Pub. L. 108-447, div. B, tit. VI, sec. 629

Sec. 629. Section 604 of the Secure Embassy Construction and Counterterrorism Act of 1999 (title VI of division A of H.R. 3427, as enacted by section 1000(a)(7) of Public Law 106–113) is amended by adding the following new subsection at the end:“(e) Capital Security Cost Sharing.—“(1) Authority.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all agencies with personnel overseas subject to chief of mission authority pursuant to section 207 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3927) shall participate and provide funding in advance for their share of costs of providing new, 118 STAT. 2921 safe, secure United States diplomatic facilities, without offsets, on the basis of the total overseas presence of each agency as determined annually by the Secretary of State in consultation with such agency. Amounts advanced by such agencies to the Department of State shall be credited to the Embassy Security, Construction and Maintenance account, and remain available until expended.“(2) Implementation.—Implementation of this subsection shall be carried out in a manner that encourages right-sizing of each agency’s overseas presence. “(3) Exclusion.—For purposes of this subsection ‘agency’ does not include the Marine Security Guard.”.