[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR71.6]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 71--PROTECTION AND WELFARE OF CITIZENS AND THEIR PROPERTY--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A--General Activities
 
Sec. 71.6  Services for distressed Americans.

    Officers of the Foreign Service shall extend every possible aid and 
assistance within their power to distressed American citizens within 
their districts, but they shall not expend the funds nor pledge the 
credit of the Government of the United States for this purpose, except 
in the case of American seamen, or except as authorized by the 
Department of State.