Federal

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

3,485 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 2669b — Reaffirming United States international telecommunications policy
• § 266a — Transferred
• § 266b — Repealed. June 11, 1940, ch. 306 , 54 Stat. 263
• § 267 — Permanent Commission of International Geodetic Association; representative of United States
• § 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; acknowledgement of services of foreign vessels and aircraft; rentals and leases
• § 2671 — Emergency expenditures
• § 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
• § 2679b — Prohibition against fraudulent use of “Made in America” labels
• § 2679c — Prohibition on discriminatory contracts
• § 2679d — Exemption from certain procurement protest procedures for noncompetitive contracting in emergency circumstances
• § 2679e — List of certain telecommunications providers
• § 267a — Appointment of delegates; compensation
• § 267b — International Joint Commission; invitation to establish; personnel; duties
• § 268 — International Joint Commission; salaries; powers
• § 2680 — Appropriations for State Department; information to congressional committees
• § 2680–1 — Deadline for responses to questions from congressional committees
• § 2680–2 — Facilitating access to Department of State
• § 2680–3 — Responsiveness to Congressional Research Service inquiries and Congressional Budget Office inquiries
• § 2680–4 — Periodic briefings from Bureau of Intelligence and Research
• § 2680a — Compensation for disability or death
• § 2680b — Special rules for certain monthly workers’ compensation payments and other payments for Department of State personnel under chief of mission authority
• § 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
• § 2684a — Capital Investment Fund
• § 2684b — Strengthening the Chief Information Officer of the Department of State
• § 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
• § 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
• § 268a — Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a) , Sept. 6, 1966 , 80 Stat. 650
• § 268b — Advances from appropriation “Boundary line, Alaska and Canada, and the United States and Canada”
• § 268c — Limitation on expenditure of funds for compensation of International Boundary Commissioner to actual hours worked
• § 269 — Permanent International Association of Road Congresses; authorization of membership
• § 2690 — Foreign gifts; audit; reports to Congress
• § 2691 — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–649, title VI, § 603(a)(18) , Nov. 29, 1990 , 104 Stat. 5084
• § 2692 — Compensation for persons participating in State Department proceedings; availability of funds
• § 2693 — Repealed. Pub. L. 96–465, title II, § 2205(3) , Oct. 17, 1980 , 94 Stat. 2160
• § 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
• § 2695a — Foreign language services
• § 2695b — Omitted
• § 2696 — Nondiscretionary personnel costs, currency fluctuations, and other contingencies
• § 2697 — Acceptance of gifts on behalf of United States
• § 2698 — Procurement of legal services
• § 2699 — Employment opportunities for family members
• § 269a — Central Bureau of the International Map of the World on the Millionth Scale; authorization of appropriations
• § 269b — Omitted
• § 269c — International Statistical Bureau at The Hague; authorization of appropriations
• § 269d — Inter American Statistical Institute; authorization of appropriations
• § 269e — Omitted
• § 269f — International Bureau for the Protection of Industrial Property; authorization of appropriations
• § 269g — Private International Law Conference at The Hague and Private Law International Institute in Rome; membership; appointment of delegates
• § 269g–1 — Authorization of appropriations
• § 269h — International Union for the Publication of Customs Tariffs; authorization of annual appropriations for expenses
• § 270 to 270g — Repealed. Pub. L. 88–619, § 3 , Oct. 3, 1964 , 78 Stat. 995
• § 2700 — Use of vehicles
• § 2701 — Educational facilities
• § 2701a — Education allowance for dependents of Department of State employees located in United States territories
• § 2702 — Malpractice protection
• § 2703 — Services and facilities for employees at posts abroad
• § 2703a — Emergency back-up care
• § 2704 — Subsistence expenses
• § 2705 — Documentation of citizenship
• § 2706 — Reprograming of funds; notice requirements
• § 2706a — Rewards payments
• § 2707 — International communications and information policy; duties of Secretary of State
• § 2708 — Department of State rewards program
• § 2708a — Award of Thomas Jefferson Star for Foreign Service
• § 2709 — Special agents
• § 271 — International Labor Organization; membership
• § 2710 — Expenses relating to participation in arbitrations of certain disputes
• § 2711 — Counterterrorism Protection Fund
• § 2712 — Authority to control certain terrorism-related services
• § 2713 — Protection of historic and artistic furnishings of reception areas of the Harry S Truman Federal Building
• § 2714 — Denial of passports to certain convicted drug traffickers
• § 2714a — Revocation or denial of passport in case of certain unpaid taxes
• § 2715 — Procedures regarding major disasters and incidents abroad affecting United States citizens
• § 2715a — Provision of information on certain violent crimes abroad to victims and victims’ families
• § 2715b — Notification of next of kin; reports of death
• § 2715c — Conservation and disposition of estates
• § 2716 — Debt collection
• § 2717 — Defense trade controls registration fees
• § 2718 — Fees received for use of Blair House
• § 2719 — Grants for training and education in international affairs
• § 2719a — Foreign affairs training
• § 2719b — Training and professional development prioritization
• § 2719c — Facilitation and encouragement of training and professional development for Foreign Service and Civil Service personnel
• § 2719d — Language incentive pay for civil service employees
• § 272 — Omitted
• § 2720 — Closing of consular and diplomatic posts abroad
• § 2721 — Impermissible basis for denial of passports
• § 2722 — International meetings
• § 2723 — Denial of visas
• § 2724 — Fees for commercial services
• § 2725 — Fees for use of the George P. Shultz 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
• § 2729 — State Department records of overseas deaths of United States citizens from nonnatural causes
• § 272a — Authorization of appropriations
