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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Chapter 38 — Department of State

§ 2680a. Compensation for disability or death

Statutory text

Section 1651 of title 42 shall not apply with respect to such contracts as the Secretary of State may determine which are contracts with persons employed to perform work for the Department of State or the Foreign Service on an intermittent basis for not more than 90 days in a calendar year.

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

  1. Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1982 and 1983

    Pub. L. 97–241 title I § 122 · 96 Stat. 273

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 2680a

    (Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 16, as added and renumbered title I, Pub. L. 97–241, title I, § 122, title II, § 202(a), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 281, 282.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 16, as added and renumbered title I, Pub. L. 97–241, title I, § 122, title II, § 202(a), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 281, 282.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 122. compensation for disability or death The State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 is amended by inserting the following new section immediately after section 15: “Sec. 16. The first section of the Act of August 16, 1941 (42 U.S.C. 22 USC 2680a. 1651; commonly known as the ‘Defense Base Act’) shall not apply with respect to such contracts as the Secretary of State may determine which are contracts with persons employed to perform work for the Department of State or the Foreign Service on an intermittent basis for not more than 90 days in a calendar year.”.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

A prior section 2680a, acts Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, § 16, as added , Pub. L. 93–475, § 12, 88 Stat. 1442; amended , Pub. L. 95–426, title I, § 117, 92 Stat. 969, related to authority and responsibility of chiefs of mission, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 96–465, title II, § 2205(10), , 94 Stat. 2160. Repeal effective , except as otherwise provided, see section 2403 of Pub. L. 96–465, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3901 of this title. See section 3927 of this title.

Credits

(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 16, as added and renumbered title I, Pub. L. 97–241, title I, § 122, title II, § 202(a), , 96 Stat. 281, 282.)

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