§ 287q. — General and special conferences; expenses; acceptance of services and gifts or bequests of money or materials.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC287q]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
SUBCHAPTER XVII--UNITED NATIONS EDUCATIONAL, SCIENTIFIC, AND CULTURAL
ORGANIZATION
Sec. 287q. General and special conferences; expenses; acceptance
of services and gifts or bequests of money or materials
The National Commission shall call general conferences for the
discussion of matters relating to the activities of the Organization, to
which conferences organized bodies actively interested in such matters
shall be invited to send representatives: Provided, however, That the
travel and maintenance of such representation shall be without expense
to the Government. Such general conferences shall be held annually or
biennially, as the National Commission may determine, and in such places
as it may designate. They shall be attended so far as possible by the
members of the National Commission and by the delegates of the United
States to the General Conference of the Organization. The National
Commission is further authorized to call special conferences of experts
for the consideration of specific matters relating to the Organization
by persons of specialized competences. The Department of State may pay
their transportation and other expenses as authorized by section 5703 of
title 5, for the period of actual attendance and of necessary travel.
The National Commission is further authorized to receive and accept
services and gifts or bequests of money or materials to carry out any of
the educational, scientific, or cultural purposes of the National
Commission as set forth in this subchapter and in the constitution of
the Organization. Any money so received shall be held by the Secretary
of State and shall be subject to disbursement through the disbursement
facilities of the Treasury Department as the terms of the gift or
bequest may require and shall remain available for expenditure by grant
or otherwise until expended: Provided, That no such gift or bequest may
be accepted or disbursed if the terms thereof are inconsistent with the
purposes of the National Commission as set forth in this subchapter and
in the constitution of the Organization. Gifts or bequests provided for
herein shall, for the purposes of Federal income, estate, and gift
taxes, be deemed to be a gift to or for the United States. The National
Commission and Secretary of State shall submit to Congress annual
reports of receipts and expenditures of funds and bequests received and
disbursed pursuant to the provisions of this section.
(July 30, 1946, ch. 700, Sec. 5, 60 Stat. 713; Pub. L. 85-477, ch. V,
Sec. 502(e), June 30, 1958, 72 Stat. 273; Pub. L. 87-139, Sec. 10, Aug.
14, 1961, 75 Stat. 341; Pub. L. 98-164, title I, Sec. 106(a), Nov. 22,
1983, 97 Stat. 1018.)
Repeal of Reporting Requirements
Pub. L. 89-348, Sec. 1(21), Nov. 8, 1965, 79 Stat. 1311,
repealed provisions of this section which required an annual report
to the Congress by the National Commission on Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural Cooperation and the Secretary of State of
the receipts and expenditures of funds and bequests received and
disbursed in connection with the United Nations Educational,
Scientific, and Cultural Organization.
References in Text
The constitution of the Organization, referred to in text, is the
Constitution of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural
Organization, which is set out as a note under section 287m of this
title.
Codification
``Section 5703 of title 5'' substituted in text for ``section 5 of
the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended (5 U.S.C. 73b-2)''
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.
Amendments
1983--Pub. L. 98-164 struck out provision prohibiting acceptance of
gifts or bequests aggregating more than $200,000 in any year.
1961--Pub. L. 87-139 substituted provisions authorizing payment of
transportation and other expenses of attending experts as authorized by
section 5703 of title 5, for provisions which allowed the experts $10
per diem plus actual transportation expenses.
1958--Pub. L. 85-477 authorized the National Commission to receive
and accept services and gifts or bequests of money or materials.
