Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§2692 Compensation for Persons Participating in State Department Proceedings; Availability of Funds
Title 22 › CHAPTER 38 — DEPARTMENT OF STATE › § 2692
Summary
The Secretary may pay costs for a person or organization to join State Department proceedings, advisory committees, or delegations if they would not be adequately represented and cannot afford to join. Payments must follow rules the Secretary makes and may use up to $250,000 per fiscal year from the Department’s salaries-and-expenses funds.
Full Legal Text
Title 22, §2692
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(a)The Secretary of State may compensate, pursuant to regulations which he shall prescribe, for the cost of participating in any proceeding or on any advisory committee or delegation of the Department of State, any organization or person—
(1)who is representing an interest which would not otherwise be adequately represented and whose participation is necessary for a fair determination of the issues taken as a whole; and
(2)who would otherwise be unable to participate in such proceeding or on such committee or delegation because such organization or person cannot afford to pay the costs of such participation.
(b)Of the funds appropriated for salaries and expenses for the Department of State, not to exceed $250,000 shall be available in any fiscal year for compensation under this section to such organizations and persons.
Legislative History
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Pub. L. 95–105, title I, § 113(b), Aug. 17, 1977, 91 Stat. 849, provided that: “Subsection (a) [enacting this section] shall become effective on October 1, 1977.”
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22 U.S.C. § 2692
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102