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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Chapter 89 — Advancing Democratic Values

§ 8231. Advisory Committee on Democracy Promotion

Statutory text

Congress commends the Secretary for creating an Advisory Committee on Democracy Promotion, and it is the sense of Congress that the Committee should play a significant role in the Department’s transformational diplomacy by advising the Secretary regarding United States efforts to promote democracy and democratic transition in connection with the formulation and implementation of United States foreign policy and foreign assistance, including reviewing and making recommendations on—

(1)

how to improve the capacity of the Department to promote democracy and human rights; and

(2)

how to improve foreign assistance programs related to the promotion of democracy.

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. Advance Democratic Values, Address Nondemocratic Countries, and Enhance Democracy Act of 2007

    Pub. L. 110–53 title XXI § 2131 · 121 Stat. 266

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 8231

    (Pub. L. 110–53, title XXI, § 2131, Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 533.)

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    (Pub. L. 110–53, title XXI, § 2131, Aug. 3, 2007, 121 Stat. 533.)

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    SEC. 2131. ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON DEMOCRACY PROMOTION.   Congress commends the Secretary for creating an Advisory Committee on Democracy Promotion, and it is the sense of Congress that the Committee should play a significant role in the Department’s transformational diplomacy by advising the Secretary regarding United States efforts to promote democracy and democratic transition in connection with the formulation and implementation of United States foreign policy and foreign assistance, including reviewing and making recommendations on— (1) how to improve the capacity of the Department to promote democracy and human rights; and (2) how to improve foreign assistance programs related to the promotion of democracy.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Credits

(Pub. L. 110–53, title XXI, § 2131, , 121 Stat. 533.)

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