§ 3927. Chief of mission

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. 1980

   Pub. L. 96–465 title I § 207 · 94 Stat. 2071

   Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 3927

   Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 207, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2079

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 207, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2079

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 207. Chief of Mission.— (a) Under the direction of the President, 22 USC 3927. the chief of mission to a foreign country— (1) shall have full responsibility for the direction, coordination, and supervision of all Government employees in that country (except for employees under the command of a United States area military commander); and (2) shall keep fully and currently informed with respect to all activities and operations of the Government within that country, and shall insure that all Government employees in that country (except for employees under the command of a United States area military commander) comply fully with all applicable directives of the chief of mission. (b) Any agency having employees in a foreign country shall keep the chief of mission to that country fully and currently informed with respect to all activities and operations of its employees in that country, and shall insure that all of its employees in that country (except for employees under the command of a United States area military commander) comply fully with all applicable directives of the chief of mission.

2. 1982

   Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1982 and 1983

   Pub. L. 97–241 title I § 123 · 96 Stat. 273

   Added · 22 U.S.C. § 3927(c)

   Pub. L. 97–241 added subsec. (c)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 97–241 added subsec. (c).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 123. duties of a chief of mission Section 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3927) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(c) Each chief of mission to a foreign country shall have as a principal duty the promotion of United States goods and services for export to such country.”.

3. 1987

   Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989

   Pub. L. 100–204 § 136(1) · 101 Stat. 1331

   Inserted · 22 U.S.C. § 3927(a)

   Pub. L. 100–204, § 136(1), (2), inserted “executive branch” after “Government” in par. (1) and after second reference to “Government” in par. (2)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–204, § 136(1), (2), inserted “executive branch” after “Government” in par. (1) and after second reference to “Government” in par. (2).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting “executive branch” after “Government”;

4. 1987

   Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989

   Pub. L. 100–204 § 136(3) · 101 Stat. 1331

   Inserted · 22 U.S.C. § 3927(b)

   Pub. L. 100–204, § 136(3), inserted “executive branch” after “Any”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–204, § 136(3), inserted “executive branch” after “Any”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (3) in subsection (b), by inserting “executive branch” after “Any”.

5. 2002

   Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003

   Pub. L. 107–228 div. A title V § 505(b) · 116 Stat. 1350

   Inserted · 22 U.S.C. § 3927(a)(1); 22 U.S.C. § 3927(a)(2); 22 U.S.C. § 3927(a)(b)

   Pub. L. 107–228 inserted “Voice of America correspondents on official assignment and” after “except for”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsecs. (a)(1), (2), (b). Pub. L. 107–228 inserted “Voice of America correspondents on official assignment and” after “except for”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (b) Exemption From Chief of Mission Responsibilities.— Section 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3927) is amended— (1) in the parenthetical clause in subsection (a)(1), by inserting “Voice of America correspondents on official assignment and” after “except for”; (2) in the parenthetical clause in subsection (a)(2), by inserting “Voice of America correspondents on official assignment and” after “except for”; and (3) in the parenthetical clause in subsection (b), by inserting “Voice of America correspondents on official assignment and” after “except for”.

6. 2019

   Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020

   Pub. L. 116–94 div. J title VII § 704 · 133 Stat. 2534

   Added · 22 U.S.C. § 3927(d)

   Pub. L. 116–94 added subsec. (d)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 116–94 added subsec. (d).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 704. No funds appropriated by this Act may be used to pay negotiated indirect cost rates on cooperative agreements or similar arrangements between the United States Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institutions in excess of 10 percent of the total direct cost of the agreement when the purpose of such cooperative arrangements is to carry out programs of mutual interest between the two parties. This does not preclude appropriate payment of indirect costs on grants and contracts with such institutions when such indirect costs are computed on a similar basis for all agencies for which appropriations are provided in this Act.

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