Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§4416 Retention of Interest
Title 22 › CHAPTER 54 — PRIVATE ORGANIZATION ASSISTANCE › SUBCHAPTER II — NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR DEMOCRACY › § 4416
Summary
Despite other laws, if National Endowment for Democracy approves, grantees may put funds in interest accounts and use earned interest for the grant, without returning it to Treasury.
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Title 22, §4416
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law, with the approval of the National Endowment for Democracy, grant funds made available by the National Endowment for Democracy may be deposited in interest-bearing accounts pending disbursement, and any interest which accrues may be retained by the grantee without returning such interest to the Treasury of the United States and interest earned may be obligated and expended for the purposes for which the grant was made without further appropriation.
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Editorial Notes
Codification Section was enacted as part of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1998 and 1999, and also as part of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998 and the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999, and not as part of the National Endowment for Democracy Act which comprises this subchapter.
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22 U.S.C. § 4416
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102