract, for services abroad, and individuals employed by contract to perform such services shall not by virtue of such employment be considered to be employees of the United States Government for purposes of any law ad- ministered by the Office of Personnel Manage- ment (except that the Secretary may deter- mine the applicability to such individuals of subsection (f) and of any other law adminis- tered by the Secretary concerning the employ- ment of such individuals abroad); and such contracts are authorized to be negotiated, the terms of the contracts to be prescribed, and the work to be performed, where necessary, without regard to such statutory provisions as relate to the negotiation, making, and per- formance of contracts and performance of work in the United States; (d) provide for official functions and cour- tesies; (e) purchase uniforms; (f) pay tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first paragraph of section 2672, as amended, of title 28, when such claims arise in foreign countries in connection with Depart- ment of State operations abroad; (g) obtain services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5 at a rate not to exceed the max- imum rate payable for GS–18 under section 5332 of such title 5; (h) directly procure goods and services in the United States or abroad, solely for use by United States Foreign Service posts abroad when the Secretary of State, in accordance with guidelines established in consultation with the Administrator of General Services, determines that use of the Federal Acquisition Service or otherwise applicable Federal goods and services acquisition authority would not meet emergency overseas security require- ments determined necessary by the Secretary, taking into account overseas delivery, instal- lation, maintenance, or replacement require- ments, except that the authority granted by this paragraph shall cease to be effective when the amendment made by section 2711 of the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984 takes effect and thereafter procurement by the Sec- retary of State for the purposes described in this paragraph shall be in accordance with sec- tion 3304(a)(2) of title 41; (i) pay obligations assumed in Germany on or after June 5, 1945; (j) provide telecommunications services; (k) provide maximum physical security in Government-owned and leased properties and vehicles abroad; (l) purchase special purpose passenger motor vehicles without regard to any price limita- tion otherwise established by law; (m) pay obligations arising under inter- national agreements, conventions, and bina- tional contracts to the extent otherwise au- thorized by law; (n) exercise the authority provided in sub- section (c), upon the request of the Secretary of Defense or the head of any other depart- ment or agency of the United States, to enter into personal service contracts with individ- uals to perform services in support of the De- partment of Defense or such other department or agency, as the case may be; and (o) make administrative corrections or ad- justments to an employee’s pay, allowances, or differentials, resulting from mistakes or retroactive personnel actions, as well as pro- vide back pay and other categories of pay- ments under section 5596 of title 5, as part of the settlement or compromise of administra- tive claims or grievances filed against the De- partment. (Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 2, 70 Stat. 890; Pub. L. 86–624, § 2, July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 411; Pub. L. 86–707, title V, § 511(a)(2), Sept. 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 800; Pub. L. 87–565, pt. IV, § 402, Aug. 1, 1962, 76 Stat. 263; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 97–241, title II, § 202(a), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 282; Pub. L. 98–533, title III, § 303(a), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2710; Pub. L. 99–93, title I, §§ 114, 118(a), Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 411, 412; Pub. L. 101–246, title I, § 111, Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 21; Pub. L. 102–20, § 4, Mar. 27, 1991, 105 Stat. 68; Pub. L. 102–138, title I, § 120, Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 658; Pub. L. 103–236, title I, §§ 137, 162(k)(4), 180(b), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 397, 409, 416; Pub. L. 107–107, div. A, title VIII, § 833, Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1191; Pub. L. 108–447, div. B, title IV, § 413, Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 2906; Pub. L. 109–313, § 2(c)(1), Oct. 6, 2006, 120 Stat. 1735.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT The effective date of the amendment made by section 2711 of the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984, re- ferred to in subsec. (h), is the effective date of section 2711 of title VII of Pub. L. 98–369, div. B, July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1175, 1203, which amended section 253 of former