---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 2458a"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "2458a"
heading: "Federal employee participation in cultural exchange programs"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/2458a"
units:
  - "Chapter 33 — Mutual Educational and Cultural Exchange Program"
---

# §2458a. Federal employee participation in cultural exchange programs

- (a) **Grants and other foreign government assistance; family or household expense assistance prohibited; “Federal employee” defined—**
  - (1) Congress consents to the acceptance by a [Federal employee](#a-2) of grants and other forms of assistance provided by a [foreign](/usc/22/3146.md?p=1) government to facilitate the participation of such [Federal employee](#a-2) in a cultural exchange—
    - (A) which is of the type described in [section 2452(a)(2)(i) of this title](/usc/22/2452.md?p=a-2-i),
    - (B) which is conducted for a purpose comparable to the purpose stated in [section 2451 of this title](/usc/22/2451.md), and
    - (C) which is specifically approved by the Secretary of State for purposes of this section;

    but the Congress does not consent to the acceptance by any [Federal employee](#a-2) of any portion of any such grant or other form of assistance which provides assistance with respect to any expenses incurred by or for any member of the [family](/usc/22/4304a.md?p=c-2) or household of such [Federal employee](#a-2).

  - (2) For purposes of this section, the term “Federal employee” means any [employee](/usc/22/4341.md?p=1) as defined in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of [section 7342(a)(1) of title 5](/usc/5/7342.md?p=a-1), but does not include a person described in [subparagraph (G)](/usc/5/7342.md?p=a-1-G) of such section.
- (b) **Foreign grants and other assistance not gifts for purposes of section 7342 of title 5—** The grants and other forms of assistance with respect to which the consent of Congress is given in [subsection (a)](#a) of this section shall not constitute gifts for purposes of [section 7342 of title 5](/usc/5/7342.md).
- (c) **Regulations—** The Secretary of State is authorized to promulgate regulations for purposes of this section.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 87–256, § 108A, as added Pub. L. 94–350, title I, § 111, July 12, 1976, 90 Stat. 825; amended Pub. L. 96–60, title II, § 204(d), Aug. 15, 1979, 93 Stat. 400.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1979—Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 96–60 substituted “(F)” for “(E)” and “(G)” for “(F)”.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1979 Amendment

Amendment by Pub. L. 96–60 effective Oct. 1, 1979, see section 209 of Pub. L. 96–60, set out as a note under section 1471 of this title.