2007 US Code
Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 53 - AUTHORITIES RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS
Sec. 4301 - Congressional declaration of findings and policy
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 2006 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE CHAPTER 53 - AUTHORITIES RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS Sec. 4301 - Congressional declaration of findings and policy |
Contains | section 4301 |
Date | 2007 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 8, 2008 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Short Titles | Foreign Missions Amendments Act of 1983 Foreign Missions Act |
Source Credit | Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title II, §201, as added Pub. L. 97-241, title II, §202(b), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 283; amended Pub. L. 99-93, title I, §127(a), Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 418. |
Statutes at Large References | 96 Stat. 283 97 Stat. 1042 99 Stat. 418 101 Stat. 1344, 1353 104 Stat. 33 107 Stat. 2326 108 Stat. 398 |
Public Law References | Public Law 97-241, Public Law 98-164, Public Law 99-93, Public Law 100-204, Public Law 101-246, Public Law 103-199, Public Law 103-236 |
§4301. Congressional declaration of findings and policy (a) Findings
The Congress finds that the operation in the United States of foreign missions and public international organizations and the official missions to such organizations, including the permissible scope of their activities and the location and size of their facilities, is a proper subject for the exercise of Federal jurisdiction.
(b) PolicyThe Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States to support the secure and efficient operation of United States missions abroad, to facilitate the secure and efficient operation in the United States of foreign missions and public international organizations and the official missions to such organizations, and to assist in obtaining appropriate benefits, privileges, and immunities for those missions and organizations and to require their observance of corresponding obligations in accordance with international law.
(c) Treatment of foreign missions in United StatesThe treatment to be accorded to a foreign mission in the United States shall be determined by the Secretary after due consideration of the benefits, privileges, and immunities provided to missions of the United States in the country or territory represented by that foreign mission, as well as matters relating to the protection of the interests of the United States.
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title II, §201, as added Pub. L. 97–241, title II, §202(b), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 283; amended Pub. L. 99–93, title I, §127(a), Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 418.)
Amendments1985—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99–93 inserted “, as well as matters relating to the protection of the interests of the United States”.
Effective DateSection 204 of title II of Pub. L. 97–241 provided that: “The amendments made by this title [see Short Title note below] shall take effect on October 1, 1982.”
Short Title of 1983 AmendmentPub. L. 98–164, title VI, §601, Nov. 22, 1983, 97 Stat. 1042, provided that: “This title [enacting section 4304a of this title, amending sections 254e and 4303 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as a note under section 4303 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Foreign Missions Amendments Act of 1983’.”
Short TitleSection 201 of title II of Pub. L. 97–241 provided that: “This title [enacting this chapter, amending sections 254a, 254b, 254c, 2662, and 2684 of this title and section 1364 of Title 28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, and enacting provisions set out as a note under this section] may be cited as the ‘Foreign Missions Act’.”
United States Department of State Freedom of ExpressionPub. L. 100–204, title I, §133, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1344, provided that:
“(a) Finding.—Congress finds that the United States Department of State, on September 15, 1987, declared itself to be a temporary foreign diplomatic mission for the purpose of denying free speech to American citizens who planned to protest the tyranny of the Soviet regime.
“(b) Prohibition.—It is not in the national security interest of the United States for the Department of State to declare, and it shall not declare, itself to be a foreign diplomatic mission.”
United States-Soviet Reciprocity in Matters Relating to EmbassiesPub. L. 101–246, title I, §134, Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 33, authorized Secretary of State to allow Soviet mission to United States to occupy, on a reciprocal basis, a consulate facility in United States, provided that United States mission in Kiev would be able to occupy an interim facility intended for conduct of unclassified activities, and required Secretary of State to submit to Congress a long-term plan for acquiring secure permanent facilities for United States mission in Kiev, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–199, title V, §502(c)(1), Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2326.
Pub. L. 100–204, title I, §153(a)–(d), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1353, authorized Secretary of State to obtain full cooperation of Soviet government, on a reciprocal basis, in areas of diplomatic and consular finance, access to goods, and use of real property and prohibited Secretary of State from allowing Soviet mission to United States to occupy any new consulate in United States until United States mission in Kiev was able to occupy secure permanent facilities, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103–199, title V, §502(e)(1), Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2326. Section 153(d) of Pub. L. 100–204 was also repealed by Pub. L. 103–236, title I, §139(15), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 398.
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