Sec. 234. Closing of consular and diplomatic posts abroad
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Except as provided in subsection
(d)or in accordance with the procedures in subsections
(b)and (c)— no funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department shall be available to pay any expense related to the closing of any United States consular or diplomatic post abroad; and no funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department may be used to pay for any expense related to the Bureau of Administration or to carrying out any of its functions if any United States consular or diplomatic post is closed. Not less than 45 days before the closing of any United States consular or diplomatic post abroad, the Under Secretary for Management, in consultation with the Secretary, shall notify the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate. Amounts made available to pay any expense related to the closing of a United States consular or diplomatic post abroad shall be treated as a reprogramming of funds under section 34 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 ( 22 U.S.C. 2706 ) and shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures applicable to such reprogramming. The provisions of this section do not apply with respect to— any post closed because of a break or downgrading of diplomatic relations between the United States and the country in which the post is located; or any post closed because there is a real and present threat to United States diplomatic or consular personnel in the city where the post is located, and a travel advisory warning against travel by United States citizens to that city has been issued by the Department. As used in this section, the term consular or diplomatic post does not include a post to which only personnel of agencies other than the Department are assigned.
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Closing of consular and diplomatic posts abroad
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