Post by Bruce on Jun 18, 2014 1:16:48 GMT -5
In the House of Representatives of the United States of America, Mr. Terrus, for himself, offers A Bill To establish a Department of Foreign Affairs to administrate the foreign affairs of the federal government, and this bill shall be referred to as the Foreign Affairs Act of 1789. Be it enacted by the House of Representatives and Senate of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that:
Section 1. There be created in the United States Code a new Title, Title VI, to be entitled "Foreign Affairs."
Section 2. There be created within that Title a new Chapter, Chapter 1, which shall read as follows:
Section 3. The table of contents of the US Code shall be appropriately amended to account for the enactment of this act.
Section 1. There be created in the United States Code a new Title, Title VI, to be entitled "Foreign Affairs."
Section 2. There be created within that Title a new Chapter, Chapter 1, which shall read as follows:
Chapter 1. Department of Foreign Affairs.
Section 1. Ambassador-at-Large.
(a) The President shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, an Ambassador-at-Large of the United States, hereinafter the Ambassador-at-Large, who shall superintend the operations of the Department of Foreign Affairs, and who shall serve at the pleasure of the President.
(b) It shall be the duty of the Ambassador-at-Large:
1. to establish an office or offices in the capital of the United States, and in any other locations that the he may deem prudent, and to staff that office or those offices with such assistants, clerks, and other employees as he may deem necessary;
2. to coordinate the activities of the various diplomats posted by the United States abroad;
3. to represent the United States to foreign governments in communications, correspondences, and meetings;
4. to provide assistance to the various representatives of foreign powers based in the United States;
5. to provide a passport to any citizen of the United States that desires such;
6. to advise citizens of the United States that are traveling abroad, or intending to travel abroad, and to assist such citizens with emergencies during their travels;
7. to superintend the operations of the Department of Foreign Affairs, proscribing such regulations to its employees as he deems necessary;
8. to perform such duties as may be enjoined upon him by the President, agreeable to the constitution; and
9. to make report, and give information to either branch of the legislature, in person or in writing (as he may be required), respecting all matters referred to him by the Senate or House of Representatives, or which shall appertain to his office.
© The Ambassador-at-Large shall be authorized:
1. to sign but not ratify treaties on behalf of the United States, but only with the consent of the President;
2. to levy a fee for the provision of a passport to a citizen of the United States;
3. to grant diplomatic immunity to any foreign diplomat that is visiting the United States, provided that the diplomat represents a nation that grants diplomatic immunity to diplomats of the United States;
4. to expel a foreign diplomat from the United States by declaring him "persona non grata"; and
5. to establish an United States Embassy in the capital of any foreign nation, and a United States Consulate in any other foreign city.
(e) The President may appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, a Representative of the United States to assist the Ambassador-at-Large with his duties, and to act as Ambassador-at-Large whenever there is not an Ambassador-at-Large, or whenever the Ambassador-at-Large is unable to perform his duties.
Section 2. Analyst.
(a) The President shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, an Analyst of the United States, hereinafter the Analyst, who shall serve at the pleasure of the President.
(b) It shall be the duty of the Analyst:
1. to establish an office or offices in the capital of the United States, and in any other locations that the he may deem prudent, and to staff that office or those offices with such assistants, clerks, and other employees as he may deem necessary;
2. to gather information on international affairs, foreign governments, and international organizations;
3. to identify, investigate, and study foreign threats to the United States, and to issue reports to the President regarding those threats;
4. to provide security for the embassies of the United States, consulates of the United States, diplomatic officers of the United States including the Ambassador-at-Large when those officers are traveling overseas, and foreign residencies of the diplomatic officers of the United States;
5. to superintend the operations of his office, proscribing such regulations to his employees as he may deem necessary;
6. to perform such duties as may be enjoined upon him by the Ambassador-at-Large, agreeable to the constitution; and
7. to make report, and give information to either branch of the legislature, in person or in writing (as he may be required), respecting all matters referred to him by the Senate or House of Representatives, or which shall appertain to his office.
