§ 3949. — Limited appointments.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC3949]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 52--FOREIGN SERVICE
SUBCHAPTER III--APPOINTMENTS
Sec. 3949. Limited appointments
(a) A limited appointment in the Service, including an appointment
of an individual who is an employee of an agency, may not exceed 5 years
in duration and, except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,
may not be extended or renewed. A limited appointment in the Service
which is limited by its terms to a period of one year or less is a
temporary appointment.
(b) A limited appointment may be extended for continued service--
(1) as a consular agent;
(2) in accordance with section 3951(a) of this title;
(3) as a career candidate, if continued service is determined
appropriate to remedy a matter that would be cognizable as a
grievance under subchapter XI of this chapter;
(4) as a career employee in another Federal personnel system
serving in a Foreign Service position on detail from another agency;
and
(5) as a foreign national employee.
(Pub. L. 96-465, title I, Sec. 309, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2086; Pub.
L. 100-204, title I, Sec. 176, Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1361; Pub. L.
103-236, title I, Sec. 180(a)(1), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 415; Pub. L.
103-415, Sec. 1(hh), Oct. 25, 1994, 108 Stat. 4303.)
Amendments
1994--Subsec. (b)(5). Pub. L. 103-236, as amended by Pub. L. 103-
415, added par. (5).
1987--Pub. L. 100-204 designated existing provisions as subsec. (a),
substituted ``subsection (b) of this section'' for ``section 3951(a) of
this title'', and added subsec. (b).
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 1928, 2506, 2582 of this
title; title 5 section 3597.
