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22 U.S.C. § 6502 — Definitions
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In this chapter:
(1) **ACDA** — The term “ACDA” means the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
(2) **AID** — The term “AID” means the United States Agency for International Development.
(3) **Agency; Federal agency** — The term “agency” or “Federal agency” means an Executive agency as defined in [section 105 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section105&num=0&edition=prelim).
(4) **Appropriate congressional committees** — 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.
(5) **Covered agency** — The term “covered agency” means any of the following agencies: ACDA, USIA, IDCA, and AID.
(6) **Department** — The term “Department” means the Department of State.
(7) **Function** — The term “function” means any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, activity, or program.
(8) **IDCA** — The term “IDCA” means the United States International Development Cooperation Agency.
(9) **Office** — The term “office” includes any office, administration, agency, institute, unit, organizational entity, or component thereof.
(10) **Secretary** — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of State.
(11) **USIA** — The term “USIA” means the United States Information Agency.
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In this chapter:
(1) **ACDA** — The term “ACDA” means the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
(2) **AID** — The term “AID” means the United States Agency for International Development.
(3) **Agency; Federal agency** — The term “agency” or “Federal agency” means an Executive agency as defined in [section 105 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section105&num=0&edition=prelim).
(4) **Appropriate congressional committees** — 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.
(5) **Covered agency** — The term “covered agency” means any of the following agencies: ACDA, USIA, IDCA, and AID.
(6) **Department** — The term “Department” means the Department of State.
(7) **Function** — The term “function” means any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, activity, or program.
(8) **IDCA** — The term “IDCA” means the United States International Development Cooperation Agency.
(9) **Office** — The term “office” includes any office, administration, agency, institute, unit, organizational entity, or component thereof.
(10) **Secretary** — The term “Secretary” means the Secretary of State.
(11) **USIA** — The term “USIA” means the United States Information Agency.
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The purposes of this chapter are—
(1) to strengthen—
(A) the coordination of United States foreign policy; and
(B) the leading role of the Secretary of State in the formulation and articulation of United States foreign policy;
(2) to consolidate and reinvigorate the foreign affairs functions of the United States within the Department of State by—
(A) abolishing the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, the United States Information Agency, and the United States International Development Cooperation Agency, and transferring the functions of these agencies to the Department of State while preserving the special missions and skills of these agencies;
(B) transferring certain functions of the Agency for International Development to the Department of State; and
(C) providing for the reorganization of the Department of State to maximize the efficient use of resources, which may lead to budget savings, eliminated redundancy in functions, and improvement in the management of the Department of State;
(3) to ensure that programs critical to the promotion of United States national interests be maintained;
(4) to assist congressional efforts to balance the Federal budget and reduce the Federal debt;
(5) to ensure that the United States maintains effective representation abroad within budgetary restraints; and
(6) to encourage United States foreign affairs agencies to maintain a high percentage of the best qualified, most competent United States citizens serving in the United States Government.
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For the purpose of this title, “Executive agency” means an Executive department, a Government corporation, and an independent establishment.
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 6503
(A) abolishing the United States Arms
Control
and
Disarmament
Agency,
the
United States Information Agency, and the
United States International Development
Cooperation Agency, and transferring the
functions of these agencies to the Depart-
ment of State while preserving the special
missions and skills of these agencies;
(B) transferring certain functions of the
Agency for International Development to
the Department of State; and
(C) providing for the reorganization of the
Department of State to maximize the effi-
cient use of resources, which may lead to
budget savings, eliminated redundancy in
functions, and improvement in the manage-
ment of the Department of State;
(3) to ensure that programs critical to the
promotion of United States national interests
be maintained;
(4) to assist congressional efforts to balance
the Federal budget and reduce the Federal
debt;
(5) to ensure that the United States main-
tains effective representation abroad within
budgetary restraints; and
(6) to encourage United States foreign af-
fairs agencies to maintain a high percentage
of the best qualified, most competent United
States citizens serving in the United States
Government.
(Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XI, § 1102,
Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–765.)
Editorial Notes
REFERENCES IN TEXT
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original
‘‘this subdivision’’, meaning subdiv. A of div. G of Pub.
L. 105–277, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–765, known as the
Foreign Affairs Agencies Consolidation Act of 1998. For
complete classification of this subdivision to the Code,
see Short Title note below and Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
SHORT TITLE
Pub. L. 105–277,
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