§ 3984. Service in United States and abroad

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.

1. 1980

   Pub. L. 96–465 title I § 504 · 94 Stat. 2071

   Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 3984

   Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 504, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2094

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 504, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2094

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 504. Service in the United States and Abroad.— (a) Career members of the Service shall be obligated to serve abroad and shall be expected to serve abroad for substantial portions of their careers. The Secretary shall establish by regulation limitations upon assignments of members of the Service within the United States. A member of the Service may not be assigned to duty within the United States for any period of continuous service exceeding eight years unless the Secretary approves an extension of such period for that member because of special circumstances. (b) Consistent with the needs of the Service, the Secretary shall seek to assign each career member of the Service who is a citizen of the United States to duty within the United States at least once during each period of fifteen years that the member is in the Service. (c) The Secretary may grant a sabbatical to a career member of the Senior Foreign Service for not to exceed eleven months in order to permit the member to engage in study or uncompensated work experience which will contribute to the development and effectiveness of the member. A sabbatical may be granted under this subsection under conditions specified by the Secretary in light of the provisions of section 3396(c) of title 5, United States Code, which apply to sabbaticals granted to members of the Senior Executive Service.

2. 1994

   Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995

   Pub. L. 103–236 title I § 180(a)(5) · 108 Stat. 382

   Inserted · 22 U.S.C. § 3984(b)

   Pub. L. 103–236 inserted “(other than those employed in accordance with section 3951 of this title)” after “citizen of the United States”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103–236 inserted “(other than those employed in accordance with section 3951 of this title)” after “citizen of the United States”.

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   (5) Section 504(b) of such Act is amended by inserting “(other than those employed in accordance with section 311)” after “citizen of the United States”.

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