§3343 — Title 5 Government Organization and Employees | U.S. Code

Summary

Agency heads may loan an employee to an international organization that asks for help for up to 5 years. The President can extend that by up to 3 more years if it is in the national interest. "Agency," "employee," and "international organization" are defined in section 3581. "Detail" means a loan or assignment to the international organization without changing the employee’s agency position. A loaned employee keeps their agency job status, seniority, pay, allowances, and other benefits, and the agency pays those amounts from its funds. Paying those costs is treated as allowed under section 5536. The international organization may either not reimburse the United States or agree to repay part or all of the pay, travel, and allowances; any repayment goes back into the agency account that paid them. The international organization may also pay or reimburse the employee directly for expenses, even if section 209 of title 18 would otherwise limit that.

Title 5, §3343

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(a)For the purpose of this section—

(1)“agency”, “employee”, and “international organization” have the meanings given them by section 3581 of this title; and

(2)“detail” means the assignment or loan of an employee to an international organization without a change of position from the agency by which he is employed to an international organization.

(b)The head of an agency may detail, for a period of not more than 5 years, an employee of his agency to an international organization which requests services, except that under special circumstances, where the President determines it to be in the national interest, he may extend the 5-year period for up to an additional 3 years.

(c)An employee detailed under subsection (b) of this section is deemed, for the purpose of preserving his allowances, privileges, rights, seniority, and other benefits, an employee of the agency from which detailed, and he is entitled to pay, allowances, and benefits from funds available to that agency. The authorization and payment of these allowances and other benefits from appropriations available therefor is deemed to comply with section 5536 of this title.

(d)Details may be made under subsection (b) of this section—

(1)without reimbursement to the United States by the international organization; or

(2)with agreement by the international organization to reimburse the United States for all or part of the pay, travel expenses, and allowances payable during the detail, and the reimbursement shall be credited to the appropriation, fund, or account used for paying the amounts reimbursed.

(e)An employee detailed under subsection (b) of this section may be paid or reimbursed by an international organization for allowances or expenses incurred in the performance of duties required by the detail, without regard to section 209 of title 18.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Historical and Revision Notes

DerivationU.S. CodeRevised Statutes andStatutes at Large (a)5 U.S.C. 2331.Aug. 28, 1958, Pub. L. 85–795, § 2, 72 Stat. 959. (b)–(e)5 U.S.C. 2332.Aug. 28, 1958, Pub. L. 85–795, § 3, 72 Stat. 959. In subsection (a)(2), the words “without a change of position from the agency by which he is employed to an international organization” are substituted for “without the employee’s transfer from the Federal agency by which he is employed” to eliminate the necessity of carrying into this section the definition of “transfer” appearing in former section 2331(5). In subsection (e), the words “section 209 of title 18” are substituted for “section 1914 of title 18” on authority of the Act of Oct. 23, 1962, Pub. L. 87–849, § 2, 76 Stat. 1126. Other definitions appearing in former section 2331 are omitted from this section as inappropriate but are carried into section 3581. Standard changes are made to conform with the definitions applicable and the style of this title as outlined in the preface to the report.

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1969—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 91–175 substituted “5” for “3” and inserted provision enabling President, regarding an agency employee detailed to an international organization for 5 years, to extend the 5-year period for up to an additional 3 years.

Executive Documents

Details to International OrganizationsFor provisions concerning the providing for details of Federal employees to international organizations and the delegation of Presidential authority, concerning the extension of a detail under this section, to the Secretary of State, see Ex. Ord. No. 11552, Aug. 24, 1970, 35 F.R. 13569, set out as a note under section 3584 of this title.

§3343 Details; to International Organizations