22 USC 2706 - Reprograming of funds; notice requirements

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§ 2706. Reprograming of funds; notice requirements

(a) In general

Unless the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate are notified fifteen days in advance of the proposed reprograming, funds appropriated for the Department of State shall not be available for obligation or expenditure through any reprograming o

(1) which creates new programs;

(2) which eliminates a program, project, or activity;

(3) which increases funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Congress;

(4) which relocates an office or employees;

(5) which reorganizes offices, programs, or activities;

(6) which involves contracting out functions which had been performed by Federal employees; or

(7) which involves a reprograming in excess of $1,000,000 or 10 per centum, whichever is less, and which (A) augments existing programs, projects, or activities, (B) reduces by 10 per centum or more the funding for any existing program, project, activity, or personnel approved by the Congress, or (C) results from any general savings from a reduction in personnel which would result in a change in existing programs, activities, or projects approved by the Congress.

(b) Final 15 days in which funds available

(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 34, as added Pub. L. 98–164, title I, § 123, Nov. 22, 1983, 97 Stat. 1025; amended Pub. L. 100–204, title I, § 121, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1339; Pub. L. 102–138, title I, § 117(b), Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 657; Pub. L. 103–236, title I, § 122(c), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 392; Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. B, title XXII, § 2243, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–823.)