Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 52 — Foreign Service
§ 3903. Members of Service
Statutory text
The following are the members of the Service:
Chiefs of mission, appointed under section 3942(a)(1) of this title or assigned under section 3982(c) of this title.
Ambassadors at large, appointed under section 3942(a)(1) of this title.
Members of the Senior Foreign Service, appointed under section 3942(a)(1) or 3943 of this title, who are the corps of leaders and experts for the management of the Service and the performance of its functions.
Foreign Service officers, appointed under section 3942(a)(1) of this title, who have general responsibility for carrying out the functions of the Service.
Foreign Service personnel, United States citizens appointed under section 3943 of this title, who provide skills and services required for effective performance by the Service.
Foreign national employees, foreign nationals appointed under section 3943 of this title, who provide clerical, administrative, technical, fiscal, and other support at Foreign Service posts abroad.
Consular agents, appointed under section 3943 of this title by the Secretary of State, who provide consular and related services as authorized by the Secretary of State at specified locations abroad where no Foreign Service posts are situated.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 96–465 title I § 103 · 94 Stat. 2071
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 3903
(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 103, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2076.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 103, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2076.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 103. Members of the Service.— The following are the members of the Service: (1) Chiefs of mission, appointed under section 302(a)(1) or assigned under section 502(c). (2) Ambassadors at large, appointed under section 302(a)(1). (3) Members of the Senior Foreign Service, appointed under section 302(a)(1) or 303, who are the corps of leaders and experts for the management of the Service and the performance of its functions. (4) Foreign Service officers, appointed under section 302(a, who have general responsibility for carrying out the functions of the Service. (5) Foreign Service personnel, United States citizens appointed under section 303, who provide skills and services required for effective performance by the Service. (6) Foreign national employees, foreign nationals appointed under section 303, who provide clerical, administrative, technical, fiscal, and other support at Foreign Service posts abroad. (7) Consular agents, appointed under section 303 by the Secretary of State, who provide consular and related services as authorized by the Secretary of State at specified locations abroad where no Foreign Service posts are situated.
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