§2706a — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

Summary

The Secretary can move unspent money from the "Diplomatic and Consular Programs" account into the "Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service" account to pay rewards and cover rewards-program costs. This can be done for funds from this fiscal year and for any fiscal year on or after December 26, 2007, but the transfer must occur by the end of the fifth fiscal year after the year the money was provided.

Title 22, §2706a

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The Secretary may transfer to and merge with “Emergencies in the Diplomatic and Consular Service” for rewards payments and for expenses of rewards programs unobligated balances of funds appropriated under “Diplomatic and Consular Programs” for this fiscal year and for each fiscal year on and after December 26, 2007, at no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the fiscal year for which any such funds were appropriated or otherwise made available.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

Secretary, referred to in text, means the Secretary of State.

Amendments

2022—Pub. L. 117–328 inserted “and for expenses of rewards programs” after “for rewards payments”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

References to Diplomatic and Consular Programs AccountReferences to the Diplomatic and Consular Programs account to be construed to include the Diplomatic Programs account in fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter, see par. (7) of title I of div. G of Pub. L. 116–94, set out as a note under section 2651 of this title.

§2706a Rewards payments