Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§2387 Detail of Personnel to Foreign Governments
Title 22 › CHAPTER 32 — FOREIGN ASSISTANCE › SUBCHAPTER III — GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS › Part II — Administrative Provisions › § 2387
Summary
If the President decides it helps carry out the chapter's goals, an agency head may send or assign any officer or employee to a job with a foreign government or its agency. The person can only take that job if it does not require swearing allegiance to the foreign government and they do not accept pay or other benefits from that country.
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Title 22, §2387
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Whenever the President determines it to be in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter, the head of any agency of the United States Government is authorized to detail or assign any officer or employee of his agency to any office or position with any foreign government or foreign government agency, where acceptance of such office or position does not involve the taking of an oath of allegiance to another government or the acceptance of compensation or other benefits from any foreign country by such officer or employee.
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This chapter, referred to in text, 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.
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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22 U.S.C. § 2387
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102