§ 296a. — Maintenance management of overseas property.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC296a]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 8--FOREIGN SERVICE BUILDINGS
Sec. 296a. Maintenance management of overseas property
The Director of the Office of Foreign Buildings Operations shall--
(1) direct overseas posts to make annual building condition
assessments of buildings and facilities used by the post;
(2) not later than 90 days after October 28, 1991, revise the
Foreign Affairs Manual to stipulate that the Buildings and
Maintenance Handbook shall be used by each post to identify their
maintenance needs, standardize their maintenance operations, and
conduct annual assessments as required by paragraph (1);
(3) direct the Office of Foreign Buildings Operations to provide
proper training and assistance to posts to ensure that annual
surveys are effectively completed; and
(4) direct overseas posts to ensure that all maintenance program
fiscal transactions are properly encoded in the Department of State
accounting system to enable compilation of actual expenditures on
routine maintenance and specific maintenance funded by the Office of
Foreign Buildings Operations.
(Pub. L. 102-138, title I, Sec. 125, Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 659.)
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993, and not as part of the Foreign Service
Buildings Act, 1926, which comprises this chapter.
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.
