22 CFR § 18.2 - Definitions.

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title: "22 CFR § 18.2 - Definitions."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "18.2"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
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part_name: "REGULATIONS CONCERNING POST EMPLOYMENT CONFLICT OF INTEREST"
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authority: "18 U.S.C. 207, as amended, 92 Stat. 1864."
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# 18.2 Definitions.

For the purpose of this part—

(a) The term *Department* means the Department of State and includes the Foreign Service.

(b) The term *Director General* means the Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Personnel.

(c) The term *practice* means any informal or formal appearance before, or, with the intent to influence, any oral or written communication to the Department on a pending matter of business on behalf of any other person (except the United States).