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CHAPTER 52⁠—FOREIGN SERVICE — Front Matter

Sec.
3901.Congressional findings and objectives.
3902.Definitions.
3903.Members of Service.
3904.Functions of Service.
3905.Personnel actions.
3921.Administration by Secretary of State.
3922.Utilization of Foreign Service personnel system by other agencies.
3922a.Representation of minorities and women in Foreign Service.
3922b.Public diplomacy training.
3922c.Integration of foreign economic policy.
3923.Compatibility among agencies utilizing Foreign Service personnel system.
3924.Uniform and consolidated administration of Service.
3925.Compatibility between Foreign Service and other Government personnel systems.
3926.Regulations; delegation of functions.
3927.Chief of mission.
3927a.Review by chief of mission.
3927b.Reporting requirement on chiefs of mission.
3928.Director General of Foreign Service.
3929.Inspector General.
3929a.Abolishment of Inspector General of Department of State and Foreign Service.
3929b.Cooperation with Office of the Inspector General.
3930.Board of Foreign Service.
3931.Board of Examiners.
3941.General provisions.
3942.Appointments by the President.
3943.Appointments by the Secretary.
3944.Chiefs of Mission.
3945.Senior Foreign Service.
3946.Career appointments.
3947.Entry levels for Foreign Service officer candidates.
3948.Recall and reappointment of career members.
3949.Limited appointments.
3950.Reemployment rights following limited appointment.
3951.United States citizens hired abroad.
3952.Diplomatic and consular missions.
3961.Salaries of chiefs of mission.
3962.Salaries of Senior Foreign Service members.
3963.Foreign Service Schedule.
3964.Assignments to salary class.
3965.Performance pay.
3966.Within-class salary increases.
3967.Salaries for Foreign Service personnel abroad who perform routine duties.
3968.Local compensation plans.
3968a.Locally-employed staff wages.
3969.Salaries of consular agents.
3970.Compensation for imprisoned foreign national employees.
3971.Temporary service as principal officer.
3972.Special differentials.
3973.Death gratuities.
3974.Border equalization pay adjustment.
3975.Group life insurance supplement applicable to those killed in terrorist attacks.
3976.Survivors’ and dependents’ educational assistance.
3981.Authority of Secretary.
3982.Assignments to Foreign Service positions.
3983.Assignments to non-Service and other positions.
3984.Service in United States and abroad.
3985.Temporary details.
4001.Promotions.
4002.Establishment of selection boards.
4003.Recommendations and rankings.
4004.Records.
4005.Implementation of selection board recommendations.
4006.Other bases for promoting or increasing pay.
4007.Retirement for expiration of time in class.
4008.Retirement based on failure to meet standard of performance.
4009.Retirement benefits.
4010.Separation for cause; suspension.
4010a.Reductions in force.
4011.Termination of limited appointments.
4012.Termination of appointments of consular agents and foreign national employees.
4012a.Foreign national employees separation pay.
4013.Department awards.
4021.Institution for training.
4021a.Matters relating to the Foreign Service Institute.
4022.Foreign language requirements.
4023.Career development program.
4024.Functions of Secretary.
4025.Training grants.
4026.Career counseling.
4027.Visiting Scholars Program.
4028.Training for Foreign Service officers.
4028a.Per diem allowance for newly hired members of the Foreign Service.
4029.Increased training in multilateral diplomacy.
4030.Suitability reviews for Foreign Service Institute instructors.
4041.Administration.
4042.Maintenance of Fund.
4043.Participants.
4044.Definitions.
4045.Contributions to Fund.
4046.Computation of annuities.
4047.Payment of annuity.
4048.Retirement for disability or incapacity.
4049.Death in service.
4050.Discontinued service retirement.
4051.Voluntary retirement.
4052.Mandatory retirement.
4053.Reassignment and retirement of former Presidential appointees.
4054.Former spouses.
4055.Lump-sum payments.
4056.Creditable service.
4057.Extra credit for service at unhealthful posts.
4058.Estimate of appropriations needed.
4059.Investment of Fund.
4060.Assignment and attachment of moneys.
4061.Payments for future benefits.
4062.Unfunded liability obligations.
4063.Annuity adjustment for recall service.
4064.Reemployment.
4065.Voluntary contribution account.
4066.Cost-of-living adjustment of annuities.
4067.Compatibility between retirement systems.
4068.Remarriage.
4069.Thrift Savings Fund participation.
4069–1.Qualified former wives and husbands.
4069a.Retirement benefits for certain former spouses.
4069a–1.Retirement benefits for certain former spouses.
4069b.Survivor benefits for certain former spouses.
