22 U.S.C. § 6209a
Inspector General authorities
United States · Title 22 — FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE · Status: effective
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- 22 U.S.C. § 6209a, Inspector General authorities, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/458097
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The Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service shall exercise the same authorities with respect to the United States Agency for Global Media as the Inspector General exercises under the Inspector General Act of 1978 and section 3929 of this title with respect to the Department of State.
The Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service shall respect the journalistic integrity of all the broadcasters covered by this chapter and may not evaluate the philosophical or political perspectives reflected in the content of broadcasts.
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 1994 and 1995
- National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017
- William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021