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[CITE: 22USC2699]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                     CHAPTER 38--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
Sec. 2699. Employment opportunities for family members

    (a) In order to expand employment opportunities for family members 
of United States Government personnel assigned abroad, the Secretary of 
State shall seek to conclude such bilateral and multilateral agreements 
as will facilitate the employment of such family members in foreign 
economies.
    (b) Any member of a family of a member of the Foreign Service may 
accept gainful employment in a foreign country unless such employment--
        (1) would violate any law of such country or of the United 
    States; or
        (2) could, as certified in writing by the United States chief of 
    mission to such country, damage the interests of the United States.

(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, Sec. 27, as added Pub. L. 96-465, title 
II, Sec. 2201(a), Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2154; renumbered title I, Pub. 
L. 97-241, title II, Sec. 202(a), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 282.)


                             Effective Date

    Section effective Feb. 15, 1981, except as otherwise provided, see 
section 2403 of Pub. L. 96-465, set out as a note under section 3901 of 
this title.
