§ 296. — Duties of Secretary of State with respect to commission and properties.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC296]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 8--FOREIGN SERVICE BUILDINGS
Sec. 296. Duties of Secretary of State with respect to
commission and properties
For the purposes of this chapter the Secretary of State is
authorized to supervise, preserve, maintain, operate, and, when deemed
necessary, to insure the Foreign Service properties in foreign countries
and the other properties acquired in accordance with the provisions of
this chapter; to rent and insure objects of art; to collect information
and formulate plans; and, without regard to civil service and
classification laws, to obtain architectural and other expert technical
services as may be necessary and pay therefor the scale of professional
fees as established by local authority, law or custom, and to make
expenditures without regard to section 295a of this title requiring
purchase of articles manufactured in the United States.
(May 7, 1926, ch. 250, Sec. 5, 44 Stat. 404; June 19, 1952, ch. 446,
Sec. 3, 66 Stat. 140.)
References in Text
The civil service laws, referred to in text, are set forth in Title
5, Government Organization and Employees. See, particularly, section
3301 et seq. of Title 5.
The classification laws, referred to in text, are classified
generally to chapter 51 (Sec. 5101 et seq.) and to subchapter III
(Sec. 5331 et seq.) of chapter 53 of Title 5.
Section 295a of this title, referred to in text, was omitted from
the Code.
Amendments
1952--Act June 19, 1952, amended section generally to authorize
Secretary of State to supervise, preserve, maintain, operate, and insure
Foreign Service property in foreign countries.
