Title 22Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§2792 Administrative expenses

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 39— - ARMS EXPORT CONTROL › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - GENERAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS › § 2792

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Agencies may use money they already get for operations to pay administrative costs for work under this chapter. When agencies charge fees for administrative services, those fees must cover the agencies’ administrative costs and official reception/representation costs if the work mainly benefits a foreign country, the costs aren’t billed to defense-service sales, and they aren’t military pay or unfunded civilian benefits. No more than $86,500 a year from those fees may be used for official reception and representation.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §2792

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(a)Funds made available under other law for the operations of United States Government agencies carrying out functions under this chapter shall be available for the administrative expenses incurred by such agencies under this chapter.
(b)Charges for administrative services calculated under section 2761(e)(1)(A) of this title shall include recovery of administrative expenses and official reception and representation expenses incurred by any department or agency of the United States Government, including any mission or group thereof, in carrying out functions under this chapter when—
(1)such functions are primarily for the benefit of any foreign country;
(2)such expenses are not directly and fully charged to, and reimbursed from amounts received for, sale of defense services under section 2761(a) of this title; and
(3)such expenses are neither salaries of the Armed Forces of the United States nor represent unfunded estimated costs of civilian retirement and other benefits.
(c)Not more than $86,500 of the funds derived from charges for administrative services pursuant to section 2761(e)(1)(A) of this title may be used each fiscal year for official reception and representation expenses.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 90–629, Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1321, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 2751 of this title and Tables.

Amendments

2002—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 107–228 substituted “$86,500” for “$72,500”. 1989—Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 101–165 added par. (3). 1985—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 99–83, § 120(1), inserted “and official reception and representation expenses”. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99–83, § 120(2), added subsec. (c). 1981—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 97–113 struck out subsec. (c) which required a Presidential report to Congress no later than Jan. 15 of each year containing analysis and description of Federal personnel arms export control services performed previous fiscal year. See section 2765(a)(6) of this title. 1979—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 96–92 added subsec. (c). 1977—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–92 substituted provisions relating to criteria for recovery of charges for administrative expenses calculated under section 2761(e)(1)(A) of this title, for provisions relating to reimbursement from amounts received for sales under section 2761 and 2762 of this title of administrative expenses incurred by a United States government department or agency in carrying out functions under this chapter for the benefit of any foreign country. 1976—Pub. L. 94–329 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a) and added subsec. (b).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1985 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 99–83 effective Oct. 1, 1985, see section 1301 of Pub. L. 99–83, set out as a note under section 2151–1 of this title.

Effective Date

Section effective July 1, 1968, see section 41 of Pub. L. 90–629, set out as a note under section 2751 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

22 U.S.C. § 2792

Title 22Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73