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title: "22 U.S.C. § 4859"
description: "Protection of public entrances of United States diplomatic missions abroad"
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# 22 U.S.C. § 4859 - Protection of public entrances of United States diplomatic missions abroad

## Text

The Secretary of State shall install and maintain a walk-through metal detector or other advanced screening system at public entrances of each United States diplomatic mission abroad.

(Pub. L. 99–399, title IV, § 409, Aug. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 866.)