2011 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 8 - FOREIGN SERVICE BUILDINGS (§§ 291 - 303)
Section 294a - Contracts requiring payment in foreign currency
View Metadata| Publication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE CHAPTER 8 - FOREIGN SERVICE BUILDINGS Sec. 294a - Contracts requiring payment in foreign currency |
| Contains | section 294a |
| Date | 2011 |
| Laws in Effect as of Date | January 3, 2012 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | May 14, 1940, ch. 189, title I, 54 Stat. 186. |
| Statutes at Large References | 53 Stat. 890 54 Stat. 186 |
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Whenever a contract is made for the construction, alteration, or repair of a Foreign Service building which requires payments in a foreign currency, the Secretary of State is authorized to purchase such currency at such times and in such amounts (within the total amount of the payments to be made under such contract) as he may deem necessary, the currency so purchased to be disbursed and accounted for at its cost price.
(May 14, 1940, ch. 189, title I, 54 Stat. 186.)
CodificationSection was not enacted as a part of the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926, which comprises this chapter.
Prior ProvisionsPrior similar provisions were contained in act June 29, 1939, ch. 248, title I, 53 Stat. 890.
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