22 U.S.C. § 6501 — Purposes

submitted 28 years ago by Pub. L. 105-277 to r/title-22-FOREIGN-RELATIONS-AND-INTERCOURSE · 228 words · no verdicts yet

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This section addresses purposes. It sets the rules stated in the section.

This chapter aims to improve coordination of U.S. foreign policy and the Secretary of State's leading role in making and explaining it; consolidate and renew U.S. foreign-affairs functions in the State Department by abolishing three named agencies and transferring their functions while preserving their special missions and skills, transferring certain USAID functions, and reorganizing State to use resources efficiently; preserve programs critical to national interests; help Congress balance the budget and reduce Federal debt; maintain effective overseas representation within budget limits; and encourage foreign-affairs agencies to keep a high percentage of the best-qualified and most competent U.S. citizens in Government service.

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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.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 105–277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XI, § 1102, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681–765.)

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1998Enacted · Pub. L. 105-277 · 112 Stat. 2681

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