Notice2024-22875
Determination Pursuant to the Foreign Missions Act
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Published
October 3, 2024
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State Department
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 192 (Thursday, October 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 80624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22875]
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice: 12561; No. 2024-11]
Determination Pursuant to the Foreign Missions Act
Pursuant to the authority vested in the Secretary of State under
the Foreign Missions Act, 22 U.S.C. 4301, et seq. (``the Act''), and
delegated pursuant to Department of State Delegation of Authority No.
214 of September 20, 1994, and after due consideration of the benefits,
privileges, and immunities provided to the missions of the United
States abroad, as well as matters related to the protection of the
interests of the United States, I hereby designate the acquisition and
use of any contracted services from private entities or vendors in the
United States as a benefit as defined 22 U.S.C. 4302(a)(1).
Section 204(b) of the Act (22 U.S.C. 4304(b)) provides that the
Secretary of State may require a foreign mission to forego the
acceptance, use, or relation of any benefit or to comply with such
terms and conditions as the Secretary may determine as a condition to
the execution or performance in the United States of any contract or
other agreement, the acquisition, retention, or use of any real
property, or the application for or acceptance of any benefit.
Pursuant to the authority vested in the Secretary of State under
Section 204(b) of the Act and delegated pursuant to Department of State
Delegation of Authority No. 214 of September 20, 1994, I hereby
determine it is reasonably necessary on the basis of reciprocity and to
protect the interests of the United States to require the Embassy of
the Russian Federation and its consular posts to comply with the terms
and conditions specified by the Department of State's Office of Foreign
Missions relating to the above-named entity's activities in the United
States.
Further, the acquisition of any such services shall be subject to
all terms and conditions established by the Director or Principal
Deputy Director of the Office of Foreign Missions. This determination
does not pertain to services provided at the Permanent Mission to the
United Nations of the Russian Federation, unless such services are
being provided through that mission to the Embassy of the Russian
Federation in Washington, DC or its consular posts located in Houston,
Texas and New York City, New York. Pursuant to section 211 of the Act
(22 U.S.C. 4311), it shall be unlawful for any person to make available
any benefits to a foreign mission contrary to the requirements set
forth in this Designation and Determination.
Pursuant to section 208(b) of the Act (22 U.S.C. 4308), compliance
with this Designation and Determination shall to the extent thereof be
a full acquittance and discharge for all purposes of the obligation of
the person making the same. No person shall be held liable in any court
or administrative proceeding for or with respect to anything done or
omitted in good faith in connection with the administration of, or
pursuant to and in reliance on, the Act or this Designation and
Determination.
Rebecca E. Gonzales,
Director, Office of Foreign Missions, Department of State.
[FR Doc. 2024-22875 Filed 10-2-24; 8:45 am]
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