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§2567 Presidential Special Representatives

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 35— - ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES AND VISITING SCHOLARS › § 2567

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

With Senate approval, the President may appoint Special Representatives to handle arms control, stopping the spread of weapons, and disarmament. They are ambassadors, serve under the President and the Secretary of State, and the State Department must provide funding, staff, and office space.

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Title 22, §2567

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The President may appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, Special Representatives of the President for arms control, nonproliferation, and disarmament matters. Each Presidential Special Representative shall hold the rank of ambassador. Presidential Special Representatives appointed under this section shall perform their duties and exercise their powers under the direction of the President and the Secretary of State. The Department of State shall be the Government agency responsible for providing administrative support, including funding, staff, and office space, to all Presidential Special Representatives.

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Amendments

1998—Pub. L. 105–277, § 1223(4), struck out “One such Representative may serve in the Agency as Chief Science Advisor.” after “rank of ambassador.” and “, acting through the Director” after “Secretary of State”, and substituted “Department of State” for “Agency”. 1994—Pub. L. 103–236 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, section read as follows: “The President may appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, two Special Representatives for Arms Control and Disarmament Negotiations, one of whom should serve as special representative for conventional arms control negotiations, and the other should serve as special representative and chief science advisor to the Director. The two Special Representatives shall perform their duties and exercise their powers under the direction of the President and the Secretary of State, acting through the Director.” 1989—Pub. L. 101–216 substituted “, one of whom should serve as special representative for conventional arms control negotiations, and the other should serve as special representative and chief science advisor to the Director. The two Special Representatives shall perform their duties and exercise their powers under the direction of the President and the Secretary of State, acting through the Director” for “who shall perform such duties and exercise such powers (under the direction of the President and the Secretary of State, acting through the Director) as the Director may prescribe with respect to international arms control and disarmament negotiations and matters relating thereto”. 1983—Pub. L. 98–202 substituted “two Special Representatives” for “a Special Representative”.

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of 1998 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 105–277 effective Apr. 1, 1999, see section 1201 of Pub. L. 105–277, set out as an

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note under section 6511 of this title.

Effective Date

of 1989 Amendment Pub. L. 101–216, title I, § 103(b), Dec. 11, 1989, 103 Stat. 1853, provided that: “The amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply with respect to individuals who are appointed as Special Representatives on or after the date of enactment of this Act [Dec. 11, 1989].”

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22 U.S.C. § 2567

Title 22Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73