22 U.S.C. § 2221 — General authority

Page 701 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 2221 Executive Documents DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS For delegation of functions of President under this section, see Ex. Ord. No. 12163, Sept. 29, 1979, 44 F.R. 56673, as amended, set out as a note under section 2381 of this title. PART III—INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS AND PROGRAMS § 2221. General authority (a) Voluntary contributions; grants and loans in case of the Indus Basin Development Fund When he determines it to be in the national interest, the President is authorized to make voluntary contributions on a grant basis to international organizations and to programs ad- ministered by such organizations, and in the case of the Indus Basin Development Fund ad- ministered by the International Bank for Recon- struction and Development to make grants and loans payable as to principal and interest in United States dollars and subject to the provi- sions of section 2151t(b) of this title, on such terms and conditions as he may determine, in order to further the purposes of subchapter I of this chapter. (b) Repealed. Pub. L. 97–113, title VII, § 734(a)(1), Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1560 (c) Palestine refugees; considerations and condi- tions for furnishing assistance No contributions by the United States shall be made to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East except on the condition that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency take all possible meas- ures to assure that no part of the United States contribution shall be used to furnish assistance to any refugee who is receiving military train- ing as a member of the so-called Palestine Lib- eration Army or any other guerrilla type orga- nization or who has engaged in any act of ter- rorism. (d) Audit of funds; report to Congress and the President In any case in which a fund established solely by United States contributions under this chap- ter or any other Act is administered by an inter- national organization under the terms of an agreement between the United States and such international organization, such agreement shall provide that the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct such audits as are necessary to assure that such fund is admin- istered in accordance with such agreement. The President shall undertake to modify any exist- ing agreement entered into before November 14, 1967, to conform to the requirements of the pre- ceding sentence. The Comptroller General shall report simultaneously to the Congress and the President the results of the audits conducted under this subsection. (e) Evaluation of United Nations and its affili- ated organizations; International Bank for Reconstruction and Development; Asian De- velopment Bank (1) In the case of the United Nations and its af- filiated organizations, including the Inter- national Atomic Energy Agency, the President shall, acting through the United States rep- resentative to such organizations, propose and actively seek the establishment by the gov- erning authorities of such organizations of ex- ternal, professionally qualified groups of appro- priate size for the purpose of providing an inde- pendent and continuous program of selective ex- amination, review, evaluation, and audits of the programs and activities of such organizations. Such proposal shall provide that such groups shall be established in accordance with such terms of reference as such governing authority may prescribe and that the reports of such groups on each examination, review, evaluation, or audit shall be submitted directly to such gov- erning authority for transmittal to the rep- resentative of each individual member nation. Such proposal shall further include a statement of auditing and reporting standards, as prepared by the Comptroller General of the United States, for the consideration of the governing authority of the international organization con- cerned to assist in formulating terms of ref- erence for such review and evaluation groups. (2) In the case of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Asian Development Bank, the President shall, acting through the United States representative to such organizations, propose and actively seek the establishment by the governing authorities of such organizations professionally qualified groups of appropriate size for the purpose of pro- viding an independent and continuous program of selective examination, review, evaluation, and audit of the programs and activities of such organizations. Such proposal shall provide that such groups shall be established in accordance with such terms of reference as such governing authorities may prescribe, and that the reports of such groups on each examination, review, evaluation, or audit shall be submitted directly to such governing authority for transmittal to the representative of each individual member nation. Such proposal shall further include a statement of auditing and reporting standards, as prepared by the Comptroller General of the United States, for the consideration of the gov- erning authority of the international organiza- tion concerned to assist in formulating terms of reference for such review and evaluation groups. (f) International Fertilizer Development Center; United States participation and assistance The President is hereby authorized to permit United States participation in the International Fertilizer Development Center and is authorized to use any of the funds made available under this part for the purpose of furnishing assistance to the Center on such terms and conditions as he may determine. (g) Transfer of funding of technological assist- ance programs to United Nations Develop- ment Program It is the sense of the Congress that the Presi- dent should instruct the appropriate representa- tives of the United States to the United Nations to encourage the specialized agencies of the United Nations to transfer the funding of tech- nical assistance programs carried out by such agencies to the United Nations Development Program. Page 702 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 2222 (h) International Food Policy Research Institute; availability of funds, etc. The President is authorized to permit the United States to participate in and to use any of the funds made available under subchapter I of this chapter after December 29, 1981, for the pur- pose of furnishing assistance (on such terms and conditions as the President may determine) to the International Food Policy Research Insti- tute. (Pub. L. 87–195, pt. I, § 301, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 433; Pub. L. 89–171, pt. I, § 106 (a), Sept. 6, 1965, 79 Stat. 656; Pub. L. 89–583, pt. I, § 107(a)–(c), Sept. 19, 1966, 80 Stat. 800; Pub. L. 90–137, pt. I, § 110(a), Nov. 14, 1967, 81 Stat. 453; Pub. L. 91–175, pt. I, § 108(a), Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 819; Pub. L. 93–189, § 9(1), Dec. 17, 1973, 87 Stat. 718; Pub. L. 94–161, title III, § 313(c), Dec. 20, 1975, 89 Stat. 866; Pub. L. 95–424, title I, §§ 102(b)(2)(A), 117(d), Oct. