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[CITE: 22USC3922]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                       CHAPTER 52--FOREIGN SERVICE
 
                  SUBCHAPTER II--MANAGEMENT OF SERVICE
 
Sec. 3922. Utilization of Foreign Service personnel system by 
        other agencies
        
    (a)(1) The Broadcasting Board of Governors and the Administrator of 
the Agency for International Development may utilize the Foreign Service 
personnel system with respect to their respective agencies in accordance 
with this chapter.
    (2) The Secretary of Agriculture may utilize the Foreign Service 
personnel system in accordance with this chapter--
        (A) with respect to personnel of the Foreign Agricultural 
    Service, and
        (B) with respect to other personnel of the Department of 
    Agriculture to the extent the President determines to be necessary 
    in order to enable the Department of Agriculture to carry out 
    functions which require service abroad.

    (3) The Secretary of Commerce may utilize the Foreign Service 
personnel system in accordance with this chapter--
        (A) with respect to the personnel performing functions 
    transferred to the Department of Commerce from the Department of 
    State by Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1979, and
        (B) with respect to other personnel of the Department of 
    Commerce to the extent the President determines to be necessary in 
    order to enable the Department of Commerce to carry out functions 
    which require service abroad.

    (4)(A) Whenever (and to the extent) the Secretary of State considers 
it in the best interests of the United States Government, the Secretary 
of State may authorize the head of any agency or other Government 
establishment (including any establishment in the legislative or 
judicial branch) to appoint under section 3943 of this title individuals 
described in subparagraph (B) as members of the Service and to utilize 
the Foreign Service personnel system with respect to such individuals 
under such regulations as the Secretary of State may prescribe.
    (B) The individuals referred to in subparagraph (A) are individuals 
eligible for employment abroad under section 3951(a) of this title.
    (b) Subject to section 3921(b) of this title--
        (1) the agency heads referred to in subsection (a) of this 
    section, and
        (2) the head of any other agency (to the extent authority to 
    utilize the Foreign Service personnel system is granted to such 
    agency head under any other chapter),

shall in the case of their respective agencies exercise the functions 
vested in the Secretary by this chapter.

(Pub. L. 96-465, title I, Sec. 202, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2078; Pub. 
L. 97-241, title III, Sec. 303(b), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 291; Pub. L. 
105-277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XIII, Sec. 1335(k)(1), title XIV, 
Sec. 1422(b)(4)(A), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-789, 2681-793; Pub. L. 
106-113, div. B, Sec. 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title III, Sec. 332], Nov. 29, 
1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A-439.)

                       References in Text

    Reorganization Plan Numbered 3 of 1979, referred to in subsec. 
(a)(3)(A), is Reorg. Plan No. 3 of 1979, 44 F.R. 69273, 93 Stat. 1381, 
which is set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and 
Employees.


                               Amendments

    1999--Subsec. (a)(4). Pub. L. 106-113 added par. (4).
    1998--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1422(b)(4)(A), 
substituted ``Administrator of the Agency for International 
Development'' for ``Director of the United States International 
Development Cooperation Agency''.
    Pub. L. 105-277, Sec. 1335(k)(1), substituted ``Broadcasting Board 
of Governors'' for ``Director of the United States Information Agency''.

                         Change of Name

    ``Director of the United States Information Agency'' substituted for 
``Director of the International Communication Agency'' in subsec. 
(a)(1), pursuant to section 303(b) of Pub. L. 97-241, set out as a note 
under section 1461 of this title.


                    Effective Date of 1998 Amendment

    Amendment by section 1335(k)(1) of Pub. L. 105-277 effective Oct. 1, 
1999, see section 1301 of Pub. L. 105-277, set out as an Effective Date 
note under section 6531 of this title.
    Amendment by section 1422(b)(4) of Pub. L. 105-277 effective Apr. 1, 
1999, see section 1401 of Pub. L. 105-277, set out as an Effective Date 
note under section 6561 of this title.


Exercise of Certain Functions by Board of the Foreign Service and Board 
                  of Examiners for the Foreign Service

    The Board of the Foreign Service and the Board of Examiners for the 
Foreign Service were authorized to exercise with respect to Foreign 
Service personnel of the Department of Commerce, functions delegated to 
them by Ex. Ord. No. 11264, set out as a note under section 3930 of this 
title, respecting Foreign Service personnel of the Department of State, 
see section 1-104(c) of Ex. Ord. No. 12188, Jan. 2, 1980, 45 F.R. 991, 
set out as a note under section 2171 of Title 19, Customs Duties.

   Ex. Ord. No. 10522. Authority of the Director of the United States 
                           Information Agency

    Ex. Ord. No. 10522, Mar. 26, 1954, 19 F.R. 1689, provided:
    Section 1. The Director of the United States Information Agency is 
hereby authorized to carry out the functions of the Board of the Foreign 
Service, provided for by the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 999) 
[this chapter], with respect to personnel appointed or assigned for 
service in the United States Information Agency under the provisions of 
such Act, as amended [this chapter]: Provided, That nothing herein 
contained shall be construed as transferring to the said Director any 
function of the said Board relating to any Foreign Service Officer.
    Sec. 2. The Director of the United States Information Agency is 
hereby authorized to prescribe such regulations and issue such orders 
and instructions, not inconsistent with law, as may be necessary or 
desirable for carrying out his functions under section 1 of this order.
                                                   Dwight D. Eisenhower.

    [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.]
