About | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline Law Journal Library | HeinOnline
LOG IN
LOG IN

B-193562 1 (1979-05-03)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadhef0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION J THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL S. OF THE UNITED STATES VWASHINGTON, D.C. 2O548 (NITED FILE: B-193562 .*DATE: May 3, 1979 MATTER OF: ietired uniformed se ices members nasEEME compensafion from foreign governmentt - DIGEST: 1. Section 509 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1978, granting consent of Congress to the acceptance of foreign civil employment by certain officers of the United States,. as required by Article I, section 9, C/. clause 8 of the Constitution, cannot be retoactively applied to retirement pay withheld from an officer for a period he was employed by a foreign state without such consent which occurred prior to the effective date of section 509. 2. The consent of Congress to the acceptance of foreign civil employment and compensa- tion by certain retired members of the uniformed services, as required by Article I, section 9, clause 8 of the Constitution, is granted in section 509 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1978, which consent is conditioned upon approval of the employ- ment by the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the service concerned. Such approval is only effective prospec- tively from the date it is granted and may not be made retroactively to authorize foreign employment and compensation received before the approval is granted. However, once approval is granted with- holding of retired pay may be terminated and the payment of retired pay resumed on the date of approval. 3. The withholding of retired pay from a member of the uniformed services employed by a foreign government without the consent of Congress is based on the constitutional requirement for congressional consent to C) O0c

What Is HeinOnline?

HeinOnline is a subscription-based resource containing thousands of academic and legal journals from inception; complete coverage of government documents such as U.S. Statutes at Large, U.S. Code, Federal Register, Code of Federal Regulations, U.S. Reports, and much more. Documents are image-based, fully searchable PDFs with the authority of print combined with the accessibility of a user-friendly and powerful database. For more information, request a quote or trial for your organization below.



Contact us for annual subscription options:

Contact Us

Already a HeinOnline Subscriber?

Log In

profiles profiles most