§ 3952. — Diplomatic and consular missions.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC3952]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 52--FOREIGN SERVICE
SUBCHAPTER III--APPOINTMENTS
Sec. 3952. Diplomatic and consular missions
(a) Recommendations by Secretary of State; appointment by President;
vice consul; performance of official functions under commission
The Secretary of State may recommend to the President that a member
of the Service who is a citizen of the United States be commissioned as
a diplomatic or consular officer or both. The President may, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate, commission such member of the
Service as a diplomatic or consular officer or both. The Secretary of
State may commission as a vice consul a member of the Service who is a
citizen of the United States. All official functions performed by a
diplomatic or consular officer, including a vice consul, shall be
performed under such a commission.
(b) Function of commissioned Service members
Members of the Service commissioned under this section may, in
accordance with their commissions, perform any function which any
category of diplomatic officer (other than a chief of mission) or
consular officer is authorized by law to perform.
(c) Limits of consular districts
The Secretary of State shall define the limits of consular
districts.
(Pub. L. 96-465, title I, Sec. 312, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2087.)
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in title 5 section 6301.