© The Analyst shall be authorized:
1. to limit access to any document that the Analyst classifies as "sensitive" to national security, provided that --
(A) the President, Counsel, and members of Congress shall neither be denied knowledge of the existence of such documents nor denied access to such documents;
(B) any citizen of the United States, or resident of the United States, may petition a United States District Court to make public any document that the Analyst classifies as "sensitive", and the Judge of that Court may review the document in question, and then order that document made public if that Judge determines that said document is not sensitive to national security; and
© the Analyst shall provide a justification to the Congress, the Counsel, and the President whenever he classifies a document as "sensitive";
2. to fabricate identification papers, including a passport, so as to facilitate espionage against foreign powers, provided that the Analyst shall inform the Congress and the Counsel whenever he does so; and
3. to offer compensation to a person that he does not employ to facilitate espionage, provided that he must justify any such payment in writing to the Congress and the Counsel.
(d) The Analyst, and any officers or employees serving him, shall not be permitted under any circumstances to surveil, interrogate, investigate, or otherwise operate against a citizen of the United States, except if that citizen is traveling overseas, and then, only after informing the Congress of intent to undertake such operation.
Section 3. Ambassadors.
(a) The President may appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, an Ambassador to represent the United States to each nation recognized by the United States, though the President may appoint the same individual as Ambassador to more than one country.
(b) Whenever there is no Ambassador to a country, the senior-most diplomatic officer assigned to that nation that is not an Ambassador shall serve as the temporary representative to that country, carrying the title "Charge d'Affaires."
© It shall be the duty of each and every Ambassador and Charge d'Affaires:
1. to represent the United States to the country to which the Ambassador, or Charge d'Affaires, is assigned;
2. to advise citizens of the United States that are visiting the country to which the Ambassador, or Charge d'Affaires, is assigned;
3. to assist citizens of the United States that have been arrested, detained, injured, or are otherwise facing a crisis in the country to which the Ambassador, ot Charge d'Affaires, is assigned; and
4. to supervise any diplomatic officers, or other staff, assigned to his embassy.
Section 4. Diplomatic Officers.
(a) The President may commission, with the advice and consent of the Senate, diplomatic officers inferior to an Ambassador to perform diplomatic work abroad, and these officers shall carry a rank according to the following scale:
1. Envoy
2. Consul
3. Delegate
4. Emissary
5. Diplomat
6. Officer
(b) The President may also designate any other officer of the United States as a "Special Envoy of the United States," and dispatch that individual to represent the United States abroad for a specific, temporary purpose, and a Special envoy of the United States shall hold rank equivalent to that of an Ambassador.
Section 5. Diplomatic Authority.
The President shall hold the sole authority to recognize foreign powers, and the Congress shall hold the sole authority to declare war against a foreign power.
Section 1. Ambassador-at-Large.
(a) The President shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, an Ambassador-at-Large of the United States, hereinafter the Ambassador-at-Large, who shall superintend the operations of the Department of Foreign Affairs, and who shall serve at the pleasure of the President.
(b) It shall be the duty of the Ambassador-at-Large:
1. to establish an office or offices in the capital of the United States, and in any other locations that the he may deem prudent, and to staff that office or those offices with such assistants, clerks, and other employees as he may deem necessary;
2. to coordinate the activities of the various diplomats posted by the United States abroad;
3. to represent the United States to foreign governments in communications, correspondences, and meetings;
4. to provide assistance to the various representatives of foreign powers based in the United States;
5. to provide a passport to any citizen of the United States that desires such;
6. to advise citizens of the United States that are traveling abroad, or intending to travel abroad, and to assist such citizens with emergencies during their travels;
7. to superintend the operations of the Department of Foreign Affairs, proscribing such regulations to its employees as he deems necessary;
8. to perform such duties as may be enjoined upon him by the President, agreeable to the constitution; and
9. to make report, and give information to either branch of the legislature, in person or in writing (as he may be required), respecting all matters referred to him by the Senate or House of Representatives, or which shall appertain to his office.
© The Ambassador-at-Large shall be authorized:
1. to sign but not ratify treaties on behalf of the United States, but only with the consent of the President;
2. to levy a fee for the provision of a passport to a citizen of the United States;
3. to grant diplomatic immunity to any foreign diplomat that is visiting the United States, provided that the diplomat represents a nation that grants diplomatic immunity to diplomats of the United States;
4. to expel a foreign diplomat from the United States by declaring him "persona non grata"; and
5. to establish an United States Embassy in the capital of any foreign nation, and a United States Consulate in any other foreign city.
