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. 412 58 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. 378 Section 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. 296 58 Stat. 426 , .
July 12, 1943, ch. 215 57 Stat. 393 , .
July 22, 1942, ch. 516 56 Stat. 665 , .
July 1, 1941, ch. 267 55 Stat. 409 , .
June 25, 1940, ch. 421 54 Stat. 532 , .
June 30, 1939, ch. 253 53 Stat. 940 , title I, .
June 16, 1938, ch. 464 52 Stat. 711 , title I, .
June 29, 1937, ch. 404 50 Stat. 395 , .