U.S. Code > Title 22 Foreign Relations and Intercourse > CHAPTER 18—UNITED STATES INFORMATION AND EDUCATIONAL EXCHANGE PROGRAMS (§§ 1431—1480) > SUBCHAPTER VII—ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURE (§§ 1471—1475h) > § 1475g. Overseas public diplomacy posts and personnel overseas

§ 1475g. Overseas public diplomacy posts and personnel overseas

(a) Limitation
Except as provided under this section no funds authorized to be appropriated to the Department of State may be used to pay any expense associated with the closing of any overseas public diplomacy post abroad.
(b) Notification
Not less than 45 days before the closing of any overseas public diplomacy post abroad the Secretary of State shall notify the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate.
(c) Exceptions
This section shall not apply to any overseas public diplomacy post closed—
(1) because of a break or downgrading of diplomatic relations between the United States and the country in which the post is located; or
(2) where there is a real and present threat to United States diplomats in the city where the post is located and where a travel advisory warning against travel by United States citizens to the city has been issued by the Department of State.