22 USC Ch. 38: Front Matter
From Title 22-FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSECHAPTER 38-DEPARTMENT OF STATE
CHAPTER 38-DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Sec.
2651.
Establishment of Department.
2651a.
Organization of Department of State.
(a)
Secretary of State.
(b)
Under Secretaries.
(c)
Assistant Secretaries.
(d)
Other senior officials.
(e)
Coordinator for Counterterrorism.
(f)
Qualifications of officer having primary responsibility for personnel management.
(g)
Qualifications of officer having primary responsibility for diplomatic security.
2652, 2652a. Repealed.
2652b.
Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs.
(a)
Establishment of position.
(b)
Appointment.
(c)
Repealed.
(d)
Repealed and Omitted.
(e)
Implementation.
2652c.
Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance.
(a)
Designation of position.
(b)
Directive governing the Assistant Secretary of State.
(c)
Duties.
2653 to 2655. Repealed.
2655a.
Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs within Department of State; Assistant Secretary of State as head of Bureau.
2656.
Management of foreign affairs.
2656a.
Congressional declaration of findings of major significance of modern scientific and technological advances in foreign policy.
2656b.
Congressional declaration of policy regarding consequences of science and technology on conduct of foreign policy.
2656c.
Responsibilities of President.
(a)
Identification, evaluation and initiation of scientific and technological developments.
(b)
Repealed.
(c)
Disclosure of sensitive information.
(d)
Availability to United States Trade Representative of information and recommendations.
2656d.
Responsibilities of Secretary of State.
(a)
Coordination and oversight over science and technology agreements between United States and foreign countries, etc.
(b)
Long-term contracts, grants, to obtain studies, etc., with respect to application of science and technology to foreign policy.
(c)
Long-term and short-term contracts, grants, to train officers and employees in application of science and technology to problems of foreign policy.
(d)
Detached service for graduate studies.
2656e.
Terrorism-related travel advisories.
2656f.
Annual country reports on terrorism.
(a)
Requirement of annual country reports on terrorism.
(b)
Provisions to be included in report.
(c)
Classification of report.
(d)
Definitions.
(e)
Reporting period.
2656g.
Report on terrorist assets in United States.
(a)
Reports to Congress.
(b)
Definitions.
2656h.
International credit reports.
(a)
Report on loan criteria.
(b)
Reports on loans.
2656i.
Counterdrug and anticrime activities of Department of State.
(a)
Counterdrug and law enforcement strategy.
(b)
Information on international criminals.
(c)
Overseas coordination of counterdrug and anticrime programs, policy, and assistance.
2657.
Custody of seals and property.
2658.
Repealed.
2659.
State statutes to be procured.
2660.
Copies of treaties furnished to Public Printer.
2661.
Procurement of information for corporations, firms and individuals; expense of cablegrams and telephone service involved; appropriation.
2661a.
Foreign contracts or arrangements; discrimination.
2662, 2663. Transferred or Omitted.
2664.
Distribution of duties of officers, clerks, and employees.
2664a.
Protection of Civil Service employees.
(a)
Findings.
(b)
Equitable reduction of budget.
(c)
Establishment of Office of the Ombudsman for Civil Service Employees.
(d)
"Civil Service employees" defined.
2665.
Personal services other than those provided for.
2665a.
Foreign Service fellowships.
2666, 2667. Repealed.
2668.
Requisitions for advances to pay lawful obligations.
(a)
Authorization; accounting.
(b)
Removal of outstanding charges.
(c)
Financial liability of disbursing agent or official.
2668a.
Disposition of trust funds received from foreign governments for citizens of United States.
2669.
Printing and binding outside continental United States; settlement and payment of claims by foreign governments; employment of aliens; official functions and courtesies; purchase of uniforms; payment of tort claims; payment of assumed obligations in Germany; telecommunications services; security.
2669–1.
Payment of tort claims arising in connection with overseas operations.
2669a.
Diplomatic Telecommunications Service.
(a)
Diplomatic Telecommunications Service financial management.
(b)
DTS Policy Board.
(c)
DTS consolidation pilot program.
(d)
DTS planning report.
2669b.
Reaffirming United States international telecommunications policy.
(a)
Procurement policy.
(b)
Implementation.
2670.
Insurance on motor vehicles in foreign countries; tie lines and teletype equipment; ice and drinking water; excise taxes on negotiable instruments; remains of deceased persons; relief, protection, and burial of seamen; acknowledgment of services of foreign vessels and aircraft; rentals and leases.
