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Code · U.S. Code · Title 20 - EDUCATION · CHAPTER 3— SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES · SUBCHAPTER I— CHARTER PROVISIONS · § 46a

§ 46a. Employment of aliens by Secretary

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The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, subject to adequate security and other investigations as he may determine to be appropriate, and subject further to a prior determination by him that no qualified United States citizen is available for the particular position involved, is authorized to employ and compensate aliens in a scientific or technical capacity at authorized rates of compensation without regard to statutory provisions prohibiting payment of compensation to aliens.
(Pub. L. 88–549, Aug. 31, 1964, 78 Stat. 754.)
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