Title 7 — AgricultureRelease 119-73
§1766c Allowances and benefits
Title 7 › Chapter CHAPTER 43— - FOREIGN MARKET DEVELOPMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER III— - REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES, REGULATIONS, GENERAL PROVISIONS, AND AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS › § 1766c
Summary
The Secretary of Agriculture can give staff appointed by the Secretary the same allowances and benefits used by the Foreign Service, under rules the President or the President’s designee sets, and must follow the Foreign Service rules for leaves of absence.
Full Legal Text
Title 7, §1766c
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The Secretary of Agriculture may, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the President or his designee, provide to personnel appointed or assigned by the Secretary of Agriculture under this chapter or other authority allowance and benefits similar to those provided by chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 [22 U.S.C. 4081 et seq.]. Leaves of absence for personnel under this chapter shall be on the same basis as is provided for the Foreign Service of the United States by subchapter I of chapter 63 of title 5.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
The Foreign Service Act of 1980, referred to in text, is Pub. L. 96–465, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2071. Chapter 9 of title I of the Act is classified generally to subchapter IX (§ 4081 et seq.) of chapter 52 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Short Title
note set out under section 3901 of Title 22 and Tables. Codification “Subchapter I of chapter 63 of title 5” substituted in text for “the Annual and Sick Leave Act of 1951” on authority of Pub. L. 89–554, § 7(b), Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which enacted Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Section was formerly classified to section 1763 of this title.
Amendments
1980—Pub. L. 96–465 substituted “chapter 9 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980” for “title IX of the Foreign Service Act of 1946”.
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 Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.
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Citation
7 U.S.C. § 1766c
Title 7 — Agriculture
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73