• § 272b — Loyalty check on United States personnel
• § 273 — Pan American Institute of Geography and History; authorization of annual appropriations for membership
• § 2730 — Prohibition on funding the involuntary return of refugees
• § 2731 — Monitoring and combating anti-Semitism
• § 2732 — Public diplomacy responsibilities of the Department of State
• § 2732a — Avoiding duplication of programs and efforts
• § 2732b — Improving research and evaluation of public diplomacy
• § 2732c — Submission of federally funded research and development center reports to Congress
• § 2733 — Reemployment of annuitants under the Civil Service Retirement System and Federal Employees’ Retirement System
• § 2734 — Reconstruction and stabilization
• § 2734a — Authorities related to personnel
• § 2734b — Report on diversity recruitment, employment, retention, and promotion
• § 2734c — Employee assignment restrictions
• § 2734d — Recruitment and retention of individuals who have lived, worked, or studied in predominantly Muslim countries or communities
• § 2734e — Annual Report
• § 2734f — Strategic staffing plan for the Department of State
• § 2734g — Promoting transparency and accountability in the Department of State workforce
• § 2734h — Increased accountability in assignment restrictions and reviews
• § 2735 — Foreign relations exchange programs
• § 2735a — Presidential Envoy for the Abraham Accords, Negev Forum, and Related Integration and Normalization Fora and Agreements
• § 2735b — National Museum of American Diplomacy
• § 2736 — Exit interviews for workforce
• § 2736a — Recruitment and retention
• § 2736b — Leadership engagement and accountability
• § 2736c — Professional development opportunities and tools
• § 2736d — Payne fellowship authorization
• § 2736d–1 — Donald M. Payne International Development Fellowship Program
• § 2736e — Voluntary participation
• § 2736f — Efforts to improve retention and prevent retaliation
• § 2737 — Department of State paid Student Internship Program
• § 2738 — Mid-Career Mentoring Program
• § 2739 — Civil service rotational program
• § 274 — International Council of Scientific Unions and Associated Unions; authorization of annual appropriations for membership
• § 2740 — Career intermission program adjustment to enhance retention
• § 2741 — Authority to pay for or reimburse for certain security services
• § 274a — International biological program
• § 274b — Cooperation of Federal and non-Federal departments, agencies, and organizations; transfers of funds
• § 275 — International Hydrographic Bureau
• § 2751 — Need for international defense cooperation and military export controls; Presidential waiver; report to Congress; arms sales policy
• § 2752 — Coordination with foreign policy
• § 2753 — Eligibility for defense services or defense articles
• § 2754 — Purposes for which military sales or leases by the United States are authorized; report to Congress
• § 2755 — Discrimination prohibited if based on race, religion, national origin, or sex
• § 2756 — Foreign intimidation and harassment of individuals in United States
• § 275a — Permanent International Commission of the Congresses of Navigation; authorization of appropriations
• § 276 to 276a–4 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–277, div. G , subdiv. B, title XXV, § 2503(d), Oct. 21, 1998 , 112 Stat. 2681–837
• § 2761 — Sales from stocks
• § 2762 — Procurement for cash sales
• § 2763 — Credit sales
• § 2764 — Guaranties
• § 2765 — Annual estimate and justification for sales program
• § 2766 — Security assistance surveys
• § 2767 — Authority of President to enter into cooperative projects with friendly foreign countries
• § 2767a — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–189, div. A, title IX, § 931(d)(2) , Nov. 29, 1989 , 103 Stat. 1535
• § 2768 — Repealed. Pub. L. 104–106, div. A, title X, § 1064(a) , Feb. 10, 1996 , 110 Stat. 445
• § 2769 — Foreign military construction sales
• § 276aa — Establishment of the Kermit Roosevelt fund; creation and composition of board of trustees
• § 276b — Repealed. Pub. L. 95–45, § 4(d)(4) , June 15, 1977 , 91 Stat. 223
• § 276bb — Acceptance of funds and property from Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt; purpose and use; disbursement and investment of fund
• § 276c — Designation of Senate delegates to Conferences of the Interparliamentary Union
• § 276c–1 — Reports of expenditures by members of American groups or delegations and employees; consolidated reports by congressional committees; public inspection
• § 276c–2 — Employee benefits for United States citizen-representatives to international financial institutions; Treasury Department as collecting, accounting, and depositing agency for employee payments; contributions from appropriated funds
• § 276c–3 — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–240, title V, § 541(d)(7) , Dec. 19, 1989 , 103 Stat. 2518
• § 276c–4 — Employment of United States citizens by certain international organizations
• § 276c–5 — Authorization for United States participation in the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations
• § 276c–6 — Supporting the employment of United States citizens by international organizations
• § 276c–7 — Internships of United States nationals at international organizations
• § 276cc — Acceptance of funds and property from other sources; limitation; disbursement and investment
• § 276d — United States group; appointment; term; meetings
• § 276dd — Income from property covered into Treasury; disbursement and investment
• § 276e — Authorization of appropriations; disbursements
• § 276ee — Powers of board; personal liability of members; compensation; decisions reviewable by Secretary of the Army; annual report; jurisdiction of court
• § 276f — Report to Congress
• § 276g — Auditing of accounts
• § 276h — United States group; appointment; term; meetings
• § 276i — Authorization of appropriations; disbursements
• § 276j — Report to Congress
• § 276k — Auditing of accounts
• § 276l — British-American Interparliamentary Group
• § 276m — United States Delegation to Parliamentary Assembly of Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE)
• § 276n — United States Senate-China Interparliamentary Group
• § 276o — United States Senate-Russia Interparliamentary Group
• § 276p — United States Senate-Japan Interparliamentary Group
• § 277 — International Boundary Commission, United States and Mexico; study of boundary waters
• § 2770 — General authority
• § 2770a — Exchange of training and related support