post employee services

post employee services Sec. 112. (a) Part C of title IX of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (22 U.S.C. 1139) is amended— (1) by striking out “Commissary Service” in the heading for that part and inserting in lieu thereof “Post Employee Services”; and 92 STAT. 968 (2) by amending subsections (b) and (c) of section 921 to read as follows: “(b) The Secretary, under such regulations as he may prescribe, may authorize and assist in the establishment, maintenance, and operation by officers and employees of the Service of non-Government-operated services and facilities at posts abroad, including the furnishing of space, utilities, and properties owned or leased by the United States for use by its diplomatic and consular missions. The provisions of the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292–300), and section 13 of the Act entitled ‘An Act to provide certain basic authority for the Department of State’, approved August 1, 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2684), may be utilized by the Secretary in providing such assistance. Services and facilities established under this subsection shall be made available, insofar as practicable, to officers and employees of other Government agencies and their dependents who are stationed abroad. Such services and facilities shall not be established in localities where another United States agency operates similar services or facilities unless the Secretary determines that such additional services or facilities are necessary. “(c) Charges at any post abroad for a service or facility authorized or assisted under this section shall be at the same rate for all civilian personnel of the Government serviced thereby, and all charges for supplies furnished to such a service or facility abroad by any Government agency shall be at the same rate as that charged by the furnishing agency to its comparable civilian services and facilities.”. (b) The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 1978.