Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§4191 General Application of Provisions to Consular Officers
Title 22 › CHAPTER 52 — FOREIGN SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER XIV — POWERS, DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF CONSULAR OFFICERS GENERALLY › § 4191
Summary
Laws that apply to some consular officers also apply to other consular officers and to U.S. State Department employees the Secretary names under rules the Secretary sets, as long as it matches subject and U.S. treaties.
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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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22 U.S.C. § 4191
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102