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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Chapter 38 — Department of State

§ 2685. Reimbursement for detailed State Department personnel

Statutory text

(a)

An Executive agency to which any officer or employee of the Department of State is detailed, assigned, or otherwise made available, shall reimburse the Department for the salary and allowances of each such officer or employee for the period the officer or employee is so detailed, assigned, or otherwise made available. However, if the Department of State has an agreement with an Executive agency or agencies providing for the detailing, assigning, or otherwise making available, of substantially the same numbers of officers and employees between the Department and the Executive agency or agencies, and such numbers with respect to a fiscal year are so detailed, assigned, or otherwise made available, or if the period for which the officer or employee is so detailed, assigned, or otherwise made available does not exceed one year, or if the number of officers and employees so detailed, assigned, or otherwise made available at any one time does not exceed fifteen and the period of any such detail, assignment, or availability of an officer or employee does not exceed two years, no reimbursement shall be required to be made under this section. Officers and employees of the Department of State who are detailed, assigned, or otherwise made available to another Executive agency for a period of not to exceed one year shall not be counted toward any personnel ceiling for the Department of State established by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

(b)

For purposes of this section, “Executive agency” has the same meaning given that term by section 105 of title 5.

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 Appropriations Authorization Act of 1973

    Pub. L. 93–126 § 11 · 87 Stat. 451

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 2685

    Pub. L. 93–126, § 11, Oct. 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 453

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 93–126, § 11, Oct. 18, 1973, 87 Stat. 453

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 11. reimbursement for detailed state department personnel (a) An Executive agency to which any officer or employee of the Department of State is detailed, assigned, or otherwise made available, shall reimburse the Department for the salary and allowances of each such officer or employee for the period the officer or employee is so detailed, assigned, or otherwise made available. However, if the Department of State has an agreement with an Executive agency or agencies providing for the detailing, assigning, or otherwise making available, of substantially the same numbers of officers and employees between the Department and the Executive agency or agencies, and such numbers with respect to a fiscal year are so detailed, assigned, or otherwise made available, or if the period for which the officer or employee is so detailed, assigned, or otherwise made available does not exceed ninety days, no reimbursement shall be required to be. made under this section. (b) For purposes of this section, “Executive agency” has the same 80 Stat. 379. meaning given that term by section 105 of title 5, United States Code.

  2. Pub. L. 95–426 title I § 118 · 92 Stat. 963

    1. Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 2685(a)

      Pub. L. 95–426 substituted “does not exceed one year” for “does not exceed ninety days”

    2. Inserted · 22 U.S.C. § 2685(a)

      Pub. L. 95–426 inserted provision excepting from any personnel ceiling for the Department of State any officers and employees who are detailed, etc., to another Executive agency for a period of not to exceed one year

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–426 substituted “does not exceed one year” for “does not exceed ninety days”, and inserted provision excepting from any personnel ceiling for the Department of State any officers and employees who are detailed, etc., to another Executive agency for a period of not to exceed one year.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 118. Section 11(a) of the Department of State Appropriations Authorization Act of 1973 (22 U.S.C. 2685 (a)) is amended— (1) by striking out “ninety days” and inserting in lieu thereof “one year”; and (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: “Officers and employees of the Department of State who are detailed, assigned, or otherwise made available to another Execu-tive agency for a period of not to exceed one year shall not be counted toward any personnel ceiling for the Department of State established by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.”.

  3. Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987

    Pub. L. 99–93 title I § 117 · 99 Stat. 405

    Inserted · 22 U.S.C. § 2685(a)

    Pub. L. 99–93 inserted “or if the number of officers and employees so detailed, assigned, or otherwise made available at any one time does not exceed fifteen and the period of any such detail, assignment, or availability of an officer or employee does not exceed two years,” after “does not exceed one year,”

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–93 inserted “or if the number of officers and employees so detailed, assigned, or otherwise made available at any one time does not exceed fifteen and the period of any such detail, assignment, or availability of an officer or employee does not exceed two years,” after “does not exceed one year,”.

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 117. DETAIL OF OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES. Section 11(a) of the Department of State Appropriations Authorization Act of 1973 (22 U.S.C. 2685(a)) is amended by inserting in the second sentence after “does not exceed one year,” the following: “or if the number of officers and employees so detailed, assigned, or otherwise made available at any one time does not exceed fifteen and the period of any such detail, assignment, or availability of an officer or employee does not exceed two years,”.

4 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Amendments1978–1985 · 2 rounds

1985

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 99–93 inserted “or if the number of officers and employees so detailed, assigned, or otherwise made available at any one time does not exceed fifteen and the period of any such detail, assignment, or availability of an officer or employee does not exceed two years,” after “does not exceed one year,”.

1978

Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–426 substituted “does not exceed one year” for “does not exceed ninety days”, and inserted provision excepting from any personnel ceiling for the Department of State any officers and employees who are detailed, etc., to another Executive agency for a period of not to exceed one year.

Credits

1973–1985 · 3 acts
  1. 1973Pub. L. 93–126, § 11, , 87 Stat. 453
  2. 1978Pub. L. 95–426, title I, § 118, , 92 Stat. 969
  3. 1985Pub. L. 99–93, title I, § 117, , 99 Stat. 412.
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(Pub. L. 93–126, § 11, , 87 Stat. 453; Pub. L. 95–426, title I, § 118, , 92 Stat. 969; Pub. L. 99–93, title I, § 117, , 99 Stat. 412.)

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