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building on such site which is used for
such purposes constitute a ‘‘chancery’’
for purposes of section 206 of the Act
(22 U.S.C. 4306).
This action supersedes the
determinations under the Foreign
Missions Act relating to permanent
missions to the United Nations made by
the Acting Secretary of State on
December 7, 1982, and by the Secretary
of State on June 6, 1983.
Dated: January 8, 2014.
Patrick F. Kennedy,
Under Secretary for Management.
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Designation and Determination Under
the Foreign Missions Act
Pursuant to the authority vested in the
Secretary of State by the laws of the
United States, including the Foreign
Missions Act (codified at 22 U.S.C.
4301–4316) (hereinafter ‘‘the Act’’), and
delegated by the Secretary to me as the
Under Secretary of State for
Management in Delegation of Authority
No. 198, dated September 16, 1992, and
after due consideration of the benefits,
privileges, and immunities provided to
missions of the United States abroad, as
well as matters related to the protection
of the interests of the United States, I
hereby designate as a benefit for
purposes of the Act: exemption from
taxes associated with the purchase,
ownership, and disposition of real
property, other than such as represent
payment for specific services rendered
(hereinafter collectively referred to as
‘‘real estate taxes’’)—including, but not
limited to, annual property tax,
recordation tax, transfer tax, and the
functional equivalent of deed
registration charges and stamp duties—
by a foreign mission on the basis of the
property’s authorized use for diplomatic
or consular purposes or by an
international organization on the basis
of the property’s authorized use for the
official business of the organization.
Exemption from real estate taxes on
the basis of a property’s authorized use
for diplomatic or consular purposes or
for the official business of an
international organization is available to
a foreign mission or international
organization only with respect to
property authorized by the Department
of State’s Office of Foreign Missions
(OFM) for use as:
1. the premises of a bilateral
diplomatic mission or consular post,
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headed by a career consular officer, that
is owned by the respective foreign
government or the head of the mission
or consular post;
2. the premises of a consular post,
headed by an honorary consular officer,
that is owned by the respective foreign
government;
3. the primary residence of the head
of a bilateral diplomatic mission or a
career head of a consular post, that is
owned by the respective foreign
government or the head of the mission
or consular post;
4. the primary residence of a member
or members of the staff of a bilateral
diplomatic mission or career consular
post, that is owned by the respective
foreign government;
5. the premises of the Organization of
American States (OAS) or the United
Nations (UN), that is owned by the
respective organization;
6. the primary residence of the head
(Secretary General) of the OAS
Secretariat or the UN Secretariat, that is
owned by the respective organization;
7. the primary residence of a member
or members of the staff of the OAS or
the UN, that is owned by the respective
organization;
8. the premises of a permanent
mission to the OAS or the UN, that is
owned by the respective foreign
government;
9. the primary residence of a principal
representative or resident representative
of a permanent mission to the OAS or
the UN with a rank of ambassador or
minister plenipotentiary, that is owned
by the respective foreign government;
10. the primary residence of a member
or members of the staff of a permanent
mission to the OAS or the UN, that is
owned by the respective foreign
government;
11. the premises of an observer
mission to the OAS or the UN of a state
recognized by the United States, that is
owned by the respective foreign
government;
12. the primary residence of a
principal representative or resident
representative of an observer mission to
the OAS or the UN of a state recognized
by the United States with a rank of
ambassador or minister plenipotentiary,
that is owned by the respective foreign
government;
13. the primary residence of a member
or members of the staff of an observer
mission to the OAS or the UN of a state
recognized by the United States, that is
owned by the respective foreign
government;
14. the premises of an international
organization designated under the
International Organization Immunities
Act (IOIA), other than the OAS or UN,
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that is owned by the respective
organization and is located in the
District of Columbia;
15. the primary residence of the head
of an international organization
designated under the IOIA, other than
the OAS or UN, that is owned by the
respective organization and is located in
the District of Columbia;
16. the primary residence of a member
or members of the staff of an
international organization designated
under the IOIA, other than the OAS or
UN, that is owned by the respective
organization and is located in the
District of Columbia;
17. a residence used for temporarily
lodging representatives or employees of
a government of a state recognized by
the United States, who visit the United
States for bilateral or multilateral
diplomatic or consular purposes, that is
owned by the respective foreign
government; or
18. another category of property
authorized by OFM.
