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22 U.S.C. § 291 — Lease of buildings, etc., for offices, living quarters, heat, light, and equipment
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The Secretary of State may lease or rent, for periods not exceeding ten years, such buildings and grounds for the use of the Foreign Service as may be necessary; and he may, in accordance with existing practice without cost to them, and within the limit of any appropriation made by Congress, furnish the officers and employees in the Foreign Service with living quarters, heat, light, and household equipment in Government-owned or rented buildings, at places where, in his judgment, it would be in the public interest to do so, notwithstanding the provisions of [section 5536 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5536&num=0&edition=prelim); and appropriations for “Contingent expenses, foreign missions,” and “Contingent expenses, consulates,” are made available for such purposes.
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The Secretary of State may lease or rent, for periods not exceeding ten years, such buildings and grounds for the use of the Foreign Service as may be necessary; and he may, in accordance with existing practice without cost to them, and within the limit of any appropriation made by Congress, furnish the officers and employees in the Foreign Service with living quarters, heat, light, and household equipment in Government-owned or rented buildings, at places where, in his judgment, it would be in the public interest to do so, notwithstanding the provisions of [section 5536 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5536&num=0&edition=prelim); and appropriations for “Contingent expenses, foreign missions,” and “Contingent expenses, consulates,” are made available for such purposes.
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An employee or a member of a uniformed service whose pay or allowance is fixed by statute or regulation may not receive additional pay or allowance for the disbursement of public money or for any other service or duty, unless specifically authorized by law and the appropriation therefor specifically states that it is for the additional pay or allowance.
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**(a) Authority of agencies** In carrying on activities which further the purposes of this chapter, subject to approval of such activities by the Secretary, the Department and the other Government agencies are authorized—
(1) to place orders and make purchases and rentals of materials and equipment;
(2) to make contracts, including contracts with governmental agencies, foreign or domestic, including subdivisions thereof, and intergovernmental organizations of which the United States is a member, and, with respect to contracts entered into in foreign countries, without regard to [section 6306 of title 41](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title41-section6306&num=0&edition=prelim);
(3) under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, to pay the transportation expenses, and not to exceed $10 per diem in lieu of subsistence and other expenses, of citizens or subjects of other countries, without regard to the Standardized Government Travel Regulations and the Subsistence Expense Act of 1926,11 See References in Text note below. as amended; and
(4) to make grants for, and to pay expenses incident to, training and study.
**(b) Contracts for telecommunication activities, etc.; availability of appropriations; cancellation costs**
(1) Any contract authorized by subsection (a) and described in paragraph (3) of this subsection which is funded on the basis of annual appropriations may nevertheless be made for periods not in excess of 5 years when—
(A) appropriations are available and adequate for payment for the first fiscal year and for all potential cancellation costs; and
(B) the Director of the United States Information Agency determines that—
(i) the need of the Government for the property or service being acquired over the peri
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 291
Sec.
302.
Award of contracts.
303.
Repealed.
304.
Biannual report on overseas capital construc-
tion projects.
305.
Growth projections for new embassies and
consulates.
306.
Contracting methods in capital construction.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
OVERSEAS BUILDINGS DUE DILIGENCE
Pub. L. 118–159, div. G, title LXXII, § 7207, Dec. 23,
2024, 138 Stat. 2531, provided that:
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary [of State] shall take
such steps as may be necessary to avoid or minimize
purchasing or leasing for 180 days or longer a covered
building to be used by United States Government per-
sonnel carrying out their official duties—
‘‘(1) in which a covered entity is known through
reasonable due diligence to have performed covered
construction;
‘‘(2) in which due diligence has indicated a covered
entity has an ownership interest; or
‘‘(3) where a covered entity is expected to perform
covered construction.
‘‘(b) NOTIFICATION.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If, after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act [Dec. 23, 2024], the Secretary deter-
mines it is in the national security interest of the
United States to acquire or lease a covered building,
or enter into or renew a contract with a covered enti-
ty to perform covered construction with a covered
building, then the Secretary shall notify the appro-
priate congressional committees [Committee on For-
eign Relations of the Senate and Committee on For-
eign Affairs of the House of Representatives] and the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives—
‘‘(A) not later than 7 days before entering into an
acquisition, lease, or agreement with a covered
building or covered entity do
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