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22 U.S.C. § 2680 — Appropriations for State Department; information to congressional committees

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22 U.S.C. § 2680 — Appropriations for State Department; information to congressional committees

**(a)** (1) Notwithstanding any provision of law enacted before October 26, 1974, no money appropriated to the Department of State under any law shall be available for obligation or expenditure with respect to any fiscal year commencing on or after July 1, 1972— (A) unless the appropriation thereof has been authorized by law enacted on or after February 7, 1972; or (B) in excess of an amount prescribed by law enacted on or after such date. (2) To the extent that legislation enacted after the making of an appropriation to the Department of State authorizes the obligation or expenditure thereof the limitation contained in paragraph (1) shall have no effect. (3) The provisions of this section— (A) shall not be superseded except by a provision of law enacted after February 7, 1972, which specifically repeals, modifies, or supersedes the provisions of this section; and (B) shall not apply to, or affect in any manner, permanent appropriations, trust funds, and other similar accounts administered by the Department as authorized by law. **(b)** The Department of State shall keep the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives fully and currently informed with respect to all activities and responsibilities within the jurisdiction of these committees. Any Federal department, agency, or independent establishment shall furnish any information requested by either such committee relating to any such activity or responsi­bility.

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**(a)** (1) Notwithstanding any provision of law enacted before October 26, 1974, no money appropriated to the Department of State under any law shall be available for obligation or expenditure with respect to any fiscal year commencing on or after July 1, 1972— (A) unless the appropriation thereof has been authorized by law enacted on or after February 7, 1972; or (B) in excess of an amount prescribed by law enacted on or after such date. (2) To the extent that legislation enacted after the making of an appropriation to the Department of State authorizes the obligation or expenditure thereof the limitation contained in paragraph (1) shall have no effect. (3) The provisions of this section— (A) shall not be superseded except by a provision of law enacted after February 7, 1972, which specifically repeals, modifies, or supersedes the provisions of this section; and (B) shall not apply to, or affect in any manner, permanent appropriations, trust funds, and other similar accounts administered by the Department as authorized by law. **(b)** The Department of State shall keep the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives fully and currently informed with respect to all activities and responsibilities within the jurisdiction of these committees. Any Federal department, agency, or independent establishment shall furnish any information requested by either such committee relating to any such activity or responsi­bility.

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2 U.S.C. § 4301 — Committee staffs

**(a) Appointment of professional members; number; qualifications; termination of employment** Each standing committee of the Senate (other than the Committee on Appropriations) is authorized to appoint, by majority vote of the committee, not more than six professional staff members in addition to the clerical staffs. Such professional staff members shall be assigned to the chairman and the ranking minority member of such committee as the committee may deem advisable, except that whenever a majority of the minority members of such committee so request, two of such professional staff members may be selected for appointment by majority vote of the minority members and the committee shall appoint any staff members so selected. A staff member or members appointed pursuant to a request by the minority members of the committee shall be assigned to such committee business as such minority members deem advisable. Services of professional staff members appointed by majority vote of the committee may be terminated by a majority vote of the committee and services of professional staff members appointed pursuant to a request by the minority members of the committee shall be terminated by the committee when a majority of such minority members so request. Professional staff members authorized by this subsection shall be appointed on a permanent basis, without regard to political affiliation, and solely on the basis of fitness to perform the duties of their respective positions. Such professional staff members shall not engage in any work other than committee business and no other duties may be assigned to them. **(b) Professional members for Committee on Appropriations; examinations of executive agencies’ operation** Subject to appropriations which it shall be in order to include in

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22 U.S.C. § 2684 — Capital fund for Department of State to centralize reproduction, editorial, data processing, audiovisual and other services; maximum amount; operation of fund

**(a) Establishment of fund** There is hereby established a working capital fund for the Department of State, which shall be available without fiscal year limitation, for expenses (including those authorized by the Foreign Service Act of 1980 [[22 U.S.C. 3901](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3901&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]) and equipment, necessary for maintenance and operation in the city of Washington and elsewhere of (1) central reproduction, editorial, data processing, audiovisual, library and administrative support services; (2) central services for supplies and equipment (including repairs); (3) such other administrative services as the Secretary, with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget, determines may be performed more advantageously and more economically as central services; and (4) medical and health care services. Such fund shall also be available without fiscal year limitation to carry out the purposes of title II of this Act [[22 U.S.C. 4301](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4301&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] 11 So in original. Probably should be followed by a period. The capital of the fund shall consist of the amount of the fair and reasonable value of such supply inventories, equipment, and other assets and inventories on order, pertaining to the services to be carried on by the fund, as the Secretary may transfer to the fund, less the related liabilities and unpaid obligations, together with any appropriations made for the purpose of providing capital. The fund shall be reimbursed, or credited with advance payments, from applicable appropriations and funds of the Department of State, other Federal agencies, and other sources authorized by law, for

