22 U.S.C. § 2680–1
Deadline for responses to questions from congressional committees
United States · Title 22 — FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE · Status: effective
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- 22 U.S.C. § 2680–1, Deadline for responses to questions from congressional committees, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/457000
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An officer or employee of the Department of State to whom a written or oral question is addressed by any member of a committee specified in subsection (b), acting within his official capacity, shall respond to such question within 21 days unless the Secretary of State submits a letter to such member explaining why a timely response cannot be made.
The committees referred to in subsection (a) are the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993House: no recorded tallySenate: 86–11