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22 U.S.C. § 2349aa — General authority
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign countries (other than sections 2304 and 2371 of this title), the President is authorized to furnish, on such terms and conditions as the President may determine, assistance to foreign countries in order to enhance the ability of their law enforcement personnel to deter terrorists and terrorist groups from engaging in international terrorist acts such as bombing, kidnapping, assassination, hostage taking, and hijacking. Such assistance may include training services and the provision of equipment and other commodities related to bomb detection and disposal, management of hostage situations, physical security, and other matters relating to the detection, deterrence, and prevention of acts of terrorism, the resolution of terrorist incidents, and the apprehension of those involved in such acts.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of law that restricts assistance to foreign countries (other than sections 2304 and 2371 of this title), the President is authorized to furnish, on such terms and conditions as the President may determine, assistance to foreign countries in order to enhance the ability of their law enforcement personnel to deter terrorists and terrorist groups from engaging in international terrorist acts such as bombing, kidnapping, assassination, hostage taking, and hijacking. Such assistance may include training services and the provision of equipment and other commodities related to bomb detection and disposal, management of hostage situations, physical security, and other matters relating to the detection, deterrence, and prevention of acts of terrorism, the resolution of terrorist incidents, and the apprehension of those involved in such acts.
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**(a) Delegation by President; rules and regulations; utilization of goods and services from private enterprise, and facilities and resources of Federal agencies when not competitive with private enterprise** The President may exercise any functions conferred upon him by this chapter through such agency or officer of the United States Government as he shall direct. The head of any such agency or such officer may from time to time promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out such functions, and may delegate authority to perform any such functions, including, if he shall so specify, the authority successively to redelegate any of such functions to any of his subordinates. In providing technical assistance under this chapter, the head of any such agency or such officer shall utilize, to the fullest extent practicable, goods and professional and other services from private enterprise on a contract basis. In such fields as education, health, housing, or agriculture, the facilities and resources of other Federal agencies shall be utilized when such facilities are particularly or uniquely suitable for technical assistance, are not competitive with private enterprise, and can be made available without interfering unduly with domestic programs.
**(b) Eligibility of suppliers; debarment period; causes for debarment; conditions for reinstatement; periodic review** The President shall issue and enforce regulations determining the eligibility of any person to receive funds made available under this chapter. A person may be suspended under such regulations for a temporary period pending the completion of an investigation and any resulting judicial or debarment proceedings, upon cause for belief that such person or an affiliate thereof probably has undertake
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(a) United States development cooperation policy
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**(a) Security functions**
(1) The Secretary of State shall develop and implement (in consultation with the heads of other Federal agencies having personnel or missions abroad where appropriate and within the scope of the resources made available) policies and programs, including funding levels and standards, to provide for the security of United States Government operations of a diplomatic nature and foreign government operations of a diplomatic nature in the United States. Such policies and programs shall include—
(A) protection of all United States Government personnel on official duty abroad (other than Voice of America correspondents on official assignment and those personnel under the command of a United States area military commander) and their accompanying dependents;
(B) establishment and operation of security functions at all United States Government missions abroad (other than facilities or installations subject to the control of a United States area military commander);
(C) establishment and operation of security functions at all Department of State facilities in the United States; and
(D) protection of foreign missions, international organizations, and foreign officials and other foreign persons in the United States, as authorized by law.
(2) Security responsibilities shall include the following:
(A) *Former Office of Security functions* — Functions and responsibilities exercised by the Office of Security, Department of State, before November 11, 1985.
(B) *Security and protective operations*
(i) Establishment and operation of post security and protective functions abroad.
(ii) Development and implementation of communications, computer, and information security.
(iii) Emergency planning.
(iv) Establishment and operati
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**(a) Establishment** There is established, within the Bureau of Diplomatic Security of the Department of State, the Visa and Passport Security Program (in this section referred to as the “Program”).
**(b) Preparation of strategic plan**
(1) **In general** — The Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security, in coordination with the appropriate officials of the Bureau of Consular Affairs, the coordinator for counterterrorism, the National Counterterrorism Center, and the Department of Homeland Security, and consistent with the strategy mandated by section 7201,11 See References in Text note below. shall ensure the preparation of a strategic plan to target and disrupt individuals and organizations, within the United States and in foreign countries, that are involved in the fraudulent production, distribution, use, or other similar activity—
(A) of a United States visa or United States passport;
(B) of documents intended to help fraudulently procure a United States visa or United States passport, or other documents intended to gain unlawful entry into the United States; or
(C) of passports and visas issued by foreign countries intended to gain unlawful entry into the United States.
