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[CITE: 22USC1474]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
 CHAPTER 18--UNITED STATES INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
 
                SUBCHAPTER VII--ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE
 
Sec. 1474. Additional authority of Secretary of State or other 
        Government agency authorized to administer provisions
        
    In carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the Secretary, or 
any Government agency authorized to administer such provisions, may--
        (1) employ, without regard to the civil service and 
    classification laws, aliens within the United States and abroad for 
    service in the United States relating to the translation or 
    narration of colloquial speech in foreign languages or the 
    preparation and production of foreign language programs when 
    suitably qualified United States citizens are not available when job 
    vacancies occur, and aliens so employed abroad may be admitted to 
    the United States, if otherwise qualified, as nonimmigrants under 
    section 1101(a)(15) of title 8 for such time and under such 
    conditions and procedures as may be established by the Director of 
    the United States Information Agency and the Attorney General;
        (2) pay travel expenses of aliens employed abroad for service in 
    the United States and their dependents to and from the United 
    States;
        (3) incur expenses for entertainment within the United States 
    within such amounts as may be provided in appropriations Acts;
        (4) obtain insurance on official motor vehicles operated by the 
    Secretary or such agency in foreign countries, and pay the expenses 
    incident thereto;
        (5) notwithstanding the provisions of section 2680(k) of title 
    28, pay tort claims in the manner authorized in the first paragraph 
    of section 2672 of such title, when such claims arise in foreign 
    countries in connection with operations conducted abroad under this 
    chapter;
        (6) employ aliens by contract for services abroad;
        (7) provide ice and drinking water abroad;
        (8) pay excise taxes on negotiable instruments abroad;
        (9) pay to or for individuals, not United States Government 
    employees, participating in activities conducted under this chapter, 
    the costs of emergency medical expenses, preparation and transport 
    to their former homes of the remains of such participants or their 
    dependents who die while away from their homes during such 
    participation, and health and accident insurance premiums for 
    participants or health and accident benefits for participants by 
    means of a program of self-insurance;
        (10) rent or lease, for periods not exceeding ten years, 
    offices, buildings, grounds, and living quarters abroad for 
    employees carrying out this chapter, and make payments therefor in 
    advance;
        (11) maintain, improve, and repair properties used for 
    information activities in foreign countries;
        (12) furnish fuel and utilities for Government-owned or leased 
    property abroad;
        (13) pay travel expenses of employees attending official 
    international conferences, without regard to sections 5701-5708 of 
    title 5, and regulations issued thereunder, but at rates not in 
    excess of comparable allowances approved for such conferences by the 
    Secretary;
        (14) purchase uniforms;
        (15) hire passenger motor vehicles;
        (16) purchase passenger motor vehicles for use abroad, and 
    right-hand drive and security vehicles may be so purchased without 
    regard to any maximum price limitation established by law;
        (17) procure services of experts and consultants in accordance 
    with section 3109 of title 5;
        (18) make advances of funds;
        (19) notwithstanding section 5946 of title 5, pay dues for 
    library membership in organizations which issue publications to 
    members only, or to members at a price lower than to others;
        (20) subject to the availability of appropriated funds, purchase 
    motion picture, radio and television producers' liability insurance 
    to cover errors and omissions or similar insurance coverage for the 
    protection of interests in intellectual property;
        (21) incur expenses authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 
    1980 (22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.);
        (22) furnish living quarters as authorized by section 5912 of 
    title 5; and
        (23) provide allowances as authorized by sections 5921 through 
    5928 of title 5.

(Jan. 27, 1948, ch. 36, title VIII, Sec. 804, as added Pub. L. 92-352, 
title II, Sec. 202, July 13, 1972, 86 Stat. 493; amended Pub. L. 94-350, 
title II, Sec. 203, July 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 830; Pub. L. 96-60, title 
II, Secs. 203(b)(2), 204(b), Aug. 15, 1979, 93 Stat. 398, 400; Pub. L. 
97-241, title III, Secs. 303(b), 304(c), (d), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 
291, 293; Pub. L. 101-246, title II, Sec. 207, Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 
53; Pub. L. 102-138, title II, Secs. 204, 205, Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 
692.)

