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[CITE: 22USC3927]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                       CHAPTER 52--FOREIGN SERVICE
 
                  SUBCHAPTER II--MANAGEMENT OF SERVICE
 
Sec. 3927. Chief of mission


(a) Duties

    Under the direction of the President, the chief of mission to a 
foreign country--
        (1) shall have full responsibility for the direction, 
    coordination, and supervision of all Government executive branch 
    employees in that country (except for employees under the command of 
    a United States area military commander); and
        (2) shall keep fully and currently informed with respect to all 
    activities and operations of the Government within that country, and 
    shall insure that all Government executive branch employees in that 
    country (except for employees under the command of a United States 
    area military commander) comply fully with all applicable directives 
    of the chief of mission.

(b) 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 employees under the command of a United States area 
military commander) comply fully with all applicable directives of the 
chief of mission.

(c) 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.

(Pub. L. 96-465, title I, Sec. 207, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2079; Pub. 
L. 97-241, title I, Sec. 123, Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 281; Pub. L. 100-
204, title I, Sec. 136, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1345.)


                               Amendments

    1987--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 100-204, Sec. 136(1), (2), inserted 
``executive branch'' after ``Government'' in par. (1) and after second 
reference to ``Government'' in par. (2).
    Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 100-204, Sec. 136(3), inserted ``executive 
branch'' after ``Any''.
    1982--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 97-241 added subsec. (c).

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2151aa, 3620, 4341, 4342 of 
this title; title 15 section 4721; title 49 section 44934; title 50 
section 403-4.
