{"data":{"id":"us/22-u.s.c.-2688","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"22 U.S.C. § 2688","heading":"Ambassadors; criteria regarding selection and confirmation","body":"It is the sense of the Congress that the position of United States ambassador to a foreign country should be accorded to men and women possessing clearly demonstrated competence to perform ambassadorial duties. No individual should be accorded the position of United States ambassador to a foreign country primarily because of financial contributions to political campaigns.","path":["Title 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE","CHAPTER 38—DEPARTMENT OF STATE"],"source_url":"https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/103/xml_usc22@119-103.zip","current_through":"Public Law 119-103 (09/02/2026)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-10T05:57:55Z","sha256":"e193708a9d205d4cfff860b691368d37cf6e05bd3e67d4d2788189cbc8a7525e","source_id":"us","stale":true,"prev":"us/22-u.s.c.-2687","next":"us/22-u.s.c.-2689"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}