§ 254c. Extension of more favorable or less favorable treatment than provided under Vienna Convention; authority of President

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1978

   Diplomatic Relations Act

   Pub. L. 95–393 § 4 · 92 Stat. 808

   Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 254c

   Pub. L. 95–393, § 4, Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 809

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 95–393, § 4, Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 809

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 4. The President may, on the basis of reciprocity and under 22 USC 254c. such terms and conditions as he may determine, specify privileges and immunities for members of the mission, their families, and the diplomatic couriers of any sending state which result in more favorable treatment or less favorable treatment than is provided under the Vienna Convention.

2. 1982

   Foreign Missions Act

   Pub. L. 97–241 title II § 203(b)(3) · 96 Stat. 273

   1. Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 254c

      Pub. L. 97–241 substituted “immunities for the mission, the members” for “immunities for members”

   2. Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 254c

      Pub. L. 97–241 substituted “diplomatic couriers which” for “diplomatic couriers of any sending state which”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 97–241 substituted “immunities for the mission, the members” for “immunities for members” and “diplomatic couriers which” for “diplomatic couriers of any sending state which”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (3) Section 4 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 254c) is amended— (A) by inserting “the mission, the” immediately after “immunities for”; and (B) by striking out “of any sending state”.

   Effective date note
   Amendment by Pub. L. 97–241 effective Oct. 1, 1982, see section 204 of Pub. L. 97–241, set out as an Effective Date note under section 4301 of this title.

3. 2016

   Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017

   Pub. L. 114–323 title V § 501 · 130 Stat. 1905

   1. Amended · 22 U.S.C. § 254c

      Pub. L. 114–323 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)

   2. Inserted · 22 U.S.C. § 254c

      Pub. L. 114–323 inserted heading

   3. Added · 22 U.S.C. § 254c

      Pub. L. 114–323 added subsec. (b)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 114–323 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), inserted heading, and added subsec. (b).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 501. CODIFICATION OF ENHANCED CONSULAR IMMUNITIES.   Section 4 of the Diplomatic Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 254c) is amended— (1) by striking “The President” and inserting the following: “(a) In General.— The President” ; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: “(b) Consular Immunity.— “(1) In general.— The Secretary of State, with the concurrence of the Attorney General, may, on the basis of reciprocity and under such terms and conditions as the Secretary may determine, specify privileges and immunities for a consular post, the members of a consular post, and their families which result in more favorable or less favorable treatment than is provided in the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, of April 24, 1963 (T.I.A.S. 6820), entered into force for the United States on December 24, 1969. “(2) Consultation.— Before exercising the authority under paragraph (1), the Secretary of State shall consult with the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate regarding the circumstances that may warrant the need for privileges and immunities providing more favorable or less favorable treatment than is provided in the Vienna Convention.” .

4. 2017

   Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017, Improvements Act

   Pub. L. 115–94 § 2(e) · 131 Stat. 2038

   Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 254c(b)(2)

   Pub. L. 115–94 substituted “and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations” for “of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b)(2). Pub. L. 115–94 substituted “and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations” for “of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (e) Consular Immunity.— Subsection (b)(2) of section 4 of the Diplomatic Relations Act (22 U.S.C. 254c), as added by section 501 of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–323), is amended by striking “of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations” and inserting “and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations and the Committee on Appropriations”.

7 of 7 references resolved to an enrolled provision