CHAPTER 38— DEPARTMENT OF STATE

Release point 119-73 · current through 01/23/2026

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• §§ 2652, 2652a Repealed.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 L. 103–236, title I, § 162(a), (b), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 405 repealed
• § 2652b Repealed. Pub. L. 119–60, div. E, title I, § 5153(b), Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1580 repealed
• § 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• §§ 2653 to 2655 Repealed.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 L. 103–236, title I, § 162(a), (p), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 405, 410 repealed
• § 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• § 2658 Repealed.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 L. 103–236, title I, § 162(a), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 405 repealed
• § 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 transferred
• § 2663 Omitted 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 repealed
• § 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 repealed
• § 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 repealed
• § 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 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