§ 1766b. — Language training for families of officers and employees assigned abroad.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 7USC1766b]
TITLE 7--AGRICULTURE
CHAPTER 43--FOREIGN MARKET DEVELOPMENT
SUBCHAPTER III--REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES, REGULATIONS, GENERAL
PROVISIONS, AND AUTHORIZATION FOR APPROPRIATIONS
Sec. 1766b. Language training for families of officers and
employees assigned abroad
Effective October 1, 1976, the Secretary of Agriculture is
authorized to provide appropriate orientation and language training to
families of officers and employees of the Department of Agriculture in
anticipation of an assignment abroad of such officers and employees or
while abroad pursuant to this chapter or other authority: Provided, That
the facilities of the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training
Center or other Government facilities shall be used wherever
practicable, and the Secretary may utilize foreign currencies generated
under title I of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act
of 1954, as amended [7 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.], to carry out the purposes
of this section in the foreign nations to which such officers,
employees, and families are assigned. There are hereby authorized to be
appropriated such sums, not to exceed $50,000 annually, as may be
necessary to carry out the purposes of this section: Provided, That for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1977, any appropriations available
to the Secretary of Agriculture (not to exceed $50,000) may be used to
carry out the purposes of this section.
(Aug. 28, 1954, ch. 1041, title VI, Sec. 606C, formerly Sec. 602(f), as
added Pub. L. 94-449, Oct. 1, 1976, 90 Stat. 1500; renumbered Sec. 606C,
and amended Pub. L. 95-501, title IV, Sec. 401(3), (4), Oct. 21, 1978,
92 Stat. 1691; Pub. L. 96-470, title I, Sec. 102(f), Oct. 19, 1980, 94
Stat. 2237; Pub. L. 107-132, Sec. 1(b), Jan. 16, 2002, 115 Stat. 2412.)
References in Text
The Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, as
amended, referred to in text, is act July 10, 1954, ch. 469, 68 Stat.
454, as amended, which is classified generally to chapter 41 (Sec. 1691
et seq.) of this title. Title I of the Act is classified to subchapter
II (Sec. 1701 et seq.) of chapter 41 of this title. For complete
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out
under section 1691 of this title and Tables.
Codification
Amendment by section 102(f) of Pub. L. 96-470 was executed to this
section which is section 606C of act Aug. 28, 1954, instead of section
602(f) of act Aug. 28, 1954, as directed by section 102(f) of Pub. L.
96-470, as the probable intent of Congress, in view of the renumbering
of section 602(f) of act Aug. 28, 1954 as section 606C of act Aug. 28,
1954 by section 401(3) of Pub. L. 95-501.
Provisions comprising this section were formerly classified to
section 1762(f) of this title prior to redesignation by section 401(3)
of Pub. L. 95-501.
Amendments
2002--Pub. L. 107-132 substituted ``George P. Shultz National
Foreign Affairs Training Center'' for ``Foreign Service Institute''.
1980--Pub. L. 96-470 struck out provision requiring the Secretary of
Agriculture to submit to the House Committee of Agriculture and the
Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry not later than
ninety days after the end of each fiscal year a detailed report showing
activities carried out under the authority of this section during such
fiscal year.
1978--Pub. L. 95-501, Sec. 401(4), substituted ``this section'' for
``this subsection'' in four places. See Codification note above.
