---
kind: "unit"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
key: "ch23"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 23"
heading: "Protection of Citizens Abroad"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/ch23"
sections_count: 13
---

# Chapter 23 — Protection of Citizens Abroad

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — General](/usc/22/ch23-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability](/usc/22/ch23-schII.md)