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Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017

S. 1635 · 114th Congress · Dec 16, 2016 · Lineage

AN ACT

To authorize the Department of State for fiscal year 2016, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title; Table of contents

(a)
Short title— This Act may be cited as the “Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017”.
(b)
Table of contents— The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 2 Definitions

In this Act:
(1)
Appropriate congressional committees— The term appropriate congressional committees means—
(A)
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate; and
(B)
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
(2)
Department— Unless otherwise specified, the term Department means the Department of State.
(3)
Foreign Service— The term Foreign Service has the meaning given such term in section 102 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3902).
(4)
Inspector General— Unless otherwise specified, the term Inspector General means the Office of Inspector General of the Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of Governors.
(5)
Peacekeeping credits— The term peacekeeping credits means the amounts by which United States assessed peacekeeping contributions exceed actual expenditures, apportioned to the United States, of peacekeeping operations by the United Nations during a United Nations peacekeeping fiscal year.
(6)
Secretary— Unless otherwise specified, the term Secretary means the Secretary of State.