Legal corpus: the complete U.S. Code (59,740 sections, all 53 titles)

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now, uniform edition; Title 53 is reserved/empty). LegalText 11,221 ->
59,740; repo total 105,704 records. Deterministic (byte-identical rerun,
verified on Title 42's 8,356 sections); make check green. make
legal-us-code default now covers every title.

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legal/us/code/title-22/chapter-38/section-2680-1.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "22 U.S.C. § 2680–1"
+description: "Deadline for responses to questions from congressional committees"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 22
+title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
+chapter_number: "38"
+chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
+section: "2680–1"
+citation: "22 U.S.C. § 2680–1"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc22@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s2680–1"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 22 U.S.C. § 2680–1 - Deadline for responses to questions from congressional committees
+
+## Text
+
+(a) In general An 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 committees The 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.)