Section was enacted as part of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991, and not as part of the Diplomatic Security Act which comprises this chapter.

2016—Subsec. (h). Pub. L. 114–323 added subsec. (h).

1998—Subsec. (c)(3). Pub. L. 105–277, § 2210(1), amended par. (3) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (3) read as follows: “in evaluating and scoring proposals for such contracts, award not less than 60 percent of the total points on the basis of technical factors and subfactors;”.

Subsec. (c)(5). Pub. L. 105–277, § 2210(2), inserted “and” at end.

Subsec. (c)(6). Pub. L. 105–277, § 2210(3), substituted period for “; and” at end.

Subsec. (c)(7). Pub. L. 105–277, § 2210(4), struck out par. (7) which read as follows: “give preference to United States persons and qualified United States joint venture persons where such persons are price competitive to the non-United States persons bidding on the contract, are properly licensed by the host government, and are otherwise qualified to carry out all the terms of the contract.”

1994—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 103–236, § 141(1), added pars. (2) to (5), redesignated former pars. (2) and (3) as (6) and (7), respectively, and in par. (6) struck out “due to their distance from the post” after “evaluation process”.

Subsec. (d)(1)(D). Pub. L. 103–236, § 141(2)(A), substituted “or” for “and”.

Subsec. (d)(4). Pub. L. 103–236, § 141(2)(B)–(D), added par. (4).

Pub. L. 115–31, div. J, title VII, § 7004(i), May 5, 2017, 131 Stat. 618, provided that: “Funds appropriated by this Act [div. J of Pub. L. 115–31, 131 Stat. 589, see Tables for classification] and prior Acts making appropriations for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs under the heading ‘Diplomatic and Consular Programs’ for Worldwide Security Protection shall be made available to strengthen oversight of the local guard force at a critical post abroad through the use of United States Government employees or contractors who are United States citizens: Provided, That such funds are in addition to funds otherwise made available by such Acts for such purposes: Provided further, That the total annual operating costs associated with providing such oversight in fiscal year 2017 and subsequent fiscal years shall be shared among agencies through the International Cooperative Administrative Support Services program: Provided further, That not later than 45 days after enactment of this Act [May 5, 2017], and prior to the obligation of funds for such purposes, the Secretary of State shall consult with the Committees on Appropriations on plans to carry out the requirement of this subsection.”

Except as otherwise provided, Secretary of State to have and exercise any authority vested by law in any official or office of Department of State and references to such officials or offices deemed to refer to Secretary of State or Department of State, as appropriate, see section 2651a of this title and section 161(d) of Pub. L. 103–236, set out as a note under section 2651a of this title.