Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§2668a Disposition of Trust Funds Received From Foreign Governments for Citizens of United States
Title 22 › CHAPTER 38 — DEPARTMENT OF STATE › § 2668a
Summary
Money the State Department gets from foreign governments for U.S. citizens must be placed in the U.S. Treasury. The Secretary of State decides each person's share, sends a certificate to the Treasury, and the Treasury pays those amounts.
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Title 22, §2668a
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All moneys received by the Secretary of State from foreign governments and other sources, in trust for citizens of the United States or others, shall be deposited and covered into the Treasury. The Secretary of State shall determine the amounts due claimants, respectively, from each of such trust funds, and certify the same to the Secretary of the Treasury, who shall, upon the presentation of the certificates of the Secretary of State, pay the amounts so found to be due. Each of the trust funds covered into the Treasury as aforesaid is appropriated for the payment to the ascertained beneficiaries thereof of the certificates provided for in this section.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was formerly classified to section 547 of Title 31 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 31, Money and Finance, by Pub. L. 97–258, § 1, Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 877.
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22 U.S.C. § 2668a
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102