§ 4026. — Career counseling.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC4026]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 52--FOREIGN SERVICE
SUBCHAPTER VII--CAREER DEVELOPMENT, TRAINING, AND ORIENTATION
Sec. 4026. Career counseling
(a) Facilitation of transition from Service
In order to facilitate their transition from the Service, the
Secretary may provide (by contract or otherwise, subject to the
availability of appropriations) professional career counseling, advice,
and placement assistance to members of the Service, and to former
members of the Service who were assigned to receive counseling and
assistance under this subsection before they were separated from the
Service, other than those separated for cause. Career counseling and
related services provided pursuant to this chapter shall not be
construed to permit an assignment that consists primarily of paid time
to conduct a job search and without other substantive duties for more
than one month.
(b) Facilitation of employment of spouses of members; establishment of
family liaison office
(1) The Secretary may facilitate the employment of spouses of
members of the Service by--
(A) providing regular career counseling for such spouses;
(B) maintaining a centralized system for cataloging their skills
and the various governmental and nongovernmental employment
opportunities available to them; and
(C) otherwise assisting them in obtaining employment.
(2) The Secretary shall establish a family liaison office to carry
out this subsection and such other functions as the Secretary may
determine.
(Pub. L. 96-465, title I, Sec. 706, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2101; Pub.
L. 105-277, div. G, subdiv. B, title XXIII, Sec. 2314(a), Oct. 21, 1998,
112 Stat. 2681-827.)
Amendments
1998--Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105-277 inserted at end ``Career
counseling and related services provided pursuant to this chapter shall
not be construed to permit an assignment that consists primarily of paid
time to conduct a job search and without other substantive duties for
more than one month.''
Effective Date of 1998 Amendment
Pub. L. 105-277, div. G, subdiv. B, title XXIII, Sec. 2314(b), Oct.
21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681-828, provided that: ``The amendment made by
subsection (a) [amending this section] shall be effective 180 days after
the date of the enactment of this Act [Oct. 21, 1998].''
Authority of Secretary of State
Except as otherwise provided, Secretary of State to have and
exercise any authority vested by law in any official or office of
Department of State and references to such officials or offices deemed
to refer to Secretary of State or Department of State, as appropriate,
see section 2651a of this title and section 161(d) of Pub. L. 103-236,
set out as a note under section 2651a of this title.
