§ 6104. — Mansfield Fellows on detail from Government service.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC6104]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 70--MANSFIELD FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM
Sec. 6104. Mansfield Fellows on detail from Government service
(a) In general
(1) An agency head may detail, for a period of not more than 2
years, an employee of the agency who has been awarded a Mansfield
Fellowship, to the Center.
(2) Each fellow who is detailed under this section shall enter into
a written agreement with the Federal Government before receiving a
fellowship that the fellow will--
(A) continue in the service of the fellow's agency at the end of
the fellowship for a period of at least 2 years unless the fellow is
involuntarily separated from the service of such agency; and
(B) pay to the United States Information Agency any additional
expenses incurred by the Federal Government in connection with the
fellowship if the fellow is voluntarily separated from service with
the fellow's agency before the end of the period for which the
fellow has agreed to continue in the service of such agency.
(3) The payment agreed to under paragraph (2)(B) may not be required
of a fellow who leaves the service of such agency to enter into the
service of another agency in any branch of the United States Government
unless the head of the agency that authorized the fellowship notifies
the employee before the effective date of entry into the service of the
other agency that payment will be required under this section.
(b) Status as Government employee
A fellow detailed under subsection (a) of this section is deemed,
for the purpose of preserving allowances, privileges, rights, seniority,
and other benefits, an employee of the agency from which detailed, and
is entitled to pay, allowances, and benefits from funds available to
that agency. The authorization and payment of such allowances and other
benefits from appropriations available therefore is deemed to comply
with section 5536 of title 5.
(c) Reimbursement
Fellows may be detailed under subsection (a) of this section without
reimbursement to the United States by the Center.
(d) Allowances and benefits
A fellow detailed under subsection (a) of this section may be paid
by the Center for allowances and benefits listed in section 6102(4)(B)
of this title.
(Pub. L. 103-236, title II, Sec. 255, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 431.)
Transfer of Functions
United States Information Agency (other than Broadcasting Board of
Governors and International Broadcasting Bureau) abolished and functions
transferred to Secretary of State, see sections 6531 and 6532 of this
title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 6103 of this title.
