22 USC § 2700 - Use of vehicles

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s2700"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 2700 - Use of vehicles"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "2700"
section_name: "Use of vehicles"
chapter_number: 38
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 28, as added Pub. L. 96–465, title II, § 2201(a), Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2154; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 97–241, title II, § 202(a), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 282.)"
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# § 2700. Use of vehicles

The Secretary of State may authorize the principal officer of a Foreign Service post to provide for the use of Government owned or leased vehicles located at that post for transportation of United States Government employees and their families when public transportation is unsafe or not available or when such use is advantageous to the Government.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 1, 1956, ch. 841, title I, § 28, as added Pub. L. 96–465, title II, § 2201(a), Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2154; renumbered title I, Pub. L. 97–241, title II, § 202(a), Aug. 24, 1982, 96 Stat. 282.)

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