Employees of the Department of Agriculture stationed abroad may, with the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture, enter into leases for official quarters, for periods not exceeding one year, and may pay rent, telephone, subscriptions to publications, and other charges incident to the conduct of their offices and the discharge of their duties, in advance, in any foreign country where custom or practice requires payment in advance.
Sept. 21, 1944, ch. 41258 Stat. 742(, title VII, § 705(c), .)
Editorial Notes
Codification
This section was enacted as part of the Department of Agriculture Organic Act of 1944.
section 543b of Title 5Pub. L. 89–554, § 180 Stat. 378Section was formerly classified to prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by , , .
Prior Provisions
Provisions similar to those in this section were contained in the following Department of Agriculture Appropriation Acts:
June 28, 1944, ch. 29658 Stat. 426, .
July 12, 1943, ch. 21557 Stat. 393, .
July 22, 1942, ch. 51656 Stat. 665, .
July 1, 1941, ch. 26755 Stat. 409, .
June 25, 1940, ch. 42154 Stat. 532, .
June 30, 1939, ch. 25353 Stat. 940, title I, .
June 16, 1938, ch. 46452 Stat. 711, title I, .