§ 2680-1. — Deadline for responses to questions from Congressional committees.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC2680-1]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 38--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Sec. 2680-1. Deadline for responses to questions from
Congressional committees
(a) In general
An officer or employee of the Department of State to whom a written
or oral question is addressed by any member of a committee specified in
subsection (b) of this section, acting within his official capacity,
shall respond to such question within 21 days unless the Secretary of
State submits a letter to such member explaining why a timely response
cannot be made.
(b) Specified committees
The committees referred to in subsection (a) of this section are the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
(Pub. L. 102-138, title I, Sec. 196, Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 684.)
Change of Name
Committee on Foreign Affairs of House of Representatives treated as
referring to Committee on International Relations of House of
Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note
preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.
