96 STAT. 286
PUBLIC LAW 97-241—AUG. 24, 1982 "(2) to exceed limitations placed on real property available to a United States mission in the sending State. "(c) If a foreign mission has ceased conducting diplomatic, consular, and other governmental activities in the United States and has not designated a protecting power or other agent approved by the Secretary to be responsible for the property of that foreign mission, the Secretary— "(1) until the designation of a protecting power or other agent approved by the Secretary, may protect and preserve any property of that foreign mission; and "(2) may authorize the Director to dispose of such property at such time as the Secretary may determine after the expiration of the one-year period beginning on the date that the foreign mission ceased those activities, and may remit to the sending State the net proceeds from such disposition. "LOCATION O F FOREIGN MISSIONS I N THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
22 USC 4306.
Notice; n c R^pfster'^ D.C. Register.
"SEC. 206. (a) The location, replacement, or expansion of chanceries in the District of Columbia shall be subject to this section. "0))(1) A chancery shall be permitted to locate as a matter of right in any area which is zoned commercial, industrial, waterfront, or mixed-use (CR). "(2) A chancery shall also be permitted to locate— "(A) in any area which is zoned medium-high or high density residential, and "(B) in any other area, determined on the basis of existing uses, which includes office or institutional uses, including but not limited to any area zoned mixed-use diplomatic or special purpose, subject to disapproval by the District of Columbia Board of Zoning Adjustment in accordance with this section. "(3) In each of the areas described in paragraphs (1) and (2), the limitations and conditions applicable to chanceries shall not exceed those applicable to other office or institutional uses in that area. "(c)(1) If a foreign mission wishes to locate a chancery in an area described in subsection (b)(2), or wishes to appeal an administrative decision relating to a chancery based in whole or in part upon any zoning map or regulation, it shall file an application with the Board of Zoning Adjustment which shall publish notice of that application in the District of Columbia Register. "(2) Regulations issued to carry out this section shall provide appropriate opportunities for participation by the public in proceedings concerning the location, replacement, or expansion of chanceries. "(3) A final determination concerning the location, replacement, or expansion of a chancery shall be made not later than six months after the date of the filing of an application with respect to such location, replacement, or expansion. Such determination shall not be subject to the administrative proceedings of any other agency or official except as provided in this title. "(d) Any determination concerning the location of a chancery, under subsection (b)(2), or concerning an appeal of an administrative decision with respect to a chancery based in whole or in part upon any zoning regulation or map, shall be based solely on the following criteria:
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