Title 22Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73

§4172 Savings provisions

Title 22 › Chapter CHAPTER 52— - FOREIGN SERVICE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XIII— - MISCELLANEOUS › § 4172

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Decisions, rules, orders, agreements, and similar actions made under the Foreign Service Act of 1946 or other laws changed by this chapter keep working until the proper authority changes them. Grievances or appeals that were pending on February 15, 1981 remain under the old rules. Any benefit increase or right already in place for someone who became eligible before February 15, 1981 is not affected. References to the old Act are treated as referring to the matching parts of this chapter.

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Title 22, §4172

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(a)All determinations, authorizations, regulations, orders, agreements, exclusive recognition of an organization or other actions made, issued, undertaken, entered into, or taken under the authority of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 or any other law repealed, modified, or affected by this chapter shall continue in full force and effect until modified, revoked, or superseded by appropriate authority. Any grievances, claims, or appeals which were filed or made under any such law and are pending resolution on February 15, 1981, shall continue to be governed by the provisions repealed, modified, or affected by this chapter.
(b)This chapter shall not affect any increase in annuity or other right to benefits, which was provided by any provision amended or repealed by this chapter, with respect to any individual who became entitled to such benefit prior to February 15, 1981.
(c)References in law to provisions of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 or other law superseded by this chapter shall be deemed to include reference to the corresponding provisions of this chapter.

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The Foreign Service Act of 1946, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (c), is act Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, titles I to X, 60 Stat. 999, which was classified principally to chapter 14 (§ 801 et seq.) of this title, and was repealed by Pub. L. 96–465, title II, § 2205(1), Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2159. This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 96–465, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2071, known as the Foreign Service Act of 1980, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

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note set out under section 3901 of this title and Tables. Codification In subsecs. (a) and (b), “February 15, 1981” substituted for “the

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of this Act” pursuant to section 2403 of Pub. L. 96–465, set out as an

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note under section 3901 of this title.

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Citation

22 U.S.C. § 4172

Title 22Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73