Title 6 — Housing and Building Restrictions and Regulations.
16 chapters · 355 sections in this title.
D.C. Code § 6-1301 Congressional findings and policy
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(a) 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 prope…
D.C. Code § 6-1302 Definitions
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(a) For purposes of this chapter: (1) “Benefit” (with respect to a foreign mission) means any acquisition, or authorization for an acquisition, in the United States by or for a foreign mission, including the acquisition of: (A) real property by purchase, lease, exchange, construc…
D.C. Code § 6-1303 Office of Foreign Missions
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(a) The Secretary shall establish an Office of Foreign Missions as an office within the Department of State. The Office shall be headed by a Director, appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall perform his or her functions under the sup…
D.C. Code § 6-1304 Provision of benefits
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(a) Upon the request of a foreign mission, benefits may be provided to or for that foreign mission by or through the Director on such terms and conditions as the Secretary may approve. (b) If the Secretary determines that such action is reasonably necessary on the basis of recipr…
D.C. Code § 6-1304.01 Notice of lapse of termination of liability insurance; report of motor vehicles, vessels, and aircraft owned by members of mission; fee for unsatisfied judgments or damages
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(a)(1) The head of a foreign mission shall notify promptly the Director of the lapse or termination of any liability insurance coverage held by a member of the mission, by a member of the family of such member, or by an individual described in § 19 of the Convention on Privileges…
D.C. Code § 6-1305 Property
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(a)(1) The Secretary shall require any foreign mission, including any mission to an international organization (as defined in § 6-1309(b)(2)), to notify the Director prior to any proposed acquisition, or any proposed sale or other disposition, of any real property by or on behalf…
D.C. Code § 6-1306 Location in District
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(a) The location, replacement, or expansion of chanceries in the District of Columbia shall be subject to this section. (b)(1) A chancery shall be permitted to locate as a matter of right in any area which is zoned commercial, industrial, waterfront, or mixed-use (CR). (2) A chan…
D.C. Code § 6-1307 Preemption
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Notwithstanding any other law, no act of any federal agency shall be effective to confer or deny any benefit with respect to any foreign mission contrary to this chapter. Nothing in § 6-1302, § 6-1303, § 6-1304, or § 6-1305 may be construed to preempt any state or municipal law o…
D.C. Code § 6-1308 Administrative provisions
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(a) The Secretary may issue such regulations as the Secretary may determine necessary to carry out the policy of this chapter. (b) Compliance with any regulation, instruction, or direction issued by the Secretary under this chapter shall to the extent thereof be a full acquittanc…
D.C. Code § 6-1309 Application to international organizations
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(a) The Secretary may make § 6-1306, or any other provision of this chapter, applicable with respect to an international organization to the same extent that it is applicable with respect to a foreign mission if the Secretary determines that such application is necessary to carry…
D.C. Code § 6-1309.01 United States responsibilities for employees of the United Nations
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The Congress finds that: (1) Pursuant to the Agreement Between the United States and the United Nations Regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations (authorized by Public Law 80-357 (22 U.S.C. § 287 note)), the United States has accepted: (A) The obligation to permit and to f…
D.C. Code § 6-1310 Privileges and immunities
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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 offi…
D.C. Code § 6-1311 Enforcement
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(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to make available any benefits to a foreign mission contrary to this chapter. The United States, acting on its own behalf or on behalf of a foreign mission, has standing to bring or intervene in an action to obtain compliance with this chap…
D.C. Code § 6-1312 Presidential approved procedures and guidelines
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The authorities granted to the Secretary pursuant to the provisions of this chapter shall be exercised in accordance with procedures and guidelines approved by the President.
D.C. Code § 6-1313 Extraordinary protective services
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The Secretary may provide extraordinary protective services for foreign missions directly, by contract, or through state or local authority to the extent deemed necessary by the Secretary in carrying out this chapter, except that the Secretary may not provide under this section a…
D.C. Code § 6-1314 Use of foreign mission in a manner incompatible with its status as a foreign mission
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A foreign mission may not allow an unaffiliated alien the use of any premise of that foreign mission which is inviolable under United States law (including any treaty) for any purpose which is incompatible with its status as a foreign mission, including use as a residence. For th…
D.C. Code § 6-1315 Application of travel restrictions to personnel of certain countries and organizations
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The Secretary shall apply the same generally applicable restrictions to the travel while in the United States of the individuals described in subsection (b) as are applied under this title to the members of the missions of the Soviet Union in the United States. The restrictions r…