Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 8 — Foreign Service Buildings
§ 305. Growth projections for new embassies and consulates
Statutory text
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 , the Department shall project growth over the estimated life of the facility using all available and relevant data, including the following:
Relevant historical trends for Department personnel and personnel from other agencies represented at the NEC or NCC that is to be constructed.
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.
Reasonable assumptions about the strategic importance of the NEC or NCC, as the case may be, over the life of the building at issue.
Any other data that would be helpful in projecting the future growth of NEC or NCC.
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.
Basis for estimates
The Department shall base its growth assumption for all NECs and NCCs on the estimates required under subsections (a) and (b).
Congressional notification
Any congressional notification of site selection for a NEC or NCC submitted after shall include the growth assumption used pursuant to subsection (c).
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.
Department of State Authorization Act of 2021
Pub. L. 117–81 div. E title LII § 5205 · 135 Stat. 1541
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 305
(Pub. L. 117–81, div. E, title LII, § 5205, Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2355.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 117–81, div. E, title LII, § 5205, Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2355.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 5205. GROWTH PROJECTIONS FOR NEW EMBASSIES AND CONSULATES. (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 the date of the enactment of this Act, 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 the date of the enactment of this Act shall include the growth assumption used pursuant to subsection (c).
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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.
Credits
(Pub. L. 117–81, div. E, title LII, § 5205, , 135 Stat. 2355.)