§ 4154. Conversion from Foreign Service

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 II § 2104 · 94 Stat. 2071

   Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 4154

   Pub. L. 96–465, title II, § 2104, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2150

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 96–465, title II, § 2104, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2150

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 2104. Conversion From the Foreign Service.— (a) In the case of any individual in the Foreign Service who, immediately before the effective date of this Act, is serving under an appointment described in section 2102(a) or 2103(a) and who is not converted under section 2102 or section 2103 because such individual does not meet the conditions specified in section 2102(b) or 2103(d), the Secretary shall, not later than 3 years after the effective date of this Act, provide that— (1) the position such individual holds shall be subject to chapter 51 5 USC 5101 et seq., 5331. and subchapter III of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code; (2) such individual shall be appointed to such position without competitive examination; and (3) such position shall be considered to be in the competitive service so long as the individual continues to hold that position; except that any such individual who meets the eligibility requirements for the Senior Executive Service and who elects to join that Service shall be converted by the Secretary to the Senior Executive Service in the appropriate rate of basic pay established under section 5382 of title 5, united States Code. (b) In the case of individuals in the Foreign Service in the International Communication Agency who immediately before the date of enactment of this Act are covered by a collective bargaining agreement between the Agency and the exclusive representative of those individuals, the 3-year period referred to in subsection (a) shall begin on July 1, 1981.

2. 1983

   Department of State Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1984 and 1985

   Pub. L. 98–164 title I § 132 · 97 Stat. 1017

   Added · 22 U.S.C. § 4154(c)

   Pub. L. 98–164 added subsec. (c)

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 98–164 added subsec. (c).

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 132. security officers Section 2104 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4154) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following new subsection: “(c) The three-year period referred to in subsection (a) shall be extended for an additional period not to exceed one year from the date of enactment of this section in the case of Department of State security officers who are members of the Service and who were initially ineligible for conversion under that subsection because they were available for worldwide assignment and there was a need for their services in the Service, but as to whom subsequent events require the services of these members (and of those later employed who are similarly situated) only or primarily for domestic functions.”.

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