Title 22Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§4611 Biennial reports to President and Congress; comments, findings, and recommendations; Congressional Committee hearings

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 56— - UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE › § 4611

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Starting two years after October 19, 1984, and every two years after that, the Chairman must send the President and Congress a report covering previous two years. The President may send agency comments, and House and Senate foreign and labor committees may hold hearings.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §4611

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Beginning two years after October 19, 1984, and at intervals of two years thereafter, the Chairman of the Board shall prepare and transmit to the Congress and the President a report detailing the progress the Institute has made in carrying out the purposes of this chapter during the preceding two-year period. The President may prepare and transmit to the Congress within a reasonable time after the receipt of such report the written comments and recommendations of the appropriate agencies of the United States with respect to the contents of such report and their recommendations with respect to any legislation which may be required concerning the Institute. After receipt of such report by the Congress, the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the Senate may hold hearings to review the findings and recommendations of such report and the written comments received from the President.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

Amendments

1998—Pub. L. 105–244 substituted “President may prepare” for “President shall prepare” and “may hold hearings” for “shall hold hearings”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Committee on Education and Labor of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Education and the Workforce of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Eighteenth Congress, Jan. 9, 2023. Committee on Labor and Human Resources of Senate changed to Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of Senate by Senate Resolution No. 20, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Jan. 19, 1999.

Effective Date

of 1998 AmendmentAmendment by Pub. L. 105–244 effective Oct. 1, 1998, except as otherwise provided in Pub. L. 105–244, see section 3 of Pub. L. 105–244, set out as a note under section 1001 of Title 20, Education. Termination of Reporting RequirementsFor termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in this section relating to the requirement that every two years the Chairman of the Board transmit to Congress a report detailing the progress the Institute has made in carrying out the purposes of this chapter, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104–66, as amended, set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and page 207 of House Document No. 103–7.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 4611

Title 22Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73