Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 37 — Foreign Gifts and Decorations
§ 2625. Gifts or decorations on deposit with State Department
Statutory text
Any gift or decoration on deposit with the Department of State on , shall, when approved by the Secretary of State and the appropriate department, agency, office, or other entity, be released to the donee or his legal representative. Such donee may, if authorized, be entitled to wear any decoration so approved. A gift or decoration not approved for release, because of any special or unusual circumstances involved, shall be deemed a gift to the United States and shall be deposited by the donee in accordance with the rules and regulations issued pursuant to this chapter.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act of 1966
Pub. L. 89–673 § 6 · 80 Stat. 952
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 2625
(Pub. L. 89–673, § 6, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 952.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 89–673, § 6, Oct. 15, 1966, 80 Stat. 952.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 6. Any gift or decoration on deposit with the Department of State on the date of enactment of this Act shall, when approved by the Secretary of State and the appropriate department, agency, office, or other entity, be released to the donee or his legal representative. Such donee may, if authorized, be entitled to wear any decoration so approved. A gift or decoration not approved for release, because of any special or unusual circumstances involved, shall be deemed a gift to the United States and shall be deposited by the donee in accordance with the rules and regulations issued pursuant to this Act.
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