§6551 — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

Summary

If a law, plan, executive order, rule, agreement, decision, or other official record mentions the Director of the United States Information Agency or the International Communication Agency, it must be read as referring to the Secretary of State, and any mention of the United States Information Agency, USIA, or the International Communication Agency must be read as the Department of State. That rule does not apply to sections 4069a(f), 4069b(g), or 4069c(f) of this title.

Title 22, §6551

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(a)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—

(1)the Director of the United States Information Agency or the Director of the International Communication Agency shall be deemed to refer to the Secretary of State; and

(2)the United States Information Agency, USIA, or the International Communication Agency shall be deemed to refer to the Department of State.

(b)Subsection (a) shall not apply to section 4069a(f), 4069b(g), or 4069c(f) of this title.

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This chapter, referred to in subsec. (a), 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

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note set out under section 6501 of this title and Tables. section 4069a(f), 4069b(g), or 4069c(f) of this title, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original “section 146(a), (b), or (c) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991” meaning section 146(a), (b), (c) of Pub. L. 101–246, title I, Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 37, which amended section 830, 831, and 832, respectively, of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, by adding subsecs. (f), (g), and (f), respectively, to those sections which are classified to section 4069a(f), 4069b(g), and 4069c(f) of this title.

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