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Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-110

§305 Growth Projections for New Embassies and Consulates

Title 22 › CHAPTER 8 — FOREIGN SERVICE BUILDINGS › § 305

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Department must forecast how many people will work at each new embassy or consulate project that is built or not yet in design as of December 27, 2021. It must use all useful information. That includes past staffing trends, any tradeoff analysis from the most recent Vital Presence Validation Process if it applies, reasonable judgments about how important the site will be over the building’s life, and any other helpful data. NEC means a new United States embassy compound. NCC means a new consulate compound. Heads of other federal agencies with staff at an embassy or consulate must give the Secretary their staffing forecasts for the same time period when asked. The Department must base its growth assumptions on those agency estimates. Any notice to Congress about choosing a site for a NEC or NCC sent after December 27, 2021 must include the growth assumption used.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §305

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(a)In general
For each new United States embassy compound (NEC) and new consulate compound project (NCC) in or not yet in the design phase as of December 27, 2021, the Department shall project growth over the estimated life of the facility using all available and relevant data, including the following:
(1)Relevant historical trends for Department personnel and personnel from other agencies represented at the NEC or NCC that is to be constructed.
(2)An analysis of the tradeoffs between risk and the needs of United States Government policy conducted as part of the most recent Vital Presence Validation Process, if applicable.
(3)Reasonable assumptions about the strategic importance of the NEC or NCC, as the case may be, over the life of the building at issue.
(4)Any other data that would be helpful in projecting the future growth of NEC or NCC.
(b)Other Federal agencies
The head of each Federal agency represented at a United States embassy or consulate shall provide to the Secretary, upon request, growth projections for the personnel of each such agency over the estimated life of each embassy or consulate, as the case may be.
(c)Basis for estimates
The Department shall base its growth assumption for all NECs and NCCs on the estimates required under subsections (a) and (b).
(d)Congressional notification
Any congressional notification of site selection for a NEC or NCC submitted after December 27, 2021 shall include the growth assumption used pursuant to subsection (c).

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Department of State Authorization Act of 2021 and also as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022, and not as part of the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926, which comprises this chapter.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Definitions For definitions of “Department” and “Secretary” as used in this section, see section 5002 of Pub. L. 117–81, set out as a note under section 263c of this title.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 305

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110