Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§1477 Transfer of Funds
Title 22 › CHAPTER 18 — UNITED STATES INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS › SUBCHAPTER VIII — APPROPRIATIONS AND OTHER FUNDS › § 1477
Summary
The Secretary must allow the Department to transfer its appropriated money to other federal agencies for use in the United States or in other countries to advance the chapter's goals. Transfers can be for direct spending or as a working fund. The agency that gets the money may spend it under this chapter's authority or under its own rules, but only for activities that fit the chapter.
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Title 22, §1477
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The Secretary shall authorize the transfer to other Government agencies for expenditure in the United States and in other countries, in order to carry out the purposes of this chapter, any part of any appropriations available to the Department for carrying out the purposes of this chapter, for direct expenditure or as a working fund, and any such expenditures may be made under the specific authority contained in this chapter or under the authority governing the activities of the Government agency to which a part of any such appropriation is transferred, provided the activities come within the scope of this chapter.
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22 U.S.C. § 1477
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102