Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73
§4173 Congressional oversight of implementation
Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 52— - FOREIGN SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XIII— - MISCELLANEOUS › § 4173
Summary
The Secretary must, using procedures, consult the exclusive representative (if any) of the Foreign Service in each listed agency about implementing this chapter and its report; the representative must get timely access to relevant information and their views must be included.
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Title 22, §4173
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(a)
(c)The Secretary shall consult, in accordance with the procedures set out in section 4113(g) of this title, with the exclusive representative (if any) of members of the Foreign Service in each agency specified in section 4103(a) of this title with respect to steps to be taken in implementing this chapter and reported under section 4001(c)(4) 11 See References in Text note below. of this title. To that end, each such exclusive representative will have timely access to all relevant information at each stage. Each such report shall include the views of each such exclusive representative on any and all aspects of the report and the information contained in such report.
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References in Text
section 4001(c)(4) of this title, referred to in subsec. (c), was repealed by Pub. L. 114–323, title VII, § 715(b)(5), Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1946.
Amendments
1987—Subsecs. (a), (b). Pub. L. 100–204 struck out subsec. (a) which related to report by Secretary of State and its contents and subsec. (b) which related to annual supplemental report and its contents. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100–204 substituted “under section 4001(c)(4) of this title” for “under this section”.
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22 U.S.C. § 4173
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73