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Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102

§296a Maintenance Management of Overseas Prop­erty

Title 22 › CHAPTER 8 — FOREIGN SERVICE BUILDINGS › § 296a

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The head of the Office of Foreign Buildings Operations must require overseas posts to do yearly checks of the condition of buildings and facilities they use. Within 90 days after October 28, 1991, the Foreign Affairs Manual must be changed so each post uses the Buildings and Maintenance Handbook to list maintenance needs, standardize work, and do those yearly checks. The office must give posts training and help so the surveys are done right. Posts must record all maintenance spending in the Department of State accounting system so actual costs for routine and Office-funded special maintenance can be totaled.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §296a

Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The Director of the Office of Foreign Buildings Operations shall—
(1)direct overseas posts to make annual building condition assessments of buildings and facilities used by the post;
(2)not later than 90 days after October 28, 1991, revise the Foreign Affairs Manual to stipulate that the Buildings and Maintenance Handbook shall be used by each post to identify their maintenance needs, standardize their maintenance operations, and conduct annual assessments as required by paragraph (1);
(3)direct the Office of Foreign Buildings Operations to provide proper training and assistance to posts to ensure that annual surveys are effectively completed; and
(4)direct overseas posts to ensure that all maintenance program fiscal transactions are properly encoded in the Department of State accounting system to enable compilation of actual expenditures on routine maintenance and specific maintenance funded by the Office of Foreign Buildings Operations.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993, and not as part of the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926, which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Authority of Secretary of State Except as otherwise provided, Secretary of State to have and exercise any authority vested by law in any official or office of Department of State and references to such officials or offices deemed to refer to Secretary of State or Department of State, as appropriate, see section 2651a of this title and section 161(d) of Pub. L. 103–236, set out as a note under section 2651a of this title.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 296a

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102