§305 — Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse | U.S. Code

Summary

The Department of State must estimate how much staff will be needed over the life of every new U.S. embassy or consulate compound that was in or not yet in design on December 27, 2021. It must use all useful data, such as past staffing trends, the most recent Vital Presence Validation Process tradeoff analysis if available, reasonable judgments about the site’s long‑term importance, and any other relevant information. Heads of other federal agencies at a post must give their own staff growth projections when the State Department asks. State must base its final growth numbers on those agency estimates. Any notice to Congress about choosing a site after December 27, 2021 must include the growth assumption used.

Title 22, §305

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(a)For each new United States embassy compound (NEC) and new consulate compound project (NCC) in or not yet in the design phase as of December 27, 2021, the Department shall project growth over the estimated life of the facility using all available and relevant data, including the following:

(1)Relevant historical trends for Department personnel and personnel from other agencies represented at the NEC or NCC that is to be constructed.

(2)An analysis of the tradeoffs between risk and the needs of United States Government policy conducted as part of the most recent Vital Presence Validation Process, if applicable.

(3)Reasonable assumptions about the strategic importance of the NEC or NCC, as the case may be, over the life of the building at issue.

(4)Any other data that would be helpful in projecting the future growth of NEC or NCC.

(b)The head of each Federal agency represented at a United States embassy or consulate shall provide to the Secretary, upon request, growth projections for the personnel of each such agency over the estimated life of each embassy or consulate, as the case may be.

(c)The Department shall base its growth assumption for all NECs and NCCs on the estimates required under subsections (a) and (b).

(d)Any congressional notification of site selection for a NEC or NCC submitted after December 27, 2021 shall include the growth assumption used pursuant to subsection (c).

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Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Department of State Authorization Act of 2021 and also as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, and not as part of the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926, which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definitions For definitions of “Department” and “Secretary” as used in this section, see section 5002 of Pub. L. 117–81, set out as a note under section 263c of this title.

§305 Growth projections for new embassies and consulates

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Title 22, §305

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