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22 U.S.C. § 4306 — Location of foreign missions in the District of Columbia
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**(a) Section as governing location, replacement, or expansion** The location, replacement, or expansion of chanceries in the District of Columbia shall be subject to this section.
**(b) Acceptable areas; limitations and conditions**
(1) A chancery shall be permitted to locate as a matter of right in any area which is zoned commercial, industrial, waterfront, or mixed-use (CR).
(2) A chancery shall also be permitted to locate—
(A) in any area which is zoned medium-high or high density residential, and
(B) in any other area, determined on the basis of existing uses, which includes office or institutional uses, including but not limited to any area zoned mixed-use diplomatic or special purpose,
subject to disapproval by the District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment in accordance with this section.
(3) In each of the areas described in paragraphs (1) and (2), the limitations and conditions applicable to chanceries shall not exceed those applicable to other office or institutional uses in that area.
**(c) Filing of application with Board of Zoning Adjustment; publication of notice; public participation; final determination**
(1) If a foreign mission wishes to locate a chancery in an area described in subsection (b)(2), or wishes to appeal an administrative decision relating to a chancery based in whole or in part upon any zoning map or regulation, it shall file an application with the Board of Zoning Adjustment which shall publish notice of that application in the District of Columbia Register.
(2) Regulations issued to carry out this section shall provide appropriate opportunities for participation by the public in proceedings concerning the location, replacement, or expansion of chanceries.
(3) A final determination concerning the location, replaceme
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**(a) Section as governing location, replacement, or expansion** The location, replacement, or expansion of chanceries in the District of Columbia shall be subject to this section.
**(b) Acceptable areas; limitations and conditions**
(1) A chancery shall be permitted to locate as a matter of right in any area which is zoned commercial, industrial, waterfront, or mixed-use (CR).
(2) A chancery shall also be permitted to locate—
(A) in any area which is zoned medium-high or high density residential, and
(B) in any other area, determined on the basis of existing uses, which includes office or institutional uses, including but not limited to any area zoned mixed-use diplomatic or special purpose,
subject to disapproval by the District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment in accordance with this section.
(3) In each of the areas described in paragraphs (1) and (2), the limitations and conditions applicable to chanceries shall not exceed those applicable to other office or institutional uses in that area.
**(c) Filing of application with Board of Zoning Adjustment; publication of notice; public participation; final determination**
(1) If a foreign mission wishes to locate a chancery in an area described in subsection (b)(2), or wishes to appeal an administrative decision relating to a chancery based in whole or in part upon any zoning map or regulation, it shall file an application with the Board of Zoning Adjustment which shall publish notice of that application in the District of Columbia Register.
(2) Regulations issued to carry out this section shall provide appropriate opportunities for participation by the public in proceedings concerning the location, replacement, or expansion of chanceries.
(3) A final determination concerning the location, replacement, or expansion of a chancery shall be made not later than six months after the date of the filing of an application with respect to such location, replacement, or expansion. Such determination shall not be subject to the administrative proceedings of any other agency or official except as provided in this chapter.
**(d) Criteria for determination** Any determination concerning the location of a chancery under subsection (b)(2), or concerning an appeal of an administrative decision with respect to a chancery based in whole or in part upon any zoning regulation or map, shall be based solely on the following criteria:
(1) The international obligation of the United States to facilitate the provision of adequate and secure facilities for foreign missions in the Nation’s Capital.
(2) Historic preservation, as determined by the Board of Zoning Adjustment in carrying out this section; and in order to ensure compatibility with historic landmarks and districts, substantial compliance with District of Columbia and Federal regulations governing historic preservation shall be required with respect to new construction and to demolition of or alteration to historic landmarks.
(3) The adequacy of off-street or other parking and the extent to which the area will be served by public transportation to reduce parking requirements, subject to such special security requirements as may be determined by the Secretary, after consultation with Federal agencies authorized to perform protective services.
(4) The extent to which the area is capable of being adequately protected, as determined by the Secretary, after consultation with Federal agencies authorized to perform protective services.
(5) The municipal interest, as determined by the Mayor of the District of Columbia.
(6) The Federal interest, as determined by the Secretary.
**(e) Consistency of regulations, proceedings, and other actions; review and comment by National Planning Commission**
(1) Regulations, proceedings, and other actions of the National Capital Planning Commission, the Zoning Commission for the District of Columbia, and the Board of Zoning Adjustment affecting the location, replacement, or expansion of chanceries shall be consistent with this section (including the criteria set out in subsection (d)) and shall reflect the policy of this chapter.
(2) Proposed actions of the Zoning Commission concerning implementation of this section shall be referred to the National Capital Planning Commission for review and comment.
**(f) Rule-making nature of proceedings** Regulations issued to carry out this section shall provide for proceedings of a rule-making and not of an adjudicatory nature.
**(g) Compliance with District of Columbia building and related codes** The Secretary shall require foreign missions to comply substantially with District of Columbia building and related codes in a manner determined by the Secretary to be not inconsistent with the international obligations of the United States.
**(h) Approval of Board of Zoning Adjustment or Zoning Commission not required** Approval by the Board of Zoning Adjustment or the Zoning Commission or, except as provided in [section 4305 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4305&num=0&edition=prelim), by any other agency or official is not required—
(1) for the location, replacement, or expansion of a chancery to the extent that authority to proceed, or rights or interests, with respect to such location, replacement, or expansion were granted to or otherwise acquired by the foreign mission before October 1, 1982; or
(2) for continuing use of a chancery by a foreign mission to the extent that the chancery was being used by a foreign mission on October 1, 1982.
