22 USC § 1896a - Restriction on commitments for technical assistance

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s1896a"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 1896a - Restriction on commitments for technical assistance"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "1896a"
section_name: "Restriction on commitments for technical assistance"
chapter_number: 24
chapter_name: "MUTUAL SECURITY PROGRAM"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE"
part_number: "C"
part_name: "Technical Cooperation"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1262, § 101, 68 Stat. 1221.)"
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# § 1896a. Restriction on commitments for technical assistance

No commitment for the calendar year 1955 or thereafter, with respect to contributions to the United Nations expanded program of technical assistance, shall be pledged on behalf of the United States until the Congress appropriates for said purpose.

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**Source Credit**: (Sept. 3, 1954, ch. 1262, § 101, 68 Stat. 1221.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was enacted as a part of section 101 of the Mutual Security Appropriation Act, 1955. No other part of section 101 of the Mutual Security Appropriation Act, 1955, was classified to the Code.