Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 52 — Foreign Service
§ 4155. Conversion of certain positions in Department of Agriculture
Statutory text
Designation and classification of positions to be occupied; notice
Not later than 15 days after , the Secretary of Agriculture shall—
designate and classify under section 3981 of this title those positions in the Foreign Agricultural Service under the General Schedule described in section 5332 of title 5 which the Secretary of Agriculture determines are to be occupied by career members of the Foreign Service, and
provide written notice to individuals holding those positions of such designation and classification of the personnel category under section 3903 of this title which will apply to such individual.
Election to convert
Each employee serving in a position at the time it is designated under subsection (a) shall, not later than 120 days after notice of such designation, elect—
to accept conversion to the Foreign Service, in which case such employee shall be converted in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c); or
to decline conversion to the Foreign Service and have the provisions of subsection (d) apply.
Recommendations for appointment
The Secretary of Agriculture shall recommend to the President for appointment to the appropriate class (as determined under paragraph (2)), by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, those employees who elect conversion under subsection (a)(1).
The Secretary of Agriculture shall appoint as Foreign Service personnel those employees who elect to accept conversion and who are not eligible for appointment under paragraph (1).
Results of declining to convert
Any employee who declines conversion under subsection (b)(2) shall for so long as that employee continues to hold the designated position be deemed to be a member of the Foreign Service for purposes of allowances, differentials, and similar benefits (as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture).
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 II § 2105 · 94 Stat. 2071
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 4155
(Pub. L. 96–465, title II, § 2105, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2150.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 96–465, title II, § 2105, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2150.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 2105. Conversion of Certain Positions in the Department of Agriculture.— (a) Not later than 15 days after the effective date of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall— (1) designate and classify under section 501 of this Act those positions in the Foreign Agricultural Service under the General Schedule described in section 5332 of title 5, United States Code, which the Secretary of Agriculture determines are to be occupied by career members of the Foreign Service, and (2) provide written notice to individuals holding those positions of such designation and classification of the personnel category under section 103 which will apply to such individual. (b) Each employee serving in a position at the time it is designated under subsection (a) shall, not later than 120 days after notice of such designation, elect— (1) to accept conversion to the Foreign Service, in which case such employee shall be converted in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c); or (2) to decline conversion to the Foreign Service and have the provisions of subsection (d) apply. (c) (1) The Secretary of Agriculture shall recommend to the President for appointment to the appropriate class (as determined under paragraph (2)), by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, those employees who elect conversion under subsection (a)(1). (2) The Secretary of Agriculture shall appoint as Foreign Service personnel those employees who elect to accept conversion and who are not eligible for appointment under paragraph (1). (d) Any employee who declines conversion under subsection (b)(2) shall for so long as that employee continues to hold the designated position be deemed to be a member of the Foreign Service for purposes of allowances, differentials, and similar benefits (as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture).
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Editorial Notes
Codification
In subsec. (a), “” substituted for “the effective date of this Act” pursuant to section 2403 of Pub. L. 96–465, set out as an Effective Date note under section 3901 of this title.