22 U.S.C. § 296: Duties of Secretary of State…

Summary

Secretary of State may manage, maintain, operate, preserve, and insure Foreign Service and related properties abroad. They may rent or insure artworks, gather information and make plans, and hire architects and experts (paying local fees), without following civil-service rules or the section 295a rule that requires buying U.S.-made articles.

Title 22, §296

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For the purposes of this chapter the Secretary of State is authorized to supervise, preserve, maintain, operate, and, when deemed necessary, to insure the Foreign Service properties in foreign countries and the other properties acquired in accordance with the provisions of this chapter; to rent and insure objects of art; to collect information and formulate plans; and, without regard to civil service and classification laws, to obtain architectural and other expert technical services as may be necessary and pay therefor the scale of professional fees as established by local authority, law or custom, and to make expenditures without regard to section 295a of this title requiring purchase of articles manufactured in the United States.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 295a of this title, referred to in text, was omitted from the Code.

Amendments

1952—Act June 19, 1952, amended section generally to authorize Secretary of State to supervise, preserve, maintain, operate, and insure Foreign Service property in foreign countries.

§296 Duties of Secretary of State with Respect to Commission and Properties