4069b–1.Survivor benefits for certain former spouses.
4069c.Health benefits for certain former spouses.
4069c–1.Health benefits for certain former spouses.
4071.Establishment; application of Federal Employees’ Retirement System to Foreign Service Pension System participants.
4071a.Definitions.
4071b.Participants.
4071c.Creditable service.
4071d.Entitlement to annuity.
4071e.Deductions and withholdings from pay.
4071f.Government contributions.
4071g.Cost-of-living adjustments.
4071h.General and administrative provisions.
4071i.Transition provisions.
4071j.Former spouses.
4071k.Spousal agreements.
4081.Travel and related expenses.
4081a.Exception for Government-financed air transportation; reducing hardship for transportation of domestic animals.
4081b.Presence of chiefs of mission at diplomatic posts.
4082.Loan of household effects.
4083.Required leave.
4083a.Rest and recuperation leave.
4083b.Overseas operations leave.
4084.Health care program.
4085.Entertainment and representation expenses.
4086.Entitlement to vote in a State in a Federal election; preconditions; applicability.
4087.Termination of residential or motor vehicle leases and telephone service contracts.
4088.Education allowance.
4089.Portability of professional licenses.
4101.Congressional findings and policy.
4102.Definitions.
4103.Application.
4104.Employee rights.
4105.Management rights.
4106.Foreign Service Labor Relations Board.
4107.Functions of Foreign Service Labor Relations Board.
4108.Functions of General Counsel.
4109.Judicial review and enforcement.
4110.Foreign Service Impasse Disputes Panel.
4111.Exclusive recognition.
4112.Employees represented.
4113.Representation rights and duties.
4114.Resolution of implementation disputes.
4115.Unfair labor practices.
4116.Prevention of unfair labor practices.
4117.Standards of conduct for labor organizations.
4118.Administrative provisions.
4131.Definitions and applicability.
4132.Grievances concerning former members or their survivors.
4133.Freedom of action.
4134.Time limitations.
4135.Foreign Service Grievance Board.
4136.Foreign Service Grievance Board procedures.
4137.Foreign Service Grievance Board decisions.
4138.Access to records.
4139.Relationship to other remedies.
4140.Judicial review.
4141.Statement of policy; objectives.
4141a.Foreign Service Internship Program.
4141b.Report to Congress.
4141c.Authorization of appropriations.
4151.Pay and benefits pending conversion.
4152.Conversion to Foreign Service Schedule.
4153.Conversion to Senior Foreign Service.
4154.Conversion from Foreign Service.
4155.Conversion of certain positions in Department of Agriculture.
4156.Preservation of status and benefits.
4157.Regulations.
4158.Authority of other agencies.
4159.Survivor benefits for certain former spouses.
4171.Model foreign language competence posts.
4172.Savings provisions.
4173.Congressional oversight of implementation.
4191.General application of provisions to consular officers.
4192.Repealed.
4193.Protests.
4194.Lists and returns of seamen and vessels, etc.
4195.Repealed.
4196.Notification of death of decedent; transmission of inventory of effects.
4197.Following testamentary directions; assistance to testamentary appointee.
4198.Bond as administrator or guardian; action on bond.
4199.Penalty for failure to give bond and for embezzlement.
4200.Certification of invoices generally.
4201.Fees for certification of invoices.
4202.Exaction of excessive fees for verification of invoices; penalty.
4203.Destruction of old invoices.
4204.Restriction as to certificate for goods from countries adjacent to United States.
4205.Retention of papers of American vessels until payment of demands and wages.
4206.Fees for services to American vessels or seamen prohibited.
4207.Profits from dealings with discharged seamen; prohibition.
4208.Valuation of foreign coins in payment of fees.
4209.Exaction of excessive fees generally; penalty of treble amount.
4210.Liability for uncollected fees.
4211.Returns as to fees by officers compensated by fees.
4212 to 4214.Repealed.
4215.Notarial acts, oaths, affirmations, affidavits, and depositions; fees.
4216.Posting rates of fees.
4217.Embezzlement of fees or of effects of American citizens.
4218.False certificate as to ownership of property.
4219.Regulation of fees by President.
4220.Medium for payment of fees.
4221.Depositions and notarial acts; perjury.
4222.Authentication of documents of State of Vatican City by consular officer in Rome.
4223.General duty to account for fees.
4224.Fees; accounting; stamps.
4225.Fiscal districts; establishment; district accounting and disbursing offices; personnel; duties.
4226.Fees and official monies from diplomatic missions, consular offices and district accounting and disbursing offices; disposition.

