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§961 Authorization of Appropriations

Title 16 › Chapter 16— TUNA CONVENTIONS › § 961

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

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Money may be taken from the Treasury, as needed and from funds not already set aside, to carry out each convention and this chapter. It can pay the U.S. share of commission costs and the expenses of U.S. commissioners and their staff (including personal services in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere), travel, printing, contracted stenographic and other services, and buying, renting, operating, maintaining, and repairing aircraft, vehicles (including passenger vehicles), boats, and research vessels.

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Title 16, §961

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There is hereby authorized to be appropriated from time to time, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of each convention and of this chapter, including—
(a)contributions to each commission for the United States share of any joint expenses of the commission and the expenses of the United States Commissioners and their staff, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere;
(b)travel expenses without regard to the Standardized Government Travel Regulations, as amended, subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, or section 5731(a) of title 5;
(c)printing and binding without regard to section 501 of title 44 or section 6101 of title 41;
(d)stenographic and other services by contract, if deemed necessary, without regard to section 6101 of title 41; and
(e)purchase, hire, operation, maintenance, and repair of aircraft, motor vehicles (including passenger-carrying vehicles), boats and research vessels.

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Codification In subsec. (b), “subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, or section 5731(a) of title 5” substituted for “the Travel Expense Act of 1949, or section 10 of the Act of
March 3, 1933 (U.S.C., title 5, sec. 73b)” on authority of Pub. L. 89–554, § 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. In subsec. (c), “section 501 of title 44 or section 6101 of title 41” substituted for “section 11 of the Act of
March 1, 1919 (U.S.C., title 44, sec. 111), or section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U.S.C., title 41, sec. 5)” on authority of Pub. L. 90–620, § 2(b), Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1305, which Act enacted Title 44, Public Printing and Documents, and Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts. In subsec. (d), “section 6101 of title 41” substituted for “section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (U.S.C., title 41, sec. 5)” on authority of Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.

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16 U.S.C. § 961

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Apr 5, 2026

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