22-U.S.C.-3927
§3927 – Chief of Mission
Pathway
Title 22 > Chapter 52 > Subchapter II > Section 3927
Details
- Reference: Section 3927
- Legend: §3927 – Chief of Mission
- USCode Year: 2013
Provision Content
(a) Duties
Under the direction of the President, the chief of mission to a foreign country—
(1) shall have full responsibility for the direction, coordination, and supervision of all Government executive branch employees in that country (except for Voice of America correspondents on official assignment and 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 executive branch employees in that country (except for Voice of America correspondents on official assignment and employees under the command of a United States area military commander) comply fully with all applicable directives of the chief of mission.
(b) Duties of agencies with employees in foreign countries
Any executive branch 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 Voice of America correspondents on official assignment and employees under the command of a United States area military commander) comply fully with all applicable directives of the chief of mission.
(c) Promotion of United States goods and services
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.
(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, §207, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2079; Pub. L. 97–241, title I, §123, Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 281; Pub. L. 100–204, title I, §136, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1345; Pub. L. 107–228, div. A, title V, §505(b), Sept. 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 1393.)
Amendments
2002—Subsecs. (a)(1), (2), (b). Pub. L. 107–228 inserted Voice of America correspondents on official assignment and after except for.
1987—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).
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–204, §136(3), inserted executive branch after Any.
1982—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 97–241 added subsec. (c).
U.S. Encyclopedia of Law Coverage
22-U.S.C.-3927 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Foreign Relations
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22-U.S.C.-3902 in the Legal Encyclopedia: Foreign Service
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