15 U.S.C. § 57c–1 — Staff exchanges

(a) General rule. The Commission may temporarily hire officers or employees of foreign government agencies as its own employees, using its normal hiring authority. It may also temporarily send its own officers or employees to work for appropriate foreign government agencies. (b) Reciprocity and reimbursement. These staff exchanges don't need to be equal in both directions. The Commission can accept payment or reimbursement — in cash or in kind — from a foreign agency (or on its behalf) to cover the Commission's expenses, including those of its members and employees, in running these exchanges. (c) Standards of conduct. Anyone hired under subsection (a)(1) must follow the same ethics, conflict-of-interest, anti-corruption, and other criminal or civil conduct rules that apply to federal employees with that type of appointment.