{"data":{"id":"us/20-u.s.c.-46a","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 U.S.C. § 46a","heading":"Employment of aliens by Secretary","body":"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.","path":["Title 20—EDUCATION","CHAPTER 3—SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, NATIONAL MUSEUMS AND ART GALLERIES"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc20@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:57:47Z","sha256":"9f7a5db3602824a6786847037970735a49e61cddf18c14f2b65f020ba2d0a850","source_id":"us","stale":false,"prev":"us/20-u.s.c.-46","next":"us/20-u.s.c.-47"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}