§ 4155. — Conversion of certain positions in Department of Agriculture.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 22USC4155]
TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
CHAPTER 52--FOREIGN SERVICE
SUBCHAPTER XII--TRANSITION
Sec. 4155. Conversion of certain positions in Department of
Agriculture
(a) Designation and classification of positions to be occupied; notice
Not later than 15 days after February 15, 1981, the Secretary of
Agriculture shall--
(1) designate and classify under section 3981 of this title
those positions in the Foreign Agricultural Service under the
General Schedule described in section 5332 of title 5 which the
Secretary of Agriculture determines are to be occupied by career
members of the Foreign Service, and
(2) provide written notice to individuals holding those
positions of such designation and classification of the personnel
category under section 3903 of this title which will apply to such
individual.
(b) Election to convert
Each employee serving in a position at the time it is designated
under subsection (a) of this section shall, not later than 120 days
after notice of such designation, elect--
(1) to accept conversion to the Foreign Service, in which case
such employee shall be converted in accordance with the provisions
of subsection (c) of this section; or
(2) to decline conversion to the Foreign Service and have the
provisions of subsection (d) of this section apply.
(c) Recommendations for appointment
(1) The Secretary of Agriculture shall recommend to the President
for appointment to the appropriate class (as determined under paragraph
(2)), by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, those employees
who elect conversion under subsection (a)(1) of this section.
(2) The Secretary of Agriculture shall appoint as Foreign Service
personnel those employees who elect to accept conversion and who are not
eligible for appointment under paragraph (1).
(d) Results of declining to convert
Any employee who declines conversion under subsection (b)(2) of this
section shall for so long as that employee continues to hold the
designated position be deemed to be a member of the Foreign Service for
purposes of allowances, differentials, and similar benefits (as
determined by the Secretary of Agriculture).
(Pub. L. 96-465, title II, Sec. 2105, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2150.)
Codification
In subsec. (a), ``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.
