§ 294. Manner of use of buildings; contracts for construction, etc.

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. 1926

   Pub. L. 69–250 § 3 · 44 Stat. 403

   Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 294

   May 7, 1926, ch. 250, § 3, 44 Stat. 404

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   May 7, 1926, ch. 250, § 3, 44 Stat. 404

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 3. Buildings and grounds acquired under this Act or heretofore Use for offices, residences, etc. acquired or authorized for the use of the diplomatic and consular establishments in foreign countries may, subject to the direction of the commission, be used, in the case of buildings and grounds for the diplomatic establishment, as Government offices or residences or as such offices and residences; or, in the case of other buildings and grounds, as such offices or such offices and residences. The contracts for all work of construction, alteration, and repair Contracts for construction repair, etc., authorized. under this Act are authorized to be negotiated, the terms of the contracts to be prescribed, and the work to be performed, where necessary, in the judgment of the commission, without regard to such statutory provisions as relate to the negotiation, making, and performance of contracts and performance of work in the United States.

2. 1963

   Pub. L. 88–94 § 2(c) · 77 Stat. 121

   Struck and inserted · 22 U.S.C. § 294

   Pub. L. 88–94 struck out “, subject to the direction of the commission,” before “be used” and “in the judgment of the commission,” after “where necessary,” and inserted “and without regard to section 529 of title 31”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 88–94 struck out “, subject to the direction of the commission,” before “be used” and “in the judgment of the commission,” after “where necessary,” and inserted “and without regard to section 529 of title 31”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (c) Section 3 of such Act (22 U.S.C. 294) is amended— (1) by striking out “, subject to the direction of the commission,” and “in the judgment of the commission,”; and (2) by inserting immediately before the period at the end thereof the following ; “and without regard to section 3648 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (31 U.S.C. 529)”,

3. 1991

   Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993

   Pub. L. 102–138 title I § 115(c) · 105 Stat. 647

   Inserted · 22 U.S.C. § 294

   Pub. L. 102–138 inserted “purchases of buildings, for leases, and for” after “contracts for”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 102–138 inserted “purchases of buildings, for leases, and for” after “contracts for”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (c) Exception of Leases and Purchases From Competition.— Section 3 of the Foreign Service Buildings Act, 1926 (22 U.S.C. 294), is amended in the second sentence by inserting “purchases of buildings, for leases, and for” after “contracts for”.

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