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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§2389 Status and benefits of personnel assigned or detailed to foreign governments or international organizations

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 32— - FOREIGN ASSISTANCE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › Part Part II— - Administrative Provisions › § 2389

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

An officer or employee sent or detailed under sections 2387 or 2388 is still treated as a United States Government employee and as a member of the agency they came from so they do not lose pay, benefits, seniority, or other rights. They will keep getting their pay, allowances, and benefits from that agency’s appropriated funds or from funds provided to the agency under this chapter. An officer or employee sent, detailed, or appointed under sections 2387, 2388, 2391, or 2384(d) may get representation allowances like those in section 4085, under rules the President sets. If those allowances and other benefits are paid from available appropriations, that payment counts as meeting the requirements of section 5536 of title 5.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §2389

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(a)Any officer or employee, while assigned or detailed under section 2387 or 2388 of this title shall be considered, for the purpose of preserving his allowances, privileges, rights, seniority, and other benefits as such, an officer or employee of the United States Government and of the agency of the United States Government from which detailed or assigned, and he shall continue to receive compensation, allowances, and benefits from funds appropriated to that agency or made available to that agency under this chapter.
(b)Any officer or employee assigned, detailed, or appointed under section 2387, 2388, 2391, or 2384(d) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title is authorized to receive under such regulations as the President may prescribe, representation allowances similar to those allowed under section 4085 of this title. The authorization of such allowances and other benefits and the payment thereof out of any appropriations available therefor shall be considered as meeting all the requirements of section 5536 of title 5.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 87–195, Sept. 4, 1961, 75 Stat. 424, known as the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 2151 of this title and Tables. section 2384(d) of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), was repealed by Pub. L. 95–88, title I, § 124(a)(1), Aug. 3, 1977, 91 Stat. 541.

Amendments

1980—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 96–465 substituted “section 4085 of this title” for “section 1131 of this title”. 1967—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 90–137 substituted reference to section 5536 of title 5 for former section 70 of title 5. 1962—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87–565 substituted “2384(d)” for “2384(e)”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

of 1980 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 96–465 effective Feb. 15, 1981, except as otherwise provided, see section 2403 of Pub. L. 96–465, set out as an

Effective Date

note under section 3901 of this title.

Executive Documents

Delegation of Functions For delegation of functions of President under this section, see Ex. Ord. No. 12163, Sept. 29, 1979, 44 F.R. 56673, as amended, set out as a note under section 2381 of this title.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 2389

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73