Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 52 — Foreign Service
§ 4004. Records
Statutory text
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.
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.
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. 2096Enacted 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.District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 2000
Pub. L. 106–113 div. B § 1000(a)(7)(dA)(tIII)(s327)(a) · 113 Stat. 1501
Substituted · 22 U.S.C. § 4004
Pub. L. 106–113, in section catchline, substituted “Records” for “Confidentiality of records”
Amended · 22 U.S.C. § 4004
Pub. L. 106–113, in section catchline, designated existing provisions as subsec. (a)
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
- 1980Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 604, , 94 Stat. 2096
- 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.)