§ 300. — Dispositions of property; damage payments; acceptance of gifts or services.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC300]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 8--FOREIGN SERVICE BUILDINGS
Sec. 300. Dispositions of property; damage payments; acceptance
of gifts or services
(a) Authority of Secretary of State
The Secretary of State is authorized--
(1) to sell, exchange, lease, or license any property or
property interest acquired under this chapter, or under other
authority, for use of diplomatic and consular establishments in
foreign countries or in the United States pursuant to section
4304(b)(5) of this title,
(2) to receive payment in whatever form, or in kind, he
determines to be in the interest of the United States for damage to
or destruction of property acquired for use of diplomatic and
consular establishments abroad, and the contents of such buildings,
and
(3) to accept on behalf of the United States gifts of property
or services of any kind made by will or otherwise for the purposes
of this chapter.
(b) Disposition of proceeds; report to Congress
Proceeds derived from dispositions, payments, or gifts under
subsection (a) of this section shall, notwithstanding the provisions of
any other law, be applied toward acquisition, construction, or other
purposes authorized by this chapter or held in the Foreign Service
Buildings Fund, as in the judgment of the Secretary may best serve the
Government's interest: Provided, That the Secretary shall report all
such transactions annually to the Congress with the budget estimates of
the Department of State.
(c) Proceeds from sale of furniture, furnishings, and equipment
Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, proceeds from the
disposition of furniture, furnishings, and equipment from diplomatic and
consular establishments in foreign countries shall be deposited into the
Foreign Service Building Fund to be available for obligation or
expenditure as directed by the Secretary.
(May 7, 1926, ch. 250, Sec. 9, as added Apr. 19, 1945, ch. 78, 59 Stat.
53; amended Pub. L. 88-94, Sec. 2(e), Aug. 12, 1963, 77 Stat. 122; Pub.
L. 89-636, Sec. 3, Oct. 10, 1966, 80 Stat. 882; Pub. L. 99-399, title
IV, Sec. 401(h)(2), Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 863; Pub. L. 101-246, title
I, Sec. 116(c), Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 25.)
Amendments
1990--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 101-246 inserted before comma at end
``or in the United States pursuant to section 4304(b)(5) of this
title''.
1986--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99-399 added subsec. (c).
1966--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 89-636 substituted provisions designated
as subsec. (a) and authorizing the Secretary to sell, exchange, lease,
or license any property or property interest acquired under this
chapter, to receive payment in whatever form, or in kind, for damage to
or destruction of buildings or their contents, and to accept gifts of
property or services for former provisions which authorized the
Secretary, when he found it to be in the Government's interest, to sell
buildings and grounds acquired for use of diplomatic and consular
establishments in foreign countries.
Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 89-636 substituted provisions designated as
subsec. (b) and providing for application of proceeds derived from
dispositions, payments, or gifts under subsec. (a) toward acquisition,
construction, or other purposes authorized by this chapter, as in the
judgment of the Secretary may best serve the Government's interest, for
former provision for application of proceeds of sales toward purchase
and construction, furnishing, and preservation of other properties.
1963--Pub. L. 88-94 struck out ``with the concurrence of the Foreign
Service Buildings Commission,'' after ``Government,'' and ``, as in the
judgment of the Commission may best serve the Government's interest''
after ``Foreign Service building fund''.
Termination of Reporting Requirements
For termination, effective May 15, 2000, of provisions in subsec.
(b) of this section relating to the Secretary reporting transactions
annually to Congress, see section 3003 of Pub. L. 104-66, as amended,
set out as a note under section 1113 of Title 31, Money and Finance, and
page 129 of House Document No. 103-7.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 2715c, 4304 of this title.
