§ 2729. State Department records of overseas deaths of United States citizens from nonnatural causes

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.

1. 2002

   An Act providing for a study regarding the equitable use of the waters of the Rio Grande below Fort Quitman, Texas, in cooperation with the United States of Mexico

   Pub. L. 107–228 div. A title II § 204 · 116 Stat. 1350

   Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 2729

   (Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 57, as added Pub. L. 107–228, div. A, title II, § 204, Sept. 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 1363.)

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   (Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 57, as added Pub. L. 107–228, div. A, title II, § 204, Sept. 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 1363.)

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 204. STATE DEPARTMENT RECORDS OF OVERSEAS DEATHS OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS FROM NONNATURAL CAUSES. Title I of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2651a et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: “SEC. 57. STATE DEPARTMENT RECORDS OF OVERSEAS DEATHS OF UNITED STATES CITIZENS FROM NONNATURAL CAUSES. “(a) Collection of Information.— The Secretary shall, to the maximum extent practicable, collect, with respect to each foreign country, the following information with respect to each United States citizen who dies in that country from a nonnatural cause on or after the date of enactment of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003: “(1) The date of death. “(2) The locality where the death occurred (including the state or province and municipality, if available). “(3) The cause of death, including information on the circumstances of the death, and including, if the death resulted from an act of terrorism, a statement disclosing that information. “(4) Such other information as the Secretary shall prescribe. “(b) Database.— The Secretary shall establish and maintain a database containing the information collected under subsection (a). “(c) Public Availability of Information.— Beginning three months after the date of enactment of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003, the Secretary, shall make available, on a country-by-country basis, on the Internet website of the Department’s Bureau of Consular Affairs, the information from the database described in subsection (b) with respect to deaths occurring since the date of enactment of that Act, or occurring during the preceding three calendar years, whichever period is shorter. The information shall be updated at least every six months.”.

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