---
kind: "section"
citation: "16 U.S.C. § 5709"
title: "16"
title_heading: "Conservation"
number: "5709"
heading: "Authorization of appropriations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/5709"
units:
  - "Chapter 77 — Yukon River Salmon"
  - "Subchapter I — Implementation of Interim Agreement"
---

# §5709. Authorization of appropriations


There are authorized to be appropriated $4,000,000 for each fiscal year for carrying out the purposes and provisions of the [Agreement](/usc/16/5702.md?p=1) and this subchapter including—

- (1) necessary travel expenses of [Panel](/usc/16/5702.md?p=2) members, alternate [Panel](/usc/16/5702.md?p=2) members, United States members of the Joint Technical Committee, and members of the [Advisory Committee](/usc/16/698u–1.md?p=1) in accordance with Federal Travel Regulations and sections [5701](/usc/5/5701.md), [5702](/usc/5/5702.md), [5704](/usc/5/5704.md) through [5708](/usc/5/5708.md), and [5731](/usc/5/5731.md) of title 5;
- (2) the United States share of the joint expenses of the [Panel](/usc/16/5702.md?p=2) and the Joint Technical Committee: Provided, That [Panel](/usc/16/5702.md?p=2) members and alternate [Panel](/usc/16/5702.md?p=2) members shall not, with respect to commitments concerning the United States share of the joint expenses, be subject to [section 262(b)](/usc/16/262.md?p=b)[^1] of title 22, insofar as it limits the authority of United States representatives to international organizations with respect to such commitments;
- (3) not more than $3,000,000 for each fiscal year to the Department of the Interior and to the Department of Commerce for survey, restoration, and enhancement activities related to Yukon River salmon; and
- (4) $400,000 in each of fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999 to be contributed to the Yukon River Restoration and Enhancement Fund and used in accordance with the [Agreement](/usc/16/5702.md?p=1).

## Footnotes

[^1]: So in original. Probably should be section “262b”.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 104–43, title VII, § 710, Nov. 3, 1995, 109 Stat. 395.)