§4412 Grants to the Endowment

Summary

The Director of the United States Information Agency must give the Endowment a yearly grant. The money can come from funds set aside for Endowment grants or from the Agency’s “Salaries and Expenses” account. The grant must be written. It must say the Endowment may only spend the money on activities the Endowment’s Board agrees match the Endowment’s purposes (listed in section 4411(b)). The grant must also require the Endowment to follow the allocation rules in this law and to follow these other rules. The grant cannot add extra requirements. Other limits that normally apply to USIA money do not apply to these grant funds. The Endowment is not a U.S. government agency, and its board members, officers, and employees are not federal officers or employees. Congress may oversee the Endowment and its grantees. For each of the fiscal years 1984 and 1985, at least $13,800,000 must go to the Free Trade Union Institute and at least $2,500,000 must support private enterprise programs of the National Chamber Foundation. The Endowment may also make grants to independent labor unions.