§ 4301. — Congressional declaration of findings and policy.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC4301]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 53--AUTHORITIES RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS
Sec. 4301. Congressional declaration of findings and policy
(a) Findings
The Congress finds that the operation in the United States of
foreign missions and public international organizations and the official
missions to such organizations, including the permissible scope of their
activities and the location and size of their facilities, is a proper
subject for the exercise of Federal jurisdiction.
(b) Policy
The Congress declares that it is the policy of the United States to
support the secure and efficient operation of United States missions
abroad, to facilitate the secure and efficient operation in the United
States of foreign missions and public international organizations and
the official missions to such organizations, and to assist in obtaining
appropriate benefits, privileges, and immunities for those missions and
organizations and to require their observance of corresponding
obligations in accordance with international law.
(c) Treatment of foreign missions in United States
The treatment to be accorded to a foreign mission in the United
States shall be determined by the Secretary after due consideration of
the benefits, privileges, and immunities provided to missions of the
United States in the country or territory represented by that foreign
mission, as well as matters relating to the protection of the interests
of the United States.
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title II, Sec. 201, as added Pub. L. 97-241,
title II, Sec. 202(b), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 283; amended Pub. L. 99-
93, title I, Sec. 127(a), Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 418.)
Amendments
1985--Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 99-93 inserted ``, as well as matters
relating to the protection of the interests of the United States''.
Effective Date
Section 204 of title II of Pub. L. 97-241 provided that: ``The
amendments made by this title [see Short Title note below] shall take
effect on October 1, 1982.''
Short Title of 1983 Amendment
Pub. L. 98-164, title VI, Sec. 601, Nov. 22, 1983, 97 Stat. 1042,
provided that: ``This title [enacting section 4304a of this title,
amending sections 254e and 4303 of this title, and enacting provisions
set out as a note under section 4303 of this title] may be cited as the
`Foreign Missions Amendments Act of 1983'.''
Short Title
Section 201 of title II of Pub. L. 97-241 provided that: ``This
title [enacting this chapter, amending sections 254a, 254b, 254c, 2662,
and 2684 of this title and section 1364 of Title 28, Judiciary and
Judicial Procedure, and enacting provisions set out as a note under this
section] may be cited as the `Foreign Missions Act'.''
United States Department of State Freedom of Expression
Pub. L. 100-204, title I, Sec. 133, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1344,
provided that:
``(a) Finding.--Congress finds that the United States Department of
State, on September 15, 1987, declared itself to be a temporary foreign
diplomatic mission for the purpose of denying free speech to American
citizens who planned to protest the tyranny of the Soviet regime.
``(b) Prohibition.--It is not in the national security interest of
the United States for the Department of State to declare, and it shall
not declare, itself to be a foreign diplomatic mission.''
United States-Soviet Reciprocity in Matters Relating to Embassies
Pub. L. 101-246, title I, Sec. 134, Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 33,
authorized Secretary of State to allow Soviet mission to United States
to occupy, on a reciprocal basis, a consulate facility in United States,
provided that United States mission in Kiev would be able to occupy an
interim facility intended for conduct of unclassified activities, and
required Secretary of State to submit to Congress a long-term plan for
acquiring secure permanent facilities for United States mission in Kiev,
prior to repeal by Pub. L. 103-199, title V, Sec. 502(c)(1), Dec. 17,
1993, 107 Stat. 2326.
Pub. L. 100-204, title I, Sec. 153(a)-(d), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat.
1353, authorized Secretary of State to obtain full cooperation of Soviet
government, on a reciprocal basis, in areas of diplomatic and consular
finance, access to goods, and use of real property and prohibited
Secretary of State from allowing Soviet mission to United States to
occupy any new consulate in United States until United States mission in
Kiev was able to occupy secure permanent facilities, prior to repeal by
Pub. L. 103-199, title V, Sec. 502(e)(1), Dec. 17, 1993, 107 Stat. 2326.
Section 153(d) of Pub. L. 100-204 was also repealed by Pub. L. 103-236,
title I, Sec. 139(15), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 398.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 4309, 4309a of this title.
