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[CITE: 22USC287e-1]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
           CHAPTER 7--INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC.
 
               SUBCHAPTER XVI--UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION
 
Sec. 287e-1. Housing supplement for certain employees assigned 
        to the United States Mission to the United Nations
        
    The Secretary of State may, under such regulations as he shall 
prescribe, and notwithstanding section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31 and 
section 5536 of title 5:
        (1) Make available to the Representative of the United States to 
    the United Nations and the Deputy Permanent Representative of the 
    United States to the United Nations living quarters leased or rented 
    by the United States (for periods not exceeding ten years) and 
    allowances for unusual expenses incident to the operation and 
    maintenance of such living quarters similar to those and to be 
    considered for all purposes as authorized by section 5913 of title 
    5.
        (2) Make available in New York to no more than 30 foreign 
    service employees of the staff of the United States Mission to the 
    United Nations, other representatives, and no more than two 
    employees who serve at the pleasure of the Representative, living 
    quarters leased or rented by the United States (for periods not 
    exceeding ten years). The number of employees to which such quarters 
    will be made available shall be determined by the Secretary and 
    shall reflect a significant reduction over the number of persons 
    eligible for housing benefits as of October 1, 1988. No employee may 
    occupy a unit under this provision if the unit is owned by the 
    employee. The Secretary shall require that each employee occupying 
    housing under this subsection contribute to the Department of State 
    a percentage of his or her base salary, in an amount to be 
    determined by the Secretary of State, toward the cost of such 
    housing. The Secretary may reduce such payments to the extent of 
    income taxes paid on the value of the leased or rented quarters any 
    payments made by employees to the Department of State for occupancy 
    by them of living quarters leased or rented under this section shall 
    be credited to the appropriation, fund, or account utilized by the 
    Secretary of State for such lease or rental or to the appropriation, 
    fund, or account currently available for such purpose.
        (3) provide \1\ such allowance as the Secretary considers 
    appropriate, to each Delegate and Alternate Delegate of the United 
    States to any session of the General Assembly of the United Nations 
    who is not a permanent member of the staff of the United States 
    Mission to the United Nations, in order to compensate each such 
    Delegate or Alternate Delegate for necessary housing and subsistence 
    expenses incurred by him with respect to attending any such session.
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be capitalized.
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        (4) The Inspector General shall review the program established 
    by this section no later than December 1989 and periodically 
    thereafter with a view to increasing cost savings and making other 
    appropriate recommendations.

(Dec. 20, 1945, ch. 583, Sec. 9, as added Pub. L. 93-126, Sec. 15, Oct. 
18, 1973, 87 Stat. 454; amended Pub. L. 98-164, title II, Sec. 215, Nov. 
22, 1983, 97 Stat. 1035; Pub. L. 100-459, title III, Sec. 304(b), Oct. 
1, 1988, 102 Stat. 2207; Pub. L. 106-309, title IV, Sec. 405, Oct. 17, 
2000, 114 Stat. 1098.)

                          Codification

    ``Section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31'' substituted in introductory 
text for ``section 3648 of the Revised Statutes (31 U.S.C. 3324)'' on 
authority of Pub. L. 97-258, Sec. 4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, 
the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance.
    ``Section 5913 of title 5'' substituted in par. (1) for ``section 22 
of the Administrative Expenses Act of 1946, as amended by section 311 of 
the Overseas Differentials and Allowances Act'' on authority of Pub. L. 
89-554, Sec. 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of 
which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.


                               Amendments

    2000--Par. (2). Pub. L. 106-309 substituted ``30 foreign service 
employees'' for ``18 foreign service employees''.
    1988--Pub. L. 100-459, Sec. 304(b)(1), (3), substituted reference to 
Secretary of State for reference to President in introductory provisions 
and struck out last sentence providing that not more than fifty 
employees, including not more than five employees of the United Stated 
Information Agency, could receive an allowance under par. (1) of this 
section at any one time.
    Par. (1). Pub. L. 100-459, Sec. 304(b)(1), (3), added par. (1) and 
struck out former par. (1) which read as follows: ``grant any employee 
of the staff of the United States Mission to the United Nations 
designated by the Secretary of State, and any employee of the United 
States Information Agency designated by the Director of that Agency, who 
is required because of important representational responsibilities to 
live in the extraordinarily high-rent area immediately surrounding the 
headquarters of the United Nations in New York, New York, an allowance 
to compensate for the portion of expenses necessarily incurred by the 
employee for quarters and utilities which exceed the average of such 
expenses necessarily incurred by the employee for quarters and utilities 
which exceed the average of such expenses incurred by typical, permanent 
residents of the Metropolitan New York, New York, area with comparable 
salary and family size who are not compelled by reason of their 
employment to live in such high-rent area; and''.
    Pars. (2) to (4). Pub. L. 100-459, Sec. 304(b)(2), (3), added par. 
(2), redesignated former par. (2) as (3) and substituted ``Secretary'' 
for ``President'', and added par. (4).
    1983--Pub. L. 98-164, Sec. 215(2), inserted limitation of five 
United States Information Agency employees, and substituted ``fifty'' 
for ``forty-five''.
    Par. (1). Pub. L. 98-164, Sec. 215(1), inserted provisions relating 
to applicability to United States Information Agency employees.


         Effective Date of 1988 Amendment; Transition Provisions

    Section 304(c) of Pub. L. 100-459 provided that:
    ``(1) Provisions set forth in this section [amending this section 
and section 287e of this title] shall be effective July 1, 1989.
    ``(2) In the event that taxes paid by an employee on the benefit 
provided under subsection (2) of section 9 [22 U.S.C. 287e-1(2)] exceed 
the contribution amount computed as a percentage of base salary under 
that subsection, the Department of State may reimburse the employee up 
to the amount of such differential for the period from the date of 
enactment of this Act [Oct. 1, 1988] through July 1, 1989.''

                         Delegation of Functions

    Authority of President under this section delegated to Secretary of 
State, see section 4(b) of Ex. Ord. No. 11609, July 22, 1971, 36 F.R. 
13747, as amended by Ex. Ord. No. 11779, Apr. 22, 1974, 39 F.R. 14185, 
set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President.
