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[CITE: 22USC6501]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
           CHAPTER 74--FOREIGN AFFAIRS AGENCIES CONSOLIDATION
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 6501. Purposes

    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.

(Pub. L. 105-277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XI, Sec. 1102, Oct. 21, 1998, 
112 Stat. 2681-765.)

                       References in Text

    This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ``this 
subdivision'', meaning subdiv. A of div. G of Pub. L. 105-277, Oct. 21, 
1998, 112 Stat. 2681-765, known as the Foreign Affairs Agencies 
Consolidation Act of 1998. For complete classification of this 
subdivision to the Code, see Short Title note below and Tables.


                               Short Title

    Pub. L. 105-277, div. G, Sec. 1001, Oct. 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-
761, provided that: ``This division [see Tables for classification] may 
be cited as the `Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 
1998'.''
    Pub. L. 105-277, div. G, subdiv. A, title XI, Sec. 1101, Oct. 21, 
1998, 112 Stat. 2681-765, provided that: ``This subdivision [see Tables 
for classification] may be cited as the `Foreign Affairs Agencies 
Consolidation Act of 1998'.''
