§ 289b. Authorization of appropriations; payment of salaries and expenses
There is hereby authorized to be appropriated annually to the Department of State—
(a)
such sums, not to exceed $73,325,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1947, as may be necessary for the payment of United States contributions to the Organization (consisting of supplies, services, or funds and all necessary expenses related thereto) as determined in accordance with article 10 of the constitution of the Organization; and
(b)
such sums, not to exceed $175,000 for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1947, as may be necessary for the payment of—
(1)
salaries of the representative or representatives and alternates provided for in section
289a of this title, and appropriate staff, including personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, without regard to the civil-service laws and chapter
51 and subchapter
III of chapter
53 of title
5; and
(2)
such other expenses as the Secretary of State deems necessary to participation by the United States in the activities of the Organization; Provided, That the provisions of section
287e of this title and regulations thereunder, applicable to expenses incurred pursuant to subchapter XVI of this chapter shall be applicable to any expenses incurred pursuant to this chapter.