22 U.S.C. § 7715 — Assistance to certain candidate countries

Page 2008 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 7714 § 7714. Coordination with United States Agency for International Development (a) Requirement for coordination The Chief Executive Officer shall consult with the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development in order to co- ordinate the activities of the Corporation with the activities of the Agency. (b) USAID programs The Administrator of the United States Agen- cy for International Development shall seek to ensure that appropriate programs of the Agency play a primary role in preparing candidate coun- tries to become eligible countries. (Pub. L. 108–199, div. D, title VI, § 615, Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 224.) § 7715. Assistance to certain candidate countries (a) Authorization The Board, acting through the Chief Executive Officer, is authorized to provide assistance to a candidate country described in subsection (b) for the purpose of assisting such country to become an eligible country. (b) Candidate country described A candidate country referred to in subsection (a) is a candidate country that— (1) satisfies the requirements contained in section 7705(a) of this title; and (2) demonstrates a significant commitment to meet the requirements of section 7706(b) of this title but fails to meet such requirements (including by reason of the absence or unreliability of data). (c) Administration Assistance under this section may be provided through the United States Agency for Inter- national Development. (d) Funding (1) Limitation Not more than 10 percent of the amounts made available to carry out this chapter for a fiscal year may be made available to carry out this section. (2) Restriction relating to assistance None of the funds authorized to carry out the purposes of this chapter shall be available for assistance under this section to a country that does not qualify as a candidate country under section 7705 of this title for the fiscal year during which such assistance is provided. (Pub. L. 108–199, div. D, title VI, § 616, Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 224; Pub. L. 109–13, div. A, title II, § 2109, May 11, 2005, 119 Stat. 268; Pub. L. 115–167, title II, § 207, Apr. 23, 2018, 132 Stat. 1282; Pub. L. 118–159, div. E, title LI, § 5122(c)(3), Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2431.) Editorial Notes REFERENCES IN TEXT This chapter, referred to in subsec. (d), was in the original ‘‘this Act’’, meaning title VI of Pub. L. 108–199, div. D, Jan. 23, 2004, 118 Stat. 211, known as the Millen- nium Challenge Act of 2003, which is classified gen- erally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out under section 7701 of this title and Tables. AMENDMENTS 2024—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 118–159 substituted ‘‘sec- tion 7705(a)’’ for ‘‘subsection (a) or (b) of section 7705’’. 2018—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 115–167 amended subsec. (d) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: ‘‘Not more than 10 percent of the amount appropriated pursuant to the authorization of appropriations under section 7718(a) of this title for fiscal year 2004 is author- ized to be made available to carry out this section.’’ 2005—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 109–13 substituted ‘‘sub- section (a) or (b) of section 7705’’ for ‘‘subparagraphs (A) and (B) of section 7705(a)(1)’’. § 7716. General personnel authorities (a) Detail of personnel Upon request of the Chief Executive Officer, the head of an agency may detail any employee of such agency to the Corporation on a reim- bursable basis. Any employee so detailed re- mains, for the purpose of preserving such em- ployee’s allowances, privileges, rights, seniority, and other benefits, an employee of the agency from which detailed. (b) Reemployment rights (1) In general An employee of an agency who is serving under a career or career conditional appoint- ment (or the equivalent), and who, with the consent of the head of such agency, transfers to the Corporation, is entitled to be reem- ployed in such employee’s former position or a position of like seniority, status, and pay in such agency, if such employee— (A) is separated from the Corporation for any reason, other than misconduct, neglect of duty, or malfeasance; and (B) applies for reemployment not later than 90 days after the date of separation from the Corporation. (2) Specific rights An employee who satisfies paragraph (1) is entitled to be reemployed (in accordance with such paragraph) within 30 days after applying for reemployment and, on reemployment, is entitled to at least the rate of basic pay to which such employee would have been entitled had such employee never transferred. (c) Hiring authority Of persons employed by the Corporation, not to exceed 30 persons may be appointed, com- pensated, or removed without regard to the civil service laws and regulations. (d) Basic pay The Chief Executive Officer may fix the rate of basic pay of employees of the Corporation with- out regard to the provisions of chapter 51 of title 5 (relating to the classification of positions), subchapter III of chapter 53 of such title (relat- ing to General Schedule pay rates), except that no employee of the Corporation may receive a rate of basic pay that exceeds the rate for level II of the Executive Schedule under section 5313 of such title. (e) Definitions In this section—