Under Secretary for Management

(a) Establishment There shall be in the Department an Under Secretary of State for Management who shall be responsible to the Secretary for matters pertaining to the management and administration of the Department, including management integration and transformation in support of foreign operations and programs, and such other related duties as the Secretary may from time to time designate. (b) Responsibilities In addition to the responsibilities described in subsection (a), the Under Secretary for Management shall maintain continuous observation and coordination of all matters pertaining to the management, development, and administration of the Department in the conduct of foreign policy, including, as appropriate— (1) acquisitions and asset management; (2) human resources and personnel management; (3) matters related to the clinical, occupational, and mental health programs of the Department; (4) information technology and communications systems, including policies and directives to achieve and maintain interoperable communications among the components of the Department; (5) domestic and overseas facilities, property, equipment, vehicle fleets, and other material resources; (6) security for personnel, information technology and communications systems, facilities, property, equipment, and other material resources; and (7) consular affairs and services. (c) Protection of historic and artistic furnishings of reception areas of the Harry S. Truman Federal Building (1) In general The Under Secretary for Management shall administer the historic and artistic articles of furniture, fixtures, and decorative objects of the reception areas of the Department by such means and measures as conform to the purposes of the reception areas, which include conserving those articles, fixtures, and objects and providing for their enjoyment in such manner and by such means as will leave them for the use of the American people. Nothing shall be done under this paragraph which conflicts with the administration of the Department or with the use of the reception areas for official purposes of the United States Government. (2) Disposition of historic and artistic items (A) Items covered Articles of furniture, fixtures, and decorative objects of the reception areas (and similar articles, fixtures, and objects acquired by the Secretary), when declared by the Secretary to be of historic or artistic interest, shall thereafter be considered to be the property of the Secretary in the Secretary’s official capacity and shall be subject to disposition solely in accordance with this paragraph. (B) Sale or trade Whenever the Under Secretary for Management determines that— (i) any item described in subparagraph (A) is no longer needed for use or display in the reception areas, or (ii) in order to upgrade the reception areas, a better use of that article would be its sale or exchange, the Under Secretary may, with the advice and concurrence of the Secretary and Director of the National Gallery of Art, sell the item at fair market value or trade it, without regard to the requirements of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949. The proceeds of any such sale may be credited to the unconditional gift account of the Department, and items obtained in trade shall be the property of the Secretary under this paragraph. (C) Smithsonian Institution The Under Secretary for Management may also lend items described in subparagraph (A), when not needed for use or display in the reception areas, to the Smithsonian Institution or a similar institution for care, repair, study, storage, or exhibition. (3) Definition In this subsection, the term reception areas means the areas of the Harry S. Truman Federal Building, located at 2201 C Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Columbia, known as the Diplomatic Reception Rooms (eighth floor), the Secretary’s offices (seventh floor), the Deputy Secretary of State’s offices (seventh floor), and the seventh floor reception area.