§ 1762. Personnel

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. 1954

   Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title VI, § 602(a)–(d), formerly § 602(a)–(c), (e), 68 Stat. 908, 909 · 68 Stat. 908

   Enacted · 7 U.S.C. § 1762

   Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title VI, § 602(a)–(d), formerly § 602(a)–(c), (e), 68 Stat. 908, 909

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title VI, § 602(a)–(d), formerly § 602(a)–(c), (e), 68 Stat. 908, 909

2. 1955

   Public Law not identified

   Repealed · 7 U.S.C. § 1762(a)

   Subsec. (a). Act June 28, 1955, repealed provisions authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to place not more than eight positions in grade 16 and two in grade 17 of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949

   Unresolved: No Public Law or Statutes at Large citation in the Code source.

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Act June 28, 1955, repealed provisions authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to place not more than eight positions in grade 16 and two in grade 17 of the General Schedule of the Classification Act of 1949.

3. 1965

   Pub. L. 89–106 § 4 · 79 Stat. 431

   Added · 7 U.S.C. § 1762(e)

   Pub. L. 89–106 added subsec. (e)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 89–106 added subsec. (e).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 4. Section 602 of the Agricultural Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 908) Overseas personnel, assignment to U.S. 7 USC 1762. is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “(e) Any officer or employee appointed and assigned to a post abroad pursuant to this title may, in the discretion of the Secretary of Agriculture, be assigned for duty in the continental United States, without regard to the civil service laws (and without reduction in grade if an appropriate position at the employee’s grade is not available in any agency of the Department of Agriculture), for a period of not more than three years: Provided, That the total number of such employees assigned for duty in the continental United States under this provision shall not exceed fifteen at any one time: Provided further, That this Act shall not increase the number of persons employed at grade GS–16, GS–17, or GS–18.”

4. 1976

   Pub. L. 94–449 · 90 Stat. 1500

   Added · 7 U.S.C. § 1762(f)

   Pub. L. 94–449 added subsec. (f)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 94–449 added subsec. (f).

5. 1978

   Agricultural Trade Act of 1978

   Pub. L. 95–501 § 301(4) · 92 Stat. 1685

   Substituted · 7 U.S.C. § 1762(a)

   Pub. L. 95–501, § 301(4), substituted “this subchapter” for “this chapter”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 95–501, § 301(4), substituted “this subchapter” for “this chapter”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (4) in sections 602(a), 602(e), 604, and 605, striking out “this title” wherever that phrase appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof “this subtitle”;

6. 1978

   Agricultural Trade Act of 1978

   Pub. L. 95–501 § 301(5) · 92 Stat. 1685

   Inserted · 7 U.S.C. § 1762(b)

   Pub. L. 95–501, § 301(5), inserted provisions relating to appointment of Agricultural Counselors and rank and privileges to be accorded such counselors or other officers or employees assigned abroad

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 95–501, § 301(5), inserted provisions relating to appointment of Agricultural Counselors and rank and privileges to be accorded such counselors or other officers or employees assigned abroad.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (5) amending section 602(b) to read as follows: “(b) Officers or employees assigned or appointed to posts abroad under this subtitle shall have the designation of Agricultural Counselor, Agricultural Attaché, or such other titles or designations that shall be agreed to by the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Agriculture, and shall be accorded the same rank and privileges as those Agricultural Counselor. of other counselors or attachés in United States embassies. An Agricultural Counselor shall be appointed in any nation— “(1) to which a substantial number of governments with which the United States competes directly for agricultural markets in such nation assign agricultural representatives with the diplomatic status of counselor or its equivalent; or “(2) in which— “(A) the potential is great for long-term expansion of a market for United States agricultural commodities, and “(B) competition with other nations for existing and potential agricultural markets is extremely intense. Not less than ten Agricultural Counselors shall be appointed within three years after the date of enactment of the Agricultural Trade Act Ante, p. 1685. of 1978.”; and

7. 1978

   Agricultural Trade Act of 1978

   Pub. L. 95–501 title III § 301(4) · 92 Stat. 1685

   1. Redesignated · 7 U.S.C. § 1762(d); 7 U.S.C. § 1762(e)

      Pub. L. 95–501, §§ 301(4), 401(5), redesignated subsec. (e) as (d)

   2. Redesignated · 7 U.S.C. § 1762(d); 7 U.S.C. § 1762(e)

      Pub. L. 95–501, §§ 301(4), 401(5), substituted “this subchapter” for “this chapter”. Former subsec. (d), relating to Presidential regulations, was redesignated section 606B of act Aug. 28, 1954, by section 401(3) of Pub. L. 95–501, which is classified to section 1766a of this title

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsecs. (d), (e). Pub. L. 95–501, §§ 301(4), 401(5), redesignated subsec. (e) as (d) and substituted “this subchapter” for “this chapter”. Former subsec. (d), relating to Presidential regulations, was redesignated section 606B of act Aug. 28, 1954, by section 401(3) of Pub. L. 95–501, which is classified to section 1766a of this title.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (4) in sections 602(a), 602(e), 604, and 605, striking out “this title” wherever that phrase appears therein and inserting in lieu thereof “this subtitle”;

8. 1978

   Agricultural Trade Act of 1978

   Pub. L. 95–501 § 401(3) · 92 Stat. 1685

   Redesignated · 7 U.S.C. § 1762(f)

   Pub. L. 95–501, § 401(3), redesignated subsec. (f), relating to language training for families of officers and employees assigned abroad, as section 606C of act Aug. 28, 1954, which is classified to section 1766b of this title

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 95–501, § 401(3), redesignated subsec. (f), relating to language training for families of officers and employees assigned abroad, as section 606C of act Aug. 28, 1954, which is classified to section 1766b of this title.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (3) redesignating sections 602(d), 602(f), and 603 as sections 606B, 606C, and 606D, respectively, and inserting the redesignated sections immediately after section 606A, as redesignated by paragraph (2) of this section;

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