2019 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 8 - Foreign Service Buildings
Sec. 296 - Duties of Secretary of State with respect to commission and properties
| 22 U.S.C. § 296 (2019) |
| §296. Duties of Secretary of State with respect to commission and properties |
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For the purposes of this chapter the Secretary of State is authorized to supervise, preserve, maintain, operate, and, when deemed necessary, to insure the Foreign Service properties in foreign countries and the other properties acquired in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; to rent and insure objects of art; to collect information and formulate plans; and, without regard to civil service and classification laws, to obtain architectural and other expert technical services as may be necessary and pay therefor the scale of professional fees as established by local authority, law or custom, and to make expenditures without regard to section 295a of this title requiring purchase of articles manufactured in the United States. |
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(May 7, 1926, ch. 250, §5, 44 Stat. 404; June 19, 1952, ch. 446, §3, 66 Stat. 140.) |
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REFERENCES IN TEXT
Section 295a of this title, referred to in text, was omitted from the Code. AMENDMENTS1952—Act June 19, 1952, amended section generally to authorize Secretary of State to supervise, preserve, maintain, operate, and insure Foreign Service property in foreign countries. |
| United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE |
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| Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE CHAPTER 8 - FOREIGN SERVICE BUILDINGS Sec. 296 - Duties of Secretary of State with respect to commission and properties |
| section 296 |
| 2019 |
| January 24, 2020 |
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| 44 Stat. 404 66 Stat. 140 |
