Sec. 202. Amendments to Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999
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Section 606(a) of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 ( 22 U.S.C. 4865(a) ) is amended— in paragraph (2)— in subparagraph (A), by inserting “, personnel of the Peace Corps, and personnel of any other type or category of facility that the Secretary may identify” after “military commander”; and in subparagraph (B)— in clause
(i)to read as follows: Subject to clause (ii), the Secretary of State may waive subparagraph
(A)if the Secretary, in consultation with, as appropriate, the head of each agency employing personnel that would not be located at the site, determines that it is in the national interest of the United States, after taking account any considerations that the Secretary, in the Secretary’s discretion, determines to be relevant, which may include considerations relating to security. ; and in clause (ii), by striking and all that follows through Chancery or consulate building Not less than 15 days and inserting ; and Chancery or consulate building .—Not less than 15 days in paragraph (3)— in subparagraph (A)— by striking Each and inserting the following: Each ; and by adding at the end the following: Each facility referred to in clause
(i)may, instead of meeting the numerical perimeter distance setback requirement described in such clause, meet such other criteria as the Secretary is authorized to require to achieve an equivalent engineering standard of security and degree of protection as the numerical perimeter distance setback requirement in such clause seeks to achieve. ; and in subparagraph (B)— in clause
(i)to read as follows: Subject to clause (ii), the Secretary of State may waive subparagraph
(A)if the Secretary determines that it is in the national interest of the United States, after taking account any considerations that the Secretary, in the Secretary’s discretion, determines to be relevant, which may include considerations relating to security. ; and in clause (ii), by striking and all that follows through Chancery or consulate building Not less than 15 days and inserting . Chancery or consulate building .—Not less than 15 days
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Amendments to Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999
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