Source
(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title II, § 201, as added Pub. L. 97–241, title II, § 202(b), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 283; amended Pub. L. 99–93, title I, § 127(a), Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 418.)
Amendments
1985—Subsec. (c).
Pub. L. 99–93 inserted “, as well as matters relating to the protection of the interests of the United States”.
Effective Date
Section 204 of title II of
Pub. L. 97–241 provided that: “The amendments made by this title [see Short Title note below] shall take effect on October 1, 1982.”
Short Title of 1983 Amendment
Pub. L. 98–164, title VI, § 601, Nov. 22, 1983,
97 Stat. 1042, provided that: “This title [enacting section
4304a of this title, amending sections
254e and
4303 of this title, and enacting provisions set out as a note under section
4303 of this title] may be cited as the ‘Foreign Missions Amendments Act of 1983’.”
Short Title
Section 201 of title II of
Pub. L. 97–241 provided that: “This title [enacting this chapter, amending sections
254a,
254b,
254c,
2662, and
2684 of this title and section
1364 of Title
28, Judiciary and Judicial Procedure, and enacting provisions set out as a note under this section] may be cited as the ‘Foreign Missions Act’.”
United States Department of State Freedom of Expression
Pub. L. 100–204, title I, § 133, Dec. 22, 1987,
101 Stat. 1344, provided that:
“(a) Finding.—Congress finds that the United States Department of State, on September 15, 1987, declared itself to be a temporary foreign diplomatic mission for the purpose of denying free speech to American citizens who planned to protest the tyranny of the Soviet regime.
“(b) Prohibition.—It is not in the national security interest of the United States for the Department of State to declare, and it shall not declare, itself to be a foreign diplomatic mission.”
United States-Soviet Reciprocity in Matters Relating to Embassies
Pub. L. 101–246, title I, § 134, Feb. 16, 1990,
104 Stat. 33, authorized Secretary of State to allow Soviet mission to United States to occupy, on a reciprocal basis, a consulate facility in United States, provided that United States mission in Kiev would be able to occupy an interim facility intended for conduct of unclassified activities, and required Secretary of State to submit to Congress a long-term plan for acquiring secure permanent facilities for United States mission in Kiev, prior to repeal by
Pub. L. 103–199, title V, § 502(c)(1), Dec. 17, 1993,
107 Stat. 2326.
Pub. L. 100–204, title I, § 153(a)–(d), Dec. 22, 1987,
101 Stat. 1353, authorized Secretary of State to obtain full cooperation of Soviet government, on a reciprocal basis, in areas of diplomatic and consular finance, access to goods, and use of real property and prohibited Secretary of State from allowing Soviet mission to United States to occupy any new consulate in United States until United States mission in Kiev was able to occupy secure permanent facilities, prior to repeal by
Pub. L. 103–199, title V, § 502(e)(1), Dec. 17, 1993,
107 Stat. 2326. Section 153(d) of
Pub. L. 100–204 was also repealed by
Pub. L. 103–236, title I, § 139(15), Apr. 30, 1994,
108 Stat. 398.