Polityka i handel międzynarodowy · 22.08.1997

The Office of Foreign Missions (OFM)

Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval is being sought for the information collection listed below. The purpose of this notice is to allow 60 days for public comments from the date listed at the top of this page in the Federal Register. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR, part 1320.10. The Office of Foreign Missions (OFM) was created in October 1982, to oversee and regulate the benefits, privileges, and immunities afforded to the following foreign personnel assigned to the United States: diplomatic, consular, specified official representatives of foreign governments to international organizations, and their dependents. Exemption from taxes on utility services and gasoline purchases is a privilege enjoyed by foreign diplomatic missions and personnel in the United States under the provisions of the Vienna Conventions on Diplomatic and Consular Relations and the terms of various bilateral agreements. Under the Foreign Mission Act of 1982, 22 U.S.C. 4301 et seq, the Department of State's Office of Foreign Missions (OFM) is given authority to grant privileges and benefits based on reciprocity. The collection of this information will be used to determine this elig