22 U.S.C. § 254a — Definitions

As used in this Act: (1) "Members of a mission" means (A) the head of a mission and the mission members who are on the diplomatic staff, or who by law are granted equivalent privileges and immunities; (B) members of a mission's administrative and technical staff; and (C) members of a mission's service staff — all as defined in Article 1 of the Vienna Convention. (2) "Family" means (A) family members of a diplomatic-staff mission member described in (1)(A), who form part of that person's household and aren't U.S. nationals; and (B) family members of an administrative-or-technical-staff mission member described in (1)(B), who form part of that person's household and aren't U.S. nationals or permanent residents, using the meaning of Article 37 of the Vienna Convention. (3) "Mission" includes missions as defined by the Vienna Convention, plus any mission representing a foreign government — alone or together with others — that's granted, by law, the same privileges and immunities as Vienna Convention missions get. (4) "Vienna Convention" means the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations of April 18, 1961 (T.I.A.S. numbered 7502; 23 U.S.T. 3227), which took effect for the United States on December 13, 1972.