22 U.S.C. § 299 — Short title

Page 289 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 300 properly encoded in the Department of State accounting system to enable compilation of actual expenditures on routine maintenance and specific maintenance funded by the Office of Foreign Buildings Operations. (Pub. L. 102–138, title I, § 125, Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 659.) Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section was enacted as part of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993, and not as part of the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926, which comprises this chapter. Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF STATE Except as otherwise provided, Secretary of State to have and exercise any authority vested by law in any official or office of Department of State and references to such officials or offices deemed to refer to Secretary of State or Department of State, as appropriate, see section 2651a of this title and section 161(d) of Pub. L. 103–236, set out as a note under section 2651a of this title. § 297. Acquisition of property by lease The authority granted to acquire sites and buildings by purchase or otherwise shall include authority to acquire leaseholds. (May 7, 1926, ch. 250, § 6, 44 Stat. 405; June 19, 1952, ch. 446, § 4, 66 Stat. 140; Pub. L. 95–105, title I, § 106(b), Aug. 17, 1977, 91 Stat. 845.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1977—Pub. L. 95–105 struck out ‘‘of not less than ten years’’ after ‘‘acquire leaseholds’’. 1952—Act June 19, 1952, provided for leaseholds of not less than 10 years. § 297a. Omitted Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section, which related to leaseholds of not less than ten years, was from the Department of State Appro- priation Act, 1953, act July 10, 1952, ch. 651, title I, 66 Stat. 550, and was not repeated in subsequent appro- priation acts. Similar provisions were contained in the following prior appropriation acts: 1951—Oct. 22, 1951, ch. 533, title I, 65 Stat. 577. 1950—Sept. 6, 1950, ch. 896, ch. III, title I, 64 Stat. 610. 1949—July 20, 1949, ch. 354, title I, 63 Stat. 449. § 298. Omitted Editorial Notes CODIFICATION Section, act May 7, 1926, ch. 250, § 7, 44 Stat. 405, re- pealed act Feb. 17, 1911, ch. 105, 36 Stat. 917, incor- porated as section 133 of this title, with a provision that the repeal ‘‘shall not invalidate appropriations al- ready made under the authority of such Act.’’ § 299. Short title This chapter may be cited as the ‘‘Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926.’’ (May 7, 1926, ch. 250, § 8, 44 Stat. 405.) § 300. Dispositions of property; damage pay- ments; acceptance of gifts or services (a) Authority of Secretary of State The Secretary of State is authorized— (1) to sell, exchange, lease, or license any property or property interest acquired under this chapter, or under other authority, for use of diplomatic and consular establishments in foreign countries or in the United States pur- suant to section 4304(b)(5) of this title, (2) to receive payment in whatever form, or in kind, he determines to be in the interest of the United States for damage to or destruction of property acquired for use of diplomatic and consular establishments abroad, and the con- tents of such buildings, and (3) to accept on behalf of the United States gifts of property or services of any kind made by will or otherwise for the purposes of this chapter. (b) Disposition of proceeds; report to Congress Proceeds derived from dispositions, payments, or gifts under subsection (a) shall, notwith- standing the provisions of any other law, be ap- plied toward acquisition, construction, or other purposes authorized by this chapter or held in the Foreign Service Buildings Fund, as in the judgment of the Secretary may best serve the Government’s interest: Provided, That the Sec- retary shall report all such transactions annu- ally to the Congress with the budget estimates of the Department of State. (c) Proceeds from sale of furniture, furnishings, and equipment Notwithstanding subsection (b), proceeds from the disposition of furniture, furnishings, and equipment from diplomatic and consular estab- lishments in foreign countries shall be deposited into the Foreign Service Building Fund to be available for obligation or expenditure as di- rected by the Secretary. (May 7, 1926, ch. 250, § 9, as added Apr. 19, 1945, ch. 78, 59 Stat. 53; amended Pub. L. 88–94, § 2(e), Aug. 12, 1963, 77 Stat. 122; Pub. L. 89–636, § 3, Oct. 10, 1966, 80 Stat. 882; Pub. L. 99–399, title IV, § 401(h)(2), Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 863; Pub. L. 101–246, title I, § 116(c), Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 25.) Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 1990—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 101–246 inserted before comma at end ‘‘or in the United States pursuant to sec- tion 4304(b)(5) of this title’’. 1986—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99–399 added subsec. (c). 1966—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89–636 substituted provi- sions designated as subsec. (a) and authorizing the Sec- retary to sell, exchange, lease, or license any property or property interest acquired under this chapter, to re- ceive payment in whatever form, or in kind, for damage to or destruction of buildings or their contents, and to accept gifts of property or services for former provi- sions which authorized the Secretary, when he found it to be in the Government’s interest, to sell buildings and grounds acquired for use of diplomatic and con- sular establishments in foreign countries. Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 89–636 substituted provisions des- ignated as subsec. (b) and providing for application of