22 U.S.C. § 2454 — Administration

(a) Delegation of powers; submission of proposal for delegation to Congress. The President may delegate any power given to the President by this chapter to government officers the President considers appropriate. The President may do this only to further the purposes stated in this chapter and to administer the programs under this chapter efficiently. If the President has delegated a power to an officer and proposes to delegate that power to another officer, the President must submit the proposal to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations. At least 60 days must then pass while Congress is in session before the President carries out the proposal. When counting those 60 days, do not count days when either House is not in session because of an adjournment of more than three days.

(b) Employment of personnel. The President may employ other personnel the President considers necessary to carry out this chapter's provisions and purposes. No more than 10 of those personnel may be paid without following the rules in chapter 51 and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5. Their pay may not be more than the highest rate for grade 18 of the General Schedule. These positions are in addition to the number of positions authorized by 5 U.S.C. § 5108.

(c) Repealed. Pub. L. 96–465, title II, § 2205(7), October 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2160.

(d) Extension of benefits. To perform functions under this chapter outside the United States, the Director of the United States Information Agency may provide that a person employed or assigned by a United States Government agency is entitled to the same benefits provided by 22 U.S.C. § 3950 for people appointed to the Foreign Service. The Director may specify otherwise when the person's employment or assignment lasts more than 30 months.

(e) Grants; use of funds, counseling service; publicity and promotion abroad. (1) When providing the activities and exchanges authorized by 22 U.S.C. § 2452, grants may be made to or for individuals, either directly or through public or private nonprofit foundations or educational or other institutions. The grants may include tuition and other necessary incidental expenses; travel expenses from the individuals' homes and return; and, when this would further this chapter's purposes, travel expenses for members of their immediate families who depend on them. Grants may also include health and accident insurance premiums, emergency medical expenses, the cost of preparing and transporting home the remains of a person who dies away from home while participating in a program under this chapter or while being a dependent of a participant, and a per diem payment instead of subsistence at rates set by the Director of the United States Information Agency. Grants may also cover other expenses necessary to accomplish this chapter's purposes successfully.

(2) Funds available for programs under this chapter may be used to provide orientation courses, language training, or other appropriate services and materials for people traveling outside their countries of residence for educational or cultural purposes that further this chapter's purposes. This applies whether or not those people receive other financial support from the Government. The funds may also be used to provide or continue services that increase the effectiveness of those programs after the people return to their countries of residence.

(3) To help foreign students make the best use of their opportunities while attending colleges and universities in the United States, and to help them direct their talents and initiative into channels that make them more effective leaders when they return to their native lands, the Director of the United States Information Agency may make suitable arrangements, by contract or otherwise, to establish and maintain an adequate counseling service at colleges and universities in the United States attended by foreign students.

(4) The Director of the United States Information Agency may provide publicity and promotion abroad, including representation abroad, for activities of the kind provided for in this chapter and for similar exchange services and opportunities not supported by the United States Government.

(f) Repealed. Pub. L. 96–60, title II, § 203(a)(1), August 15, 1979, 93 Stat. 398.

(g) Currency exchange for foreign students and teachers coming temporarily to the United States. (1) To perform functions authorized by 22 U.S.C. § 2452(b)(10), the President may set the exchange rates at which all foreign currencies may be acquired through operations under that provision. The President must issue regulations binding on all embassies about the exchange rates to use in each country where currency exchanges are authorized under that provision.

(2) In performing those functions, the President must make suitable arrangements to protect the United States Government's interests in the ownership, use, and disposition of all foreign currencies acquired through exchanges under that provision.

(3) During any academic year, an individual may acquire through currency exchanges under that provision no more than $3,000 in United States dollars.

(4) An individual may exchange foreign currency for United States dollars at United States embassies under that provision only if the individual gives satisfactory assurances that:
(A) The individual will devote essentially full time to the proposed educational activity in the United States and will remain in good standing in that program.
(B) The individual will return to the country of the individual's citizenship or nationality before coming to the United States and will perform public service that the government of that country considers acceptable, for a period that government considers reasonable and necessary.
(C) After receiving any benefits under that provision, the individual will not apply for an immigrant visa, permanent residence, or a nonimmigrant visa under the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. § 1101 et seq.) for a period equal to the period of study, research, instruction, or other educational activity the individual performed under that provision.

(5) In 22 U.S.C. § 2452(b)(10), the term "excess foreign currencies" means foreign currencies that, if acquired by the United States, (A) would exceed the normal requirements of United States departments, agencies, and embassies for those currencies, as determined by the President, and (B) would be available for use by the United States Government under applicable agreements with the foreign country concerned.