Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§4012a Foreign national employees separation pay

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 52— - FOREIGN SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VI— - PROMOTION AND RETENTION › § 4012a

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates a special fund in the U.S. Treasury to pay separation pay to foreign national employees of U.S. government agencies, excluding the Department of Defense. Agencies must deposit two kinds of amounts into the fund: money already obligated for accrued separation pay, and amounts obligated for fiscal years after 1991 to cover current and future separation costs. Money is deposited each year and stays available until spent. The fund can be used to make separation payments only in countries where such payments are legally allowed.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §4012a

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(a)There is established in the Treasury of the United States a fund to provide separation pay for foreign national employees of agencies of the United States Government, other than the Department of Defense.

(b)There shall be deposited in such account—

(1)all amounts previously obligated for accrued separation pay of foreign national employees of such agencies of the United States Government; and

(2)amounts obligated for fiscal years after 1991 by such agencies for the current and future costs of separation pay of foreign national employees.

(c)Amounts shall be deposited in the fund annually and are authorized to be available until expended.

(d)Amounts deposited in the fund shall be available for expenditure to make separation payments to foreign national employees in countries in which such pay is legally authorized.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was enacted as part of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1992 and 1993, and not as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 which comprises this chapter.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 4012a

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73