Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs

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The Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs is an office within the United States Department of State .

History of the office

Organizational chart : The administrative structure of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (English)

After the US Congress increased the number of Assistant Secretaries of State from four to six on December 8, 1944, the State Department created the position of Assistant Secretary of State for Congressional Relations and International Conferences as head of the subsequent fundamental reorganization Department for relations with the Congress and International conferences (Bureau for Congressional relations and International conferences) . This reorganization was the first of several subsequent appointments to Special Purpose Assistant Secretaries of State . Over time, the position had received several different names.

The current incumbent is Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs and Head of the Bureau of Legislative Affairs . He reports directly to the US Secretary of State . The Department for Legislative Affairs coordinates the legislative activities of the Foreign Ministry and advises the Foreign Minister, the Deputy Foreign Minister as well as the Under-Secretaries and other Assistant State Secretaries on their legislative strategies. The unit facilitates effective communication between the State Department and the members of the US House of Representatives and their staff. To this end, the unit works closely with the committees of the House of Representatives and Senate, but also with individual members of Congress who have an interest in the Foreign Ministry or foreign affairs. The unit directs the statements of the ministry at hearings before the House of Representatives and the Senate, organizes the briefings of congress members and their staff and enables them to visit missions abroad. The unit also reviews proposed legislative procedures and coordinates government statements dealing with the conduct of foreign policy. The unit also advises various other units of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on legislative and other strategies and coordinates such strategies within the priorities of the Ministry.

The Secretary of State is the chief figure in the Department for Relations with Congress. The unit assists the Foreign Minister in ensuring that the government's foreign policy priorities are reflected in the legislative processes. The unit also coordinates the annual reports given by the Secretary of State to congressional committees on government programs explaining foreign policy priorities and budgetary requirements. In its tasks, the department follows the relevant foreign policy laws and regulations, drafts advice and approvals for treaties as well as for presidential nominations for ministerial and diplomatic positions at hearings before the Senate.

The Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs advises the Secretary of State on legislative matters and acts as Head of Legislative Affairs as the State Department's chief liaison officer to Congress.

The Assistant Secretary of State for Legislative Affairs is assisted in his work by a Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary as the first deputy sub-department head. The subdivision consists of the presentations Senate Affairs (Office of Senate Affairs) , affairs of the House (Office of House Affairs) as well as regional, global and functional issues (Office of Regional, Global, and functional Affairs) , respectively, by a Deputy Assistant Secretary directed as well as the General Administration (Executive Office) .

List of Assistant Secretaries of State for Legislative Affairs

Julia Frifield, Acting Assistant Secretaries of State for Legislative Affairs
Surname Beginning of the term of office Term expires Competent President of the United States
Dean Acheson December 20, 1944 August 15, 1945 Franklin D. Roosevelt
Ernest A. Gross 4th August 1949 October 13, 1949 Harry S. Truman
Jack K. McFall October 15, 1949 September 9, 1952 Harry S. Truman
Thruston Ballard Morton January 30, 1953 February 29, 1956 Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert C. Hill March 9, 1956 June 26, 1957 Dwight D. Eisenhower
William B. Macomber, Jr. October 21, 1957 February 27, 1961 Dwight D. Eisenhower
Brooks Hays February 28, 1961 3rd December 1961 John F. Kennedy
Fred Dutton 4th December 1961 July 27, 1964 John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson
Douglas MacArthur II March 14, 1965 March 6, 1967 Lyndon B. Johnson
William B. Macomber, Jr. (2nd time) March 7, 1967 2nd October 1969 Lyndon B. Johnson
David Manker Abshire April 20, 1970 January 8, 1973 Richard Nixon
Marshall Wright May 29, 1973 2nd February 1974 Richard Nixon
A. Linwood Holton 28th February 28th January 31, 1975 Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford
Robert J. McCloskey February 21, 1975 September 10, 1976 Gerald Ford
Douglas J. Bennet March 18, 1977 2nd August 1979 Jimmy Carter
J. Brian Atwood 3rd August 1979 January 14, 1981 Jimmy Carter
Richard M. Fairbanks March 6, 1981 January 26, 1982 Ronald Reagan
Powell A. Moore February 8, 1982 5th August 1983 Ronald Reagan
W. Tapley Bennett, Jr. 17th November 1983 4th January 1985 Ronald Reagan
William L. Ball April 2, 1985 February 28, 1986 Ronald Reagan
J. Edward Fox June 18, 1986 February 21, 1989 Ronald Reagan
Janet G. Mullins March 2, 1989 23rd August 1992 George HW Bush
Wendy Sherman May 12, 1993 March 29, 1996 Bill Clinton
Barbara Mills Larkin July 19, 1996 January 19, 2001 Bill Clinton
Paul Vincent Kelly June 1, 2001 January 24, 2005 George W. Bush
Jeffrey Bergner November 9, 2005 June 27, 2008 George W. Bush
Matthew A. Reynolds October 6, 2008 January 20, 2009 George W. Bush
Richard Verma April 3, 2009 April 6, 2011 Barack Obama
David S. Adams 4th August 2011 June 18, 2013 Barack Obama
Julia Frifield 18th October 2013 officiating Barack Obama

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  1. ↑ Dutton was appointed while the US Senate was on hiatus. The appointment was confirmed after the end of the recess on January 30, 1962.