§ 291. — Lease of buildings, etc., for offices, living quarters, heat, light, and equipment.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC291]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 8--FOREIGN SERVICE BUILDINGS
Sec. 291. Lease of buildings, etc., for offices, living
quarters, heat, light, and equipment
The Secretary of State may lease or rent, for periods not exceeding
ten years, such buildings and grounds for the use of the Foreign Service
as may be necessary; and he may, in accordance with existing practice
without cost to them, and within the limit of any appropriation made by
Congress, furnish the officers and employees in the Foreign Service with
living quarters, heat, light, and household equipment in Government-
owned or rented buildings, at places where, in his judgment, it would be
in the public interest to do so, notwithstanding the provisions of
section 5536 of title 5; and appropriations for ``Contingent expenses,
foreign missions,'' and ``Contingent expenses, consulates,'' are made
available for such purposes.
(Apr. 18, 1930, ch. 184, title I, 46 Stat. 177.)
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of the Foreign Service Buildings
Act, 1926, which comprises this chapter.
``Section 5536 of title 5'' substituted in text for ``section 1765
of the Revised Statutes (U.S.C., title 5, sec. 70; U.S.C., Supp. III,
title 5, sec. 70)'' on authority of Pub. L. 89-554, Sec. 7(b), Sept. 6,
1966, 80 Stat. 631, the first section of which enacted Title 5,
Government Organization and Employees.
