Title 22Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§262a Contributions to international organizations; consent of State Department; limitations as to certain organizations

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › § 262a

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The United States must limit its yearly payments for the regular budgets of international organizations covered by this Act to the amounts set in the Act. Payments for projects that are outside those regular budgets are not limited. All such payments need the State Department’s approval, no matter which government fund pays for them.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §262a

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All financial contributions by the United States to the normal operations of the international organizations covered by this Act, which member states are obligated to support annually, shall be limited to the amounts provided in this Act: Provided, That contributions for special projects not regularly budgeted by such international organizations shall not be subject to the above limitation. All financial contributions by the United States to international organizations in which the United States participates as a member shall be made by or with the consent of the Department of State regardless of the appropriation from which any such contribution is made.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This Act, referred to in text, is act Sept. 21, 1950, ch. 976, 64 Stat. 903, which enacted section 262a of this title, and amended section 269b, 272a, 279a, 280b, 290b of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables. The international organizations covered by this Act, referred to in text, are the Inter-American Children’s Institute, the International Labor Organization, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the South Pacific Commission, and the World Health Organization.

Amendments

2002—Pub. L. 107–228 struck out at end “The Secretary of State shall report annually to the Congress on the extent and disposition of such contributions.”

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 262a

Title 22Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73