2020 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 8 - Foreign Service Buildings
Sec. 294 - Manner of use of buildings; contracts for construction, etc.
22 U.S.C. § 294 (2020) |
§294. Manner of use of buildings; contracts for construction, etc. |
Buildings and grounds acquired under this chapter or prior to May 7, 1926, acquired or authorized for the use of the diplomatic and consular establishments in foreign countries may be used, in the case of buildings and grounds for the diplomatic establishment, as Government offices or residences or as such offices and residences; or, in the case of other buildings and grounds, as such offices or such offices and residences. The contracts for purchases of buildings, for leases, and for all work of construction, alteration, and repair under this chapter are authorized to be negotiated, the terms of the contracts to be prescribed, and the work to be performed, where necessary, without regard to such statutory provisions as relate to the negotiation, making, and performance of contracts and performance of work in the United States and without regard to section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31. |
(May 7, 1926, ch. 250, §3, 44 Stat. 404; Pub. L. 88–94, §2(c), Aug. 12, 1963, 77 Stat. 122; Pub. L. 102–138, title I, §115(c), Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 656.) |
EDITORIAL NOTES
CODIFICATION
"Section 3324(a) and (b) of title 31" substituted in text for "section 3648 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (31 U.S.C. 529)" on authority of Pub. L. 97–258, §4(b), Sept. 13, 1982, 96 Stat. 1067, the first section of which enacted Title 31, Money and Finance. AMENDMENTS1991—Pub. L. 102–138 inserted "purchases of buildings, for leases, and for" after "contracts for". 1963—Pub. L. 88–94 struck out ", subject to the direction of the commission," before "be used" and "in the judgment of the commission," after "where necessary," and inserted "and without regard to section 529 of title 31". |
United States Code, 2018 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE |
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Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE CHAPTER 8 - FOREIGN SERVICE BUILDINGS Sec. 294 - Manner of use of buildings; contracts for construction, etc. |
section 294 |
2020 |
January 13, 2021 |
No |
standard |
44 Stat. 404 77 Stat. 122 96 Stat. 1067 105 Stat. 656 |
Public Law 88-94, Public Law 97-258, Public Law 102-138 |