22 U.S.C. § 4304b
Crimes committed by diplomats
United States · Title 22 — FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE · Status: effective
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- 22 U.S.C. § 4304b, Crimes committed by diplomats, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/457712
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The Secretary of State shall prepare and submit to the Congress, annually, a report concerning diplomatic immunity entitled “Report on Cases Involving Diplomatic Immunity”.
In addition to such other information as the Secretary of State may consider appropriate, the report under paragraph (1) shall include the following:
For the purposes of this section, the term “serious criminal offense” means—
It is the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State should explore, in appropriate fora, whether states should enter into agreements and adopt legislation—
The Secretary should periodically notify each foreign mission of United States policies relating to criminal offenses committed by individuals with immunity from the criminal jurisdiction of the United States under laws extending diplomatic privileges and immunities.
Legislative history
The public laws that enacted or amended this section. Tallies are for the whole bill as it passed each chamber — often an omnibus covering far more than this provision — not a vote on this section alone.
- An Act to amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to require the Secretary of State to submit an annual report to Congress concerning diplomatic immunity.House: no recorded tallySenate: no recorded tally