                       References in Text

    The civil service laws, referred to in par. (1), are set forth in 
Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. See, particularly, 
section 3301 et seq. of Title 5.
    The classification laws, referred to in par. (1), are classified 
generally to chapter 51 (Sec. 5101 et seq.) and to subchapter III 
(Sec. 5331 et seq.) of chapter 53 of Title 5.
    The Foreign Service Act of 1980, referred to in par. (21), is Pub. 
L. 96-465, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2071, as amended, which is classified 
principally to chapter 52 (Sec. 3901 et seq.) of this title. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note 
set out under section 3901 of this title and Tables.


                               Amendments

    1991--Par. (9). Pub. L. 102-138, Sec. 205, amended par. (9) 
generally. Prior to amendment, par. (9) read as follows: ``pay the 
actual expenses of preparing and transporting to their former homes the 
remains of persons, not United States Government employees, who may die 
away from their homes while participating in activities conducted under 
this chapter;''.
    Pars. (21) to (23). Pub. L. 102-138, Sec. 204, added pars. (21) to 
(23).
    1990--Par. (1). Pub. L. 101-246 inserted ``when job vacancies 
occur'' after ``available''.
    1982--Par. (16). Pub. L. 97-241, Sec. 304(c), inserted ``and 
security'' after ``right-hand drive''.
    Par. (20). Pub. L. 97-241, Sec. 304(d), added par. (20).
    1979--Par. (1). Pub. L. 96-60, Sec. 203(b)(2), authorized employment 
of aliens within the United States, previously covered in section 
1471(5) of this title, extended services to include preparation and 
production of foreign language programs, and eliminated investigation-
of-alien-employees requirement.
    Par. (10). Pub. L. 96-60, Sec. 204(b)(1), substituted ``ten'' for 
``five'' years.
    Par. (14). Pub. L. 96-60, Sec. 204(b)(3), substituted a semicolon 
for ``, when funds are appropriated therefor.''.
    Pars. (15) to (19). Pub. L. 96-60, Sec. 204(b)(4), added pars. (15) 
to (19).
    1976--Par. (14). Pub. L. 94-350 added par. (14).


                    Effective Date of 1979 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-60 effective Oct. 1, 1979, and applicable 
only with respect to funds appropriated after Aug. 15, 1979, where new 
authorities provide for expenditure of appropriated funds, see section 
209 of Pub. L. 96-60, set out as a note under section 1471 of this 
title.

                          Transfer of Functions

    ``Director of the United States Information Agency'' substituted for 
``Director of the International Communication Agency'' in par. (1) 
pursuant to section 303(b) of Pub. L. 97-241, set out as a note under 
section 1461 of this title, which redesignated International 
Communication Agency, and Director thereof, as United States Information 
Agency, and Director thereof. United States Information Agency (other 
than Broadcasting Board of Governors and International Broadcasting 
Bureau) abolished and functions transferred to Secretary of State, see 
sections 6531 and 6532 of this title.


         Authority To Administer Summer Travel and Work Programs

    Pub. L. 105-277, div. G, subdiv. B, title XXIV, Sec. 2418, Oct. 21, 
1998, 112 Stat. 2681-835, provided that: ``The Director of the United 
States Information Agency is authorized to administer summer travel and 
work programs without regard to preplacement requirements.''
    Similar provisions were contained in Pub. L. 105-244, title VIII, 
Sec. 846, Oct. 7, 1998, 112 Stat. 1822.
    [For abolition of United States Information Agency (other than 
Broadcasting Board of Governors and International Broadcasting Bureau), 
transfer of functions, and treatment of references thereto, see sections 
6531, 6532, and 6551 of this title.]


           Employment Authority for Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995

    Pub. L. 103-236, title II, Sec. 223, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 422, 
provided that, for fiscal years 1994 and 1995, Director of United States 
Information Agency could, in carrying out provisions of this chapter, 
employ individuals or organizations by contract for services to be 
performed in United States or abroad, who could not, by virtue of such 
employment, be considered to be employees of United States Government 
for purposes of any law administered by Office of Personnel Management.
