Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60
§2407 Special Authorization for Use of Foreign Currencies
Title 22 › Chapter 32— FOREIGN ASSISTANCE › Subchapter III— GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › Part III— Miscellaneous Provisions › § 2407
Summary
The President may use U.S. foreign currency, subject to section 1306 of title 31, as goodwill to repair and maintain cemeteries in Italy for Polish war dead killed in combat there during World War II, on terms he sets.
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Title 22, §2407
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Subject to the provisions of section 1306 of title 31, the President is authorized, as a demonstration of good will on the part of the people of the United States for the Polish and Italian people, to use foreign currencies accruing to the United States Government under this chapter or any other Act, for assistance on such terms and conditions as he may specify, in the repair, rehabilitation, improvement, and maintenance of cemeteries in Italy serving as the burial place of members of the armed forces of Poland who died in combat in Italy during World War II.
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This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 87–195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 424, known as the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
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note set out under section 2151 of this title and Tables. Codification “Section 1306 of title 31” substituted in text for “section 1415 of the Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1953, [31 U.S.C. 724]” on authority of Pub. L. 97–258, § 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.
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Delegation of Functions For delegation of functions of President under this section, see Ex. Ord. No. 12163, Sept. 29, 1979, 44 F.R. 56673, as amended, set out as a note under section 2381 of this title.
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22 U.S.C. § 2407
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
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