Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102

§2679 Maximum Rates of Per Diem in Lieu of Subsistence Payable to Foreign Participants in Exchange of Persons Program or in Program of Furnishing Technical Information and Assistance

Title 22 › CHAPTER 38 — DEPARTMENT OF STATE › § 2679

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of State, with OMB approval, must set top daily pay (per diem) for foreign participants in U.S. exchange or technical-assistance programs and may do so regardless of legal limits.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §2679

Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The Secretary of State, with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, shall prescribe the maximum rates of per diem in lieu of subsistence (or of similar allowances therefor) payable while away from their own countries to foreign participants in any exchange of persons program, or in any program of furnishing technical information and assistance, under the jurisdiction of any Government agency, and said rates may be fixed without regard to any provision of law in limitation thereof.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 170q of Title 5 prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by Pub. L. 89–554, § 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.

Executive Documents

Transfer of Functions

Functions vested by law (including reorganization plan) in Bureau of the Budget or Director of Bureau of the Budget transferred to President by section 101 of Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1970, eff.
July 1, 1970, 35 F.R. 7959, 84 Stat. 2085. section 102 of Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1970 redesignated Bureau of the Budget as Office of Management and Budget and offices of Director, Deputy Director, and Assistant Directors of Bureau of the Budget as Director, Deputy Director, and Assistant Directors, respectively, of Office of Management and Budget. section 103 of Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1970 transferred all records, property, personnel, and funds of Bureau to Office of Management and Budget. See Part I of Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1970, set out in the Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and Employees. Delegation of Functions Authority of Secretary of State under this section to prescribe certain maximum rates of per diem in lieu of subsistence (or of similar allowances therefor), without the approval, ratification, or other action of President, delegated to Secretary of State, see section 4 of Ex. Ord. No. 11609,
July 22, 1971, 36 F.R. 13747, set out as a note under section 301 of Title 3, The President.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 2679

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102