Title 22Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§4191 General application of provisions to consular officers

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 52— - FOREIGN SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XIV— - POWERS, DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF CONSULAR OFFICERS GENERALLY › § 4191

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Title 18 rules that apply to certain consular officers also apply to other kinds of consular staff and to U.S. citizen State Department employees the Secretary names under regulations, if they fit subject and U.S. treaties.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §4191

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The various provisions of title 18 of the Revised Statutes which are expressed in terms of general application to any particular classes of consular officers, shall be deemed to apply as well to all other classes of such officers and to such other United States citizen employees of the Department of State as may be designated by the Secretary of State pursuant to such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, so far as may be consistent with the subject matter of the same and with the treaties of the United States.

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References in Text

Title 18 of the Revised Statutes, referred to in text, was in the original “this Title”, meaning title 18 of the Revised Statutes, consisting of R.S. §§ 1674 to 1752, and insofar as classified to the Code, is classified to section 4191, 4193 to 4197, 4200, 4202, 4204, 4205, 4207 to 4214, and 4216 to 4221 of this title. For complete classification of R.S. §§ 1674 to 1752 to the Code, see Tables. Codification R.S. § 1689 derived from act Aug. 18, 1856, ch. 127, § 31, 11 Stat. 64. Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter. Section was formerly classified to section 1171 of this title, and prior thereto to section 53 of this title.

Amendments

1998—Pub. L. 105–277 inserted “and to such other United States citizen employees of the Department of State as may be designated by the Secretary of State pursuant to such

Regulations

as the Secretary may prescribe” after “such officers”.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 4191

Title 22Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73