22 U.S.C. § 3926 — Regulations; delegation of functions

Page 1430 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) establishing hiring preferences for Foreign Service Officer candidates competent in languages, with priority preference given to those languages in which the Department of State has a deficit; ‘‘(2) establishing a standard that employees will not receive long-term training in more than 3 languages, and requiring that employees achieve full profes- sional proficiency (S4/R4) in 1 language as a condition for training in a third, with exceptions for priority needs of the service at the discretion of the Director General; ‘‘(3) requiring that employees receiving long-term training in a language, or hired with a hiring pref- erence for a language, serve at least 2 tours in jobs requiring that language, with exceptions for certain limited-use languages and priority needs of the serv- ice at the discretion of the Director General; ‘‘(4) requiring that significant consideration be given to foreign language competence and use in the evaluation, assignment, and promotion of all Foreign Service Officers of the Department of State, the Agency for International Development, and the United States Information Agency; ‘‘(5) requiring the identification of appropriate Washington, D.C. metropolitan area positions as lan- guage-designated; and ‘‘(6) requiring remedial training and suspension of language differential payments for employees receiv- ing such payments who have failed to maintain re- quired levels of proficiency.’’ [For abolition of United States Information Agency (other than Broadcasting Board of Governors and Inter- national Broadcasting Bureau), transfer of functions, and treatment of references thereto, see sections 6531, 6532, and 6551 of this title.] § 3927. Chief of mission (a) Duties Under the direction of the President, the chief of mission to a foreign country— (1) shall have full responsibility for the di- rection, coordination, and supervision of all Government executive branch employees in that country (except for Voice of America cor- respondents on official assignment and em- ployees 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 com- mand of a United States area military com- mander) comply fully with all applicable di- rectives of the chief of mission. (b) Duties of agencies with employees in foreign countries Any executive branch agency having employ- ees in a foreign country shall keep the chief of mission to that country fully and currently in- formed with respect to all activities and oper- ations of its employees in that country, and shall insure that all of its employees in that country (except for Voice of America cor- respondents on official assignment and employ- ees under the command of a United States area military commander) comply fully with all ap- plicable directives of the chief of mission. (c) Promotion of United States goods and serv- ices 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 inter- ests Each chief of mission to a foreign country shall have as a principal duty the promotion of United States economic and commercial inter- ests in such country. (Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 207, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2079; Pub. L. 97–241, title I, § 123, Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 281; Pub. L. 100–204, title I, § 136, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1345; Pub. L. 107–228, div. A, title V, § 505(b), Sept. 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 1393; Pub. L. 116–94, div. J, title VII, § 704, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 3070.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2019—Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 116–94 added subsec. (d). 2002—Subsecs. (a)(1), (2), (b). Pub. L. 107–228 inserted ‘‘Voice of America correspondents on official assign- ment and’’ after ‘‘except for’’. 1987—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100–204, § 136(1), (2), inserted ‘‘executive branch’’ after ‘‘Government’’ in par. (1) and after second reference to ‘‘Government’’ in par. (2). Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100–204, § 136(3), inserted ‘‘execu- tive branch’’ after ‘‘Any’’. 1982—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 97–241 added subsec. (c).