Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 58 — Diplomatic Security
§ 4868. Assignment of personnel at high risk, high threat posts
Statutory text
The Secretary to the extent practicable shall station key personnel for sustained periods of time at high risk, high threat posts (as such term is defined in section 4803 of this title) in order to—
establish institutional knowledge and situational awareness that would allow for a fuller familiarization of the local political and security environment in which such posts are located; and
ensure that necessary security procedures are implemented.
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 Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017
Pub. L. 114–323 title I § 117 · 130 Stat. 1905
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 4868
(Pub. L. 114–323, title I, § 117, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1912.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 114–323, title I, § 117, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1912.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 117. ASSIGNMENT OF PERSONNEL AT HIGH RISK, HIGH THREAT POSTS. The Secretary to the extent practicable shall station key personnel for sustained periods of time at high risk, high threat posts (as such term is defined in section 104 of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986, as added by section 401 of this Act) in order to— (1) establish institutional knowledge and situational awareness that would allow for a fuller familiarization of the local political and security environment in which such posts are located; and (2) ensure that necessary security procedures are implemented.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
References in Text
Section 4803 of this title, referred to in text, was in the original “section 104 of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986, as added by section 401 of this Act” and was translated as reading “section 104 of the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986, as added by section 101(a) of this Act”, meaning section 104 of Pub. L. 99–399, as added by section 101(a) of Pub. L. 114–323, which is classified to section 4803 of this title.
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017, and not as part of the Diplomatic Security Act which comprises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Definitions
The term “Secretary” as used in this section means the Secretary of State, see section 2 of Pub. L. 114–323, set out as a note under section 2651 of this title.