# § 280k. Authorization of appropriations
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated—
**(a)** Such sums as may be necessary for the payment by the United States of its proportionate share of the expenses of the Pan American Railway Congress and its Permanent Commission; and
**(b)** Such additional sums as may be needed for the payment of all necessary expenses incident to participation by the United States in the activities thereof, including expenses of the United States delegates, their alternates, and appropriate staff, without regard to the civil-service laws and chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5; personal services in the District of Columbia; services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5; hire of passenger motor vehicles and other local transportation; printing and binding without regard to section 501 of title 44 and section 6101 of title 41; and such other expenses as the Secretary of State finds necessary to participation by the United States in the activities of the organization: *Provided*, That the provisions of section 287r of this title, and regulations thereunder, applicable to expenses incurred pursuant to subchapter XVII of this chapter shall be applicable to any expenses incurred pursuant to this subsection.
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**Source Credit**: (June 28, 1948, ch. 686, § 2, 62 Stat. 1060; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, title II, § 202(2), title XI, § 1106(a), 63 Stat. 954, 972; Pub. L. 91–553, Dec. 16, 1970, 84 Stat. 1441; Pub. L. 97–241, title I, § 115, Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 278.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
Subchapter XVII [§ 287m et seq.] of this chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original a reference to the Act of (Public Law 565, Seventy-ninth Congress).
### Codification
In subsec. (b), “chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5” and “” substituted for “the Classification Act of 1949” and “section 15 of Public Law 600, Seventy-ninth Congress []”, respectively, on authority of , , , which Act enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
In subsec. (b), “” substituted for “ (),” on authority of , , , which enacted Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.
In subsec. (b), “” substituted for “section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended” on authority of , , , which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.
### Amendments
1982—Subsec. (a). substituted “Such sums as may be necessary” for “Not more than $15,000 annually”.
1970—Subsec. (a). increased annual authorization from $5,000 to $15,000.
1949—Subsec. (b). Act , substituted “Classification Act of 1949” for “Classification Act of 1923”.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Repeals
, cited as a credit to this section, was repealed (subject to a savings clause) by , , § 8, , 655.
### Annual Appropriations
Annual appropriations to meet the obligations of membership in various international organizations were contained in acts listed in a note set out under .