Federal · Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
22 U.S.C. § 296a: Maintenance management of overseas property
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direct overseas posts to make annual building condition assessments of buildings and facilities used by the post; not later than 90 days after October 28, 1991 , revise the Foreign Affairs Manual to stipulate that the Buildings and Maintenance Handbook shall be used by each post to identify their maintenance needs, standardize their maintenance operations, and conduct annual assessments as required by paragraph (1); direct the Office of Foreign Buildings Operations to provide proper training and assistance to posts to ensure that annual surveys are effectively completed; and direct overseas posts to ensure that all maintenance program fiscal transactions are properly encoded in the Department of State accounting system to enable compilation of actual expenditures on routine maintenance and specific maintenance funded by the Office of Foreign Buildings Operations.
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