Section was enacted as part of the Mutual Security Act of 1959.

Annual appropriations to meet the obligations of membership in various international organizations were contained in acts listed in a note set out under section 269a of this title.

For withdrawal of the United States from the Colombo Plan Council for Technical Cooperation, see Memorandum of President of the United States, § 2(a)(ii), Jan. 7, 2026, 91 F.R. 2281, set out as a note preceding section 261 of this title.