§ 4152. — Conversion to Foreign Service Schedule.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 22USC4152]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 52--FOREIGN SERVICE
SUBCHAPTER XII--TRANSITION
Sec. 4152. Conversion to Foreign Service Schedule
(a) Not later than 120 days after February 15, 1981, the Secretary
shall, in accordance with section 4156 of this title, convert to the
appropriate class in the Foreign Service Schedule established under
section 3963 of this title those individuals in the Foreign Service who
are serving immediately before February 15, 1981, under appointments at
or below class 3 of the schedule established under section 412 or 414 of
the Foreign Service Act of 1946, or at any class in the schedule
established under section 415 of such Act, as--
(1) Foreign Service officers, or
(2) Foreign Service Reserve officers with limited or unlimited
tenure, and Foreign Service staff officers or employees, who the
Secretary determines are available for worldwide assignment.
(b) Not later than 3 years after February 15, 1981, Foreign Service
Reserve officers and staff officers and employees who the Secretary
determines under subsection (a)(2) of this section are not available for
worldwide assignment shall also be converted, in accordance with section
4156 of this title, to the appropriate class in the Foreign Service
Schedule established under section 3963 of this title if--
(1) the Secretary certifies that there is a need for their
services in the Foreign Service; and
(2) they agree in writing to accept availability for worldwide
assignment as a condition of continued employment.
(Pub. L. 96-465, title II, Sec. 2102, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2148.)
References in Text
Sections 412, 414 and 415 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946,
referred to in subsec. (a), which were classified to sections 867, 869
and 870, respectively, of this title, were repealed by Pub. L. 96-465,
title II, Sec. 2205(1), Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2159.
Codification
In subsecs. (a) and (b), ``February 15, 1981'' 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.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 4151, 4154 of this title.
