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2 U.S.C. § 194a — Request by Congressional committees to officers or employees of Federal departments, agencies, etc., concerned with foreign countries or multilateral organizations for expression of views and opinions
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Upon the request of a committee of either House of Congress, a joint committee of Congress, or a member of such committee, any officer or employee of the Department of State, the Agency for International Development, or any other department, agency, or independent establishment of the United States Government primarily concerned with matters relating to foreign countries or multilateral organizations may express his views and opinions, and make recommendations he considers appropriate, if the request of the committee or member of the committee relates to a subject which is within the jurisdiction of that committee.
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Upon the request of a committee of either House of Congress, a joint committee of Congress, or a member of such committee, any officer or employee of the Department of State, the Agency for International Development, or any other department, agency, or independent establishment of the United States Government primarily concerned with matters relating to foreign countries or multilateral organizations may express his views and opinions, and make recommendations he considers appropriate, if the request of the committee or member of the committee relates to a subject which is within the jurisdiction of that committee.
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The United States Information Agency (other than the Broadcasting Board of Governors and the International Broadcasting Bureau) is abolished.
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The United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency is abolished.
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There shall be at the seat of government an executive department to be known as the “Department of State”, and a Secretary of State, who shall be the head thereof.
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Except as otherwise provided in section 1223 or 1225, any reference in any statute, reorganization plan, Executive order, regulation, agreement, determination, or other official document or proceeding to—
(1) the Director of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, the Director of the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, or any other officer or employee of the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency or the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency shall be deemed to refer to the Secretary of State; or
(2) the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency or the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency shall be deemed to refer to the Department of State.
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TITLE 2—THE CONGRESS
§ 194a
(R.S. § 101; June 26, 1884, ch. 123, 23 Stat. 60; June
22, 1938, ch. 594, 52 Stat. 942, 943.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
R.S. § 101 derived from acts May 3, 1798, ch. 36, § 1, 1
Stat. 554, and Feb. 8, 1817, ch. 10, 3 Stat. 345.
R.S. § 101 constitutes first sentence, and act June 26,
1884, constitutes second sentence.
AMENDMENTS
1938—Act June 22, 1938, reenacted section without
change.
§ 192. Refusal of witness to testify or produce pa-
pers
Every person who having been summoned as a
witness by the authority of either House of Con-
gress to give testimony or to produce papers
upon any matter under inquiry before either
House, or any joint committee established by a
joint or concurrent resolution of the two Houses
of Congress, or any committee of either House of
Congress, willfully makes default, or who, hav-
ing appeared, refuses to answer any question
pertinent to the question under inquiry, shall be
deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by
a fine of not more than $1,000 nor less than $100
and imprisonment in a common jail for not less
than one month nor more than twelve months.
(R.S. § 102; June 22, 1938, ch. 594, 52 Stat. 942.)
Editorial Notes
CODIFICATION
R.S. § 102 derived from act Jan. 24, 1857, ch. 19, § 1, 11
Stat. 155.
AMENDMENTS
1938—Act June 22, 1938, reenacted section without
change.
§ 193. Privilege of witnesses
No witness is privileged to refuse to testify to
any fact, or to produce any paper, respecting
which he shall be examined by either House of
Congress, or by any joint committee established
by a joint or concurrent resolution of the two
Houses of Congress, or by any committee of ei-
ther House, upon the ground that his testimony
to such fact or his production of such pap
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