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legal/us/code/title-22/chapter-8/section-297.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "22 U.S.C. § 297"
+description: "Acquisition of property by lease"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 22
+title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
+chapter_number: "8"
+chapter_name: "FOREIGN SERVICE BUILDINGS"
+section: "297"
+citation: "22 U.S.C. § 297"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc22@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s297"
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+retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 22 U.S.C. § 297 - Acquisition of property by lease
+
+## Text
+
+The authority granted to acquire sites and buildings by purchase or otherwise shall include authority to acquire leaseholds.
+
+(May 7, 1926, ch. 250, § 6, 44 Stat. 405; June 19, 1952, ch. 446, § 4, 66 Stat. 140; Pub. L. 95–105, title I, § 106(b), Aug. 17, 1977, 91 Stat. 845.)
+
+## Notes
+
+Editorial Notes
+
+Amendments1977—Pub. L. 95–105 struck out “of not less than ten years” after “acquire leaseholds”. 1952—Act June 19, 1952, provided for leaseholds of not less than 10 years.