# § 2704. Subsistence expenses
section 5702 of title 5
The Secretary of State may pay, without regard to , subsistence expenses of (1) special agents of the Department of State who are on authorized protective missions, whether at or away from their duty stations, and (2) members of the Foreign Service and employees of the Department who are required to spend extraordinary amounts of time in travel status. The authorities available to the Secretary of State under this section with respect to the Department of State shall be available to the Broadcasting Board of Governors and the Administrator of the Agency for International Development with respect to their respective agencies, except that the authority of clause (2) shall be available with respect to those agencies only in the case of members of the Foreign Service and employees of the agency who are performing security-related functions abroad.
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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 32, as added Pub. L. 96–465, title II, § 2201(a), Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2157; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 97–241, title II, § 202(a), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 282; amended Pub. L. 98–533, title III, § 303(c), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2711; Pub. L. 99–93, title I, § 125(b), Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 417; Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XIII, § 1335(*l*)(4), title XIV, § 1422(b)(3)(C), Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–789, 2681–792; Pub. L. 110–321, § 3, Sept. 19, 2008, 122 Stat. 3535.)
## Editorial Notes
### Amendments
2008— substituted “on authorized protective missions, whether at or away from their duty stations, and” for “on authorized protective missions, and”.
1998—, substituted “Administrator of the Agency for International Development” for “Director of the United States International Development Cooperation Agency”.
()(4), substituted “the Broadcasting Board of Governors” for “the Director of the United States Information Agency”.
1985— substituted “special agents” for “security officers”.
1984— inserted “The authorities available to the Secretary of State under this section with respect to the Department of State shall be available to the Director of the United States Information Agency and the Director of the United States International Development Cooperation Agency with respect to their respective agencies, except that the authority of clause (2) shall be available with respect to those agencies only in the case of members of the Foreign Service and employees of the agency who are performing security-related functions abroad.”
## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
### Change of Name
Broadcasting Board of Governors renamed United States Agency for Global Media pursuant to . The renaming was effectuated by notice to congressional appropriations committees dated , and became effective .
### Effective Date of 1998 Amendment
Amendment by section 1335()(4) of effective , see , set out as an Effective Date note under .
Amendment by effective , see , set out as an Effective Date note under .
### Effective Date
Section effective , except as otherwise provided, see , set out as a note under .