Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60
§501 Utilization of Services of Government Agencies to Promote Inter-american Relations
Title 22 › Chapter 10— HEMISPHERAL RELATIONS › Subchapter I— GENERALLY › § 501
Summary
The President may use federal departments, agencies, and independent establishments to make relations among the American republics closer and more effective. This is to carry out the cooperative agreements made by all twenty-one American republics at the Inter‑American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace (Buenos Aires, 1936) and the Eighth International Conference of American States (Lima, 1938), if funds are provided for that purpose.
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Title 22, §501
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In order to render closer and more effective the relationship between the American republics the President of the United States is authorized, subject to such appropriations as are made available for the purpose, to utilize the services of the departments, agencies, and independent establishments of the Government in carrying out the reciprocal undertakings and cooperative purposes enunciated in the treaties, resolutions, declarations, and recommendations signed by all of the twenty-one American republics at the Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace held at Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1936, and at the Eighth International Conference of American States held at Lima, Peru, in 1938.
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22 U.S.C. § 501
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60