PUBLIC LAW 98-533—OCT. 19, 1984
98 STAT. 2711
quisition authority would not meet emergency overseas security requirements determined necessary by the Secretary, taking into account overseas delivery, installation, maintenance, or replacement requirements, except that the authority granted by this paragraph shall cease to be effective when the amendment made by section 2711 of the Competition in Contracting Act of 1984 takes effect and thereafter procurement by the Secretary of State for the purposes described in this paragraph shall be in accordance with section 303(c)(2) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949.". (b) Section 11 of such Act is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 11. Notwithstanding section 1344(a) of title 31, United States Code, the Deputy Secretary of State is authorized to use Government-owned vehicles for security purposes for travel between his or her residence and places where official functions are performed.". (c) Section 32 of such Act is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new sentence: "The authorities available to the Secretary of State under this section with respect to the Department of State shall be available to the Director of the United States Information Agency and the Director of the United States International Development Cooperation Agency with respect to their respective agencies, except that the authority of clause (2) shall be available with respect to those agencies only in the case of members of the Foreign Service and employees of the agency who are performing security-related functions abroad.".
Ante, p. 1175. 41 USC 253. 22 USC 2678.
22 USC 2704.
DANGER PAY
SEC. 304. In recognition of the current epidemic of worldwide terrorist activity and the courage and sacrifice of employees of United States agencies overseas, civilian as well as military, it is the sense of Congress that the provisions of section 5928 of title 5, United States Code, relating to the payment of danger pay allowance, should be more extensively utilized at United States missions abroad. Approved October 19, 1984.
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 6311 (S. 3037): CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 130 (1984): Oct. 1, considered and passed House. Oct. 5, considered and passed Senate. WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 20, No. 42 (1984): Oct. 19, Presidential statement.
5 USC 5928 note.
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