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22 U.S.C. § 2696 — Nondiscretionary personnel costs, currency fluctuations, and other contingencies

**(a) Additional appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of State, in addition to amounts otherwise authorized to be appropriated for the Department, such sums as may be necessary for any fiscal year for increases in salary, pay, retirement, and other employee benefits authorized by law. **(b) Appropriations authorization based on currency fluctuations** (1) In order to maintain the levels of program activity for the Department of State provided for each fiscal year by the annual authorizing legislation, there are authorized to be appropriated for the Department of State such sums as may be necessary to offset adverse fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, or overseas wage and price changes, which occur after November 30 of the earlier of— (A) the calendar year which ended during the fiscal year preceding such fiscal year, or (B) the calendar year which preceded the calendar year during which the authorization of appropriations for such fiscal year was enacted. (2) In carrying out this subsection, there may be established a Buying Power Maintenance account. (3) In order to eliminate substantial gains to the approved levels of overseas operations for the Department of State, the Secretary of State shall transfer to the Buying Power Maintenance account such amounts in any appropriation account under the heading “Administration of Foreign Affairs” as the Secretary determines are excessive to the needs of the approved level of operations under that appropriation account because of fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates or changes in overseas wages and prices. (4) In order to offset adverse fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates or overseas wage and price changes, the Secretary of State may transfer f

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31 U.S.C. § 1113 — Congressional information

**(a)** (1) When requested by a committee of Congress having jurisdiction over receipts or appropriations, the President shall provide the committee with assistance and information. (2) When requested by a committee of Congress, additional information related to the amount of an appropriation originally requested by an Office of Inspector General shall be submitted to the committee. **(b)** When requested by a committee of Congress, by the Comptroller General, or by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the head of each executive agency shall— (1) provide information on the location and kind of available fiscal, budget, and program information; (2) to the extent practicable, prepare summary tables of that fiscal, budget, and program information and related information the committee, the Comptroller General, or the Director of the Congressional Budget Office considers necessary; and (3) provide a program evaluation carried out or commissioned by an executive agency. **(c)** In cooperation with the Director of the Congressional Budget Office, the Secretary, and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Comptroller General shall— (1) establish and maintain a current directory of sources of, and information systems for, fiscal, budget, and program information and a brief description of the contents of each source and system; (2) when requested, provide assistance to committees of Congress and members of Congress in obtaining information from the sources in the directory; and (3) when requested, provide assistance to committees and, to the extent practicable, to members of Congress in evaluating the information obtained from the sources in the directory

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22 U.S.C. § 2680 — Appropriations for State Department; in-

Page 1118 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 2680 communications equipment, or information technology equipment, including hardware, soft- ware, or services, that has knowingly assisted or facilitated a cyber attack or conducted surveil- lance, including passive or active monitoring, carried out against— (1) the United States by, or on behalf of, any government, or persons associated with such government, listed as a cyber threat actor in the intelligence community’s 2017 assessment of worldwide threats to United States national security or any subsequent worldwide threat assessment of the intelligence community; or (2) individuals, including activists, journal- ists, opposition politicians, or other individ- uals for the purposes of suppressing dissent or intimidating critics, on behalf of a country in- cluded in the annual country reports on human rights practices of the Department for systematic acts of political repression, includ- ing arbitrary arrest or detention, torture, extrajudicial or politically motivated killing, or other gross violations of human rights. (Pub. L. 117–81, div. E, title LV, § 5502, Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2375.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries DEFINITIONS For definitions of ‘‘Secretary’’, ‘‘Department’’, and ‘‘appropriate congressional committees’’ as used in this section, see section 5002 of Pub. L. 117–81, set out as a note under section 263c of this title. Pub. L. 117–81, div. E, title LV, § 5501, Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2375, provided that: ‘‘In this title [enacting this section and amending sections 4352 and 4354 of this title]: ‘‘(1) INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.—The term ‘intel- ligence community’ has the meaning given such term in section 3(4) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S

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