22 USC § 6414 - High-level contacts with nongovernmental organizations

---
identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s6414"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 6414 - High-level contacts with nongovernmental organizations"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "6414"
section_name: "High-level contacts with nongovernmental organizations"
chapter_number: 73
chapter_name: "INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE ACTIVITIES"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 105–292, title I, § 105, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2795.)"
---


# § 6414. High-level contacts with nongovernmental organizations

United States chiefs of mission shall seek out and contact religious nongovernmental organizations to provide high-level meetings with religious nongovernmental organizations where appropriate and beneficial. United States chiefs of mission and Foreign Service officers abroad shall seek to meet with imprisoned religious leaders where appropriate and beneficial.

---

**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 105–292, title I, § 105, Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2795.)