§ 2669. — Printing and binding outside continental United States; settlement and payment of claims by foreign governments; employment of aliens; official functions and courtesies; purchase of uniforms; payment of tort claims; payment of assumed obligations in Germany; telecommunications services; security.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC2669]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 38--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Sec. 2669. Printing and binding outside continental United
States; settlement and payment of claims by foreign governments;
employment of aliens; official functions and courtesies;
purchase of uniforms; payment of tort claims; payment of assumed
obligations in Germany; telecommunications services; security;
special purpose passenger motor vehicles; pay obligations
arising under international conventions or contracts; personal
service contracts
The Secretary of State may use funds appropriated or otherwise
available to the Secretary to--
(a) provide for printing and binding outside the States of the
United States and the District of Columbia without regard to section
501 of title 44;
(b) for the purpose of promoting and maintaining friendly
relations with foreign countries through the prompt settlement of
certain claims, settle and pay any meritorious claim against the
United States which is presented by a government of a foreign
country for damage to or loss of real or personal property of, or
personal injury to or death of, any national of such foreign
country: Provided, That such claim is not cognizable under any other
statute or international agreement of the United States and can be
settled for not more than $15,000 or the foreign currency equivalent
thereof;
(c) employ individuals or organizations, by contract, for
services abroad, and individuals employed by contract to perform
such services shall not by virtue of such employment be considered
to be employees of the United States Government for purposes of any
law administered by the Office of Personnel Management (except that
the Secretary may determine the applicability to such individuals of
subsection (f) of this section and of any other law administered by
the Secretary concerning the employment of such individuals abroad);
and such contracts 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;
(d) provide for official functions and courtesies;
(e) purchase uniforms;
(f) pay tort claims, in the manner authorized in the first
paragraph of section 2672, as amended, of title 28, when such claims
arise in foreign countries in connection with Department of State
operations abroad;
(g) obtain services as authorized by section 3109 of title 5 at
a rate not to exceed the maximum rate payable for GS-18 under
section 5332 of such title 5;
(h) directly procure goods and services in the United States or
abroad, solely for use by United States Foreign Service posts abroad
when the Secretary of State, in accordance with guidelines
established in consultation with the Administrator of General
Services, determines that use of the Federal Supply Service or
otherwise applicable Federal goods and services acquisition
authority would not meet emergency overseas security requirements
determined necessary by the Secretary, taking into account overseas
delivery, installation, maintenance, or replacement requirements,
except that the authority granted by this paragraph shall cease to
be effective when the amendment made by section 2711 of the
Competition in Contracting Act of 1984 takes effect and thereafter
procurement by the Secretary of State for the purposes described in
this paragraph shall be in accordance with section 253(c)(2) of
title 41;
(i) pay obligations assumed in Germany on or after June 5, 1945;
(j) provide telecommunications services;
(k) provide maximum physical security in Government-owned and
leased properties and vehicles abroad; and
(l) purchase special purpose passenger motor vehicles without
regard to any price limitation otherwise established by law.
(m) pay obligations arising under international agreements,
conventions, and binational contracts to the extent otherwise
authorized by law.
(n) exercise the authority provided in subsection (c) of this
section, upon the request of the Secretary of Defense or the head of
any other department or agency of the United States, to enter into
personal service contracts with individuals to perform services in
support of the Department of Defense or such other department or
agency, as the case may be.
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, Sec. 2, 70 Stat. 890; Pub. L. 86-624,
Sec. 2, July 12, 1960, 74 Stat. 411; Pub. L. 86-707, title V,
Sec. 511(a)(2), Sept. 6, 1960, 74 Stat. 800; Pub. L. 87-565, pt. IV,
Sec. 402, Aug. 1, 1962, 76 Stat. 263; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 97-
241, title II, Sec. 202(a), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 282; Pub. L. 98-533,
title III, Sec. 303(a), Oct. 19, 1984, 98 Stat. 2710; Pub. L. 99-93,
title I, Secs. 114, 118(a), Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 411, 412; Pub. L.
101-246, title I, Sec. 111, Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 21; Pub. L. 102-20,
Sec. 4, Mar. 27, 1991, 105 Stat. 68; Pub. L. 102-138, title I, Sec. 120,
Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 658; Pub. L. 103-236, title I, Secs. 137,
162(k)(4), 180(b), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 397, 409, 416; Pub. L. 107-
107, div. A, title VIII, Sec. 833, Dec. 28, 2001, 115 Stat. 1191.)
