22 USC § 6612 - Transfer and allocation of appropriations

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title: "22 USC § 6612 - Transfer and allocation of appropriations"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "6612"
section_name: "Transfer and allocation of appropriations"
chapter_number: 74
chapter_name: "FOREIGN AFFAIRS AGENCIES CONSOLIDATION"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "TRANSITION"
part_number: "B"
part_name: "Reorganization Authority"
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currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XVI, § 1612, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–798.)"
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# § 6612. Transfer and allocation of appropriations

**(a)** **In general** section 6615(e) of this title

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the assets, liabilities (including contingent liabilities arising from suits continued with a substitution or addition of parties under ), contracts, property, records, and unexpended balance of appropriations, authorizations, allocations, and other funds employed, held, used, arising from, available to, or to be made available in connection with the functions and offices, or portions thereof, transferred by any subchapter of this chapter shall be transferred to the Secretary for appropriate allocation.

**(b)** **Limitation on use of transferred funds** Except as provided in subsection (c), unexpended and unobligated funds transferred pursuant to any subchapter of this chapter shall be used only for the purposes for which the funds were originally authorized and appropriated.

**(c)** **Funds to facilitate transition**

**(1)** **Congressional notification** section 2706 of this title

Funds transferred pursuant to subsection (a) may be available for the purposes of reorganization subject to notification of the appropriate congressional committees in accordance with the procedures applicable to a reprogramming of funds under .

**(2)** **Transfer authority** section 2706 of this titleSeptember 30, 2000

Funds in any account appropriated to the Department of State may be transferred to another such account for the purposes of reorganization, subject to notification of the appropriate congressional committees in accordance with the procedures applicable to a reprogramming of funds under . The authority in this paragraph is in addition to any other transfer authority available to the Secretary of State and shall expire .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XVI, § 1612, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–798.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), was in the original “this subdivision”, meaning subdiv. A of div. G of , , , known as the Foreign Affairs Agencies Consolidation Act of 1998. For complete classification of this subdivision to the Code, see Short Title note set out under  and Tables.