---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 2680–3"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "2680–3"
heading: "Responsiveness to Congressional Research Service inquiries and Congressional Budget Office inquiries"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/2680-3"
units:
  - "Chapter 38 — Department of State"
---

# §2680–3. Responsiveness to Congressional Research Service inquiries and Congressional Budget Office inquiries

- (a) **Findings—** The Congressional Research Service and the Congressional Budget Office are charged with rendering effective and efficient service to Congress and responding expeditiously, effectively, and efficiently to the needs of Congress.
- (b) **Responses—** The [Secretary](/usc/22/277d–43.md?p=5) and [Administrator](/usc/22/277d–43.md?p=1) shall ensure that for any inquiry or request from the Congressional Research Service or the Congressional Budget Office—
  - (1) an initial substantive response to the request is sent within 14 days of receipt of the inquiry;
  - (2) a complete answer responsive to the request is sent within 90 days of receipt of the inquiry, together with an explanation as to why the request was delayed; and
  - (3) Congressional Research Service and Congressional Budget Office staff shall be treated as congressional staff for any briefings or informal discussions.
- (c) **Requirement to disclose unclassified information—** The [Secretary](/usc/22/277d–43.md?p=5) and the [Administrator](/usc/22/277d–43.md?p=1) shall not refuse to provide information to the Congressional Research Service or the Congressional Budget Office on the basis that the [Secretary](/usc/22/277d–43.md?p=5) or the [Administrator](/usc/22/277d–43.md?p=1) deems such information to be sensitive but unclassified.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 118–159, div. G, title LXXII, § 7209, Dec. 23, 2024, 138 Stat. 2532.)

## Notes

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Definitions

For definitions of “Secretary” and “Administrator” as used in this section, see section 7002 of Pub. L. 118–159, set out as a note under section 2651 of this title.