Property that is owned by a foreign
government or international
organization for the purpose of
constructing or renovating facilities and
that OFM has authorized for use for any
of the purposes described above is
eligible for an exemption from real
estate taxes, provided that OFM
authorized the acquisition of such
property.
I similarly designate as a benefit for
purposes of the Act an exemption from
real estate taxes on mission premises
and residences described above that are
in the custody or control of the United
States pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 4305(c).
I determine that exemption from real
estate taxes on the basis of a property’s
authorized use for diplomatic or
consular purposes or for the official
business of an international
organization shall be provided on such
terms and conditions as OFM may
approve. The manner in which such
benefits shall be extended by states,
counties, municipalities, and territories
shall also be subject to such terms and
conditions as OFM may approve.
Following are the current terms and
conditions governing the provision of
exemptions from real estate taxes to
foreign missions and international
organizations on the basis of a
property’s authorized use for diplomatic
or consular purposes or for the official
business of an international
organization:
• The determination of a foreign
mission or international organization’s
entitlement to an exemption from real
estate taxes associated with a property
of a type described above, on the basis
of the property’s authorized use for
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diplomatic or consular purposes, or for
the official business of an international
organization, is committed to the sole
discretion of the Department of State.
Such determinations are communicated
by letter from OFM to the relevant state,
county, municipal or territorial revenue
authorities.
• All such letters will be signed by
the Director of OFM’s Office of
Diplomatic Property, Tax, Services and
Benefits (OFM/PTSB), or a successor
office.
• Such letters serve as official notice
to the relevant state, county,
municipality, or territory that the
described property or transaction is or is
not entitled to an exemption from real
estate taxes on the basis of the
property’s authorized use for diplomatic
or consular purposes or for the official
business of an international
organization.
• States, counties, municipalities, and
territories are prohibited from extending
to a foreign mission or international
organization an exemption from real
estate taxes associated with a property
on the basis of the property’s authorized
use for diplomatic or consular purposes
or for the official business of the
international organization, except on the
basis of written authorization from
OFM.
• Conversely, on the basis of a letter
as described above, states, counties,
municipalities, and territories are
required to extend to a foreign mission
or international organization an
exemption from real estate taxes to
which OFM determines a foreign
mission or international organization is
entitled. If a state, county, municipality
or territory has concerns regarding the
extension of such exemption benefits, it
should raise the matter directly with
OFM.
• Unless otherwise determined by
OFM, the effective date of OFM’s
authorization of an exemption from real
estate taxes is the date the property deed
in question is signed or transferred.
• States, counties, municipalities, and
territories may establish additional
procedures to ensure the proper
extension of such exemption benefits,
provided that:
Æ such procedures, including the
establishment and use of any forms,
serve only to facilitate the state, county,
municipality, or territory’s extension of
exemption benefits to a foreign mission
or international organization and not as
a means to determine the foreign
mission’s or international organization’s
entitlement to the exemption benefit
associated with a property on the basis
of the property’s authorized use for
diplomatic or consular purposes or for
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the official business of the international
organization, which determination is
committed to the sole discretion of the
Department of State; and
Æ the state, county, municipality, or
territory obtain written approval from
the Director of OFM/PTSB confirming
that the proposed procedural
requirements do not violate or infringe
on any benefits, privileges, or
immunities enjoyed by foreign missions
or international organizations.
Finally, I further determine that any
state or local laws to the contrary are
hereby preempted.
The exemption from real estate taxes
provided by this designation and
determination shall apply to taxes that
have been or will be assessed against
any foreign mission or international
organization with respect to property
subject to this determination and shall
nullify any existing tax liens with
respect to any covered property. This
determination shall not require the
refund of any taxes previously paid by
any foreign mission or international
organization regarding such property.
These actions are not exclusive and are
independent of alternative legal grounds
that support the tax exemption afforded
herein.
The actions taken in this Designation
and Determination are necessary to
facilitate relations between the United
States and foreign states, protect the
interests of the United States, adjust for
costs and procedures of obtaining
benefits for missions of the United
States abroad, and carry out the policy
set forth in 22 U.S.C. 4301(b).
