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[CITE: 22USC2458a]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
      CHAPTER 33--MUTUAL EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM
 
Sec. 2458a. Federal employee participation in cultural exchange 
        programs
        

(a) Grants and other foreign government assistance; family or household 
        expense assistance prohibited; ``Federal employee'' defined

    (1) Congress consents to the acceptance by a Federal employee of 
grants and other forms of assistance provided by a foreign government to 
facilitate the participation of such Federal employee in a cultural 
exchange--
        (A) which is of the type described in section 2452(a)(2)(i) of 
    this title,
        (B) which is conducted for a purpose comparable to the purpose 
    stated in section 2451 of this title, and
        (C) which is specifically approved by the Secretary of State for 
    purposes of this section;

but the Congress does not consent to the acceptance by any Federal 
employee of any portion of any such grant or other form of assistance 
which provides assistance with respect to any expenses incurred by or 
for any member of the family or household of such Federal employee.
    (2) For purposes of this section, the term ``Federal employee'' 
means any employee as defined in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of 
section 7342(a)(1) of title 5, but does not include a person described 
in subparagraph (G) of such section.

(b) Foreign grants and other assistance not gifts for purposes of 
        section 7342 of title 5

    The grants and other forms of assistance with respect to which the 
consent of Congress is given in subsection (a) of this section shall not 
constitute gifts for purposes of section 7342 of title 5.

(c) Regulations

    The Secretary of State is authorized to promulgate regulations for 
purposes of this section.

(Pub. L. 87-256, Sec. 108A, as added Pub. L. 94-350, title I, Sec. 111, 
July 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 825; amended Pub. L. 96-60, title II, 
Sec. 204(d), Aug. 15, 1979, 93 Stat. 400.)


                               Amendments

    1979--Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 96-60 substituted ``(F)'' for ``(E)'' 
and ``(G)'' for ``(F)''.


                    Effective Date of 1979 Amendment

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-60 effective Oct. 1, 1979, see section 209 
of Pub. L. 96-60, set out as a note under section 1471 of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 5 section 7342.
