§ 2659. — State statutes to be procured.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC2659]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 38--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Sec. 2659. State statutes to be procured
The Secretary of State shall procure from time to time such of the
statutes of the several States as may not be in his office.
(R.S. Sec. 206.)
Codification
R.S. Sec. 206 derived from act Sept. 23, 1789, No. 3, 1 Stat. 97.
Section was formerly classified to section 161 of Title 5 prior to
the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization
and Employees, by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
Abolition of Functions
Section 161 of former Title 5, Executive Departments and Government
Officers and Employees [now this section], under which the Secretary of
State was required to procure, from time to time, such of the statutes
of the several States as might not be in his office, was affected by
Reorg. Plan No. 20 of 1950, 2(a), eff. May 24, 1950, 15 F.R. 3178, 64
Stat. 1272, set out in Appendix to Title 5, Government Organization and
Employees, which abolished such prescribed duty. Such section 2(a)
further provided, however, that such abolition should not limit the
authority of the Secretary of State to procure copies of such State
statutes as may be needed in the performance of his functions.
