---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 5509"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "5509"
heading: "Official Department of State recognition"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/5509"
units:
  - "Chapter 64 — United States Response to Terrorism Affecting Americans Abroad"
---

# §5509. Official Department of State recognition


Not later than 60 days after November 16, 1990, the Secretary of State shall promulgate guidelines for appropriate ceremonies or other official expressions of respect and [support](/usc/22/7432.md?p=12) for the families of United States citizens who are killed through acts of terrorism abroad.


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 101–604, title II, § 210, Nov. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 3085.)