                          TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
 
                     CHAPTER 5--LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
 
Sec. 143a. Disbursement of funds

    From and after October 1, 1978, funds available to the Library of 
Congress may be expended to reimburse the Department of State for 
medical services rendered to employees of the Library of Congress 
stationed abroad and for contracting on behalf of and hiring alien 
employees for the Library of Congress under compensation plans 
comparable to those authorized by section 444 of the Foreign Service Act 
of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 889(a)), for purchase or hire of 
passenger motor vehicles; for payment of travel, storage and 
transportation of household goods, and transportation and per diem 
expenses for families enroute (not to exceed twenty-four); for benefits 
comparable to those payable under sections 911(9), 911(11), and 941 of 
the Foreign Service Act of 1946, as amended (22 U.S.C. 1136(9), 
1136(11), and 1156, respectively); and travel benefits comparable with 
those which are now or hereafter may be granted single employees of the 
Agency for International Development, including single Foreign Service 
personnel assigned to A.I.D. projects, by the Administrator of the 
Agency for International Development--or his designee--under the 
authority of section 2396(b) of title 22; subject to such rules and 
regulations as may be issued by the Librarian of Congress.

(Pub. L. 96-536, Sec. 101(c), Dec. 16, 1980, 94 Stat. 3167.)

                       References in Text

    Sections 444, 911(9), 911(11), and 941 of the Foreign Service Act of 
1946, referred to in text, were repealed by section 2205(1) of the 
Foreign Service Act of 1980, Pub. L. 96-465, title II, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 
Stat. 2159. The Foreign Service Act of 1980 is classified principally to 
chapter 52 (Sec. 3901 et seq.) of Title 22, Foreign Relations and 
Intercourse. Section 2401(c) of the 1980 Act (22 U.S.C. 4172(c)) 
provides in part that references in law to provisions of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1946 shall be deemed to include reference to the 
corresponding provisions of the 1980 Act. For provisions corresponding 
to the above cited sections of the 1946 Act, see sections 408, 901(6), 
901(8), and 904 of the 1980 Act (22 U.S.C. 3968, 4081(6), 4081(8), 
4084).

                          Codification

    Section is based on section 203 of title II of H.R. 7593, as passed 
the House of Representatives on July 21, 1980, and incorporated by 
reference in section 101(c) of Pub. L. 96-536, to be effective as if 
enacted into law.


                            Prior Provisions

    Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the 
following prior appropriation acts:
    Pub. L. 96-86, Sec. 101(c) [H.R. 4390, title II, Sec. 203], Oct. 12, 
1979, 93 Stat. 657.
    Pub. L. 95-391, title II, Sec. 203, Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 785.
    Pub. L. 95-94, title II, Sec. 203, Aug. 5, 1977, 91 Stat. 677.
    Pub. L. 94-440, title VIII, Sec. 803, Oct. 1, 1976, 90 Stat. 1457.
    Pub. L. 94-59, title VII, Sec. 703, July 25, 1975, 89 Stat. 295.
    Pub. L. 93-371, Aug. 13, 1974, 88 Stat. 441.
    Pub. L. 93-145, Nov. 1, 1973, 87 Stat. 545.
    Pub. L. 92-342, July 10, 1972, 86 Stat. 446.
    Pub. L. 92-51, July 9, 1971, 85 Stat. 141.
    Pub. L. 91-382, Aug. 18, 1970, 84 Stat. 823.
    Pub. L. 91-145, Dec. 12, 1969, 83 Stat. 357.
    Pub. L. 90-417, July 28, 1968, 82 Stat. 411.
    Pub. L. 90-57, July 28, 1967, 81 Stat. 140.
    Pub. L. 89-545, Aug. 27, 1966, 80 Stat. 368.
