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22 U.S.C. § 3927

Chief of mission

United States · Title 22 — FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE · Status: effective

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22 U.S.C. § 3927, Chief of mission, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/457482
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Under the direction of the President, the chief of mission to a foreign country— Any executive branch agency having employees in a foreign country shall keep the chief of mission to that country fully and currently informed with respect to all activities and operations of its employees in that country, and shall insure that all of its employees in that country (except for Voice of America correspondents on official assignment and employees under the command of a United States area military commander) comply fully with all applicable directives of the chief of mission. Each chief of mission to a foreign country shall have as a principal duty the promotion of United States goods and services for export to such country. Each chief of mission to a foreign country shall have as a principal duty the promotion of United States economic and commercial interests in such country.

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.

  • Enacted byPub. L. 96-465(H.R. 6790)1980-10-17
    Foreign Service Act of 1980
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 97-241(S. 1193)1982-08-24
    An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 for the Department of State, the International Communications Agency, and the Board for International Broadcasting, and for other purposes.
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 100-204(H.R. 1777)1987-12-22
    Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989
    House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 107-228(H.R. 1646)2002-09-30
    Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 2003
    House: 352–73Senate: no recorded tally
  • Amended byPub. L. 116-94(H.R. 1865)2019-12-20
    Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020
    House: 297–120Senate: no recorded tally