§2394–1 Notification of Program Changes

Summary

Most money under this chapter and money under the Arms Export Control Act cannot be spent on activities, projects, types of equipment, countries, or operations that were not justified to Congress, or in larger amounts than were justified, unless the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and the Appropriations Committees of both Houses are told 15 days before the money is obligated. If a change (reprogramming) is over $1,000,000 and makes a country’s total for the year more than $5,000,000 above the amount in the required report, the notice must explain what the money would be used for and, if possible, which country would be affected. The 15‑day notice rule does not apply to certain small or routine moves of funds: moves under one part of the chapter that do not raise funding for an activity by more than 10 percent, or moves under two other parts for less than $25,000 for a country already approved for that part. The President must also give the chairmen of the Senate Foreign Relations and House Foreign Affairs Committees the same notices about reprogrammings in the International Affairs budget that the Appropriations Committees get.