Sec. 254. Property of foreign missions

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The Under Secretary for Management, in consultation with the Secretary shall require any foreign mission in the United States, including any mission to an international organization (as defined in section 209(b)(2) of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 ( 22 U.S.C. 4309(b)(2) )), to notify the Under Secretary prior to any proposed acquisition, or any proposed sale or other disposition, of any real property by or on behalf of such mission. The foreign mission (or other party acting on behalf of the foreign mission) may initiate or execute any contract, proceeding, application, or other action required for a proposed action under paragraph

(1)only— after the expiration of the 60-day period beginning on the date of such notification (or after the expiration of such shorter period as the Secretary may specify in a given case); and if the mission is not notified by the Under Secretary within that period that the proposal has been disapproved, except that the Under Secretary may include in such a notification such terms and conditions as the Under Secretary may determine appropriate in order to remove the disapproval. The Under Secretary for Management, in consultation with the Secretary, may require any foreign mission to divest itself of, or forgo the use of, any real property determined— not to have been acquired in accordance with this section; to exceed limitations placed on real property available to a United States mission in the sending State; or where otherwise necessary to protect the interests of the United States. If a foreign mission has ceased conducting diplomatic, consular, and other governmental activities in the United States and has not designated a protecting power or other agent approved by the Secretary to be responsible for the property of that foreign mission, the Under Secretary for Management— until the designation of a protecting power or other agent approved by the Secretary, may protect and preserve any property of that foreign mission; and may dispose of such property at such time as the Under Secretary may determine after the expiration of the one-year period beginning on the date that the foreign mission ceased those activities, and may remit to the sending State the net proceeds from such disposition. Beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, real property in the United States may not be acquired (by sale, lease, or other means) by or on behalf of the foreign mission of a covered foreign country if— in the judgment of the Secretary of Defense (after consultation with the Secretary), the acquisition of that property might substantially improve the capability of that country to intercept communications involving United States Government diplomatic, military, or intelligence matters; or in the judgment of the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (after consultation with the Secretary), the acquisition of that property might substantially improve the capability of that country to engage in intelligence activities directed against the United States Government, other than the intelligence activities described in subparagraph (A). The Secretary shall inform the Secretary of Defense and the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation immediately upon notice being given pursuant to subsection

(a)of a proposed acquisition of real property by or on behalf of the foreign mission of a foreign country described in paragraph (4). In this section— the term acquisition includes any acquisition or alteration of, or addition to, any real property or any change in the purpose for which real property is used by a foreign mission; the term covered foreign country means— any country listed as a Communist country in section 620(f) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961; any country the government of which the Secretary determines has repeatedly provided support for international terrorism pursuant to— section 1754(c)(1)(A) of the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 ( 50 U.S.C. 4813(c)(1)(A) ); section 620A of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 ( 22 U.S.C. 2371 ); section 40 of the Arms Export Control Act ( 22 U.S.C. 2780 ); or any other provision of law; or any other country which engages in intelligence activities in the United States which are adverse to the national security interests of the United States; and the term substantially improve may not be construed to prevent the establishment of a foreign mission by a country which, as of the date of enactment of this Act— does not have a mission in the United States; or with respect to a city in the United States, did not maintain a mission in that city.

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22 USC 4309(b)(2)
50 USC 4813(c)(1)(A)
22 USC 2371
22 USC 2780

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Sec. 254

Property of foreign missions

Cite22 USC 4309(b)(2)

Cite50 USC 4813(c)(1)(A)

Cite22 USC 2371

Cite22 USC 2780

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