(e) The President may appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, a Representative of the United States to assist the Ambassador-at-Large with his duties, and to act as Ambassador-at-Large whenever there is not an Ambassador-at-Large, or whenever the Ambassador-at-Large is unable to perform his duties.
Section 2. Analyst.
(a) The President shall appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, an Analyst of the United States, hereinafter the Analyst, who shall serve at the pleasure of the President.
(b) It shall be the duty of the Analyst:
1. to establish an office or offices in the capital of the United States, and in any other locations that the he may deem prudent, and to staff that office or those offices with such assistants, clerks, and other employees as he may deem necessary;
2. to gather information on international affairs, foreign governments, and international organizations;
3. to identify, investigate, and study foreign threats to the United States, and to issue reports to the President regarding those threats;
4. to provide security for the embassies of the United States, consulates of the United States, diplomatic officers of the United States including the Ambassador-at-Large when those officers are traveling overseas, and foreign residencies of the diplomatic officers of the United States;
5. to superintend the operations of his office, proscribing such regulations to his employees as he may deem necessary;
6. to perform such duties as may be enjoined upon him by the Ambassador-at-Large, agreeable to the constitution; and
7. to make report, and give information to either branch of the legislature, in person or in writing (as he may be required), respecting all matters referred to him by the Senate or House of Representatives, or which shall appertain to his office.
© The Analyst shall be authorized:
1. to limit access to any document that the Analyst classifies as "sensitive" to national security, provided that --
(A) the President, Counsel, and members of Congress shall neither be denied knowledge of the existence of such documents nor denied access to such documents;
(B) any citizen of the United States, or resident of the United States, may petition a United States District Court to make public any document that the Analyst classifies as "sensitive", and the Judge of that Court may review the document in question, and then order that document made public if that Judge determines that said document is not sensitive to national security; and
© the Analyst shall provide a justification to the Congress, the Counsel, and the President whenever he classifies a document as "sensitive";
2. to fabricate identification papers, including a passport, so as to facilitate espionage against foreign powers, provided that the Analyst shall inform the Congress and the Counsel whenever he does so; and
3. to offer compensation to a person that he does not employ to facilitate espionage, provided that he must justify any such payment in writing to the Congress and the Counsel.
(d) The Analyst, and any officers or employees serving him, shall not be permitted under any circumstances to surveil, interrogate, investigate, or otherwise operate against a citizen of the United States, except if that citizen is traveling overseas, and then, only after informing the Congress of intent to undertake such operation.
Section 3. Ambassadors.
(a) The President may appoint, with the advice and consent of the Senate, an Ambassador to represent the United States to each nation recognized by the United States, though the President may appoint the same individual as Ambassador to more than one country.
(b) Whenever there is no Ambassador to a country, the senior-most diplomatic officer assigned to that nation that is not an Ambassador shall serve as the temporary representative to that country, carrying the title "Charge d'Affaires."
© It shall be the duty of each and every Ambassador and Charge d'Affaires:
1. to represent the United States to the country to which the Ambassador, or Charge d'Affaires, is assigned;
2. to advise citizens of the United States that are visiting the country to which the Ambassador, or Charge d'Affaires, is assigned;
3. to assist citizens of the United States that have been arrested, detained, injured, or are otherwise facing a crisis in the country to which the Ambassador, ot Charge d'Affaires, is assigned; and
4. to supervise any diplomatic officers, or other staff, assigned to his embassy.
Section 4. Diplomatic Officers.
(a) The President may commission, with the advice and consent of the Senate, diplomatic officers inferior to an Ambassador to perform diplomatic work abroad, and these officers shall carry a rank according to the following scale:
1. Envoy
2. Consul
3. Delegate
4. Emissary
5. Diplomat
6. Officer
(b) The President may also designate any other officer of the United States as a "Special Envoy of the United States," and dispatch that individual to represent the United States abroad for a specific, temporary purpose, and a Special envoy of the United States shall hold rank equivalent to that of an Ambassador.
Section 5. Diplomatic Authority.
The President shall hold the sole authority to recognize foreign powers, and the Congress shall hold the sole authority to declare war against a foreign power.
Section 3. The table of contents of the US Code shall be appropriately amended to account for the enactment of this act.
