Deadline for responses to questions from congressional committees
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/us/usc/t22/s2680–1
Title
22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter
CH38
Release
119-84
Release Date
2026-04-17
Section Text
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(a) In generalAn officer or employee of the Department of State to whom a written or oral question is addressed by any member of a committee specified in subsection (b), acting within his official capacity, shall respond to such question within 21 days unless the Secretary of State submits a letter to such member explaining why a timely response cannot be made.
(b) Specified committeesThe committees referred to in subsection (a) are the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.
(Pub. L. 102–138, title I, § 196, Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 684.)
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