This action supersedes the
Designation and Determination under
the Foreign Missions Act made by the
Deputy Secretary of State for
Management and Resources on June 23,
2009.
Dated: January 8, 2014.
Patrick F. Kennedy,
Under Secretary for Management.
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DEPARTMENT OF STATE
[Public Notice 8597; No. FMA-2014-1]
Designation and Determination Under the Foreign Missions Act
Pursuant to the authority vested in the Secretary of State by the
laws of the United States, including the Foreign Missions Act (codified
at 22 U.S.C. 4301-4316) (hereinafter ``the Act''), and delegated by the
Secretary to me as the Under Secretary of State for Management in
Delegation of Authority No. 198, dated September 16, 1992, and after
due consideration of the benefits, privileges, and immunities provided
to missions of the United States abroad, as well as matters related to
the protection of the interests of the United States, I hereby
designate as a benefit for purposes of the Act: exemption from taxes
associated with the purchase, ownership, and disposition of real
property, other than such as represent payment for specific services
rendered (hereinafter collectively referred to as ``real estate
taxes'')--including, but not limited to, annual property tax,
recordation tax, transfer tax, and the functional equivalent of deed
registration charges and stamp duties--by a foreign mission on the
basis of the property's authorized use for diplomatic or consular
purposes or by an international organization on the basis of the
property's authorized use for the official business of the
organization.
Exemption from real estate taxes on the basis of a property's
authorized use for diplomatic or consular purposes or for the official
business of an international organization is available to a foreign
mission or international organization only with respect to property
authorized by the Department of State's Office of Foreign Missions
(OFM) for use as:
1. the premises of a bilateral diplomatic mission or consular post,
headed by a career consular officer, that is owned by the respective
foreign government or the head of the mission or consular post;
2. the premises of a consular post, headed by an honorary consular
officer, that is owned by the respective foreign government;
3. the primary residence of the head of a bilateral diplomatic
mission or a career head of a consular post, that is owned by the
respective foreign government or the head of the mission or consular
post;
4. the primary residence of a member or members of the staff of a
bilateral diplomatic mission or career consular post, that is owned by
the respective foreign government;
5. the premises of the Organization of American States (OAS) or the
United Nations (UN), that is owned by the respective organization;
6. the primary residence of the head (Secretary General) of the OAS
Secretariat or the UN Secretariat, that is owned by the respective
organization;
7. the primary residence of a member or members of the staff of the
OAS or the UN, that is owned by the respective organization;
8. the premises of a permanent mission to the OAS or the UN, that
is owned by the respective foreign government;
9. the primary residence of a principal representative or resident
representative of a permanent mission to the OAS or the UN with a rank
of ambassador or minister plenipotentiary, that is owned by the
respective foreign government;
10. the primary residence of a member or members of the staff of a
permanent mission to the OAS or the UN, that is owned by the respective
foreign government;
11. the premises of an observer mission to the OAS or the UN of a
state recognized by the United States, that is owned by the respective
foreign government;
12. the primary residence of a principal representative or resident
representative of an observer mission to the OAS or the UN of a state
recognized by the United States with a rank of ambassador or minister
plenipotentiary, that is owned by the respective foreign government;
13. the primary residence of a member or members of the staff of an
observer mission to the OAS or the UN of a state recognized by the
United States, that is owned by the respective foreign government;
14. the premises of an international organization designated under
the International Organization Immunities Act (IOIA), other than the
OAS or UN, that is owned by the respective organization and is located
in the District of Columbia;
15. the primary residence of the head of an international
organization designated under the IOIA, other than the OAS or UN, that
is owned by the respective organization and is located in the District
of Columbia;
16. the primary residence of a member or members of the staff of an
international organization designated under the IOIA, other than the
OAS or UN, that is owned by the respective organization and is located
in the District of Columbia;
17. a residence used for temporarily lodging representatives or
employees of a government of a state recognized by the United States,
who visit the United States for bilateral or multilateral diplomatic or
consular purposes, that is owned by the respective foreign government;
or
18. another category of property authorized by OFM.
