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22 U.S.C. § 6502

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

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22 U.S.C. § 6502, Definitions, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/458169
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In this chapter: The term “ACDA” means the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. The term “AID” means the United States Agency for International Development. The term “agency” or “Federal agency” means an Executive agency as defined in section 105 of title 5. The term “appropriate congressional committees” means the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. The term “covered agency” means any of the following agencies: ACDA, USIA, IDCA, and AID. The term “Department” means the Department of State. The term “function” means any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, activity, or program. The term “IDCA” means the United States International Development Cooperation Agency. The term “office” includes any office, administration, agency, institute, unit, organizational entity, or component thereof. The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of State. The term “USIA” means the United States Information Agency.

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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.