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22 U.S.C. 4802: Responsibility of Secretary of State

Created in 1986 by Public Law 99-399. Changed by 7 later laws. 1 new law this Congress changed it.

8 other sections of the Code cite this one, including 6 U.S.C. 475, 15 U.S.C. 4721, 18 U.S.C. 118, 22 U.S.C. 2151aa, 22 U.S.C. 2680b.

This Congress

  • S. 1071 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 · became law · changed (a), (c)

How it got here

2024

  • Pub. L. 118–159 designated existing provisions as par. (1), redesignated former pars. (1) and (2) as subpars. (A) and (B), respectively, of par. (1), and added par. (2). (Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025) Law text · (c)

2002

  • Pub. L. 107–228 inserted "Voice of America correspondents on official assignment and" after "abroad (other than". (Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003) Law text · (a)

1994

  • Pub. L. 103–415 substituted "operation" for "operations" in par. (2)(B)(i). · (a)
  • Pub. L. 103–236 designated existing provisions as par. (1), redesignated former pars. (1) to (4) as subpars. (A) to (D), respectively, and added par. (2). · (a)

1990

  • Pub. L. 101–246 added subsec. (b) and redesignated former subsecs. (b) and (c) as (c) and (d), respectively. · (b), (c), (d)

1988

  • Pub. L. 100–461 inserted "or regional inspector general offices under the jurisdiction of the inspector General, Agency for International Development" after "commander", and substituted a period for "; and" at end. · (b)
  • Pub. L. 100–461 struck out par. (3) which read as follows: "establish, notwithstanding any other provision of law, appropriate overseas staffing levels of the Regional Offices of the Inspector General of the Agency for International Development in effective consultation with the Ins… · (b)

1987

  • Pub. L. 100–202 added par. (3). · (b)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.