---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 46a"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "46a"
heading: "Employment of aliens by Secretary"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/46a"
units:
  - "Chapter 3 — Smithsonian Institution, National Museums and Art Galleries"
  - "Subchapter I — Charter Provisions"
---

# §46a. Employment of aliens by Secretary


The [Secretary](/usc/20/1221.md?p=c-4) 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.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 88–549, Aug. 31, 1964, 78 Stat. 754.)