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[CITE: 22USC3921]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                       CHAPTER 52--FOREIGN SERVICE
 
                  SUBCHAPTER II--MANAGEMENT OF SERVICE
 
Sec. 3921. Administration by Secretary of State

    (a) Under the direction of the President, the Secretary of State 
shall administer and direct the Service and shall coordinate its 
activities with the needs of the Department of State and other agencies.
    (b) The Secretary of State alone among the heads of agencies 
utilizing the Foreign Service personnel system shall perform the 
functions expressly vested in the Secretary of State by this chapter.

(Pub. L. 96-465, title I, Sec. 201, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2078.)

                       References in Text

    This chapter, referred to in subsec. (b), was in the original ``this 
Act'', meaning Pub. L. 96-465, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2071, as amended, 
known as the Foreign Service Act of 1980, which is classified 
principally to this chapter (Sec. 3901 et seq.). For complete 
classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note set out 
under section 3901 of this title and Tables.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 3902, 3922 of this title.
