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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Chapter 52 — Foreign Service

§ 4004. Records

Statutory text

(a)

The records described in section 4003(a) of this title shall be maintained in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Except to the extent that they pertain to the receipt, disbursement, and accounting for public funds, such records shall be confidential and subject to inspection only by the President, the Secretary, such employees of the Government as may be authorized by law or assigned by the Secretary to work on such records, the legislative and appropriations committees of the Congress charged with considering legislation and appropriations for the Service, and representatives duly authorized by such committees. Access to such records relating to a member of the Service shall be granted to such member, upon written request.

(b)

Notwithstanding subsection (a), any record of disciplinary action that includes a suspension of more than five days taken against a member of the Service, including any correction of that record under section 4137(b)(1) of this title, shall remain a part of the personnel records until the member is tenured as a career member of the Service or next promoted.

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. Pub. L. 96–465 title I § 604 · 94 Stat. 2071

    Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 4004

    Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 604, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2096

    Source evidence

    Code source credit
    Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 604, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2096

    Enacted provision · exact public law section
    Sec. 604. Confidentiality of Records.— The records described in section 603(a) shall be maintained in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary. Except to the extent that they pertain to the receipt, disbursement, and accounting for public funds, such records shall be confidential and subject to inspection only by the President, the Secretary, such employees of the Government as may be authorized by law or assigned by the Secretary to work on such records, the legislative and appropriations committees of the Congress charged with considering legislation and appropriations for the Service, and representatives duly authorized by such committees. Access to such records relating to a member of the Service shall be granted to such member, upon written request.

  2. District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2000

    Pub. L. 106–113 div. B § 1000(a)(7)(dA)(tIII)(s327)(a) · 113 Stat. 1501

    1. Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 4004

      Pub. L. 106–113, in section catchline, substituted “Records” for “Confidentiality of records”

    2. Amended · 22 U.S.C. § 4004

      Pub. L. 106–113, in section catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)

    3. Added · 22 U.S.C. § 4004

      Pub. L. 106–113, in section catchline, added subsec. (b)

    Source evidence

    Code amendment note
    Pub. L. 106–113, in section catchline, substituted “Records” for “Confidentiality of records”, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), and added subsec. (b).

    Effective date note
    Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title III, § 327(b)], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–438, provided that: “The amendments made by this section [amending this section] apply to all disciplinary actions initiated on or after the date of enactment of this Act [Nov. 29, 1999].”

1 of 4 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 3 partial

Editorial Notes

Amendments

1999—Pub. L. 106–113, in section catchline, substituted “Records” for “Confidentiality of records”, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a), and added subsec. (b).

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1999 Amendment

Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title III, § 327(b)], , 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–438, provided that: “The amendments made by this section [amending this section] apply to all disciplinary actions initiated on or after the date of enactment of this Act [].”

Credits

1980–1999 · 2 acts
  1. 1980Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 604, , 94 Stat. 2096
  2. 1999Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title III, § 327(a)], , 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–438.
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(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 604, , 94 Stat. 2096; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title III, § 327(a)], , 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–438.)

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