22 U.S.C. § 4307
Section 4307 · Preemption
Amended 2 times on record
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Sheridan Kalorama Historical Ass'n v. Christopher (1995)
Most recently applied in City of New York v. Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations (August 2010)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Notwithstanding any other law, no act of any Federal agency shall be effective to confer or deny any benefit with respect to any foreign mission contrary to this chapter. Nothing in section 4302, 4303, 4304, or 4305 of this title may be construed to preempt any State or municipal law or governmental authority regarding zoning, land use, health, safety, or welfare, except that a denial by the Secretary involving a benefit for a foreign mission within the jurisdiction of a particular State or local government shall be controlling.
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Codification
Section is also set out in D.C. Code, §5–1207.