CHAPTER 38 — Department of State
167 sections.
- § 2651. — Establishment of Department
- § 2651a. — Organization of Department of State
- §§ 2652, 2652a. — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–236, title I, § 162(a), (b), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 405
- § 2652b. — Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. E, title I, § 5153(b), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1580
- § 2652c. — Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and Compliance
- §§ 2653 to 2655. — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–236, title I, § 162(a), (p), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 405, 410
- § 2655a. — Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs within Department of State; Assistant Secretary of State as head of Bureau
- § 2655b. — Diplomatic presence overseas
- § 2655c. — Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs
- § 2656. — Management of foreign affairs
- § 2656a. — Congressional declaration of findings of major significance of modern scientific and technological advances in foreign policy
- § 2656b. — Congressional declaration of policy regarding consequences of science and technology on conduct of foreign policy
- § 2656c. — Responsibilities of President
- § 2656d. — Responsibilities of Secretary of State
- § 2656e. — Terrorism-related travel advisories
- § 2656f. — Annual country reports on terrorism
- § 2656g. — Report on terrorist assets in United States
- § 2656h. — International credit reports
- § 2656i. — Counterdrug and anticrime activities of Department of State
- § 2656j. — Countering white identity terrorism globally
- § 2656k. — Human rights awareness for American athletic delegations
- § 2657. — Custody of seals and property
- § 2658. — Repealed. Pub. L. 103–236, title I, § 162(a), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 405
- § 2658a. — Foreign Affairs Manual and Foreign Affairs Handbook changes
- § 2659. — State statutes to be procured
- § 2660. — Copies of treaties furnished to Director of the Government Publishing Office
- § 2661. — Procurement of information for corporations, firms and individuals; expense of cablegrams and telephone service involved; appropriation
- § 2661a. — Foreign contracts or arrangements; discrimination
- § 2661b. — Services provided to the press
- § 2662. — Transferred
- § 2663. — Omitted
- § 2664. — Distribution of duties of officers, clerks, and employees
- § 2664a. — Protection of Civil Service employees
- § 2665. — Personal services other than those provided for
- § 2665a. — Foreign Service fellowships
- § 2665b. — Veterans Innovation Partnership Fellowship Program
- § 2665c. — Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program
- § 2665d. — Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Fellowship Program
- §§ 2666, 2667. — Repealed. Pub. L. 99–93, title I, § 125(c), Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 417
- § 2668. — Requisitions for advances to pay lawful obligations
- § 2668a. — Disposition of trust funds received from foreign governments for citizens of United States
- § 2669. — Printing and binding outside continental United States; settlement and payment of claims by foreign governments; employment of aliens; official functions and courtesies; purchase of uniforms; payment of tort claims; payment of assumed obligations in Germany; telecommunications services; security; special purpose passenger motor vehicles; pay obligations arising under international conventions or contracts; personal service contracts
- § 2669–1. — Payment of tort claims arising in connection with overseas operations
- § 2669a. — Diplomatic Telecommunications Service
- § 2669b. — Reaffirming United States international telecommunications policy
- § 2670. — Insurance on motor vehicles in foreign countries; tie lines and teletype equipment; ice and drinking water; excise taxes on negotiable instruments; remains of deceased persons; relief, protection, and burial of seamen; acknowledgement of services of foreign vessels and aircraft; rentals and leases
- § 2671. — Emergency expenditures
- § 2672. — Participation in international activities; restriction; expenses
- § 2672a. — Alternate United States Commissioners for international fisheries commissions
- § 2672b. — Compensation of Alternate United States Commissioners; travel expenses and other allowances
- § 2673. — International Civil Aviation Organization; availability of funds for participation
- § 2674. — Availability of exchange allowances or proceeds derived from exchange or sale of motor vehicles
- § 2675. — Allocation or transfer to other agencies of funds appropriated to Department of State; authority for expenditure of funds
- § 2676. — Contracts in foreign countries
- § 2677. — Availability of funds for travel expenses and transportation of personal effects, household goods, or automobiles
- § 2678. — Reduction in earmarks if appropriations are less than authorizations
- § 2679. — Maximum rates of per diem in lieu of subsistence payable to foreign participants in exchange of persons program or in program of furnishing technical information and assistance
- § 2679a. — Procurement contracts
- § 2679b. — Prohibition against fraudulent use of “Made in America” labels
- § 2679c. — Prohibition on discriminatory contracts
- § 2679d. — Exemption from certain procurement protest procedures for noncompetitive contracting in emergency circumstances
- § 2679e. — List of certain telecommunications providers
- § 2680. — Appropriations for State Department; information to congressional committees
- § 2680–1. — Deadline for responses to questions from congressional committees
- § 2680–2. — Facilitating access to Department of State
- § 2680–3. — Responsiveness to Congressional Research Service inquiries and Congressional Budget Office inquiries
- § 2680–4. — Periodic briefings from Bureau of Intelligence and Research
- § 2680a. — Compensation for disability or death
- § 2680b. — Special rules for certain monthly workers’ compensation payments and other payments for Department of State personnel under chief of mission authority
- § 2681. — International broadcasting facilities; transfer to Department of State; acquisition of property
- § 2682. — Liquidation and disposal of broadcasting facilities
- § 2683. — Assumption of obligations of operation of broadcasting facilities
