**(a) Financial assistance to foreign nationals** The Secretary is authorized, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to expend such sums, within the limit of appropriated funds, as the Secretary may determine desirable through direct support for activities of international organizations and foreign national metrology institutes with which the Institute cooperates to advance measurement methods, technical standards, and related basic technologies, for official representation, to host official receptions, dinners, and similar events, and to otherwise extend official courtesies, including transportation of foreign dignitaries and representatives of foreign national metrology institutes to and from the Institute, for the purpose of maintaining the standing and prestige of the Department of Commerce and the Institute, through the grant of fellowships or other appropriate form of financial or logistical assistance or support to foreign nationals not in service to the Government of the United States while they are performing scientific or engineering work at the Institute or participating in the exchange of scientific or technical information at the Institute.
**(b) Foreign assistance and compensation to Institute employees** The Congress consents to the acceptance by employees of the Institute of fellowships, lectureships, or other positions for the performance of scientific or engineering activities or for the exchange of scientific or technical information, offered by a foreign government, and to the acceptance and retention by an employee of the Institute of any form of financial or other assistance provided by a foreign government as compensation for or as a means of defraying expenses associated with the performance of scientific or engineering activities or the e
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**(a) Financial assistance to foreign nationals** The Secretary is authorized, notwithstanding any other provision of law, to expend such sums, within the limit of appropriated funds, as the Secretary may determine desirable through direct support for activities of international organizations and foreign national metrology institutes with which the Institute cooperates to advance measurement methods, technical standards, and related basic technologies, for official representation, to host official receptions, dinners, and similar events, and to otherwise extend official courtesies, including transportation of foreign dignitaries and representatives of foreign national metrology institutes to and from the Institute, for the purpose of maintaining the standing and prestige of the Department of Commerce and the Institute, through the grant of fellowships or other appropriate form of financial or logistical assistance or support to foreign nationals not in service to the Government of the United States while they are performing scientific or engineering work at the Institute or participating in the exchange of scientific or technical information at the Institute.
**(b) Foreign assistance and compensation to Institute employees** The Congress consents to the acceptance by employees of the Institute of fellowships, lectureships, or other positions for the performance of scientific or engineering activities or for the exchange of scientific or technical information, offered by a foreign government, and to the acceptance and retention by an employee of the Institute of any form of financial or other assistance provided by a foreign government as compensation for or as a means of defraying expenses associated with the performance of scientific or engineering activities or the exchange of scientific or technical information, in any case where the acceptance of such fellowship, lectureship, or position or the acceptance and retention of such assistance is determined by the Secretary to be appropriate and consistent with the interests of the United States. For the purposes of this subsection, the definitions appearing in [section 7342(a) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section7342/a&num=0&edition=prelim) apply. Civil actions may be brought and penalties assessed against any employee who knowingly accepts and retains assistance from a foreign government not consented to by this subsection in the same manner as is prescribed by [section 7342(h) of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section7342/h&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(c) Prohibition on use of appropriations inapplicable** Provisions of law prohibiting the use of any part of any appropriation for the payment of compensation to any employee or officer of the Government of the United States who is not a citizen of the United States shall not apply to the payment of compensation to scientific or engineering personnel of the Institute.
**(d) Recruitment and employment of resident aliens** For any scientific and engineering disciplines for which there is a shortage of suitably qualified and available United States citizens and nationals, the Secretary is authorized to recruit and employ in scientific and engineering fields at the Institute foreign nationals who have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act [[8 U.S.C. 1101](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1101&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] and who intend to become United States citizens. Employment of a person under this paragraph shall not be subject to the provisions of title 5 governing employment in the competitive service, or to any prohibition in any other Act against the employment of aliens, or against the payment of compensation to them.
