Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§4059 Investment of Fund
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 52— - FOREIGN SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VIII— - FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY › Part Part I— - Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System › § 4059
Summary
The Treasury Secretary must invest parts of the Fund that are not needed right away in U.S. interest-paying securities, and the earnings from those investments stay in the Fund.
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Title 22, §4059
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The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest from time to time in interest-bearing securities of the United States such portions of the Fund as in the judgment of the Secretary of the Treasury may not be immediately required for the payment of annuities, cash benefits, refunds, and allowances. The income derived from such investments shall constitute a part of the Fund.
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22 U.S.C. § 4059
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73