Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 52 — Foreign Service
§ 3947. Entry levels for Foreign Service officer candidates
Statutory text
A career candidate for appointment as a Foreign Service officer may not be initially assigned under section 3964 of this title to a salary class higher than class 4 in the Foreign Service Schedule unless—
the Secretary determines in an individual case that assignment to a higher salary class is warranted because of the qualifications (including foreign language competence) and experience of the candidate and the needs of the Service; or
at the time such initial assignment is made, the candidate is serving under a career appointment in the Service and is receiving a salary at a rate equal to or higher than the minimum rate payable for class 4 in the Foreign Service Schedule.
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 § 307 · 94 Stat. 2071
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 3947
(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 307, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2086.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 307, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2086.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 307. Entry Levels for Foreign Service Officer Candidates.— A career candidate for appointment as a Foreign Service officer may not be initially assigned under section 404 to a salary class higher than class 4 in the Foreign Service Schedule unless— (1) the Secretary determines in an individual case that assignment to a higher salary class is warranted because of the qualifications (including foreign language competence) and experience of the candidate and the needs of the Service; or (2) at the time such initial assignment is made, the candidate is serving under a career appointment in the Service and is receiving a salary at a rate equal to or higher than the minimum rate payable for class 4 in the Foreign Service Schedule.
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