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Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
§ 278g. International activities
(a) Financial assistance to foreign nationals
The Secretary is authorized, notwithstanding
any other provision of law, to expend such sums,
within the limit of appropriated funds, as the
Secretary may determine desirable through di-
rect support for activities of international orga-
nizations and foreign national metrology insti-
tutes with which the Institute cooperates to ad-
vance measurement methods, technical stand-
ards, and related basic technologies, for official
representation, to host official receptions, din-
ners, and similar events, and to otherwise ex-
tend official courtesies, including transpor-
tation of foreign dignitaries and representatives
of foreign national metrology institutes to and
from the Institute, for the purpose of maintain-
ing the standing and prestige of the Department
of Commerce and the Institute, through the
grant of fellowships or other appropriate form of
financial or logistical assistance or support to
foreign nationals not in service to the Govern-
ment of the United States while they are per-
forming scientific or engineering work at the In-
stitute or participating in the exchange of sci-
entific or technical information at the Institute.
(b) Foreign assistance and compensation to Insti-
tute employees
The Congress consents to the acceptance by
employees
of
the
Institute
of
fellowships,
lectureships, or other positions for the perform-
ance of scientific or engineering activities or for
the exchange of scientific or technical informa-
tion, offered by a foreign government, and to the
acceptance and retention by an employee of the
Institute of any form of financial or other as-
sistance provided by a foreign government as
compensation for or as a means of defraying ex-
p
**(a)** As used in this chapter—
(1) The term “administrator” means the official designated by the Secretary of State pursuant to [section 1104(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1104/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) The term “advocates” includes, but is not limited to, advises, recommends, furthers by overt act, and admits belief in.
(3) The term “alien” means any person not a citizen or national of the United States.
(4) The term “application for admission” has reference to the application for admission into the United States and not to the application for the issuance of an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa.
(5) The term “Attorney General” means the Attorney General of the United States.
(6) The term “border crossing identification card” means a document of identity bearing that designation issued to an alien who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or to an alien who is a resident in foreign contiguous territory, by a consular officer or an immigration officer for the purpose of crossing over the borders between the United States and foreign contiguous territory in accordance with such conditions for its issuance and use as may be prescribed by regulations. Such regulations shall provide that (A) each such document include a biometric identifier (such as the fingerprint or handprint of the alien) that is machine readable and (B) an alien presenting a border crossing identification card is not permitted to cross over the border into the United States unless the biometric identifier contained on the card matches the appropriate biometric characteristic of the alien.
(7) The term “clerk of court” means a clerk of a naturalization court.
(8) The terms “Commissioner” and “Deputy Commissioner” mean the Co
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Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
§ 1101. Definitions
(a) As used in this chapter—
(1) The term ‘‘administrator’’ means the offi-
cial designated by the Secretary of State pursu-
ant to section 1104(b) of this title.
(2) The term ‘‘advocates’’ includes, but is not
limited to, advises, recommends, furthers by
overt act, and admits belief in.
(3) The term ‘‘alien’’ means any person not a
citizen or national of the United States.
(4) The term ‘‘application for admission’’ has
reference to the application for admission into
the United States and not to the application for
the issuance of an immigrant or nonimmigrant
visa.
(5) The term ‘‘Attorney General’’ means the
Attorney General of the United States.
(6) The term ‘‘border crossing identification
card’’ means a document of identity bearing
that designation issued to an alien who is law-
fully admitted for permanent residence, or to an
alien who is a resident in foreign contiguous ter-
ritory, by a consular officer or an immigration
officer for the purpose of crossing over the bor-
ders between the United States and foreign con-
tiguous territory in accordance with such condi-
tions for its issuance and use as may be pre-
scribed by regulations. Such regulations shall
provide that (A) each such document include a
biometric identifier (such as the fingerprint or
handprint of the alien) that is machine readable
and (B) an alien presenting a border crossing
identification card is not permitted to cross
over the border into the United States unless
the biometric identifier contained on the card
matches
the
appropriate
biometric
char-
acteristic of the alien.
(7) The term ‘‘clerk of court’’ means a clerk of
a naturalization court.
(8) The terms ‘‘Commissioner’’ and ‘‘Deputy
Commissioner’’ mean the Commissioner of Im-
migration
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