Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§274 International Council of Scientific Unions and Associated Unions; authorization of annual appropriations for membership
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 7— - INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › § 274
Summary
The Secretary of State may spend up to $100,000 each year to pay the United States' membership fees to the International Council of Scientific Unions and to related scientific unions the Secretary chooses.
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Title 22, §274
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There is hereby authorized to be appropriated, to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of State, in paying the annual share of the United States as an adhering member of the International Council of Scientific Unions and Associated Unions, including the International Astronomical Union, International Union of Chemistry, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics, International Union of Mathematics, International Scientific Radio Union, International Union of Physics, and International Geographical Union, and such other international scientific unions as the Secretary of State may designate, such sum as may be necessary for the payment of such annual share, not to exceed $100,000 in any one year.
Legislative History
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Amendments
1965—Pub. L. 89–104 substituted “$100,000” for “$65,000”. 1958—Pub. L. 85–627 substituted “$65,000” for “$9,000”.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Annual AppropriationsAnnual appropriations to meet the obligations of membership in various international organizations were contained in acts listed in a note set out under section 269a of this title. Annual Appropriations Between 1948 and 1970Act June 3, 1948, ch. 400, title I, § 101, 62 Stat. 305, and subsequent Department of State Appropriation Acts through act Dec. 24, 1969, Pub. L. 91–153, title I, § 101, 83 Stat. 404, failed to authorize appropriations for this section. See Annual Appropriations note set out above.
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22 U.S.C. § 274
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73