Editorial Notes

Codification

Provisions of this chapter are derived from the Foreign Service Act of 1946, former section 801 et seq. of this title, and related and miscellaneous provisions as follows:

New

Old

3901

801

3902

802

3903

861

3904

841

3905

807

3921

811a

3922

1224, 2385, 2506

3923

1225

3924

 

3925

1225

3926

842, 843

3927

2680a

3928

811a, 821

3929

2384 note

3930

826

3931

827

3941

910, 922, 939, 1234

3942

901, 911, 961

3943

922, 929, 936, 946, 951

3944

900, 901a, 902

3945

906

3946

911, 929

3947

911, 912

3948

915

3949

922, 936

3950

928

3951

889 note, 2693

3952

907, 908, 924, 938, 1231

3961

866, 881

3962, 3963

 

3964

868

3965

 

3966

995, 1017

3967

 

3968

889, 2693

3969

873, 890

3970

889

3971

876, 877

3972

896

3973

2679a

3981

886

3982

901

3983

961, 964, 966

3984

961, 962, 966

3985

 

4001

991

4002

993

4003

986, 996

4004

987

4005, 4006

993

4007, 4008

1003, 2385, 2506

4009

1004, 2506

4010

1007

4011

1005, 1008

4012

1027, 1028, 1031

4013

 

4021

1041

4022

968, 2385

4023

 

4024

1042–1045, 1047, 1048

4025

1048

4026

1009, 2693

4041

1061

4042

1062

4043

929, 1063, 1229, 2385

4044

1064, 1086

4045

1071, 1086

4046

1076

4047

1076a

4048

1081

4049

1082

4050

1084

4051

1006

4052

1001, 1002

4053

914

4054

 

4055

1086

4056

1091

4057

1093

4058

1101

4059

1103

4060

1004, 1104

4061

1105

4062

1106

4063

1111

4064

1112

4065

1116

4066

1121

4067

1065

4081

966, 1136, 1138, 1157

4082

1137

4083

1148

4084

1156, 1158–1160

4085

1131

4101–4118

 

4131–4138

1037a

4139

1037b

4140

1037c

4151–4159

 

4171–4173

 

4191–4215

1171–1195

4216

1197

4217

1198

4218–4222

1200–1204

4223

99

4224–4226

812–814

Executive Documents

Foreign Commercial Service

For authority of Secretary of Commerce to establish a Foreign Commercial Service in Department of Commerce, see section 1–104 of Ex. Ord. No. 12188, Jan. 2, 1980, 45 F.R. 991, as amended, set out as a note under section 2171 of Title 19, Customs Duties.