# § 2427. Operating expenses
**(a)** **Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated to the President, in addition to funds otherwise available for such purposes—
**(1)** $387,000,000 for fiscal year 1986 and $387,000,000 for fiscal year 1987 for necessary operating expenses of the agency primarily responsible for administering subchapter I of this chapter, of which $21,750,000 for the fiscal year 1987 is authorized for the necessary operating expenses of the Office of the Inspector General of the Agency for International Development and the remaining amount for the fiscal year is authorized for other necessary operating expenses of that agency; and
**(2)** such amounts as may be necessary for increases in salary, pay, retirement, and other employee benefits authorized by law, and for other nondiscretionary costs of such agency.
**(b)** **Continuing availability of funds** Amounts appropriated under this section are authorized to remain available until expended.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 87–195, pt. III, § 667, as added Pub. L. 94–161, title III, § 319, Dec. 20, 1975, 89 Stat. 868; amended Pub. L. 95–88, title I, § 129(a), Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 543; Pub. L. 95–424, title V, § 506, Oct. 6, 1978, 92 Stat. 960; Pub. L. 96–53, title I, § 120, Aug. 14, 1979, 93 Stat. 365; Pub. L. 96–533, title VII, § 709, Dec. 16, 1980, 94 Stat. 3159; Pub. L. 97–113, title VII, § 706, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1545; Pub. L. 99–83, title IV, § 406, Aug. 8, 1985, 99 Stat. 219; Pub. L. 99–529, title IV, § 402, Oct. 24, 1986, 100 Stat. 3019.)
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
1986—Subsec. (a)(1). inserted “, of which $21,750,000 for the fiscal year 1987 is authorized for the necessary operating expenses of the Office of the Inspector General of the Agency for International Development and the remaining amount for the fiscal year is authorized for other necessary operating expenses of that agency”.
1985—Subsec. (a)(1). amended par. (1) generally, substituting provisions authorizing appropriations of $387,000,000 for fiscal years 1986 and 1987, for provisions authorizing appropriations of $335,600,000 for fiscal years 1982 and 1983.
1981—Subsec. (a). struck out from provision preceding par. (1) “, for the fiscal year 1981” after “for such purposes” and substituted in par. (1) “$335,600,000 for the fiscal year 1982 and $335,600,000 for the fiscal year 1983” for “$293,800,000”.
1980—Subsec. (a). substituted in provisions preceding par. (1) “1981” for “1980” and in par. (1) “$293,800,000” for “$263,000,000”.
1979—Subsec. (a). substituted in provisions preceding par. (1) “1980” for “1979” and in par. (1) “$263,000,000” for “$261,000,000”.
1978—Subsec. (a). substituted in provisions preceding par. (1) “1979” for “1978” and in par. (1) “$261,000,000” for “$220,200,000”.
1977— substituted provisions authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 1978 for provisions stating that nothing in this chapter was intended to preclude the Committees on Appropriations from setting a ceiling on operating expenses of the agency primarily responsible for administering subchapter I of this chapter or limiting the availability of other sums therefor.
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### References to Subchapter I Deemed To Include Certain Parts of Subchapter II
References to subchapter I of this chapter are deemed to include parts IV (§ 2346 et seq.), VI (§ 2348 et seq.), and VIII (§ 2349aa et seq.) of subchapter II of this chapter, and references to subchapter II are deemed to exclude such parts. See , set out as a note under , and sections 2348c and 2349aa–5 of this title.
### Effective Date of 1985 Amendment
Amendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .
### Effective Date of 1979 Amendment
Amendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .
### Effective Date of 1978 Amendment
Amendment by effective , see , set out as a note under .
## Executive Documents
### Delegation of Functions
For delegation of functions of President under this section, see Ex. Ord. No. 12163, , 44 F.R. 56673, as amended, set out as a note under .