2671.
Emergency expenditures.
(a)
Delegation of authority pertaining to certification of expenditures.
(b)
Activities subject to expenditures.
(c)
Annual confidential audit and report.
(d)
Repatriation loan program.
2672.
Participation in international activities; restriction; expenses.
2672a.
Alternate United States Commissioners for international fisheries commissions.
2672b.
Compensation of Alternate United States Commissioners; travel expenses and other allowances.
2673.
International Civil Aviation Organization; availability of funds for participation.
2674.
Availability of exchange allowances or proceeds derived from exchange or sale of motor vehicles.
2675.
Allocation or transfer to other agencies of funds appropriated to Department of State; authority for expenditure of funds.
2676.
Contracts in foreign countries.
2677.
Availability of funds for travel expenses and transportation of personal effects, household goods, or automobiles.
2678.
Reduction in earmarks if appropriations are less than authorizations.
2679.
Maximum rates of per diem in lieu of subsistence payable to foreign participants in exchange of persons program or in program of furnishing technical information and assistance.
2679a.
Procurement contracts.
(a)
Funding for periods not in excess of five years; conditions.
(b)
Cancellation of contracts.
2679b.
Prohibition against fraudulent use of "Made in America" labels.
2679c.
Prohibition on discriminatory contracts.
(a)
Prohibition.
(b)
Waiver by Secretary of State.
(c)
Responses to contract solicitations.
(d)
Review and termination.
2680.
Appropriations for State Department; information to Congressional committees.
2680–1.
Deadline for responses to questions from Congressional committees.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Specified committees.
2680–2.
Facilitating access to Department of State building.
(a)
Procedures to facilitate access.
(b)
Parking.
2680a.
Compensation for disability or death.
2681.
International broadcasting facilities; transfer to Department of State; acquisition of property.
2682.
Liquidation and disposal of broadcasting facilities.
2683.
Assumption of obligations of operation of broadcasting facilities.
2684.
Capital fund for Department of State to centralize reproduction, editorial, data processing, audiovisual and other services; maximum amount; operation of fund.
(a)
Establishment of fund.
(b)
Charges to fund; credit to appropriations.
2684a.
Capital Investment Fund.
(a)
Establishment.
(b)
Funding.
(c)
Availability.
(d)
Expenditures from Fund.
(e)
Reprogramming procedures.
2685.
Reimbursement for detailed State Department personnel.
2686.
Review of world-wide supply, demand, and price of basic raw and processed materials.
2686a.
Appointment of Special Coordinator for water policy negotiations and water resources policy.
(a)
Designation.
(b)
Other responsibilities.
2687.
Use of appropriated funds for unusual expenses of United States Representative to Organization of American States.
2688.
Ambassadors; criteria regarding selection and confirmation.
2689.
American Sections, International Joint Commission, United States and Canada; funds for representation expenses and official entertainment within the United States.
2690.
Foreign gifts; audit; reports to Congress.
2691.
Repealed.
2692.
Compensation for persons participating in State Department proceedings; availability of funds.
2693.
Repealed.
2694.
Limitation on purchase of gifts for foreign individuals; report to Speaker of the House and chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
2695.
Administrative services.
(a)
Agreements.
(b)
Payment.
2695a.
Foreign language services.
(a)
Surcharge for certain foreign language services.
(b)
Use of funds.
2695b.
Omitted.
2696.
Nondiscretionary personnel costs, currency fluctuations, and other contingencies.
(a)
Additional appropriations.
(b)
Appropriations authorization based on currency fluctuations.
(c)
Availability of appropriations until expended.
(d)
Accounts subject to percentage limitation.
(e)
Availability of funds for twelve-month contracts to be performed in two fiscal years.
2697.
Acceptance of gifts on behalf of United States.
(a)
Unconditional and conditional gifts.
(b)
Disposition.
(c)
Evidences of unconditional gift of intangible personal property.
(d)
Use of real property or tangible personal property received unconditionally.
(e)
Taxation.
(f)
Availability of statutory authorities to Broadcasting Board and Administrator of AID.
2698.
Procurement of legal services.
2699.
Employment opportunities for family members.
2700.
Use of vehicles.
2701.
Educational facilities.
2702.
Malpractice protection.
(a)
Exclusiveness of designated remedies.
(b)
Defense of civil actions by United States; delivery of process; furnishing of copies of pleadings.
