§ 2514. — Use of funds.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC2514]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 34--THE PEACE CORPS
Sec. 2514. Use of funds
(a) Administrative and other expenses
Funds made available for the purposes of this chapter may be used
for compensation, allowances and travel of employees, including members
of the Foreign Service whose services are utilized primarily for the
purposes of this chapter, for printing and binding without regard to the
provisions of any other law, and for expenditures outside the United
States for the procurement of supplies and services and for other
administrative and operating purposes (other than compensation of
employees) without regard to such laws and regulations governing the
obligation and expenditure of Government funds as may be necessary to
accomplish the purposes of this chapter.
(b) Travel expenses abroad; transportation of personal effects,
household goods and automobiles; storage
Funds made available for the purposes of this chapter may be used to
pay expenses in connection with travel abroad of employees and, to the
extent otherwise authorized by this chapter, of volunteers, including
travel expenses of dependents (including expenses during necessary
stopovers while engaged in such travel), and transportation of personal
effects, household goods, and automobiles when any part of such travel
or transportation begins in one fiscal year pursuant to travel orders
issued in that fiscal year, notwithstanding the fact that such travel or
transportation may not be completed during the same fiscal year, and
cost of transporting to and from a place of storage, and the cost of
storing automobiles of employees when it is in the public interest or
more economical to authorize storage.
(c) Costs of training personnel employed or assigned overseas
Funds available under this chapter may be used to pay costs of
training employees employed or assigned pursuant to section 2506(a)(2)
of this title (through interchange or otherwise) at any State or local
unit of government, public or private nonprofit institution, trade,
labor, agricultural, or scientific association or organization, or
commercial firm; and the provisions of subchapter VI of chapter 33 of
title 5 may be used to carry out the foregoing authority notwithstanding
that interchange of personnel may not be involved or that the training
may not take place at the institutions specified in that Act.\1\ Any
payments or contributions in connection therewith may, as deemed
appropriate by the head of the agency of the United States Government
authorizing such training, be made by private or public sources and be
accepted by any trainee, or may be accepted by and credited to the
current applicable appropriation of such agency: Provided, however, That
any such payments to an employee in the nature of compensation shall be
in lieu, or in reduction, of compensation received from the United
States Government.
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\1\ So in original. Probably should be ``that subchapter.''
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(d) Payment of expenses
Funds available for the purposes of this chapter shall be available
for--
(1) rent of buildings and space in buildings in the United
States, and for repair, alteration, and improvement of such leased
properties;
(2) expenses of attendance at meetings concerned with the
purposes of this chapter, including (notwithstanding the provisions
of section 1346 of title 31) expenses in connection with meetings of
persons whose employment is authorized by section 2512(a) of this
title;
(3) rental and hire of aircraft;
(4) purchase and hire of passenger motor vehicles: Provided,
That, except as may otherwise be provided in an appropriation or
other Act, passenger motor vehicles for administrative purposes
abroad may be purchased for replacement only, and such vehicles may
be exchanged or sold and replaced by an equal number of such
vehicles, and the cost, including exchange allowance, of each such
replacement shall not exceed the applicable cost limitation
described in section 2396(a)(5) of this title in the case of an
automobile for any Peace Corps country representative appointed
under section 2506(c) of this title: Provided further, That the
provisions of section 1343 of title 31 shall not apply to the
purchase of vehicles for the transportation, maintenance, or direct
support of volunteers overseas: Provided further, That passenger
motor vehicles may be purchased for use in the United States only as
may be specifically provided in an appropriation or other Act;
(5) entertainment (not to exceed $5,000 in any fiscal year
except as may otherwise be provided in an appropriation or other
Act);
(6) exchange of funds and loss by exchange;
(7) expenditures (not to exceed $20,000 in any fiscal year
except as may be otherwise provided in an appropriation or other
Act) not otherwise authorized by law to meet unforeseen emergencies
or contingencies arising in the Peace Corps: Provided, That a
certificate of the amount only of each such expenditure and that
such expenditure was necessary to meet an unforeseen emergency or
contingency, made by the Director of the Peace Corps or his
designee, shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the amount
therein specified;
(8) insurance of official motor vehicles acquired for use
abroad;
(9) rent or lease abroad for not to exceed five years of
offices, health facilities, buildings, grounds, and living quarters,
and payments therefor in advance; maintenance, furnishings,
necessary repairs, improvements, and alterations to properties owned
or rented by the United States Government or made available for its
use abroad; and costs of fuel, water, and utilities for such
properties;
(10) expenses of preparing and transporting to their former
homes, or, with respect to foreign participants engaged in
activities under this chapter, to their former homes or places of
burial, and of care and disposition of, the remains of persons or
members of the families of persons who may die while such persons
are away from their homes participating in activities under this
chapter;
(11) use in accordance with authorities of the Foreign Service
Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.), not otherwise provided for;
(12) ice and drinking water for use abroad; and
(13) the transportation of Peace Corps employees, Peace Corps
volunteers, dependents of such employees and volunteers, and
accompanying baggage, by a foreign air carrier when the
transportation is between two places outside the United States
without regard to section 40118 of title 49.
