Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§1479 Advancement of Funds, Property, or Services by Foreign Governments; Disposition; Availability; Return of Unexpended Balances or Property

Title 22 › Chapter 18— UNITED STATES INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS › Subchapter VIII— APPROPRIATIONS AND OTHER FUNDS › § 1479

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Lets the Secretary accept money, property, or services from another government to pay for a specific part of a program under this chapter when the Secretary finds it is in the public interest. Accepted funds can go into a special Treasury account for that purpose and used to repay government spending or to pay expenses directly under the chapter’s rules. Any unspent money or unneeded property must be returned to the government that provided them.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §1479

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If any other government shall express the desire to provide funds, property, or services to be used by this Government, in whole or in part, for the expenses of any specific part of the program undertaken pursuant to this chapter, the Secretary is authorized, when he finds it in the public interest, to accept such funds, property, or services. Funds so received may be established as a special deposit account in the Treasury of the United States, to be available for the specified purpose, and to be used for reimbursement of appropriations or direct expenditure, subject to the provisions of this chapter. Any unexpended balance of the special deposit account and other property received under this section and no longer required for the purposes for which provided shall be returned to the government providing the funds or property.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 1479

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60