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 PUBLIC LAW 99-93—AUG. 16, 1985

99 STAT. 417

to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate not less than 20 days before the date on which such regulations take effect.". (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 32 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2704) is amended by striking out "security officers" and inserting in lieu thereof "special agents". (c) REPEAL OF EXISTING AUTHORITY.—Section 4 of the Act entitled

"An Act to provide authority to protect heads of foreign states and other officials" approved August 27, 1964 (22 U.S.C. 2667), and the Act entitled "An Act to authorize certain officers and employees of the Department of State and the Foreign Service to carry firearms" approved June 28, 1955 (22 U.S.C. 2666), are repealed. SEC. 126. EXTRAORDINARY MISSIONS.

PROTECTIVE

SERVICES

FOR FOREIGN

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(a) PERMANENT AUTHORIZATION.—Title II of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 4301 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: "SEC. 214. EXTRAORDINARY PROTECTIVE SERVICES.

22 USC 4314.

"(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—The Secretary may provide extraor-

dinary protective services for foreign missions directly, by contract, or through State or local authority to the extent deemed necessary by the Secretary in carrying out this title, except that the Secretary may not provide under this section any protective services for which authority exists to provide such services under sections 202(7) and 208 of title 3, United States Code. "(b) REQUIREMENT OF EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.—The Secretary may provide funds to a State or local authority for protective services under this section only if the Secretary has determined that a threat of violence, or other circumstances, exists which requires extraordinary security measures which exceed those which local law enforcment agencies can reasonably be expected to take. "(c)

CONSULTATION WITH

CONGRESS BEFORE

OBLIGATION OF

FUNDS.—Funds may be obligated under this section only after regulations to implement this section have been issued by the Secretary after consultation with appropriate committees of the Congress. "(d) RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF FUNDS.—Of the funds made available for obligation under this section in any fiscal year— "(1) not more than 20 percent may be obligated for protective services within any single State during that year; and "(2) not less than 15 percent shall be retained as a reserve for protective services provided directly by the Secretary or for expenditures in local jurisdictions not otherwise covered by an agreement for protective services under this section. The limitations on funds available for obligation in this subs^jction shall not apply to unobligated funds during the final quarter of any fiscal year. "(e) PERIOD OF AGREEMENT WITH STATE OR LOCAL AUTHORITY.—

Any agreement with a State or local authority for the provision of protective services under this section shall be for a period of not to exceed 90 days in any calendar year, but such agreements may be renewed after review by the Secretary.

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