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[CITE: 22USC2426]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                     CHAPTER 32--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
 
          SUBCHAPTER III--GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
 
                   Part III--Miscellaneous Provisions
 
Sec. 2426. Discrimination against United States personnel


(a) Assignment of personnel on basis of ability and experience

    The President shall not take into account, in assigning officers and 
employees of the United States to carry out any economic development 
assistance programs funded under this chapter in any foreign country, 
the race, religion, national origin, or sex of any such officer or 
employee. Such assignments shall be made solely on the basis of ability 
and relevant experience.

(b) Prohibition on use of funds in country practicing discrimination

    Effective six months after December 20, 1975, or on such earlier 
date as the President may determine, none of the funds made available 
under this chapter may be used to provide economic development 
assistance to any country which objects to the presence of any officer 
or employee of the United States who is present in such country for the 
purpose of carrying out any program of economic development assistance 
authorized by the provisions of this chapter on the basis of the race, 
religion, national origin, or sex of such officer or employee.

(c) Rules and regulations

    The Secretary of State shall promulgate such rules and regulations 
as he may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

(Pub. L. 87-195, pt. III, Sec. 666, as added Pub. L. 94-161, title III, 
Sec. 318, Dec. 20, 1975, 89 Stat. 868.)

                       References in Text

    This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), was in the 
original ``this Act'', meaning Pub. L. 87-195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 
424, as amended, known as the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note 
set out under section 2151 of this title and Tables.

                         Delegation of Functions

    For delegation of functions of President under this section, see Ex. 
Ord. No. 12163, Sept. 29, 1979, 44 F.R. 56673, as amended, set out as a 
note under section 2381 of this title.
