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10 U.S.C. § 399 — Notifications relating to military operations in the information environment: requirement to notify Chief of Mission
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The Secretary may not authorize a military operation in the information environment under this title intended to cause an effect in a country unless the Secretary fully informs the chief of mission for that country under section 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ([22 U.S.C. 3927](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3927&num=0&edition=prelim)) of the planned operation.
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The Secretary may not authorize a military operation in the information environment under this title intended to cause an effect in a country unless the Secretary fully informs the chief of mission for that country under section 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ([22 U.S.C. 3927](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3927&num=0&edition=prelim)) of the planned operation.
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**(a) Duties** Under the direction of the President, the chief of mission to a foreign country—
(1) shall have full responsibility for the direction, coordination, and supervision of all Government executive branch 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); and
(2) shall keep fully and currently informed with respect to all activities and operations of the Government within that country, and shall insure that all Government executive branch 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.
**(b) Duties of agencies with employees in foreign countries** 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.
**(c) Promotion of United States goods and services** 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.
**(d) Promotion of United States economic interests** 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.
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TITLE 10—ARMED FORCES
§ 399
§ 398a and amended Pub. L. 118–31, div. A, title
XV, § 1501, title XVIII, § 1801(a)(6), (7), Dec. 22,
2023, 137 Stat. 533, 683.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
The War Powers Resolution, referred to in subsec. (h),
is Pub. L. 93–148, Nov. 7, 1973, 87 Stat. 555, which is clas-
sified generally to chapter 33 (§ 1541 et seq.) of Title 50,
War and National Defense. For complete classification
of this Resolution to the Code, see Short Title note set
out under section 1541 of Title 50 and Tables.
AMENDMENTS
2023—Pub. L. 118–31, §§ 1501(1), 1801(a)(6), made iden-
tical amendments, renumbering section 398 of this title
relating to pilot program for sharing cyber capabilities
and related information with foreign operational part-
ners as this section.
Subsec. (b)(1)(A). Pub. L. 118–31, § 1801(a)(7)(A)(i), sub-
stituted ‘‘subsection (a)’’ for ‘‘paragraph (a)’’.
Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 118–31, § 1801(a)(7)(A)(ii), sub-
stituted ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ for ‘‘paragraph (a)’’.
Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 118–31, § 1801(a)(7)(A)(iii), sub-
stituted ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ for ‘‘clause (1)’’.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 118–31, § 1801(a)(7)(B), substituted
‘‘subsection (a)’’ for ‘‘paragraph (a)’’.
Subsecs. (f) to (h). Pub. L. 118–31, § 1501(2), added sub-
sec. (f) and redesignated former subsecs. (f) and (g) as
(g) and (h), respectively.
§ 399. Notifications relating to military oper-
ations in the information environment: re-
quirement to notify Chief of Mission
The Secretary may not authorize a military
operation in the information environment under
this title intended to cause an effect in a coun-
try unless the Secretary fully informs the chief
of mission for that country under section 207 of
the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3927
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 3926
Executive Documents
DELEGATION OF FUNCTIONS
Functions of President under this section delegated
to Secretary of State, see section 1 of Ex. Ord. No.
12293, Feb. 23, 1981, 46 F.R. 13969, set out as a note under
section 3901 of this title.
CONSULTATION WITH OTHER FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS
AND AGENCIES
For authority for the Secretary of State to consult
with the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of
Commerce, the Director of the United States Informa-
tion Agency, the Administrator of the United States
Agency for International Development, the Director of
the Office of Personnel Management, and the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget to ensure com-
patibility between the Foreign Service personnel sys-
tem and other government personnel systems, see sec-
tion 2 of Ex. Ord. No. 12293, Feb. 23, 1981, 46 F.R. 13969,
as amended, set out as note under section 3901 of this
title.
§ 3926. Regulations; delegation of functions
(a) The Secretary may prescribe such regula-
tions as the Secretary deems appropriate to
carry out functions under this chapter.
(b) The Secretary may delegate functions
under this chapter which are vested in the Sec-
retary to any employee of the Department or
any member of the Service.
(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 206, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat.
2079.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
REGULATIONS REGARDING FOREIGN LANGUAGE
COMPETENCE WITHIN FOREIGN SERVICE
Pub. L. 103–236, title I, § 191(a), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat.
418, as amended by Pub. L. 103–415, § 1(u), Oct. 25, 1994,
108 Stat. 4302, provided that: ‘‘Not later than 180 days
after the date of enactment of this Act [Apr. 30, 1994],
the Secretary of State shall promulgate regulations—
‘‘(1) establishin
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