---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 4085"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "4085"
heading: "Entertainment and representation expenses"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/4085"
units:
  - "Chapter 52 — Foreign Service"
  - "Subchapter IX — Travel, Leave, and Other Benefits"
---

# §4085. Entertainment and representation expenses


Notwithstanding [section 5536 of title 5](/usc/5/5536.md), the [Secretary](/usc/22/3902.md?p=10) may provide for official receptions and may pay entertainment and representational expenses (including expenses of family members) to enable the [Department](/usc/22/3902.md?p=4) and the Service to provide for the proper representation of the United States and its interests. In carrying out this section, the [Secretary](/usc/22/3902.md?p=10) shall, to the maximum extent practicable, provide for the use of United States products, including American wine.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 905, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2128.)