Title 22Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§6571 References

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 74— - FOREIGN AFFAIRS AGENCIES CONSOLIDATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION AGENCY › Part Part B— - Miscellaneous Provisions › § 6571

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

When a law or official paper names the United States International Development Cooperation Agency (IDCA) or its officers, it means the people who now do that job. If the job was moved under section 6562(a), it means the Secretary of State; under 6562(b), the Administrator of the Agency for International Development; under 6562(c), the head of the agency that received the job; if not moved, it means the President or the agencies the President names by Executive order.

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Title 22, §6571

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Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any reference in any statute, reorganization plan, Executive order, regulation, agreement, determination, or other official document or proceeding to the United States International Development Cooperation Agency (IDCA) or to the Director or any other officer or employee of IDCA—
(1)insofar as such reference relates to any function or authority transferred under section 6562(a) of this title, shall be deemed to refer to the Secretary of State;
(2)insofar as such reference relates to any function or authority transferred under section 6562(b) of this title, shall be deemed to refer to the Administrator of the Agency for International Development;
(3)insofar as such reference relates to any function or authority transferred under section 6562(c) of this title, shall be deemed to refer to the head of the agency to which such function or authority is transferred under such section; and
(4)insofar as such reference relates to any function or authority not transferred by this subchapter, shall be deemed to refer to the President or such agency or agencies as may be specified by Executive order.

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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. This subchapter, referred to in par. (4), was in the original “this title”, meaning title XIV of subdiv. A of div. G of Pub. L. 105–277, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–790. For complete classification of title XIV to the Code, see Tables.

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22 U.S.C. § 6571

Title 22Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73