# § 290b. Authorization of appropriations; payment of salaries and expenses
There are hereby authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State for contribution to the working capital fund of the organization the sum of $560,000 and as annual appropriations the following:
**(a)** 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 Health Assembly in accordance with article 56 of the constitution of the Organization, except that payments by the United States for any fiscal year of the Organization after 1958 shall not exceed 33⅓ per centum of the total assessments of active members of the Organization for such fiscal year; and
**(b)** such additional sums, not to exceed $83,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1947, as may be necessary to pay the expenses incident to participation by the United States in the activities of the Organization, including—
**(1)** salaries of the representative and alternate provided for in section 290a of this title, and appropriate staff, 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; services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5; under such rules and regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe, allowances for living quarters, including heat, fuel, and light and cost of living allowances to persons temporarily stationed abroad; printing and binding without regard to section 501 of title 44 and section 6101 of title 41; and
**(2)** such other expenses as the Secretary of State deems 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 paragraph.
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**Source Credit**: (June 14, 1948, ch. 469, § 3, 62 Stat. 441; Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, title II, § 202(2), title XI, § 1106(a), 63 Stat. 954, 972; Sept. 21, 1950, ch. 976, § 1(d), 64 Stat. 902; Aug. 26, 1954, ch. 937, title IV, § 419, as added July 8, 1955, ch. 301, § 8(j), 69 Stat. 288.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
Subchapter XVII [§ 287m et seq.] of this chapter, referred to in subsec. (b)(2), was in the original a reference to the Act of , Public Law 565, Seventy-ninth Congress.
### Codification
In subsec. (b)(1), “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)(1), “” substituted for “ (),” on authority of , , , which Act enacted Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.
In subsec. (b)(1), “” substituted for “section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended” on authority of , , , which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.
### Amendments
1955—Subsec. (a). Act , removed limitation of $3,000,000 which may be appropriated annually, and limited payments by United States to not more than 33⅓ per centum of total assessments.
1950—Opening par. amended by Joint Res. , § 1(d)(1), to provide for a contribution of $560,000 to working capital fund.
Subsec. (a). Joint Res. , § 1(d)(2), increased authorized annual appropriation from $1,920,000 to $3,000,000.
1949—Subsec. (b)(1). Act , substituted “Classification Act of 1949” for “Classification Act of 1923”.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Repeals
, , , repealed section 419 of act , cited as a credit to this section, except insofar as section 419 affected this section.
, 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 .
### Limitation of Contributions
Contributions by United States, except for special projects, limited to amount provided by Joint Res. ; consent by State Department and reports to Congress, see .