§3927b — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

Summary

Within 30 days after each calendar quarter ends, the Secretary must send the appropriate congressional committees a report. The report must name every chief of mission or U.S. representative overseas with Ambassador rank whom the Under Secretary of State for Management approved to be outside their assigned country for reasons other than official travel or temporary duty during the prior quarter, and state how many days each was away.

Title 22, §3927b

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Not later than 30 days following the end of each calendar quarter, the Secretary shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees—

(1)a list of every chief of mission or United States representative overseas with the rank of Ambassador who, during the prior quarter, was granted approval by the Under Secretary of State for Management to be outside a country of assignment for purposes other than official travel or temporary duty orders; and

(2)the number of days each such chief of mission or United States representative overseas with the rank of Ambassador was outside a country of assignment during the previous quarter for purposes other than official travel or temporary duty orders.

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Department of State Authorization Act of 2023, and also as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, and not as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definitions For definitions of “Secretary” and “appropriate congressional committees” as used in this section, see section 6002 of Pub. L. 118–31, set out as a note under section 2651 of this title.

§3927b Reporting requirement on chiefs of mission

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Title 22, §3927b

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