Title 22Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§6571 References

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

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

When a law, plan, Executive order, regulation, agreement, decision, or any official paper mentions the United States International Development Cooperation Agency (IDCA) or its Director or any IDCA officer or employee, that mention must be read as referring to whoever got the IDCA duties. If the duties were moved under section 6562(a), the reference means the Secretary of State. If moved under section 6562(b), it means the Administrator of the Agency for International Development. If moved under section 6562(c), it means the head of the agency that received those duties. If the duties were not moved under this subchapter, the reference means the President or whatever agency or 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

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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

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Apr 5, 2026

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