22 U.S.C. § 254e

Liability insurance for members of mission

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(a) Compliance with regulations

Each mission, members of the mission and their families, and individuals described in section 19 of the Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations of February 13, 1946, shall comply with any requirement imposed by the regulations promulgated by the Director of the Office of Foreign Missions in the Department of State pursuant to subsection (b).

(b) Establishment by regulation of liability insurance requirements

The Director of the Office of Foreign Missions shall, by regulation, establish liability insurance requirements which can reasonably be expected to afford adequate compensation to victims and which are to be met by each mission, members of the mission and their families, and individuals described in section 19 of the Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations of February 13, 1946, relating to risks arising from the operation in the United States of any motor vehicle, vessel, or aircraft.

The Director of the Office of Foreign Missions shall take such steps as he may deem necessary to insure that each mission, members of the mission and their families, and individuals described in section 19 of the Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations of February 13, 1946, who operate motor vehicles, vessels, or aircraft in the United States comply with the requirements established pursuant to subsection (b).

(Pub. L. 95–393, § 6, Sept. 30, 1978, 92 Stat. 809; Pub. L. 98–164, title VI, § 602, Nov. 22, 1983, 97 Stat. 1042.)Editorial NotesAmendments

1983—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 98–164, § 602(1), substituted “Director of the Office of Foreign Missions in the Department of State” for “President”.

Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 98–164, § 602(2), inserted provision respecting adequate compensation to victims, and substituted reference to Director for reference to President.

Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98–164, § 602(3), substituted reference to Director for reference to President.

Statutory Notes and Related SubsidiariesEffective Date

Section effective at end of ninety-day period beginning on Sept. 30, 1978, see section 9 of Pub. L. 95–393, set out as a note under section 254a of this title.

Authority of Secretary of State

Except as otherwise provided, Secretary of State to have and exercise any authority vested by law in any official or office of Department of State and references to such officials or offices deemed to refer to Secretary of State or Department of State, as appropriate, see section 2651a of this title and section 161(d) of Pub. L. 103–236, set out as a note under section 2651a of this title.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 8 cases, 1981–2018 · leading case: Tikhonova v. Ford Motor Co., 830 N.E.2d 1127 (NY 2005).

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Tikhonova v. Ford Motor Co., 830 N.E.2d 1127 (NY 2005). “3 Section 6 (b) of the Act requires members of the diplomatic mission to acquire liability insurance for risks “arising from the operation in the United States of any motor vehicle, vessel, or aircraft” (22 USC § 254e [b]), while section 7 authorizes an injured party to sue the…”

Athridge v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 184 F.R.D. 181 (D.D.C. 1998). “17, plaintiffs seek documents regarding the liability insurance coverage required under the Diplomatic Relations Act of 1978 (“DRA”), 22 U.S.C. § 254e. Aetna argues that plaintiffs lack a good-faith basis for asserting that the DRA applies here; Jorge was a legal permanent U.”

Athridge v. Aetna Cas. & Sur. Co., 163 F. Supp. 2d 38 (D.D.C. 2001). “22 U.S.C.A. § 254e (1988). The complaint charges that Jesus, Jorge’s father, is a citizen of Spain and a member of a foreign mission under the Diplomatic Relations Act.”

Traore v. State, 431 A.2d 96 (Md. 1981). “Another indication of intent in the text of the statute is found in § 6, codified at 22 U.S.C. § 254e. This section requires members of diplomatic missions and their families to comply with regulations requiring liability insurance for the operation of motor vehicles, vessels or…”

Windsor v. State Farm Ins., 509 F. Supp. 342 (D.D.C. 1981). “Section 6 of the Act has been codified at 22 U.S.C. § 254e (Supp. II 1978) and provides: (a) Each mission, members of the mission and their families, and individuals described in section 19 of the Convention on Privileges and Immunities of the United Nations of February 13,…”

Urlic v. Ins. Co. of Pennsylvania, 259 A.D.2d 1 (N.Y. App. Div. 1999). “The court noted that legislative acts of Congress are presumed to apply only within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States, that there was no reference in the Act to injuries occurring in a foreign country, and that section 6 of the Act (22 USC § 254e) only required…”

Green v. First Liberty Ins. Corp., 321 F. Supp. 3d 368 (E.D.N.Y 2018). “The second, Section 6 (codified at 22 U.S.C. § 254e ), requires diplomatic missions in the United States, members of those missions, and members' families to maintain adequate liability insurance against the risks of bodily injury, death, *371 and property damage arising from…”

Tikhonova v. Ford Motor Co., 10 A.D.3d 185 (N.Y. App. Div. 2004). “mber of a foreign mission or his family who is alleged to be the driver of a negligently operated vehicle is immune from legal liability to the injured party, federal law provides a remedy to the injured party by mandating that foreign missions, their members and members’…”

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