section 5702 of title 5The Secretary of State may pay, without regard to , subsistence expenses of (1) special agents of the Department of State who are on authorized protective missions, whether at or away from their duty stations, and (2) members of the Foreign Service and employees of the Department who are required to spend extraordinary amounts of time in travel status. The authorities available to the Secretary of State under this section with respect to the Department of State shall be available to the Broadcasting Board of Governors and the Administrator of the Agency for International Development with respect to their respective agencies, except that the authority of clause (2) shall be available with respect to those agencies only in the case of members of the Foreign Service and employees of the agency who are performing security-related functions abroad.
Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841 Pub. L. 96–465, title II, § 2201(a)94 Stat. 2157 Pub. L. 97–241, title II, § 202(a)96 Stat. 282 Pub. L. 98–533, title III, § 303(c)98 Stat. 2711 Pub. L. 99–93, title I, § 125(b)99 Stat. 417 Pub. L. 105–277, div. Gl112 Stat. 2681–789 Pub. L. 110–321, § 3122 Stat. 3535 (, title I, § 32, as added , , ; renumbered title I, , , ; amended , , ; , , ; , subdiv. A, title XIII, § 1335()(4), title XIV, § 1422(b)(3)(C), , , 2681–792; , , .)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 110–3212008— substituted “on authorized protective missions, whether at or away from their duty stations, and” for “on authorized protective missions, and”.
Pub. L. 105–277, § 1422(b)(3)(C)1998—, substituted “Administrator of the Agency for International Development” for “Director of the United States International Development Cooperation Agency”.
Pub. L. 105–277, § 1335l()(4), substituted “the Broadcasting Board of Governors” for “the Director of the United States Information Agency”.
Pub. L. 99–931985— substituted “special agents” for “security officers”.
Pub. L. 98–5331984— inserted “The authorities available to the Secretary of State under this section with respect to the Department of State shall be available to the Director of the United States Information Agency and the Director of the United States International Development Cooperation Agency with respect to their respective agencies, except that the authority of clause (2) shall be available with respect to those agencies only in the case of members of the Foreign Service and employees of the agency who are performing security-related functions abroad.”
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
section 6204(a)(21) of this titleBroadcasting Board of Governors renamed United States Agency for Global Media pursuant to . The renaming was effectuated by notice to congressional appropriations committees dated , and became effective .
Effective Date of 1998 Amendment
lPub. L. 105–277section 1301 of Pub. L. 105–277section 6531 of this titleAmendment by section 1335()(4) of effective , see , set out as an Effective Date note under .
section 1422(b)(3)(C) of Pub. L. 105–277section 1401 of Pub. L. 105–277section 6561 of this titleAmendment by effective , see , set out as an Effective Date note under .
Effective Date
section 2403 of Pub. L. 96–465section 3901 of this titleSection effective , except as otherwise provided, see , set out as a note under .