§ 2385.
(k)
Crisis operations and disaster surge staffing
(1)
The United States Agency for International Development is authorized to appoint personnel in the excepted service using funds authorized to be appropriated or otherwise made available under the heading “Transition Initiatives” in an Act making appropriations for the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs and to carry out the provisions of subchapter I and part IV of subchapter II of this chapter of
and
section 9808(b) of this title to prevent or respond to foreign crises.
(2)
Funds authorized to carry out such purposes may be made available for the operating expenses and administrative costs of such personnel and may remain attributed to any minimum funding requirement for which they were originally made available.
(3)
The Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development shall coordinate with the Office of Personnel Management on implementation of the appointment authority under paragraph (1).
(4)
Not later than one year after December 23, 2024, and annually thereafter for 3 years, the Administrator shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees, the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives a report regarding the continued need for and utilization of the authority pursuant to this subsection.
([Pub. L. 87–195], pt. III, § 625, Sept. 4, 1961, [75 Stat. 449]; [Pub. L. 87–565], pt. III, § 302(c), Aug. 1, 1962, [76 Stat. 262]; [Pub. L. 87–793], pt. II, § 1001(k), Oct. 11, 1962, [76 Stat. 865]; [Pub. L. 88–663], pt. III, § 302(a), Oct. 7, 1964, [78 Stat. 1014]; [Pub. L. 89–171], pt. III, § 302(c), Sept. 6, 1965, [79 Stat. 660]; [Pub. L. 90–137], pt. III, § 302(b)–(d), Nov. 14, 1967, [81 Stat. 460]; [Pub. L. 90–554, title III, § 302(c)], Oct. 8, 1968, [82 Stat. 965]; [Pub. L. 93–189, § 16], Dec. 17, 1973, [87 Stat. 722]; [Pub. L. 95–88, title I, § 125], Aug. 3, 1977, [91 Stat. 542]; [Pub. L. 96–465, title II], §§ 2203(a), 2205(8), Oct. 17, 1980, [94 Stat. 2158], 2160; [Pub. L. 97–113, title VII, § 703], Dec. 29, 1981, [95 Stat. 1544]; [Pub. L. 109–234, title I, § 1602(b)(2)], June 15, 2006, [120 Stat. 442]; [Pub. L. 111–32, title XI, § 1115(c)(3)], June 24, 2009, [123 Stat. 1905]; [Pub. L. 118–159, div. G, title LXXVI, § 7602], Dec. 23, 2024, [138 Stat. 2552].)