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Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110

§5822 Business and Agriculture Advisory Council

Title 22 › CHAPTER 67 — FREEDOM FOR RUSSIA AND EMERGING EURASIAN DEMOCRACIES AND OPEN MARKETS SUPPORT › SUBCHAPTER II — BUSINESS AND COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT › § 5822

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The President can create an advisory group called the Independent States Business and Agriculture Advisory Council. It must give advice to the President about U.S. aid programs for the independent states of the former Soviet Union and check whether bilateral and multilateral aid helps U.S. companies export to and invest in those states. The Council will have 15 members chosen by the President from U.S. companies with experience in those countries. The President picks one member as chair. Five members are chosen after recommendations from the Speaker and the House Minority Leader, and five after recommendations from the Senate Majority and Minority Leaders. Council members get no pay from the U.S. government. If the chair asks, federal agencies can loan staff to help the Council without charging the Council.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §5822

Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Establishment
The President is authorized to establish an advisory council to be known as the Independent States Business and Agriculture Advisory Council (hereinafter in this section referred to as the “Council”)—
(1)to consult with and advise the President periodically regarding programs of assistance for the independent states of the former Soviet Union; and
(2)to evaluate, and consult periodically with the President regarding, the adequacy of bilateral and multilateral assistance programs that would facilitate exports by United States companies to, and investments by United States companies in, the independent states.
(b)Membership
The Council should consist of 15 members, appointed by the President, who are drawn from United States companies reflecting diverse businesses and perspectives that have experience and expertise in dealing with the independent states of the former Soviet Union. The President should designate one such member to serve as Chair of the Council. Five such members should be appointed upon the recommendation of the Speaker and the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives and 5 should be appointed upon the recommendation of the Majority Leader and Minority Leader of the Senate. Members of the Council shall receive no compensation from the United States Government by reason of their service on the Council.
(c)Staff
Upon request of the Chair of the Council, the head of any United States Government agency may detail, on a nonreimbursable basis, any of the personnel of such agency to the Council to assist the Council.

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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Termination of Advisory CouncilsAdvisory councils established after Jan. 5, 1973, to terminate not later than the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of their establishment, unless, in the case of a council established by the President or an officer of the Federal Government, such council is renewed by appropriate action prior to the expiration of such 2-year period, or in the case of a council established by Congress, its duration is otherwise provided for by law. See section 1001(2) and 1013 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 5822

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110