Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§6917 Appropriations for the Commission

Title 22 › Chapter 77— UNITED STATES-CHINA RELATIONS › Subchapter II— CONGRESSIONAL-EXECUTIVE COMMISSION ON THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA › § 6917

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Commission may get whatever money it needs starting in fiscal year 2001 and in each year after that. That money stays available until it is spent. Payments from the Commission’s funds must be approved either by the Chairman and the Cochairman together or by a majority of the members of the personnel and administration committee created under section 6918. Either the Chairman or the Cochairman can approve official foreign travel for the Commission’s members and staff.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §6917

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(a)(1)There are authorized to be appropriated to the Commission for fiscal year 2001, and each fiscal year thereafter, such sums as may be necessary to enable it to carry out its functions. Appropriations to the Commission are authorized to remain available until expended.

(2)Appropriations to the Commission shall be disbursed on vouchers approved—

(A)jointly by the Chairman and the Cochairman; or

(B)by a majority of the members of the personnel and administration committee established pursuant to section 6918 of this title.

(b)Foreign travel for official purposes by members and staff of the Commission may be authorized by either the Chairman or the Cochairman.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 6917

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60