§ 2703. — Services and facilities for employees at posts abroad.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC2703]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 38--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Sec. 2703. Services and facilities for employees at posts abroad
(a) Non-Government-operated services; applicability of other provisions
of law
The Secretary of State may authorize and assist in the
establishment, maintenance, and operation by civilian officers and
employees of the Government of non-Government-operated services and
facilities at posts abroad, including the furnishing of space,
utilities, and properties owned or leased by the Government for use by
its diplomatic, consular, and other missions and posts abroad. The
provisions of the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 292-
300) and section 2684 of this title may be utilized by the Secretary in
providing such assistance.
(b) Emergency commissary and mess services
The Secretary may establish and maintain emergency commissary or
mess services in places abroad where, in the judgment of the Secretary,
such services are necessary temporarily to insure the effective and
efficient performance of official duties and responsibilities.
Reimbursements incident to the maintenance and operation of commissary
or mess service under this subsection shall be at not less than cost as
determined by the Secretary and shall be used as working funds, except
that an amount equal to the amount expended for such services shall be
covered into the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
(c) Availability; duplication of facilities and services
Services and facilities established under this section shall be made
available, insofar as practicable, to officers and employees of all
agencies and their dependents who are stationed in the locality abroad,
and, where determined by the Secretary to be appropriate due to
exceptional circumstances, to United States citizens hired outside of
the host country to serve as teaching staff for such dependents abroad.
Such services and facilities shall not be established in localities
where another agency operates similar services or facilities unless the
Secretary determines that additional services or facilities are
necessary. Other agencies shall to the extent practicable avoid
duplicating the facilities and services provided or assisted by the
Secretary under this section.
(d) Charges
Charges at any post abroad for a service or facility provided,
authorized or assisted under this section shall be at the same rate for
all civilian personnel of the Government serviced thereby, and all
charges for supplies furnished to such a service or facility abroad by
any agency shall be at the same rate as that charged by the furnishing
agency to its comparable civilian services and facilities.
(e) Child care facilities
The Secretary of State may make grants to child care facilities, to
offset in part the cost of such care, in Moscow and at no more than five
other posts abroad where the Secretary determines that due to
extraordinary circumstances such facilities are necessary to the
efficient operation of the post. In making that determination, the
Secretary shall take into account factors such as--
(1) whether Foreign Service spouses are encouraged to work at
the post because--
(A) the number of members of the post is subject to a
ceiling imposed by the receiving country; and
(B) Foreign Service nationals are not employed at the post;
and
(2) whether local child care is available.
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, Sec. 31, as added Pub. L. 96-465, title
II, Sec. 2201(a), Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2156; renumbered title I, Pub.
L. 97-241, title II, Sec. 202(a), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 282; amended
Pub. L. 101-246, title I, Sec. 147, Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 38; Pub. L.
102-138, title I, Secs. 121, 144, Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 658, 668;
Pub. L. 103-236, title I, Sec. 124, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 393.)
References in Text
The Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926, referred to in subsec. (a),
is act May 7, 1926, ch. 250, 44 Stat. 403, as amended, which is
classified generally to chapter 8 (Sec. 292 et seq.) of this title. For
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 299 of this
title and Tables.
Amendments
1994--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 103-236 substituted ``The'' for ``For the
fiscal years 1992 and 1993, the'' in introductory provisions.
1991--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 102-138, Sec. 144, inserted before period
at end of first sentence ``, and, where determined by the Secretary to
be appropriate due to exceptional circumstances, to United States
citizens hired outside of the host country to serve as teaching staff
for such dependents abroad''.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 102-138, Sec. 121, substituted ``1992 and
1993'' for ``1990 and 1991'' in introductory provisions.
1990--Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 101-246 added subsec. (e).
Effective Date
Section effective Feb. 15, 1981, except as otherwise provided, see
section 2403 of Pub. L. 96-465, set out as a note under section 3901 of
this title.