References in Text
The effective date of the amendment made by section 2711 of the
Competition in Contracting Act of 1984, referred to in subsec. (h), is
the effective date of section 2711 of title VII of Pub. L. 98-369, div.
B, July 18, 1984, 98 Stat. 1175, 1203, which amended section 253 of
Title 41, Public Contracts, applicable with respect to any solicitation
for bids or proposals issued after Mar. 31, 1985. See section 2751(a) of
Pub. L. 98-369, set out as an Effective Date of 1984 Amendment note
under section 251 of Title 41.
Codification
In subsec. (a), ``section 501 of title 44'' substituted for
``section 11 of the Act of March 1, 1919 (44 U.S.C. 111)'' on authority
of Pub. L. 90-620, Sec. 2(b), Oct. 22, 1968, 82 Stat. 1305, the first
section of which enacted Title 44, Public Printing and Documents.
Section was formerly classified to section 170g of Title 5 prior to
the general revision and enactment of Title 5, Government Organization
and Employees, by Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 1, Sept. 6, 1966, 80 Stat. 378.
Amendments
2001--Subsec. (n). Pub. L. 107-107 added subsec. (n).
1994--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103-236, Secs. 137, 180(b), which
identically directed amendment of subsec. (c) by inserting before the
period ``; and such contracts 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'', were executed by making the insertion
before the semicolon at end to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
Subsecs. (l), (m). Pub. L. 103-236, Sec. 162(k)(4), redesignated
subsec. (l) relating to paying obligations arising under international
agreements, conventions, and binational contracts as (m).
1991--Subsec. (l). Pub. L. 102-138 added subsec. (l) relating to
paying obligations arising under international agreements, conventions,
and binational contracts.
Pub. L. 102-20 added subsec. (l) relating to purchase of special
purpose passenger motor vehicles.
1990--Subsecs. (i) to (k). Pub. L. 101-246 added subsecs. (i) to
(k).
1985--Pub. L. 99-93, Sec. 114, in provision preceding subsec. (a)
substituted ``may use funds appropriated or otherwise available to the
Secretary to'' for ``, when funds are appropriated therefor, may''.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99-93, Sec. 118(a), inserted ``for purposes of
any law administered by the Office of Personnel Management (except that
the Secretary may determine the applicability to such individuals of
subsection (f) of this section and of any other law administered by the
Secretary concerning the employment of such individuals abroad)''.
1984--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98-533, Sec. 303(a)(1), substituted
``individuals or organizations'' for ``aliens'' after ``employ'', and
``, and individuals employed by contract to perform such services shall
not by virtue of such employment be considered to be employees of the
United States Government''.
Subsecs. (g), (h). Pub. L. 98-533, Sec. 303(a)(2), added subsecs.
(g) and (h).
1962--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87-565 added subsec. (b). A prior subsec.
(b) was repealed by section 511(a)(2) of Pub. L. 86-707.
1960--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 86-624 substituted ``the States of the
United States and the District of Columbia'' for ``the continental
United States''.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 86-707 repealed subsec. (b) which authorized
the Secretary to pay the cost of transportation to and from a place of
storage and the cost of storing the furniture and household and personal
effects of an employee who is assigned to a post at which he is unable
to use his furniture and effects, and is now covered by section 1136(4)
of this title.
Effective Date of 1994 Amendment
Amendment by section 162(k)(4) of Pub. L. 103-236 applicable with
respect to officials, offices, and bureaus of Department of State when
executive orders, regulations, or departmental directives implementing
the amendments by sections 161 and 162 of Pub. L. 103-236 become
effective, or 90 days after Apr. 30, 1994, whichever comes earlier, see
section 161(b) of Pub. L. 103-236, as amended, set out as a note under
section 2651a of this title.
Effective Date of 1985 Amendment
Section 118(b) of Pub. L. 99-93 provided that: ``Authority provided
by the amendment made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall
only apply with respect to funds appropriated after the date of the
enactment of this Act [Aug. 16, 1985].''
References in Other Laws to GS-16, 17, or 18 Pay Rates
References in laws to the rates of pay for GS-16, 17, or 18, or to
maximum rates of pay under the General Schedule, to be considered
references to rates payable under specified sections of Title 5,
Government Organization and Employees, see section 529 [title I,
Sec. 101(c)(1)] of Pub. L. 101-509, set out in a note under section 5376
of Title 5.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 2605, 4341, 4904 of this
title; title 15 section 4723.
