22 USC § 2664 - Distribution of duties of officers, clerks, and employees

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s2664"
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title: "22 USC § 2664 - Distribution of duties of officers, clerks, and employees"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "2664"
section_name: "Distribution of duties of officers, clerks, and employees"
chapter_number: 38
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 20, 1874, ch. 328, 18 Stat. 90; May 24, 1924, ch. 182, § 30, as added Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 276, § 7, 46 Stat. 1214.)"
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# § 2664. Distribution of duties of officers, clerks, and employees

The Secretary of State may prescribe duties for the Assistant Secretaries and the clerks of bureaus, as well as for all the other employees in the department, and may make changes and transfers therein when, in his judgment, it becomes necessary.

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**Source Credit**: (June 20, 1874, ch. 328, 18 Stat. 90; May 24, 1924, ch. 182, § 30, as added Feb. 23, 1931, ch. 276, § 7, 46 Stat. 1214.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to  prior to the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, by , , .

Provisions of this section which related to the Solicitor of the Department were omitted in view of act , which abolished the office.