Title 22Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§4863 Use of cleared personnel to ensure secure maintenance and repair of diplomatic facilities abroad

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 58— - DIPLOMATIC SECURITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER IV— - DIPLOMATIC SECURITY PROGRAM › § 4863

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of State must create rules and use people who have the proper U.S. security clearances to make sure maintenance and repairs do not weaken security in parts of U.S. embassies or consulates where classified items are kept or classified work happens. The Secretary must also study whether some diplomatic sites should only hire contractors who have a U.S. security clearance. The study must include facilities in Cairo, New Delhi, Riyadh, and Tokyo, and the results must be reported to the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the House Foreign Affairs Committee not later than 180 days after February 16, 1990.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §4863

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(a)The Secretary of State shall develop and implement policies and regulations to provide for the use of persons who have been granted an appropriate United States security clearance to ensure that the security of areas intended for the storage of classified materials or the conduct of classified activities in a United States diplomatic mission or consular post abroad is not compromised in the performance of maintenance and repair services in those areas.
(b)The Secretary of State shall conduct a study of the feasibility and necessity of requiring that, in the case of certain United States diplomatic facilities abroad, no contractor shall be hired to perform maintenance or repair services in an area intended for the storage of classified materials or the conduct of classified activities unless such contractor has been granted an appropriate United States security clearance. Such study shall include, but is not limited to, United States facilities located in Cairo, New Delhi, Riyadh, and Tokyo. Not later than 180 days after February 16, 1990, the Secretary of State shall report the results of such study to the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 4863

Title 22Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73