§ 277d-3. — Authorization for appropriations; activities for which available; contracts for excess amounts.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC277d-3]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
SUBCHAPTER IV--INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND WATER COMMISSION
Sec. 277d-3. Authorization for appropriations; activities for
which available; contracts for excess amounts
There are authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State
for the use of the Commission, out of any money in the Treasury not
otherwise appropriated, such sums as may be necessary to carry out the
provisions of the Treaty of February 3, 1944, and other treaties and
conventions between the United States of America and the United Mexican
States, under which the United States Section operates, and to discharge
the statutory functions and duties of the United States Section. Such
sums shall be available for construction, operation and maintenance of
stream gaging stations, and their equipment and sites therefor; personal
services and rent in the District of Columbia and elsewhere; services,
including those of attorneys and appraisers, in accordance with the
provisions of section 3109 of title 5, at rates for individuals not in
excess of the maximum daily rate for grade GS-15 of the General Schedule
and the United States Commissioner is authorized, notwithstanding the
provisions of any other Act, to employ as consultants by contract or
otherwise without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53
of title 5, and the civil-service laws and regulations, retired
personnel of the Armed Forces of the United States, who shall not be
required to revert to an active status; travel expense, including, in
the discretion of the Commissioner, expenses of attendance at meetings
of organizations concerned with the activities of the Commission which
may be necessary for the efficient discharge of the responsibilities of
the Commission; hire, with or without personal services, of work
animals, and animal-drawn, and motor-propelled (including passenger)
vehicles and aircraft and equipment; acquisition by donation, purchase,
or condemnation, of real and personal property, including expenses of
abstracts, certificates of title, and recording fees; purchase of ice
and drinking water; inspection of equipment, supplies and materials by
contract or otherwise; drilling and testing of foundations and dam
sites, by contract if deemed necessary; payment for official telephone
service in the field in case of official telephones installed in private
houses when authorized under regulations established by the
Commissioner; purchase of firearms and ammunition for guard purposes;
official entertainment and other representation expenses within the
United States for the United States section; and such other objects and
purposes as may be permitted by laws applicable, in whole or in part, to
the United States Section: Provided, That, when appropriations have been
made for the commencement or continuation of construction or operation
and maintenance of any such project, the United States Commissioner,
notwithstanding the provisions of sections 1341, 1342, and 1349 to 1351
and subchapter II of chapter 15 of title 31, and sections 11 and 12 of
title 41, or any other law, may enter into contracts beyond the amount
actually appropriated for so much of the work on any such authorized
project as the physical and orderly sequence of construction makes
necessary, such contracts to be subject to and dependent upon future
appropriations by Congress: Provided further, That the United States
Commissioner shall prepare, within 30 days after the end of each fiscal
year, a report of all expenditures during that year for official
entertainment and other representation expenses, which shall be
available for public inspection.
(Sept. 13, 1950, ch. 948, title I, Sec. 103, 64 Stat. 847; Pub. L. 88-
448, title IV, Sec. 402(a)(29), Aug. 19, 1964, 78 Stat. 494; Pub. L. 95-
105, title V, Sec. 514(c), Aug. 17, 1977, 91 Stat. 862; Pub. L. 102-138,
title I, Sec. 165, Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 676.)
References in Text
Grade GS-15, referred to in text, is contained in the General
Schedule which is set out under section 5332 of Title 5, Government
Organization and Employees.
The civil service laws, referred to in text, are set out in Title 5.
See, particularly, section 3301 et seq. of Title 5.
Codification
``Section 3109 of title 5'' and ``chapter 51 and subchapter III of
chapter 53 of title 5'' substituted in text for ``section 15 of the Act
of August 2, 1946 (5 U.S.C. sec. 55a)'' and ``the Classification Act of
1949, as amended'', respectively, on authority of Pub. L. 89-554,
Sec. 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which
enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
``Sections 1341, 1342, and 1349 to 1351 and subchapter II of chapter
15 of title 31'' substituted in text for reference to section 3679 of
the Revised Statutes [31 U.S.C. 665] on authority of Pub. L. 97-258,
Sec. 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, the first section of which
enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.
Amendments
1991--Pub. L. 102-138 inserted ``official entertainment and other
representation expenses within the United States for the United States
section;'' after ``guard purposes;'' and concluding provision that the
United States Commissioner prepare, within 30 days after the end of each
fiscal year, a report of all expenditures during that year for official
entertainment and other representation expenses, with such report to be
available for public inspection.
1977--Pub. L. 95-105 substituted ``the maximum daily rate for grade
GS-15 of the General Schedule'' for ``$100 per diem''.
1964--Pub. L. 88-448 struck out provisions which permitted retired
personnel of the Armed Forces of the United States employed by the
Commission to receive as compensation for temporary service, the
difference between the rates of pay established therefor and their
retired pay during the period or periods of their temporary employment.
Effective Date of 1977 Amendment
Section 514(d) of Pub. L. 95-105 provided that: ``The amendments
made by this section [amending this section and sections 277d-28 and
277d-31 of this title] shall take effect on October 1, 1977.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 277d-5, 277d-25 of this
title.
