§ 4357. — Definitions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC4357]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 53B--FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES HISTORICAL SERIES
Sec. 4357. Definitions
For purposes of this chapter--
(1) the term ``Advisory Committee'' means the Advisory Committee
on Historical Diplomatic Documentation for the Department of State;
(2) the term ``Historian'' means the Historian of the Department
of State or any successor officer of the Department of State
responsible for carrying out the functions of the Office of the
Historian, Bureau of Public Affairs, of the Department of State, as
in effect on October 28, 1991;
(3) the term ``originating agency'' means, with respect to a
record, the department, agency, or entity of the United States (or
any officer or employee thereof of acting in his official capacity)
that originates, develops, publishes, issues, or otherwise prepares
that record or receives that record from outside the United States
Government; and
(4) the term ``record'' includes any written material (including
any document, memorandum, correspondence, statistical data, book, or
other papers), map, photograph, machine readable material, or other
documentary material, regardless of physical form or
characteristics, made or received by an agency of the United States
Government under Federal law or in connection with the transaction
of public business and preserved or appropriate for preservation by
that agency or its legitimate successor as evidence of the
organization, functions, policies, decisions, procedures,
operations, or other activities of the Government or because of the
informational value in them, and such term does not include library
or museum material made or acquired and preserved solely for
reference or exhibition purposes, any extra copy of a document
preserved only for convenience of reference, or any stocks of
publications or of processed documents.
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title IV, Sec. 407, as added Pub. L. 102-138,
title I, Sec. 198(a), Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 690.)
Authority of Secretary of State
Except as otherwise provided, Secretary of State to have and
exercise any authority vested by law in any official or office of
Department of State and references to such officials or offices deemed
to refer to Secretary of State or Department of State, as appropriate,
see section 2651a of this title and section 161(d) of Pub. L. 103-236,
set out as a note under section 2651a of this title.
