22 USC § 4853 - Security requirements for contractors

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s4853"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 4853 - Security requirements for contractors"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "4853"
section_name: "Security requirements for contractors"
chapter_number: 58
chapter_name: "DIPLOMATIC SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "DIPLOMATIC SECURITY PROGRAM"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 99–399, title IV, § 403, Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 865.)"
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# § 4853. Security requirements for contractors

Not later than 90 days after August 27, 1986, the Secretary of State shall issue regulations to—

**(1)** strengthen the security procedures applicable to contractors and subcontractors involved in any way with any diplomatic construction or design project; and

**(2)** permit a contractor or subcontractor to have access to any design or blueprint relating to such a project only in accordance with those procedures.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 99–399, title IV, § 403, Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 865.)