§ 4352. — Responsibility for preparation of FRUS series.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC4352]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 53B--FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE UNITED STATES HISTORICAL SERIES
Sec. 4352. Responsibility for preparation of FRUS series
(a) In general
(1)(A) The Historian of the Department of State shall be responsible
for the preparation of the FRUS series, including the selection of
records, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter.
(B) The Advisory Committee on Historical Diplomatic Documentation
shall review records, and shall advise and make recommendations to the
Historian concerning all aspects of preparation and publication of the
FRUS series, including, in accordance with the procedures contained in
section 4353 of this title, the review and selection of records for
inclusion in volumes of the series.
(2) Other departments, agencies, and other entities of the United
States Government shall cooperate with the Office of the Historian by
providing full and complete access to the records pertinent to United
States foreign policy decisions and actions and by providing copies of
selected records in accordance with the procedures developed under
section 4353 of this title, except that no access to any record, and no
provision of any copy of a record, shall be required in the case of any
record that was prepared less than 26 years before the date of a request
for such access or copy made by the Office of the Historian.
(b) National Archives and Records Administration
Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the requirement
for the National Archives and Records Administration to provide access
to, and copies of, records to the Department of State for the FRUS
series shall be governed by chapter 21 of title 44, by any agreement
concluded between the Department of State and the National Archives and
Records Administration, and, in the case of Presidential records, by
section 2204 of such title.
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title IV, Sec. 402, as added Pub. L. 102-138,
title I, Sec. 198(a), Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 685.)
Authority of Secretary of State
Except as otherwise provided, Secretary of State to have and
exercise any authority vested by law in any official or office of
Department of State and references to such officials or offices deemed
to refer to Secretary of State or Department of State, as appropriate,
see section 2651a of this title and section 161(d) of Pub. L. 103-236,
set out as a note under section 2651a of this title.
