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# 22 U.S.C. § 2661b - Services provided to the press

## Text

In fiscal year 2001 and thereafter reimbursements for services provided to the press in connection with the travel of senior-level officials may be collected and credited to this appropriation and shall remain available until expended.

(Pub. L. 106–553, § 1(a)(2) [title IV], Dec. 21, 2000, 114 Stat. 2762, 2762A–90.)

## Notes

Editorial Notes

References in TextThis appropriation, referred to in text, probably means appropriations under the headings “DEPARTMENT OF STATE”, “Administration of Foreign Affairs”, and “diplomatic and consular programs” of the annual Department of State and Related Agency Appropriations Act.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

References to Diplomatic and Consular Programs AccountReferences to the Diplomatic and Consular Programs account to be construed to include the Diplomatic Programs account in fiscal year 2020 and each fiscal year thereafter, see par. (7) of title I of div. G of Pub. L. 116–94, set out as a note under section 2651 of this title.