22 USC § 2676 - Contracts in foreign countries

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s2676"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 2676 - Contracts in foreign countries"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "2676"
section_name: "Contracts in foreign countries"
chapter_number: 38
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 9, 70 Stat. 891; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 97–241, title II, § 202(a), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 282.)"
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# § 2676. Contracts in foreign countries

section 6306 of title 41*Provided*section 431 of title 18

The Secretary of State is authorized to enter into contracts in foreign countries involving expenditures from funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the Department of State, without regard to the provisions of : , That nothing in this section shall be construed to waive the provisions of .

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 9, 70 Stat. 891; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 97–241, title II, § 202(a), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 282.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

In text, “” substituted for “section 3741 of the Revised Statutes ()” on authority of , , , which Act enacted Title 41, Public Contracts.

Section was formerly classified to  prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by , , .