§ 2720. — Closing of consular and diplomatic 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: 22USC2720]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 38--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Sec. 2720. Closing of consular and diplomatic posts abroad
(a) Prohibited uses of funds
Except as provided under subsection (d) of this section or in
accordance with the procedures under subsections (b) and (c) of this
section--
(1) no funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of
State shall be available to pay any expense related to the closing
of any United States consular or diplomatic post abroad; and
(2) no funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of
State may be used to pay for any expense related to the Bureau of
Administration of the Department of State (or to carrying out any of
its functions) if any United States consular or diplomatic post is
closed.
(b) Post closing notification
Not less than 45 days before the closing of any United States
consular or diplomatic post abroad, the Secretary of State shall notify
the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the
Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
(c) Reprogramming treatment
Amounts made available to pay any expense related to the closing of
a consular or diplomatic post abroad shall be treated as a reprogramming
of funds under section 2706 of this title and shall not be available for
obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures
applicable to such reprogramming.
(d) Exceptions
The provisions of this section do not apply with respect to--
(1) 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
(2) 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 of State.
(e) ``Consular or diplomatic post'' defined
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 of State are assigned.
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, Sec. 48, as added Pub. L. 102-138,
title I, Sec. 112(a)(1), Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 654.)
Prior Provisions
A prior section 48 of act Aug. 1, 1956, was set out as a Short Title
of 1956 Amendment note under section 2651 of this title, prior to repeal
by Pub. L. 102-138, title I, Sec. 111(1), Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 654.
Provisions similar to this section were contained in Pub. L. 100-
204, title I, Sec. 122, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1339, and set out as a
note under section 2656 of this title, prior to repeal by Pub. L. 102-
138, title I, Sec. 112(b), Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 655.
Change of Name
Committee on Foreign Affairs of House of Representatives treated as
referring to Committee on International Relations of House of
Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a note
preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress.
Authority of Secretary of State
Except as otherwise provided, Secretary of State to have and
exercise any authority vested by law in any official or office of
Department of State and references to such officials or offices deemed
to refer to Secretary of State or Department of State, as appropriate,
see section 2651a of this title and section 161(d) of Pub. L. 103-236,
set out as a note under section 2651a of this title.
