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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.)

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.

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.)

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

CODIFICATION

Section, which related to leaseholds of not less than

ten years, was from the Department of State Appropriation Act, 1953, act July 10, 1952, ch. 651, title I, 66

Stat. 550, and was not repeated in subsequent appropriation 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

CODIFICATION

Section, act May 7, 1926, ch. 250, §7, 44 Stat. 405, repealed act Feb. 17, 1911, ch. 105, 36 Stat. 917, incorporated as section 133 of this title, with a provision

that the repeal ‘‘shall not invalidate appropriations already 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 payments; 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 pursuant 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 contents 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) of this section

shall, notwithstanding the provisions of any

other law, be applied 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 Secretary shall report all such transactions annually to the Congress with the budget estimates of the Department of State.

(c) Proceeds from sale of furniture, furnishings,

and equipment

Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section,

proceeds from the disposition of furniture, furnishings, and equipment from diplomatic and

consular establishments in foreign countries

shall be deposited into the Foreign Service

Building Fund to be available for obligation or

expenditure as directed 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.)

AMENDMENTS

1990—Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 101–246 inserted before

comma at end ‘‘or in the United States pursuant to section 4304(b)(5) of this title’’.

1986—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99–399 added subsec. (c).

1966—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89–636 substituted provisions designated as subsec. (a) and authorizing the Secretary to sell, exchange, lease, or license any property

or property interest acquired under this chapter, to receive 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 provisions 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 consular establishments in foreign countries.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 89–636 substituted provisions designated as subsec. (b) and providing for application of

proceeds derived from dispositions, payments, or gifts

under subsec. (a) toward acquisition, construction, or

other purposes authorized by this chapter, as in the

judgment of the Secretary may best serve the Government’s interest, for former provision for application of

proceeds of sales toward purchase and construction,

furnishing, and preservation of other properties.

1963—Pub. L. 88–94 struck out ‘‘with the concurrence

of the Foreign Service Buildings Commission,’’ after

‘‘Government,’’ and ‘‘, as in the judgment of the Commission may best serve the Government’s interest’’

after ‘‘Foreign Service building fund’’.

SECTION REFERRED TO IN OTHER SECTIONS

This section is referred to in section 4304 of this title.