Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§2669b Reaffirming United States international telecommunications policy

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 38— - DEPARTMENT OF STATE › § 2669b

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The United States must encourage buying goods and services from private commercial companies. The Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Program Office (DTS–PO) must use open competition as much as possible when buying telecommunications services, including satellite space segment, for U.S. diplomatic posts abroad; favor commercial satellite providers that have no ties to intergovernmental satellite organizations; and apply these competitive rules to prime contracts and, when practicable, to subcontracts.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §2669b

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(a)It is the policy of the United States to foster and support procurement of goods and services from private, commercial companies.

(b)In order to achieve the policy set forth in subsection (a), the Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Program Office (DTS–PO) shall—

(1)utilize full and open competition, to the maximum extent practicable, in the procurement of telecommunications services, including satellite space segment, for the Department of State and each other Federal entity represented at United States diplomatic missions and consular posts overseas;

(2)make every effort to ensure and promote the participation in the competition for such procurement of commercial private sector providers of satellite space segment who have no ownership or other connection with an intergovernmental satellite organization; and

(3)implement the competitive procedures required by paragraphs (1) and (2) at the prime contracting level and, to the maximum extent practicable, the subcontracting level.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 2669b

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73