# § 4742. Admission to Federal employee training programs
**(a)** **State and local government officers and employees** In accordance with such conditions as may be prescribed by the head of the Federal agency concerned, a Federal agency may admit State and local government employees and officials to agency training programs established for Federal professional, administrative, or technical personnel.
**(b)** **Waiver of payments for training costs** Federal agencies may waive, in whole or in part, payments from, or on behalf of, State and local governments for the costs of training provided under this section. Payments received by the Federal agency concerned for training under this section shall be credited to the appropriation or fund used for paying the training costs.
**(c)** **Initial costs; reimbursement of other Federal agencies** The Office may use appropriations authorized by this chapter to pay the initial additional developmental or overhead costs that are incurred by reason of admittance of State and local government employees to Federal training courses and to reimburse other Federal agencies for such costs.
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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 91–648, title III, § 302, Jan. 5, 1971, 84 Stat. 1916; 1978 Reorg. Plan No. 2, 102, eff. Jan. 1, 1979, 43 F.R. 36037, 92 Stat. 3783.)
## Editorial Notes
### References in Text
This chapter, referred to in subsec. (c), was in the original “this Act”, meaning , , , known as the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970, which enacted this chapter and sections 3371 to 3376 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, amended , , repealed sections 1881 to 1888 of Title 7, Agriculture, and , Education, and enacted provisions set out as notes under . For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out and Tables.
## Executive Documents
### Transfer of Functions
“Office”, meaning Office of Personnel Management, substituted for “Commission”, meaning Civil Service Commission, in subsec. (c) pursuant to Reorg. Plan No. 2 of 1978, § 102, 43 F.R. 36037, , set out under , Government Organization and Employees, which transferred functions vested by statute in Civil Service Commission and Chairman thereof to Director of Office of Personnel Management (except as otherwise specified), effective , as provided by section 1–102 of Ex. Ord. No. 12107, , 44 F.R. 1055, set out under .