22 U.S.C. § 6502 - Definitions

(1) ACDA 
The term ACDA means the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.

(2) AID 
The term AID means the United States Agency for International Development.

(3) Agency; Federal agency 
The term agency or Federal agency means an Executive agency as defined in section 105 of title 5.

(4) Appropriate congressional committees 
The term appropriate congressional committees means the Committee on International Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.

(5) Covered agency 
The term covered agency means any of the following agencies: ACDA, USIA, IDCA, and AID.

(6) Department 
The term Department means the Department of State.

(7) Function 
The term function means any duty, obligation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, activity, or program.

(8) IDCA 
The term IDCA means the United States International Development Cooperation Agency.

(9) Office 
The term office includes any office, administration, agency, institute, unit, organizational entity, or component thereof.

(10) Secretary 
The term Secretary means the Secretary of State.

(11) USIA 
The term USIA means the United States Information Agency.