22 USC § 2402 - Saving provisions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s2402"
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title: "22 USC § 2402 - Saving provisions"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "2402"
section_name: "Saving provisions"
chapter_number: 32
chapter_name: "FOREIGN ASSISTANCE"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "Miscellaneous Provisions"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 87–195, pt. III, § 643, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 460; Pub. L. 87–565, pt. III, § 303(a), Aug. 1, 1962, 76 Stat. 263; Pub. L. 91–175, pt. III, § 308, Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 821.)"
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# § 2402. Saving provisions

**(a)** **Determinations, authorizations, regulations, orders, contracts, agreements, etc., under prior law** Except as may be expressly provided to the contrary in this chapter, all determinations, authorizations, regulations, orders, contracts, agreements, and other actions issued, undertaken, or entered into under authority of any provision of law repealed by section 642(a) and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969 shall continue in full force and effect until modified by appropriate authority.

**(b)** **Compliance with similar provisions of prior law as compliance with this chapter** Wherever provisions of this chapter establish conditions which must be complied with before use may be made of authority contained in, or funds authorized by, this chapter, compliance with, or satisfaction of, substantially similar conditions under Acts listed in section 642(a) and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969 or Acts repealed by those Acts shall be deemed to constitute compliance with the conditions established by this chapter.

**(c)** **Continued availability of funds appropriated pursuant to prior law** Funds made available pursuant to provisions of law repealed by section 642(a)(2) and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1969 shall, unless otherwise authorized or provided by law, remain available for their original purposes in accordance with the provisions of law originally applicable thereto, or in accordance with the provisions of law currently applicable to those purposes.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 87–195, pt. III, § 643, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 460; Pub. L. 87–565, pt. III, § 303(a), Aug. 1, 1962, 76 Stat. 263; Pub. L. 91–175, pt. III, § 308, Dec. 30, 1969, 83 Stat. 821.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), was in the original “this Act”, meaning , , , known as the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

Section 642(a), referred to in text, means , which is set out as a note under .

The Foreign Assistance Act of 1969, referred to in subsecs. (a) to (c), is , , . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.

### Amendments

1969—Subsec. (a).  inserted “and Foreign Assistance Act of 1969” after “section 642(a),” and “section 642(a)(2)”.

1962—Subsec. (d).  repealed subsec. (d) which provided that nothing in the chapter was to affect the Peace Corps pending enactment of the Peace Corps Act or adjournment of the first session of the 87th Congress, whichever was earlier.