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(July 30, 1946, ch. 700, §4, 60 Stat. 713.)

§ 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, §5, 60 Stat. 713; Pub. L.

85–477, ch. V, §502(e), June 30, 1958, 72 Stat. 273;

Pub. L. 87–139, §10, Aug. 14, 1961, 75 Stat. 341;

Pub. L. 98–164, title I, §106(a), Nov. 22, 1983, 97

Stat. 1018.)

REPEAL OF REPORTING REQUIREMENTS

Pub. L. 89–348, §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, §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.

§ 287r. Authorization of appropriations; payment

of expenses

There is hereby authorized to be appropriated

annually to the Department of State, out of any

money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated such sums as may be necessary for the

payment by the United States of its share of the

expenses of the Organization as apportioned by

the General Conference of the Organization in

accordance with article IX of the constitution of

the Organization, and such additional sums as

may be necessary to pay the expenses of participation by the United States in the activities of

the Organization, including: (a) salaries of the

representatives provided for in section 287n of

this title, of their appropriate staffs, and of

members of the secretariat of the National Commission provided for in section 287o of this title,

including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, without regard to the

civil-service laws and chapter 51 and subchapter

III of chapter 53 of title 5; (b) travel expenses

without regard to the Standardized Government

Travel Regulations, as amended, the Subsistence Expense Act of 1926, as amended, and section 5731 of title 5, and, under such rules and

regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe, travel expenses of families and transportation of effects of United States representatives and other personnel in going to and returning from their post of duty; (c) allowances for

living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light,

as authorized by section 5912 of title 5; (d) cost

of living allowances under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe,

including allowances to persons temporarily stationed abroad; (e) communication services; (f)

stenographic reporting, translating, and other

services, by contract, if deemed necessary, without regard to section 5 of title 41; (g) local transportation; (h) equipment; (i) transportation of

things; (j) rent of offices; (k) printing and binding without regard to section 501 of title 44 and

section 5 of title 41; (l) official entertainment;

(m) stationery; (n) purchase of newspapers, periodicals, books, and documents; and (o) such