--- kind: "section" citation: "22 U.S.C. § 7302" title: "22" title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse" number: "7302" heading: "Establishment of the Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Governance Board" release: "119-102" date: "2026-07-12" url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/7302" units: - "Chapter 80 — Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Program Office (dts-Po)" --- # §7302. Establishment of the Diplomatic Telecommunications Service Governance Board - (a) **Governance Board—** - (1) **Establishment—** There is established the Diplomatic Telecommunications Service [Governance Board](/usc/22/7304.md?p=3) to direct and oversee the activities and performance of the [DTS–PO](/usc/22/7304.md?p=2). - (2) **Executive Agent.—** - (A) **Designation—** The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall designate, from among the departments and agencies of the United States Government that use the [DTS Network](/usc/22/7304.md?p=1), a department or agency as the [DTS–PO](/usc/22/7304.md?p=2) Executive Agent. - (B) **Duties—** The Executive Agent designated under [subparagraph (A)](#a-2-A) shall— - (i) nominate a Director of the [DTS–PO](/usc/22/7304.md?p=2) for approval by the [Governance Board](/usc/22/7304.md?p=3) in accordance with [subsection (e)](#e); and - (ii) perform such other duties as established by the [Governance Board](/usc/22/7304.md?p=3) in the determination of written implementing arrangements and other relevant and appropriate governance processes and procedures under [paragraph (3)](#a-3). - (3) **Requirement for implementing arrangements—** Subject to the requirements of this chapter, the [Governance Board](/usc/22/7304.md?p=3) shall determine the written implementing arrangements and other relevant and appropriate governance processes and procedures to manage, oversee, resource, or otherwise administer the [DTS–PO](/usc/22/7304.md?p=2). - (b) **Membership—** - (1) **Selection—** The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall designate from among the departments and agencies that use the [DTS Network](/usc/22/7304.md?p=1)— - (A) four departments and agencies to each appoint one voting member of the [Governance Board](/usc/22/7304.md?p=3) from the personnel of such departments and agencies; and - (B) any other departments and agencies that the Director considers appropriate to each appoint one nonvoting member of the [Governance Board](/usc/22/7304.md?p=3) from the personnel of such departments and agencies. - (2) **Voting and nonvoting members—** The [Governance Board](/usc/22/7304.md?p=3) shall consist of voting members and nonvoting members as follows: - (A) **Voting members—** The voting members shall consist of a Chair, who shall be designated by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the four members appointed by departments and agencies designated under [paragraph (1)(A)](#b-1-A). - (B) **Nonvoting members—** The nonvoting members shall consist of the members appointed by departments and agencies designated under [paragraph (1)(B)](#b-1-B) and shall act in an advisory capacity. - (c) **Chair duties and authorities—** The Chair of the [Governance Board](/usc/22/7304.md?p=3) shall— - (1) preside over all meetings and deliberations of the [Governance Board](/usc/22/7304.md?p=3); - (2) provide the Secretariat functions of the [Governance Board](/usc/22/7304.md?p=3); and - (3) propose bylaws governing the operation of the [Governance Board](/usc/22/7304.md?p=3). - (d) **Quorum, decisions, meetings—** A quorum of the [Governance Board](/usc/22/7304.md?p=3) shall consist of the presence of the Chair and four voting members. The decisions of the [Governance Board](/usc/22/7304.md?p=3) shall require a majority of the voting membership. The Chair shall convene a meeting of the [Governance Board](/usc/22/7304.md?p=3) not less than four times each year to carry out the functions of the [Governance Board](/usc/22/7304.md?p=3). The Chair or any voting member may convene a meeting of the [Governance Board](/usc/22/7304.md?p=3). - (e) **Governance Board duties—** The [Governance Board](/usc/22/7304.md?p=3) shall have the following duties with respect to the [DTS–PO](/usc/22/7304.md?p=2): - (1) To approve and monitor the plans, services, priorities, policies, and pricing methodology of the [DTS–PO](/usc/22/7304.md?p=2) for bandwidth costs and projects carried out at the request of a department or agency that uses the [DTS Network](/usc/22/7304.md?p=1). - (2) To provide to the [DTS–PO](/usc/22/7304.md?p=2) Executive Agent the recommendation of the [Governance Board](/usc/22/7304.md?p=3) with respect to the approval, disapproval, or modification of each annual budget request for the [DTS–PO](/usc/22/7304.md?p=2), prior to the submission of any such request by the Executive Agent. - (3) To review the performance of the [DTS–PO](/usc/22/7304.md?p=2) against plans approved under [paragraph (1)](#e-1) and the management activities and internal controls of the [DTS–PO](/usc/22/7304.md?p=2). - (4) To require from the [DTS–PO](/usc/22/7304.md?p=2) any plans, reports, documents, and records the [Governance Board](/usc/22/7304.md?p=3) considers necessary to perform its oversight responsibilities. - (5) To conduct and evaluate independent audits of the [DTS–PO](/usc/22/7304.md?p=2). - (6) To approve or disapprove the nomination of the Director of the [DTS–PO](/usc/22/7304.md?p=2) by the Executive Agent with a majority vote of the [Governance Board](/usc/22/7304.md?p=3). - (7) To recommend to the Executive Agent the replacement of the Director of the [DTS–PO](/usc/22/7304.md?p=2) with a majority vote of the [Governance Board](/usc/22/7304.md?p=3). - (f) **National security interests—** The [Governance Board](/usc/22/7304.md?p=3) shall ensure that those enhancements of, and the provision of service for, telecommunication capabilities that involve the national security interests of the United States receive the highest prioritization. ## Source credit (Pub. L. 106–567, title III, § 322, as added Pub. L. 111–259, title V, § 501(a)(1), Oct. 7, 2010, 124 Stat. 2736.) ## Notes ### Editorial Notes ### Prior Provisions A prior section 7302, Pub. L. 106–567, title III, § 322, Dec. 27, 2000, 114 Stat. 2843; Pub. L. 107–306, title VIII, § 811(b)(5)(E), Nov. 27, 2002, 116 Stat. 2425, which related to personnel, was repealed by Pub. L. 111–259, title V, § 501(a)(1), Oct. 7, 2010, 124 Stat. 2735.