22 U.S.C. § 4851 — Authorization

(a) Diplomatic security program
(1) In general In addition to amounts otherwise available for these purposes, the following amounts may be appropriated for fiscal years 1986 and 1987. The Department of State may use them for diplomatic security construction, acquisition, and operations under its Supplemental Diplomatic Security Program, as justified to Congress for the applicable fiscal year under “Administration of Foreign Affairs”:
(A) $308,104,000 for “Salaries and Expenses”;
(B) $857,806,000 for “Acquisition and Maintenance of Buildings Abroad”; and
(C) $15,000,000 for “Counterterrorism Research and Development”.
(2) Omitted.
(3) Repealed. Pub. L. 103–236, title I, § 101(c), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 388.
(4) Allocation of amounts authorized to be appropriated The amounts authorized by this subsection, together with the amounts authorized by the amendment made by paragraph (2), must be allocated as provided in the table called “Diplomatic Security Program” for this section. That table appears in the Joint Explanatory Statement of the Committee of Conference accompanying H.R. 4151 of the 99th Congress, the Omnibus Diplomatic Security and Antiterrorism Act of 1986.

(b) Notification to authorizing Committees of requests for appropriations In any fiscal year when the Secretary of State asks Congress for appropriations to carry out the program in subsection (a), the Secretary must notify the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations of the request. The Secretary must also provide a justification for each item in the request.

(c) Repealed. Pub. L. 103–236, title I, § 122(b), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 392.

(d) Prohibition on reallocations of authorizations Section 2696(d) of this title does not apply to amounts authorized to be appropriated under this section.

(e) Security requirements of other foreign affairs agencies Based only on “security requirements” and within the total amount of funds available for security, the Secretary of State must ensure that an “equitable level of funding” is provided for the security needs of other foreign affairs agencies. This section does not define “security requirements,” “equitable level of funding,” or “other foreign affairs agencies.”

(f) Insufficiency of funds If enough funds are not available in a fiscal year for all of the diplomatic security construction, acquisition, and operations under the Department of State’s Supplemental Diplomatic Security Program, as justified to Congress for that fiscal year, the Secretary of State must report to Congress what effect the lack of funds will have on the Department of State and on each of the other foreign affairs agencies. This section does not define “sufficient funds” or “other foreign affairs agencies.”

(g) Allocation of funds for certain security programs Of the amount authorized under subsection (a)(1)(A), $34,537,000 may be used by the Secretary of State only for protecting classified office equipment, expanding information-systems security, and hiring American systems managers and operators for computers at high-threat locations. This section does not define “high threat locations.”

(h) Furniture, furnishings, and equipment
(1) Use of existing furniture, furnishings, and equipment If physically possible, facilities built or acquired under subsection (a) must be furnished and equipped with the furniture, furnishings, and equipment used in the facilities they replace. They must use those existing items instead of newly acquired furniture, furnishings, and equipment. This section does not define “physically possible” or “facilities.”
(2) Omitted.
(3) Repealed. Pub. L. 103–236, title I, § 122(b), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 392.