§6502 — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

Summary

Names the short forms and key words used in the chapter. ACDA is the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; AID is the United States Agency for International Development; IDCA is the United States International Development Cooperation Agency; USIA is the United States Information Agency; "agency" or "Federal agency" is an Executive agency as defined in section 105 of title 5; "covered agency" is any of ACDA, USIA, IDCA, or AID; "appropriate congressional committees" are the House Committees on International Relations and Appropriations and the Senate Committees on Foreign Relations and Appropriations; "Department" is the Department of State; "Secretary" is the Secretary of State; "function" means any duty, power, responsibility, right, privilege, activity, or program; and "office" includes any office, administration, agency, institute, unit, or similar part of an organization.

Title 22, §6502

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In this chapter:

(1)The term “ACDA” means the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.

(2)The term “AID” means the United States Agency for International Development.

(3)The term “agency” or “Federal agency” means an Executive agency as defined in section 105 of title 5.

(4)The term “appropriate congressional committees” means the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.

(5)The term “covered agency” means any of the following agencies: ACDA, USIA, IDCA, and AID.

(6)The term “Department” means the Department of State.

(7)The term “function” means any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, activity, or program.

(8)The term “IDCA” means the United States International Development Cooperation Agency.

(9)The term “office” includes any office, administration, agency, institute, unit, organizational entity, or component thereof.

(10)The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of State.

(11)The term “USIA” means the United States Information Agency.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this subdivision”, meaning subdiv. A of div. G of Pub. L. 105–277, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–765, known as the Foreign Affairs Agencies Consolidation Act of 1998. For complete classification of this subdivision to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 6501 of this title and Tables.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

Committee on International Relations of House of Representatives changed to Committee on Foreign Affairs of House of Representatives by House Resolution No. 6, One Hundred Tenth Congress, Jan. 5, 2007.

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