(Pub. L. 87-293, title I, Sec. 15, Sept. 22, 1961, 75 Stat. 621; Pub. L.
89-134, Sec. 7, Aug. 24, 1965, 79 Stat. 551; Pub. L. 89-572, Sec. 3,
Sept. 13, 1966, 80 Stat. 765; Pub. L. 96-465, title II, Sec. 2202(e),
Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2158; Pub. L. 96-533, title VI, Sec. 601(c),
Dec. 16, 1980, 94 Stat. 3155; Pub. L. 100-202, Sec. 101(e) [title II,
Sec. 201], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329-131, 1329-145; Pub. L. 106-30,
Sec. 2(a), (b)(5)-(8), May 21, 1999, 113 Stat. 55, 56.)
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ``this Act'',
meaning Pub. L. 87-293, Sept. 22, 1961, 75 Stat. 612, as amended, known
as the Peace Corps Act. For complete classification of this Act to the
Code, see Short Title note set out under section 2501 of this title and
Tables.
The Foreign Service Act of 1980, referred to in subsec. (d)(11), is
Pub. L. 96-465, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2071, as amended, which is
classified principally to chapter 52 (Sec. 3901 et seq.) of this title.
For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title
note set out under section 3901 of this title and Tables.
Amendments
1999--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 106-30, Sec. 2(b)(5), substituted
``subchapter VI of chapter 33 of title 5'' for ``sections 1881 to 1888
of title 7''.
Subsec. (d)(2). Pub. L. 106-30, Sec. 2(b)(6), substituted ``section
1346 of title 31'' for ``section 9 of Public Law 60-328 (31 U.S.C.
673)''.
Subsec. (d)(6). Pub. L. 106-30, Sec. 2(b)(7), struck out ``without
regard to section 3561 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 543)'' after
``exchange of funds''.
Subsec. (d)(11). Pub. L. 106-30, Sec. 2(b)(8), substituted ``Foreign
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.)'' for ``Foreign Service Act
of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 801 et seq.)''.
Subsec. (d)(13). Pub. L. 106-30, Sec. 2(a), added par. (13).
1987--Subsec. (d)(4). Pub. L. 100-202 substituted ``the applicable
cost limitation described in section 2396(a)(5) of this title'' for
``$2,500'' and inserted proviso that section 1343 of title 31 not apply
to the purchase of vehicles for the transportation, maintenance, or
direct support of volunteers overseas.
1980--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 96-465 substituted ``members of the
Foreign Service'' for ``Foreign Service personnel''.
Subsec. (d)(7). Pub. L. 96-533 increased to $20,000 from $5,000
fiscal year expenditures limitation.
1966--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 89-572, Sec. 3(a), substituted
``2506(a)(2)'' for ``2506(c)(2)''.
Subsec. (d)(4). Pub. L. 89-572, Sec. 3(b), substituted ``2506(c)''
for ``2506(e)''.
1965--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 89-134 struck out provision that training
not be considered employment or holding of office under section 2 of the
Act of July 31, 1894, as amended (5 U.S.C. 62).
Effective Date of 1980 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 96-465 effective Feb. 15, 1981, except as
otherwise provided, see section 2403 of Pub. L. 96-465, set out as an
Effective Date note under section 3901 of this title.
