Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§2681 International broadcasting facilities; transfer to Department of State; acquisition of property
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 38— - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › § 2681
Summary
The Reconstruction Finance Corporation must transfer all its rights, equipment, and related property in Plancors 1805, 1985, and 1986 — located in Butler County, Ohio, near Delano, California, and in Dixon, California — to the Secretary of State without payment and without following the Surplus Property Act of 1944 so the sites can keep operating for U.S. international broadcasting under the U.S. Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948. The Secretary of State may acquire any land or rights needed to run these facilities by buying, leasing, accepting gifts, condemning property, or other means.
Full Legal Text
Title 22, §2681
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For the purpose of assuring continued operation of the facilities hereinafter described for international broadcasting as a means of achieving the objectives of the United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948 [22 U.S.C. 1431 et seq.] under authority of that Act, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation, as successor to Defense Plant Corporation, shall transfer, without regard to the provisions of the Surplus Property Act of 1944, as amended, and without reimbursement or transfer of funds, to the Secretary of State (hereinafter referred to as the “Secretary”) all of its right, title, and interest in and to the facilities known as Plancors 1805, 1985, and 1986 located in Butler County, Ohio, in the vicinity of Delano, California, and Dixon, California, respectively, together with the equipment and other property appurtenant thereto. For the purposes of sections 2681 to 2683 of this title, the Secretary is authorized to acquire property or rights or interests therein necessary or desirable for the operation of such facilities by purchase, lease, gift, transfer, condemnation, or otherwise.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The United States Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, referred to in text, is act Jan. 27, 1948, ch. 36, 62 Stat. 6, which is classified generally to chapter 18 (§ 1431 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
note set out under section 1431 of this title, and Tables. The Surplus Property Act of 1944, referred to in text, is act Oct. 3, 1944, ch. 479, 58 Stat. 765, which was classified principally to sections 1611 to 1646 of the former Appendix to Title 50, War and National Defense, and was repealed effective
July 1, 1949, with the exception of section 1622, 1631, 1637, and 1641 of the former Appendix to Title 50, by act
June 30, 1949, ch. 288, title VI, § 602(a)(1), 63 Stat. 399, renumbered Sept. 5, 1950, ch. 849, § 6(a), (b), 64 Stat. 583. section 1622 and 1641 were partially repealed by the 1949 act, and section 1622 was editorially reclassified and is set out as a note under section 545 of Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works. section 1622(g) was repealed and reenacted as sections 47151 to 47153 of Title 49, Transportation, by Pub. L. 103–272, §§ 1(d), 7(b),
July 5, 1994, 108 Stat. 1278–1280, 1379. section 1631 was repealed by act
June 7, 1939, ch. 190, § 6(e), as added by act
July 23, 1946, ch. 590, 60 Stat. 599, and is covered by section 98 et seq. of Title 50. section 1637 was repealed by act
June 25, 1948, ch. 645, § 21, 62 Stat. 862, eff. Sept. 1, 1948, and is covered by section 3287 of Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure. Provisions of section 1641 not repealed by the 1949 act were repealed by Pub. L. 87–256, § 111(a)(1), Sept. 21, 1961, 75 Stat. 538, and are covered by chapter 33 (§ 2451 et seq.) of this title. The provisions of the Surplus Property Act of 1944 originally repealed by the 1949 act are covered by provisions of the 1949 act which were classified to chapter 10 (§ 471 et seq.) of former Title 40, Public Buildings, Property, and Works, and which were repealed and reenacted by Pub. L. 107–217, §§ 1, 6(b), Aug. 21, 2002, 116 Stat. 1062, 1304, as chapters 1 to 11 of Title 40. Codification Section was formerly classified to section 170a 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.
Executive Documents
Abolition of Re
Construction
Finance Corporation section 6(a) of Reorg. Plan No. 1 of 1957, eff. June 30, 1957, 22 F.R. 4633, 71 Stat. 647, set out as a note under section 601 of Title 15, Commerce and Trade, abolished the Re
Construction
Finance Corporation.
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22 U.S.C. § 2681
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
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Apr 6, 2026
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