§ 3984. — Service in United States and abroad.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC3984]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 52--FOREIGN SERVICE
SUBCHAPTER V--CLASSIFICATION OF POSITIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Sec. 3984. Service in United States and abroad
(a) Obligation to serve abroad; length of stay in United States
Career members of the Service shall be obligated to serve abroad and
shall be expected to serve abroad for substantial portions of their
careers. The Secretary shall establish by regulation limitations upon
assignments of members of the Service within the United States. A member
of the Service may not be assigned to duty within the United States for
any period of continuous service exceeding eight years unless the
Secretary approves an extension of such period for that member because
of special circumstances.
(b) Intermittent duty within United States
Consistent with the needs of the Service, the Secretary shall seek
to assign each career member of the Service who is a citizen of the
United States (other than those employed in accordance with section 3951
of this title) to duty within the United States at least once during
each period of fifteen years that the member is in the Service.
(c) Sabbaticals
The Secretary may grant a sabbatical to a career member of the
Senior Foreign Service for not to exceed eleven months in order to
permit the member to engage in study or uncompensated work experience
which will contribute to the development and effectiveness of the
member. A sabbatical may be granted under this subsection under
conditions specified by the Secretary in light of the provisions of
section 3396(c) of title 5, which apply to sabbaticals granted to
members of the Senior Executive Service.
(Pub. L. 96-465, title I, Sec. 504, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2094; Pub.
L. 103-236, title I, Sec. 180(a)(5), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 416.)
Amendments
1994--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 103-236 inserted ``(other than those
employed in accordance with section 3951 of this title)'' after
``citizen of the United States''.
