22 USC § 280c - Employment of personnel with specialized skills

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title: "22 USC § 280c - Employment of personnel with specialized skills"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "280c"
section_name: "Employment of personnel with specialized skills"
chapter_number: 7
chapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL BUREAUS, CONGRESSES, ETC."
subchapter_number: "VII"
subchapter_name: "SOUTH PACIFIC COMMISSION"
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source_credit: "(Jan. 28, 1948, ch. 38, § 4, 62 Stat. 16.)"
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# § 280c. Employment of personnel with specialized skills

May 25, 193852 Stat. 442

The Secretary is authorized, when the Commission is desirous of obtaining the services of a person having special scientific or other technical or professional qualifications, from time to time to detail, or authorize the detail of, for temporary service to or in cooperation with the Commission, any person in the employ or service of the Government of the United States who has such qualifications, with the approval of the Government agency in which such person is employed or serving, under the same conditions as those governing the detail of officers and employees of the United States Government to the government of another country in accordance with the provisions of the Act of  (), as amended, except that the authority vested in the President under that Act shall be vested in the Secretary for the purpose of carrying out this section.

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**Source Credit**: (Jan. 28, 1948, ch. 38, § 4, 62 Stat. 16.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Act of  (), as amended, referred to in text, is , , which was classified to section 118e of former title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees, and was repealed by , . Section 1004(c) of act , provided that any reference to provisions of act  shall be construed to be applicable to the appropriate provisions of titles III and IX of act  [see sections 1451 et seq., 1478 and 1479 of this title].