Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 52 — Foreign Service
§ 4002. Establishment of selection boards
Statutory text
Evaluation of performance; recommendations
The Secretary shall establish selection boards to evaluate the performance of members of the Senior Foreign Service and members of the Service assigned to a salary class in the Foreign Service Schedule. Selection boards shall, in accordance with precepts prescribed by the Secretary, rank the members of a salary class on the basis of relative performance and may make recommendations for—
promotions in accordance with section 4001 of this title;
awards of performance pay under section 3965(c) of this title;
denials of within-class step increases under section 3966(a) of this title;
offer or renewal of limited career extensions under section 4007(b) of this title; and
such other actions as the Secretary may prescribe by regulation.
Public members; appointment of women and minority groups
All selection boards established under this section shall include public members. The Secretary shall assure that a substantial number of women and members of minority groups are appointed to each selection board established under this section.
Disqualification for service on foreign service selection boards
No public members appointed pursuant to this section may be, at the time of their appointment or during their appointment, an agent of a foreign principal (as defined by section 611(b) of this title) or a lobbyist for a foreign entity (as defined in section 1602(6) of title 2) or receive income from a government of a foreign country.
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 § 602 · 94 Stat. 2071
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 4002
Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 602, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2095
Source evidence
Code source credit
Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 602, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2095Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 602. Selection Boards.— (a) The Secretary shall establish Establishment. 22 USC 4002. selection boards to evaluate the performance of members of the Senior Foreign Service and members of the Service assigned to a salary class in the Foreign Service Schedule. Selection boards shall, in accordance with precepts prescribed by the Secretary, rank the members of a salary class on the basis of relative performance and may make recommendations for— (1) promotions in accordance with section 601; (2) awards of performance pay under section 405(c); (3) denials of within-class step increases under section 406(a); (4) offer or renewal of limited career extensions under section 607(b); and (5) such other actions as the Secretary may prescribe by regulation. (b) All selection boards established under this section shall include public members. The Secretary shall assure that a substantial number of women and members of minority groups are appointed to each selection board established under this section.Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991
Pub. L. 101–246 title I § 142 · 104 Stat. 15
Added · 22 U.S.C. § 4002(c)
Pub. L. 101–246 added subsec. (c)
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101–246 added subsec. (c).Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 142. DISQUALIFICATION FOR SERVICE ON FOREIGN SERVICE SELECTION BOARDS. Section 602 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4002) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following: “(c) No public members appointed pursuant to this section may be, at the time of their appointment or during their appointment, an agent of a foreign principal (as defined by section 1(b) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938) or receive income from a government of a foreign country.”.Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995
Pub. L. 104–65 § 12(c) · 109 Stat. 691
Inserted · 22 U.S.C. § 4002(c)
Pub. L. 104–65 inserted “or a lobbyist for a foreign entity (as defined in section 1602(6) of title 2)” before “or receive income”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–65 inserted “or a lobbyist for a foreign entity (as defined in section 1602(6) of title 2)” before “or receive income”.Enacted provision · exact public law section
(c) Amendment to Foreign Service Act of 1980.— Section 602(c) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4002(c)) is amended by inserting “or a lobbyist for a foreign entity (as defined in section 3(6) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995)” after “an agent of a foreign principal (as defined by section 1(b) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938)”.Effective date note
Amendment by Pub. L. 104–65 effective Jan. 1, 1996, except as otherwise provided, see section 24 of Pub. L. 104–65, set out as an Effective Date note under section 1601 of Title 2, The Congress.
3 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Editorial Notes
Amendments1990–1995 · 2 rounds
1995
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–65 inserted “or a lobbyist for a foreign entity (as defined in section 1602(6) of title 2)” before “or receive income”.
1990
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101–246 added subsec. (c).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1995 Amendment
Amendment by Pub. L. 104–65 effective , except as otherwise provided, see section 24 of Pub. L. 104–65, set out as an Effective Date note under section 1601 of Title 2, The Congress.
Credits
1980–1995 · 3 acts
- 1980Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 602, , 94 Stat. 2095
- 1990Pub. L. 101–246, title I, § 142, , 104 Stat. 36
- 1995Pub. L. 104–65, § 12(c), , 109 Stat. 701.
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(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 602, , 94 Stat. 2095; Pub. L. 101–246, title I, § 142, , 104 Stat. 36; Pub. L. 104–65, § 12(c), , 109 Stat. 701.)