Title 22Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§4310 Privileges and immunities

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 53— - AUTHORITIES RELATING TO THE REGULATION OF FOREIGN MISSIONS › § 4310

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Lets the United States keep its authority to meet international obligations and does not take away or limit other legal immunities that exist. If a foreign mission, a public international organization, or an official mission to such an organization follows—or fails to follow—this chapter, that will not be treated as them giving up any immunity they have under the law.

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Title 22, §4310

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Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the authority of the United States to carry out its international obligations, or to supersede or limit immunities otherwise available by law. No act or omission by any foreign mission, public international organization, or official mission to such an organization, in compliance with this chapter shall be deemed to be an implied waiver of any immunity otherwise provided for by law.

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Effective Date

Section effective Oct. 1, 1982, see section 204 of Pub. L. 97–241, set out as a note under section 4301 of this title.

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22 U.S.C. § 4310

Title 22Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73