---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 6984"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "6984"
heading: "Authorization of appropriations"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/6984"
units:
  - "Chapter 77 — United States-China Relations"
  - "Subchapter IV — Trade and Rule of Law Issues in the People’s Republic of China"
  - "Part B — Assistance To Develop Commercial and Labor Rule of Law"
---

# §6984. Authorization of appropriations

- (a) **Commercial law program—** There are authorized to be appropriated to the [Secretary](/usc/22/277d–43.md?p=5) of Commerce to carry out the program described in [section 6981(a) of this title](/usc/22/6981.md?p=a) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001, and each fiscal year thereafter.
- (b) **Labor law program—** There are authorized to be appropriated to the [Secretary](/usc/22/277d–43.md?p=5) of Labor to carry out the program described in [section 6981(b) of this title](/usc/22/6981.md?p=b) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001, and each fiscal year thereafter.
- (c) **Legal system and civil society rule of law program—** There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary of State to carry out the program described in [section 6981(c) of this title](/usc/22/6981.md?p=c) such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2001, and each fiscal year thereafter.
- (d) **Construction with other laws—** Except as provided in this chapter, funds may be made available to carry out the purposes of this part notwithstanding any other provision of law.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 106–286, div. B, title V, § 514, Oct. 10, 2000, 114 Stat. 906.)