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 941, 953; Pub. L. 96–533, title VII, § 702, Dec. 16, 1980, 94 Stat. 3156; Pub. L. 97–113, title III, § 311(a), title VII, § 734(a)(1), Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1536, 1560.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This chapter, referred to in subsec. (d), was in the original ‘‘this Act’’, meaning Pub. L. 87–195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 424, known as the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2151 of this title and Tables. AMENDMENTS 1981—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 97–113, § 734(a)(1), struck out subsec. (b) which limited contributions to United Na- tions Development Program and restricted assistance to Cuba. See section 2370(f) of this title. Subsec. (e)(3). Pub. L. 97–113, § 734(a)(1), struck out par. (3) which required reports by the President and the General Accounting Office of their evaluation of re- ports of international organizations to United States representatives on those organizations. See section 2394 of this title. Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 97–113, § 311(a), added subsec. (h). 1980—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 96–533, § 702(a), required the Comptroller General to report to Congress and the President the results of the audits. Subsec. (e)(1). Pub. L. 96–533, § 702(b)(1)–(3), sub- stituted ‘‘organizations of external, professionally’’ for ‘‘organizations a single professionally’’, ‘‘groups’’ for ‘‘group’’ in three places, ‘‘evaluation, and audits’’ for ‘‘and evaluation’’, and ‘‘evaluation, or audit’’ for ‘‘and evaluation’’. Subsec. (e)(2). Pub. L. 96–533, § 702(b)(4), (5), required audits of programs and activities and reports of profes- sionally qualified groups to include such audits. Subsec. (e)(3). Pub. L. 96–533, § 702(b)(6), required the Comptroller General to include in the reports to Con- gress and the President his evaluation of the reports re- ceived by the United States representatives to the international organizations and related information. 1978—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–424 substituted ‘‘section 2151t(b) of this title’’ for ‘‘section 2161(d) of this title’’. Subsec. (g). Pub. L. 95–424 added subsec. (g). 1975—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 94–161 added subsec. (f). 1973—Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 93–189 added subsec. (e). 1969—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 91–175 omitted provisions dealing with Israel and Arab governments taking steps toward repatriation of refugees and the extent and suc- cess of the United Nations and Arab governments to rectify refugees relief rolls, as criteria for the Presi- dent to use in determining whether to furnish assist- ance for such refugees through contributions to the United Nations, omitted provisions dealing with amount of contribution for the fiscal year 1967, and ex- panded prohibition against the inclusion of members of other guerrilla type organizations or refugees engaged in any act of terrorism. 1967—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 90–137 added subsec. (d). 1966—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89–583, § 107(a), authorized in the case of the Indus Basin Development Executive grants and loans payable as to principal and interest in United States dollars and subject to the provisions of section 2161(d) of this title. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 89–583, § 107(b), substituted ‘‘United Nations Development Program’’ for ‘‘United Nations Expanded Program of Technical Assistance and the United States Special Fund’’ and restricted eco- nomic or technical assistance to Cuba. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 89–583, § 107(c), substituted provi- sions limiting contributions by the United States for fiscal year 1967 to $13,300,000, for provisions limiting contributions for calendar year 1966 to $15,200,000 and prohibited the making of contributions assisting any refugee who is receiving military training as a member of the Palestine Liberation Army. 1965—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 89–171 limited contributions by the United States to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East to $15,200,000 for the calendar year 1966. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries REFERENCES TO SUBCHAPTER I DEEMED TO INCLUDE CERTAIN PARTS OF SUBCHAPTER II References to subchapter I of this chapter are deemed to include parts IV (§ 2346 et seq.), VI (§ 2348 et seq.), and VIII (§ 2349aa et seq.) of subchapter II of this chapter, and references to subchapter II are deemed to exclude such parts. See section 202(b) of Pub. L. 92–226, set out as a note under section 2346 of this title, and sections 2348c and 2349aa–5 of this title. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1978 AMENDMENT Amendment by Pub. L. 95–424 effective Oct. 1, 1978, see section 605 of Pub. L. 95–424, set out as a note under section 2151 of this title. USE OF CONTRIBUTIONS FOR PROJECTS IN CUBA Pub. L. 91–194, title I, § 100, Feb. 9, 1970, 84 Stat. 5, pro- vided in part: ‘‘That the President shall seek to assure that no contribution to the United Nations Develop- ment Program authorized by the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, as amended [section 2151 et seq. of this title], shall be used for projects for economic or tech- nical assistance to the Government of Cuba, so long as Cuba is governed by the Castro regime.’’ Similar provisions were contained in Pub. L. 89–691, title I, § 100, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 1018; Pub. L. 90–249, title I, § 100, Jan. 2, 1968, 81 Stat. 936; Pub. L. 90–581, title I, § 100, Oct. 17, 1968, 82 Stat. 1137. Executive Documents DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS For delegation of functions of President under this section, see Ex. Ord. No. 12163, Sept. 29, 1979, 44 F.R. 56673, as amended, set out as a note under section 2381 of this title. § 2222. Authorization of appropriations (a) Grants (1) There are authorized to be appropriated to the President $270,000,000 for fiscal year 1986 and $236,084,000 for fiscal year 1987 for grants to carry out the purposes of this part, in addition to funds available under other Acts for such pur- poses. Of the amount appropriated for each of the fiscal years 1986 and 1987 pursuant to these authorizations—