- § 2684. — Capital fund for Department of State to centralize reproduction, editorial, data processing, audiovisual and other services; maximum amount; operation of fund
- § 2684a. — Capital Investment Fund
- § 2684b. — Strengthening the Chief Information Officer of the Department of State
- § 2685. — Reimbursement for detailed State Department personnel
- § 2686. — Review of world-wide supply, demand, and price of basic raw and processed materials
- § 2686a. — Appointment of Special Coordinator for water policy negotiations and water resources policy
- § 2687. — Use of appropriated funds for unusual expenses of United States Representative to Organization of American States
- § 2688. — Ambassadors; criteria regarding selection and confirmation
- § 2689. — American Sections, International Joint Commission, United States and Canada; funds for representation expenses and official entertainment within the United States
- § 2690. — Foreign gifts; audit; reports to Congress
- § 2691. — Repealed. Pub. L. 101–649, title VI, § 603(a)(18), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 5084
- § 2692. — Compensation for persons participating in State Department proceedings; availability of funds
- § 2693. — Repealed. Pub. L. 96–465, title II, § 2205(3), Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2160
- § 2694. — Limitation on purchase of gifts for foreign individuals; report to Speaker of the House and chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate
- § 2695. — Administrative services
- § 2695a. — Foreign language services
- § 2695b. — Omitted
- § 2696. — Nondiscretionary personnel costs, currency fluctuations, and other contingencies
- § 2697. — Acceptance of gifts on behalf of United States
- § 2698. — Procurement of legal services
- § 2699. — Employment opportunities for family members
- § 2700. — Use of vehicles
- § 2701. — Educational facilities
- § 2701a. — Education allowance for dependents of Department of State employees located in United States territories
- § 2702. — Malpractice protection
- § 2703. — Services and facilities for employees at posts abroad
- § 2703a. — Emergency back-up care
- § 2704. — Subsistence expenses
- § 2705. — Documentation of citizenship
- § 2706. — Reprograming of funds; notice requirements
- § 2706a. — Rewards payments
- § 2707. — International communications and information policy; duties of Secretary of State
- § 2708. — Department of State rewards program
- § 2708a. — Award of Thomas Jefferson Star for Foreign Service
- § 2709. — Special agents
- § 2710. — Expenses relating to participation in arbitrations of certain disputes
- § 2711. — Counterterrorism Protection Fund
- § 2712. — Authority to control certain terrorism-related services
- § 2713. — Protection of historic and artistic furnishings of reception areas of the Harry S Truman Federal Building
- § 2714. — Denial of passports to certain convicted drug traffickers
- § 2714a. — Revocation or denial of passport in case of certain unpaid taxes
- § 2715. — Procedures regarding major disasters and incidents abroad affecting United States citizens
- § 2715a. — Provision of information on certain violent crimes abroad to victims and victims’ families
- § 2715b. — Notification of next of kin; reports of death
- § 2715c. — Conservation and disposition of estates
- § 2716. — Debt collection
- § 2717. — Defense trade controls registration fees
- § 2718. — Fees received for use of Blair House
- § 2719. — Grants for training and education in international affairs
- § 2719a. — Foreign affairs training
- § 2719b. — Training and professional development prioritization
- § 2719c. — Facilitation and encouragement of training and professional development for Foreign Service and Civil Service personnel
- § 2719d. — Language incentive pay for civil service employees
- § 2720. — Closing of consular and diplomatic posts abroad
- § 2721. — Impermissible basis for denial of passports
- § 2722. — International meetings
- § 2723. — Denial of visas
- § 2724. — Fees for commercial services
- § 2725. — Fees for use of the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center
- § 2726. — Fee for use of diplomatic reception rooms
- § 2727. — Accounting of collections in budget presentation documents
- § 2728. — Crimes committed by diplomats
- § 2729. — State Department records of overseas deaths of United States citizens from nonnatural causes
- § 2730. — Prohibition on funding the involuntary return of refugees
- § 2731. — Monitoring and combating anti-Semitism
- § 2732. — Public diplomacy responsibilities of the Department of State
- § 2732a. — Avoiding duplication of programs and efforts
- § 2732b. — Improving research and evaluation of public diplomacy
- § 2732c. — Submission of federally funded research and development center reports to Congress
- § 2733. — Reemployment of annuitants under the Civil Service Retirement System and Federal Employees’ Retirement System
- § 2734. — Reconstruction and stabilization
- § 2734a. — Authorities related to personnel
- § 2734b. — Report on diversity recruitment, employment, retention, and promotion
- § 2734c. — Employee assignment restrictions
- § 2734d. — Recruitment and retention of individuals who have lived, worked, or studied in predominantly Muslim countries or communities
- § 2734e. — Annual Report
- § 2734f. — Strategic staffing plan for the Department of State
- § 2734g. — Promoting transparency and accountability in the Department of State workforce
- § 2734h. — Increased accountability in assignment restrictions and reviews
- § 2735. — Foreign relations exchange programs
- § 2735a. — Presidential Envoy for the Abraham Accords, Negev Forum, and Related Integration and Normalization Fora and Agreements
- § 2735b. — National Museum of American Diplomacy
- § 2736. — Exit interviews for workforce
- § 2736a. — Recruitment and retention
- § 2736b. — Leadership engagement and accountability
- § 2736c. — Professional development opportunities and tools
- § 2736d. — Payne fellowship authorization
- § 2736d–1. — Donald M. Payne International Development Fellowship Program
- § 2736e. — Voluntary participation
- § 2736f. — Efforts to improve retention and prevent retaliation
- § 2737. — Department of State paid Student Internship Program
- § 2738. — Mid-Career Mentoring Program
- § 2739. — Civil service rotational program
- § 2740. — Career intermission program adjustment to enhance retention
- § 2741. — Authority to pay for or reimburse for certain security services