Browse Arkansas Code titles and sections
7 U.S.C. § 1765d — Acquisition of property
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
Upon the request of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of State may use the authorities contained in the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926 [[22 U.S.C. 292](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section292&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], to acquire sites and buildings, including living quarters, for the purpose of establishing United States Agricultural Trade Offices.
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 7 U.S.C. § 1765d
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. A text match is a research starting point; applicability is not established.
Original supplied file — preserved unchanged
Download original Markdown file
File SHA-256: d7396bf8c9d7f5861bdf223e11b6dc3e60b18d2d02bc8b3525de10ca4c74706c. The original may include catalog metadata, neighboring provisions, or embedded records outside this collection's scope. Search shows only the selected federal record. Historical editions and unverified snapshots are not a statement of current law.
Authority boundary: historical or unconfirmed source not current law verified.
Open the recorded source website ↗
Record provenance
Stable record: federal_law:legal_authorities:record_usc_6cf0f984b84eb39a66fce4ee
Source file: Laws/federal/codes/united-states-code/title-7/section-1765d-acquisition-of-property--1abb26e6ae.md
Pages: Not recorded – Not recorded
Passage SHA-256: 91867315983f8ff02acf1051736884e859895b2b38741a406301ebd6eb498350
Source location: Title 7, Chapter 43, § 1765d; chapter-043-foreign-market-development.md
Stored source content
Upon the request of the Secretary of Agriculture, the Secretary of State may use the authorities contained in the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926 [[22 U.S.C. 292](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section292&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.], to acquire sites and buildings, including living quarters, for the purpose of establishing United States Agricultural Trade Offices.
Cross-references
Connections may be documented source relationships, shared citations or nearby passages. Each explains its basis; a connection alone does not establish applicability to your situation.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a) Authority of Secretary of State** The Secretary of State is empowered to acquire by purchase or construction in the manner hereinafter provided, within the limits of appropriations made to carry out this chapter, by exchange, in whole or in part, of any building or grounds of the United States in foreign countries and under the jurisdiction and control of the Secretary of State, sites and buildings in foreign capitals and in other foreign cities, and to alter, repair, and furnish such buildings for the use of the diplomatic and consular establishments of the United States, or for the purpose of consolidating within one or more buildings, the embassies, legation, consulates, and other agencies of the United States Government there maintained. The space in such buildings shall be allotted by the Secretary of State among the several agencies of the United States Government.
**(b) Payments from other than appropriated funds for acquisition of property** Payments made for rent or otherwise by the United States from funds other than appropriations made to carry out this chapter may be credited toward the acquisition of property under this chapter without regard to limitations of amounts imposed by this chapter.
**(c) Authorization for improvements and construction** The Secretary of State may improve or construct facilities overseas for other Federal departments and agencies on an advance-of-funds or reimbursable basis if such advances or reimbursements are credited to the Embassy Security, Construction, and Maintenance account and remain available until expended.
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 22 U.S.C. § 292
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
This chapter may be cited as the “Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926.”
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 22 U.S.C. § 299
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
Page 282
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
Source: Supplied 2024 U.S. Code historical extraction · 22 U.S.C. § 292
Stored review status: historical_2024_not_currentness_verified. The source passage cites 22 U.S.C. § 292. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
Page 1039
TITLE 7—AGRICULTURE
§ 1765f
(4) maintain facilities for use by nonresident
cooperators, private trade groups, and other
individuals engaged in the import and export
of United States agricultural commodities
where the use of such facilities would aid in
the conduct of market development activities,
and cooperate, to the maximum extent prac-
ticable, with such cooperators, groups, and in-
dividuals to expand the level of United States
agricultural exports;
(5) develop and maintain a current listing of
trade, government, and other appropriate or-
ganizations for each agricultural commodity
area and make such listing available to per-
sons with a bona fide interest in exporting or
importing United States agricultural commod-
ities;
(6) originate and provide assistance for ex-
hibits, sales teams, and other functions for the
promotion of United States agricultural com-
modities;
(7) provide practical assistance for the use of
the programs under the Food for Peace Act [7
U.S.C. 1691 et seq.], the export credit sales pro-
gram, the export incentives program, and re-
lated programs of the United States Govern-
ment where use of such programs will serve as
a market development tool for United States
agriculture;
(8) supervise project agreements with United
States cooperators, coordinate the activities
of the United States Agricultural Trade Office
with those of the cooperators, and submit an-
nual recommendations to the Secretary of Ag-
riculture on the efficacy of cooperator pro-
grams;
(9) publicize the services offered by the
United
States
Agricultural
Trade
Office
through advertisements in trade journals or
by other appropriate means; and
(10) perform such other functions as the Sec-
retary of Agriculture, in consultation with the
S
Source: Supplied 2024 U.S. Code historical extraction · 7 U.S.C. § 1765d
Stored review status: historical_2024_not_currentness_verified. Same stored citation; legal effect and authority still require review.