(c)
Removal of actions; remand or dismissal; suspension of limitations.
(d)
Compromise or settlement of claims.
(e)
Inapplicability of section 2680(h) of title 28.
(f)
Holding harmless or providing for liability insurance.
(g)
Medical care or related service within scope of employment.
2703.
Services and facilities for employees at posts abroad.
(a)
Non-Government-operated services; applicability of other provisions of law.
(b)
Emergency commissary and mess services.
(c)
Availability; duplication of facilities and services.
(d)
Charges.
(e)
Child care facilities.
2704.
Subsistence expenses.
2705.
Documentation of citizenship.
2706.
Reprograming of funds; notice requirements.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Final 15 days in which funds available.
(c)
Waiver.
2707.
International communications and information policy; duties of Secretary of State.
2708.
Department of State rewards program.
(a)
Establishment.
(b)
Rewards authorized.
(c)
Coordination.
(d)
Funding.
(e)
Limitations and certification.
(f)
Ineligibility.
(g)
Reports.
(h)
Publication regarding rewards offered by foreign governments.
(i)
Determinations of Secretary.
(j)
Definitions.
2708a.
Award of Foreign Service star.
(a)
Authority to award.
(b)
Selection criteria.
(c)
Award in the event of death.
(d)
Form of award.
(e)
Funding.
2709.
Special agents.
(a)
General authority.
(b)
Agreement with Attorney General and firearms regulations.
(c)
Secret Service not affected.
2710.
Expenses relating to participation in arbitrations of certain disputes.
(a)
International agreements.
(b)
Contracts abroad.
(c)
Procurement of services.
(d)
International Litigation Fund.
2711.
Counterterrorism Protection Fund.
(a)
Authority.
(b)
Authorization of appropriations.
(c)
Designation of Fund.
2712.
Authority to control certain terrorism-related services.
(a)
Authority.
(b)
Services subject to control.
(c)
Persons subject of controls.
(d)
Licenses.
(e)
Definitions.
(f)
Violations.
(g)
Congressional oversight.
(h)
Relationship to other laws.
2713.
Protection of historic and artistic furnishings of reception areas of the Department of State Building.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Disposition of historic and artistic items.
(c)
"Reception areas" defined.
2714.
Denial of passports to certain convicted drug traffickers.
(a)
Ineligibility for passport.
(b)
Drug law offenses.
(c)
Period of ineligibility.
(d)
Emergency and humanitarian exceptions.
(e)
Definitions.
2715.
Procedures regarding major disasters and incidents abroad affecting United States citizens.
(a)
Authority.
(b)
Definitions.
2715a.
Provision of information on certain violent crimes abroad to victims and victims' families.
(a)
Sense of Congress.
(b)
Responsibility.
(c)
Limitations.
2715b.
Notification of next of kin; reports of death.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Reports of death or presumptive death.
(c)
Implementing regulations.
2715c.
Conservation and disposition of estates.
(a)
Conservation of estates abroad.
(b)
Disposition of estates by the Secretary of State.
(c)
Losses in connection with the conservation of estates.
(d)
Regulations.
2716.
Debt collection.
(a)
Contract authority.
(b)
Disclosure of delinquent debt to credit reporting agencies.
2717.
Defense trade controls registration fees.
2718.
Fees received for use of Blair House.
(a)
Use of fees.
(b)
Compliance with Budget Act.
2719.
Grants for training and education in international affairs.
2720.
Closing of consular and diplomatic posts abroad.
(a)
Prohibited uses of funds.
(b)
Post closing notification.
(c)
Reprogramming treatment.
(d)
Exceptions.
(e)
"Consular or diplomatic post" defined.
2721.
Impermissible basis for denial of passports.
2722.
International meetings.
(a)
Authority to pay expenses.
(b)
Retention of reimbursements.
2723.
Denial of visas.
(a)
Report to Congress.
(b)
Limitation.
(c)
Appropriate committees.
2724.
Fees for commercial services.
(a)
Authority to charge fee.
(b)
Use of fees.
2725.
Fees for use of National Foreign Affairs Training Center.
2726.
Fee for use of diplomatic reception rooms.
2727.
Accounting of collections in budget presentation documents.
2728.
Crimes committed by diplomats.
(a)
Annual report concerning diplomatic immunity.
(b)
United States policy concerning reform of diplomatic immunity.
(c)
Notification of diplomatic corps.