---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 18.2"
title: "22"
number: "18.2"
heading: "Definitions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/18.2"
---

# §18.2. Definitions.


For the purpose of this part—

- (a) The term Department means the Department of State and includes the Foreign Service.
- (b) The term Director General means the Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Personnel.
- (c) The term practice means any informal or formal appearance before, or, with the intent to influence, any oral or written communication to the Department on a pending matter of business on behalf of any other person (except the United States).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 18 U.S.C. 207, as amended, 92 Stat. 1864.

### Source

Source: 46 FR 2608, Jan. 12, 1981, unless otherwise noted.