(2) **Emphasis** — The strategic plan shall—
(A) focus particular emphasis on individuals and organizations that may have links to domestic terrorist organizations or foreign terrorist organizations (as such term is defined in [section 1189 of title 8](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1189&num=0&edition=prelim));
(B) require the development of a strategic training course under the Antiterrorism Assistance Training (ATA) program of the Department of State (or any successor or related program) under chapter 8 of part II of the Foreign Assi
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**(a) Training** It is the sense of Congress that the President should use the authority under chapter 8 of title II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 [[22 U.S.C. 2349aa](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2349aa&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] (relating to antiterrorism assistance) to improve perimeter security of United States diplomatic missions abroad.
**(b) Repealed. Pub. L. 103–236, title I, § 139(20), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 398; Pub. L. 103–415, § 1(c), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4299**
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In this chapter:
(1) **Abuse or threatened abuse of law or legal process** — The term “abuse or threatened abuse of the legal process” means the use or threatened use of a law or legal process, whether administrative, civil, or criminal, in any manner or for any purpose for which the law was not designed, in order to exert pressure on another person to cause that person to take some action or refrain from taking some action.
(2) **Appropriate congressional committees** — The term “appropriate congressional committees” means the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.
(3) **Coercion** — The term “coercion” means—
(A) threats of serious harm to or physical restraint against any person;
(B) any scheme, plan, or pattern intended to cause a person to believe that failure to perform an act would result in serious harm to or physical restraint against any person; or
(C) the abuse or threatened abuse of the legal process.
(4) **Commercial sex act** — The term “commercial sex act” means any sex act on account of which anything of value is given to or received by any person.
(5) **Concrete actions** — The term “concrete actions” means actions that demonstrate increased efforts by the government of a country to meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking, including any of the following:
(A) Enforcement actions taken.
(B) Investigations actively underway.
(C) Prosecutions conducted.
(D) Convictions attained.
(E) Training provided.
(F) Programs and partnerships actively underway.
(G) Efforts to prevent severe forms of trafficking, including programs to reduce the vulnerability of particul
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**(a) General Requirements.—** The Secretary shall develop and implement a plan to assess the effectiveness of the security measures maintained at foreign ports that the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State, determines pose a high risk of acts of terrorism against passenger vessels. In carrying out this subsection, the Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of State about the terrorist threat that exists in each country and poses a high risk of acts of terrorism against passenger vessels.
**(b) Notice and Recommendations to Other Countries.—** If the Secretary, after implementing the plan under subsection (a), determines that a port does not maintain and administer effective security measures, the Secretary of State (after being informed by the Secretary) shall—
(1) notify the appropriate government authorities of the country in which the port is located of the determination; and
(2) recommend steps necessary to bring the security measures at that port up to the standard used by the Secretary in making the assessment under subsection (a).
**(c) Antiterrorism Assistance.—** The President is encouraged to provide antiterrorism assistance related to maritime security under chapter 8 of part II of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ([22 U.S.C. 2349aa](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2349aa&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.) to foreign countries, especially for a port that the Secretary determines under subsection (b) does not maintain and administer effective security measures.
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 2349a
56673, as amended, set out as a note under section 2381
of this title.
§ 2349a. Authorization and utilization of funds
(a) Authorization of appropriation
There is authorized to be appropriated to the
President to carry out this part not to exceed
$800,000,000, which may be made available until
expended.
(b) Presidential authority to incur obligations
and enter into contracts
Upon agreement by the Government of Israel
to provide to the Government of the United
States funds equal to the difference between the
amount required to complete the agreed con-
struction work and the amount appropriated
pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, and to
make those funds available, in advance of the
time when payments are due, in such amounts
and at such times as may be required by the
Government of the United States to meet those
additional costs of construction, the President
may incur obligations and enter into contracts
to the extent necessary to complete the agreed
construction work, except that this authority
shall be effective only to such extent or in such
amounts as are provided in advance in appro-
priation Acts.
(c) Crediting of funds to proper appropriation
account
Funds made available by the Government of
Israel pursuant to subsection (b) of this section
may be credited to the appropriation account es-
tablished to carry out the purposes of this sec-
tion for the payment of obligations incurred and
for refund to the Government of Israel if they
are unnecessary for that purpose, as determined
by the President. Credits and the proceeds of
guaranteed loans made available to the Govern-
ment of Israel pursuant to the Arms Export Con-
trol Act [22 U.S.C. 2751 et seq.], as well as a
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