§2695 Administrative Services

Summary

Federal agencies that handle foreign affairs (for example, the Department of State, the Broadcasting Board of Governors, and the Agency for International Development) can agree to combine shared administrative work. With approval from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the agencies’ leaders may move the needed staff, functions, property, records, and funds so one agency performs those services for the group. The agreement must say how the agency getting the service will pay the agency doing the work, and payments should roughly match the cost of the services. Agencies using State’s services must pay promptly by advance or reimbursement. The Secretary of State will send bills. If a bill is unpaid 90 days after billing, the Secretary will warn the agency and say services will be cut off if full payment is not made within 180 days after that warning. Any costs from stopping services are charged to the agency. The Secretary may delay stopping services for up to one year (and renew that delay) when those services are needed to protect life or U.S. government property.