Property that is owned by a foreign government or international
organization for the purpose of constructing or renovating facilities
and that OFM has authorized for use for any of the purposes described
above is eligible for an exemption from real estate taxes, provided
that OFM authorized the acquisition of such property.
I similarly designate as a benefit for purposes of the Act an
exemption from real estate taxes on mission premises and residences
described above that are in the custody or control of the United States
pursuant to 22 U.S.C. 4305(c).
I determine that exemption from real estate taxes on the basis of a
property's authorized use for diplomatic or consular purposes or for
the official business of an international organization shall be
provided on such terms and conditions as OFM may approve. The manner in
which such benefits shall be extended by states, counties,
municipalities, and territories shall also be subject to such terms and
conditions as OFM may approve.
Following are the current terms and conditions governing the
provision of exemptions from real estate taxes to foreign missions and
international organizations on the basis of a property's authorized use
for diplomatic or consular purposes or for the official business of an
international organization:
The determination of a foreign mission or international
organization's entitlement to an exemption from real estate taxes
associated with a property of a type described above, on the basis of
the property's authorized use for
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diplomatic or consular purposes, or for the official business of an
international organization, is committed to the sole discretion of the
Department of State. Such determinations are communicated by letter
from OFM to the relevant state, county, municipal or territorial
revenue authorities.
All such letters will be signed by the Director of OFM's
Office of Diplomatic Property, Tax, Services and Benefits (OFM/PTSB),
or a successor office.
Such letters serve as official notice to the relevant
state, county, municipality, or territory that the described property
or transaction is or is not entitled to an exemption from real estate
taxes on the basis of the property's authorized use for diplomatic or
consular purposes or for the official business of an international
organization.
States, counties, municipalities, and territories are
prohibited from extending to a foreign mission or international
organization an exemption from real estate taxes associated with a
property on the basis of the property's authorized use for diplomatic
or consular purposes or for the official business of the international
organization, except on the basis of written authorization from OFM.
Conversely, on the basis of a letter as described above,
states, counties, municipalities, and territories are required to
extend to a foreign mission or international organization an exemption
from real estate taxes to which OFM determines a foreign mission or
international organization is entitled. If a state, county,
municipality or territory has concerns regarding the extension of such
exemption benefits, it should raise the matter directly with OFM.
Unless otherwise determined by OFM, the effective date of
OFM's authorization of an exemption from real estate taxes is the date
the property deed in question is signed or transferred.
States, counties, municipalities, and territories may
establish additional procedures to ensure the proper extension of such
exemption benefits, provided that:
[cir] such procedures, including the establishment and use of any
forms, serve only to facilitate the state, county, municipality, or
territory's extension of exemption benefits to a foreign mission or
international organization and not as a means to determine the foreign
mission's or international organization's entitlement to the exemption
benefit associated with a property on the basis of the property's
authorized use for diplomatic or consular purposes or for the official
business of the international organization, which determination is
committed to the sole discretion of the Department of State; and
[cir] the state, county, municipality, or territory obtain written
approval from the Director of OFM/PTSB confirming that the proposed
procedural requirements do not violate or infringe on any benefits,
privileges, or immunities enjoyed by foreign missions or international
organizations.
Finally, I further determine that any state or local laws to the
contrary are hereby preempted.
The exemption from real estate taxes provided by this designation
and determination shall apply to taxes that have been or will be
assessed against any foreign mission or international organization with
respect to property subject to this determination and shall nullify any
existing tax liens with respect to any covered property. This
determination shall not require the refund of any taxes previously paid
by any foreign mission or international organization regarding such
property. These actions are not exclusive and are independent of
alternative legal grounds that support the tax exemption afforded
herein.
The actions taken in this Designation and Determination are
necessary to facilitate relations between the United States and foreign
states, protect the interests of the United States, adjust for costs
and procedures of obtaining benefits for missions of the United States
abroad, and carry out the policy set forth in 22 U.S.C. 4301(b).
This action supersedes the Designation and Determination under the
Foreign Missions Act made by the Deputy Secretary of State for
Management and Resources on June 23, 2009.
Dated: January 8, 2014.
Patrick F. Kennedy,
Under Secretary for Management.
[FR Doc. 2014-00735 Filed 1-15-14; 8:45 am]
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