[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 192 (Thursday, October 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 80624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22875]


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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice: 12561; No. 2024-11]


Determination Pursuant to the Foreign Missions Act

    Pursuant to the authority vested in the Secretary of State under 
the Foreign Missions Act, 22 U.S.C. 4301, et seq. (``the Act''), and 
delegated pursuant to Department of State Delegation of Authority No. 
214 of September 20, 1994, and after due consideration of the benefits, 
privileges, and immunities provided to the missions of the United 
States abroad, as well as matters related to the protection of the 
interests of the United States, I hereby designate the acquisition and 
use of any contracted services from private entities or vendors in the 
United States as a benefit as defined 22 U.S.C. 4302(a)(1).
    Section 204(b) of the Act (22 U.S.C. 4304(b)) provides that the 
Secretary of State may require a foreign mission to forego the 
acceptance, use, or relation of any benefit or to comply with such 
terms and conditions as the Secretary may determine as a condition to 
the execution or performance in the United States of any contract or 
other agreement, the acquisition, retention, or use of any real 
property, or the application for or acceptance of any benefit.
    Pursuant to the authority vested in the Secretary of State under 
Section 204(b) of the Act and delegated pursuant to Department of State 
Delegation of Authority No. 214 of September 20, 1994, I hereby 
determine it is reasonably necessary on the basis of reciprocity and to 
protect the interests of the United States to require the Embassy of 
the Russian Federation and its consular posts to comply with the terms 
and conditions specified by the Department of State's Office of Foreign 
Missions relating to the above-named entity's activities in the United 
States.
    Further, the acquisition of any such services shall be subject to 
all terms and conditions established by the Director or Principal 
Deputy Director of the Office of Foreign Missions. This determination 
does not pertain to services provided at the Permanent Mission to the 
United Nations of the Russian Federation, unless such services are 
being provided through that mission to the Embassy of the Russian 
Federation in Washington, DC or its consular posts located in Houston, 
Texas and New York City, New York. Pursuant to section 211 of the Act 
(22 U.S.C. 4311), it shall be unlawful for any person to make available 
any benefits to a foreign mission contrary to the requirements set 
forth in this Designation and Determination.
    Pursuant to section 208(b) of the Act (22 U.S.C. 4308), compliance 
with this Designation and Determination shall to the extent thereof be 
a full acquittance and discharge for all purposes of the obligation of 
the person making the same. No person shall be held liable in any court 
or administrative proceeding for or with respect to anything done or 
omitted in good faith in connection with the administration of, or 
pursuant to and in reliance on, the Act or this Designation and 
Determination.

Rebecca E. Gonzales,
Director, Office of Foreign Missions, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2024-22875 Filed 10-2-24; 8:45 am]
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