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Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102

§289c Transfer of Funds; Furnishing Supplies and Services; Accounting for Reimbursements

Title 22 › CHAPTER 7 — INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC. › SUBCHAPTER XIX — INTERNATIONAL REFUGEE ORGANIZATION › § 289c

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Funds from the appropriation under subsection (a) of section 289b can be moved to any federal department, agency, or independent establishment and used under that unit’s normal spending rules. The rules in 31 U.S.C. 3324(a) and (b) and 41 U.S.C. 6101 do not apply. If the Organization asks, those federal entities may provide or buy and provide supplies and services when they get advances or reimbursements. When reimbursed, the money can be put back into the account used or into another appropriate current account, at the agency’s choice.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §289c

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(a)Sums from the appropriations made pursuant to subsection (a) of section 289b of this title may be transferred to any department, agency, or independent establishment of the Government to carry out the purposes of such subsection, and such sums shall be available for obligation and expenditure in accordance with the laws governing obligations and expenditures of the department, agency, independent establishment, or organizational unit thereof concerned, and without regard to section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31 and section 6101 of title 41.
(b)Upon request of the Organization, any department, agency, or independent establishment of the Government (upon receipt of advancements or reimbursements for the cost and necessary expenses) may furnish supplies, or if advancements are made may procure and furnish supplies, and may furnish or procure and furnish services, to the Organization. When reimbursement is made it shall be credited, at the option of the department, agency, or independent establishment concerned, either to the appropriation, fund, or account utilized in incurring the obligation, or to an appropriate appropriation fund, or account which is current at the time of such reimbursement.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification In subsec. (a), “section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31 and section 6101 of title 41” substituted for “section 3709 and 3648 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (U.S.C., 1940 edition, title 41, sec. 5, and title 31, sec. 529)” on authority of Pub. L. 97–258, § 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, which Act enacted Title 31, Money and Finance, and Pub. L. 111–350, § 6(c), Jan. 4, 2011, 124 Stat. 3854, which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.

Amendments

1966—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 89–554 struck out proviso which excepted certain personnel from the ceiling imposed by section 947 of former title 5.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

22 U.S.C. § 289c

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102