 
 CHAPTER 3--SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--CHARTER PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 46a. Employment of aliens by Secretary

    The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, subject to adequate 
security and other investigations as he may determine to be appropriate, 
and subject further to a prior determination by him that no qualified 
United States citizen is available for the particular position involved, 
is authorized to employ and compensate aliens in a scientific or 
technical capacity at authorized rates of compensation without regard to 
statutory provisions prohibiting payment of compensation to aliens.

(Pub. L. 88-549, Aug. 31, 1964, 78 Stat. 754.)
