Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 106 — Championing American Business Through Diplomacy
§ 9902. Report from each mission on matters of commercial relations
Statutory text
In general
Not later than 1 year after , and annually thereafter, the chief of mission at each bilateral diplomatic mission of the United States and the Director of the American Institute in Taiwan shall submit to the Secretary of State mission plans that include the following:
Data and other information regarding actions taken by each such mission or Institute during the previous year to foster commercial relations and safeguard United States economic and business interests in the country or region in which each such chief of mission and the Director serves.
Each such mission’s and Institute’s anticipated economic and commercial priorities for the coming year.
Report to Congress
The Secretary of State, after receiving the information required under subsection (a), shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report, disaggregated by country or region, on activities and initiatives, including with appropriate examples, to create an enabling environment and otherwise promote United States economic and business interests in each such country or region, as well as information about significant foreign competition to United States businesses in the relevant country or region, including state-directed investments by foreign governments and United States strategic competitors in such country or region.
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.
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020
Pub. L. 116–94 div. J title VII § 706 · 133 Stat. 2534
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 9902
(Pub. L. 116–94, div. J, title VII, § 706, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 3071.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 116–94, div. J, title VII, § 706, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 3071.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 706. None of the funds made available to the Department of Agriculture by this Act may be used to acquire new information technology systems or significant upgrades, as determined by the Office of the Chief Information Officer, without the approval of the Chief Information Officer and the concurrence of the Executive Information Technology Investment Review Board: Notification. Provided, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, none of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act may be transferred to the Office of the Chief Information Officer without written notification to and the prior approval of the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress: Provided further, That, notwithstanding section 11319 of title 40, United States Code, none of the funds available to the Department of Agriculture for information technology shall be obligated for projects, contracts, or other agreements over $25,000 prior to receipt of written approval by the Chief Information Officer: Provided further, That the Chief Information Officer may authorize an agency to obligate funds without written approval from the Chief Information Officer for projects, contracts, or other agreements up to $250,000 based upon the performance of an agency measured against the performance plan requirements described in the explanatory statement accompanying Public Law 113–235.
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Credits
(Pub. L. 116–94, div. J, title VII, § 706, , 133 Stat. 3071.)