**(i) Membership on Zoning Commission and Board of Zoning Adjustment**
(1) The President may designate the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of the Interior, or the Administrator of General Services (or such alternate as such official may from time to time designate) to serve as a member of the Zoning Commission in lieu of the Director of the National Park Service whenever the President determines that the Zoning Commission is performing functions concerning the implementation of this section.
(2) Whenever the Board of Zoning Adjustment is performing functions regarding an application by a foreign mission with respect to the location, expansion, or replacement of a chancery—
(A) the representative from the Zoning Commission shall be the Director of the National Park Service or if another person has been designated under paragraph (1) of this subsection, the person so designated; and
(B) the representative from the National Capital Planning Commission shall be the Executive Director of that Commission.
**(j) Application of other laws** Provisions of law (other than this chapter) applicable with respect to the location, replacement, or expansion of real property in the District of Columbia shall apply with respect to chanceries only to the extent that they are consistent with this section.
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**(a) Findings** The Congress finds that the operation in the United States of foreign missions and public international organizations and the official missions to such organizations, including the permissible scope of their activities and the location and size of their facilities, is a proper subject for the exercise of Federal jurisdiction.
**(b) Policy** The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States to support the secure and efficient operation of United States missions abroad, to facilitate the secure and efficient operation in the United States of foreign missions and public international organizations and the official missions to such organizations, and to assist in obtaining appropriate benefits, privileges, and immunities for those missions and organizations and to require their observance of corresponding obligations in accordance with international law.
**(c) Treatment of foreign missions in United States** The treatment to be accorded to a foreign mission in the United States shall be determined by the Secretary after due consideration of the benefits, privileges, and immunities provided to missions of the United States in the country or territory represented by that foreign mission, as well as matters relating to the protection of the interests of the United States.
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**(a) Proposed acquisition, sale, or other disposition**
(1) The Secretary shall require any foreign mission, including any mission to an international organization (as defined in [section 4309(b)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4309/b/2&num=0&edition=prelim)), to notify the Secretary prior to any proposed acquisition, or any proposed sale or other disposition, of any real property by or on behalf of such mission. The foreign mission (or other party acting on behalf of the foreign mission) may initiate or execute any contract, proceeding, application, or other action required for the proposed action—
(A) only after the expiration of the 60-day period beginning on the date of such notification (or after the expiration of such shorter period as the Secretary may specify in a given case); and
(B) only if the mission is not notified by the Secretary within that period that the proposal has been disapproved; however, the Secretary may include in such a notification such terms and conditions as the Secretary may determine appropriate in order to remove the disapproval.
(2) For purposes of this section, “acquisition” includes any acquisition or alteration of, or addition to, any real property or any change in the purpose for which real property is used by a foreign mission.
**(b) Divesture** The Secretary may require any foreign mission to divest itself of, or forgo the use of, any real property determined by the Secretary—
(1) not to have been acquired in accordance with this section;
(2) to exceed limitations placed on real property available to a United States mission in the sending State; or
(3) where otherwise necessary to protect the interests of the United States.
**(c) Cessation of diplomatic, c
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**(a) Determination by Secretary** The Secretary may make [section 4306 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4306&num=0&edition=prelim), or any other provision of this chapter, applicable with respect to an international organization to the same extent that it is applicable with respect to a foreign mission if the Secretary determines that such application is necessary to carry out the policy set forth in [section 4301(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4301/b&num=0&edition=prelim) and to further the objectives set forth in [section 4304(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4304/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) “International organization” defined** For purposes of this section, “international organization” means—
(1) a public international organization designated as such pursuant to the International Organizations Immunities Act ([22 U.S.C. 288](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section288&num=0&edition=prelim)—288f–2) or a public international organization created pursuant to a treaty or other international agreement as an instrument through or by which two or more foreign governments engage in some aspect of their conduct of international affairs; and
(2) an official mission (other than a United States mission) to such a public international organization,
including any real property of such an organization or mission and including the personnel of such an organization or mission.
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 4306
§ 4306. Location of foreign missions in the Dis-
trict of Columbia
(a) Section as governing location, replacement,
or expansion
The location, replacement, or expansion of
chanceries in the District of Columbia shall be
subject to this section.
(b) Acceptable areas; limitations and conditions
(1) A chancery shall be permitted to locate as
a matter of right in any area which is zoned
commercial, industrial, waterfront, or mixed-
use (CR).
(2) A chancery shall also be permitted to lo-
cate—
(A) in any area which is zoned medium-high
or high density residential, and
(B) in any other area, determined on the
basis of existing uses, which includes office or
institutional uses, including but not limited
to any area zoned mixed-use diplomatic or spe-
cial purpose,
subject to disapproval by the District of Colum-
bia Board of Zoning Adjustment in accordance
with this section.
(3) In each of the areas described in paragraphs
(1) and (2), the limitations and conditions appli-
cable to chanceries shall not exceed those appli-
cable to other office or institutional uses in that
area.
(c) Filing of application with Board of Zoning
Adjustment; publication of notice; public par-
ticipation; final determination
(1) If a foreign mission wishes to locate a
chancery in an area described in subsection
(b)(2), or wishes to appeal an administrative de-
cision relating to a chancery based in whole or
in part upon any zoning map or regulation, it
shall file an application with the Board of Zon-
ing Adjustment which shall publish notice of
that application in the District of Columbia
Register.
(2) Regulations issued to carry out this section
shall provide appropriate opportunities for par-
ticipation by the
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