22 U.S.C. § 2426: Discrimination against…

Summary

Requires the President to assign U.S. officers and employees who work on economic development aid abroad based only on ability and relevant experience. The President must not consider an employee’s race, religion, national origin, or sex when making those assignments. Starting six months after December 20, 1975 (or sooner if the President decides), money under this chapter cannot be used to help any country that objects to the presence of U.S. officers or employees in those programs because of their race, religion, national origin, or sex. The Secretary of State must make any rules needed to carry this out.

Title 22, §2426

Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Assignment of personnel on basis of ability and experience

The President shall not take into account, in assigning officers and employees of the United States to carry out any economic development assistance programs funded under this chapter in any foreign country, the race, religion, national origin, or sex of any such officer or employee. Such assignments shall be made solely on the basis of ability and relevant experience.

(b)Prohibition on use of funds in country practicing discrimination

Effective six months after December 20, 1975, or on such earlier date as the President may determine, none of the funds made available under this chapter may be used to provide economic development assistance to any country which objects to the presence of any officer or employee of the United States who is present in such country for the purpose of carrying out any program of economic development assistance authorized by the provisions of this chapter on the basis of the race, religion, national origin, or sex of such officer or employee.

(c)Rules and regulations

The Secretary of State shall promulgate such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), 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.

§2426 Discrimination Against United States Personnel