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# 22 U.S.C. § 2591 - Repealed. Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XII, § 1222, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–768

## Notes

Section, Pub. L. 87–297, title IV, § 49, formerly § 51, as added Pub. L. 98–202, § 4, Dec. 2, 1983, 97 Stat. 1382; amended Pub. L. 103–199, title IV, § 401(b), Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2324; renumbered § 49 and amended Pub. L. 103–236, title VII, §§ 717(a)(2), 719(g), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 498, 502, related to specialists fluent in Russian or other languages of the independent states of the former Soviet Union.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of RepealRepeal effective Apr. 1, 1999, see section 1201 of Pub. L. 105–277, set out as an Effective Date note under section 6511 of this title.