Duties
Duties of agencies with employees in foreign countries
Any executive branch agency having employees in a foreign country shall keep the chief of mission to that country fully and currently informed with respect to all activities and operations of its employees in that country, and shall insure that all of its employees in that country (except for Voice of America correspondents on official assignment and employees under the command of a United States area military commander) comply fully with all applicable directives of the chief of mission.
Promotion of United States goods and services
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.
Promotion of United States economic interests
Each chief of mission to a foreign country shall have as a principal duty the promotion of United States economic and commercial interests in such country.
Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 20794 Stat. 2079 Pub. L. 97–241, title I, § 12396 Stat. 281 Pub. L. 100–204, title I, § 136101 Stat. 1345 Pub. L. 107–228, div. A, title V, § 505(b)116 Stat. 1393 Pub. L. 116–94, div. J, title VII, § 704133 Stat. 3070 (, , ; , , ; , , ; , , ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 116–942019—Subsec. (d). added subsec. (d).
Pub. L. 107–2282002—Subsecs. (a)(1), (2), (b). inserted “Voice of America correspondents on official assignment and” after “except for”.
Pub. L. 100–204, § 136(1)1987—Subsec. (a). , (2), inserted “executive branch” after “Government” in par. (1) and after second reference to “Government” in par. (2).
Pub. L. 100–204, § 136(3)Subsec. (b). , inserted “executive branch” after “Any”.
Pub. L. 97–2411982—Subsec. (c). added subsec. (c).