§ 2688. Ambassadors; criteria regarding selection and confirmation

Legislative history

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1. 1956

   Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1976

   Pub. L. 94–141 title I § 104 · 89 Stat. 756

   Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 2688

   Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 18, as added Pub. L. 94–141, title I, § 104, Nov. 29, 1975, 89 Stat. 757

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 18, as added Pub. L. 94–141, title I, § 104, Nov. 29, 1975, 89 Stat. 757

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 104. criteria regarding selection and confirmation of ambassadors The Act of August 1, 1956 (Public Law 84–885; 70 Stat. 890) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new section: “Sec. 18. It is the sense of the Congress that the position of United 22 USC 2688. States ambassador to a foreign country should be accorded to men and women possessing clearly demonstrated competence to perform ambassadorial duties. No individual should be accorded the position of United States ambassador to a foreign country primarily because of financial contributions to political campaigns.”.

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