16 U.S.C. § 470n : US Code - Section 470N: International Centre for Study of Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property

Search 16 U.S.C. § 470n : US Code - Section 470N: International Centre for Study of Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property

(a) Authorization of participation
The participation of the United States as a member in the
International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and
Restoration of Cultural Property is hereby authorized.
(b) Official delegation
The Council shall recommend to the Secretary of State, after
consultation with the Smithsonian Institution and other public and
private organizations concerned with the technical problems of
preservation, the members of the official delegation which will
participate in the activities of the Centre on behalf of the United
States. The Secretary of State shall appoint the members of the
official delegation from the persons recommended to him by the
Council.
(c) Authorization of appropriations and payments
For the purposes of this section there is authorized to be
appropriated an amount equal to the assessment for United States
membership in the Centre for fiscal years 1979, 1980, 1981, and
1982: Provided, That no appropriation is authorized and no payment
shall be made to the Centre in excess of 25 per centum of the total
annual assessment of such organization. Authorization for payment
of such assessments shall begin in fiscal year 1981, but shall
include earlier costs.