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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§3964 Assignments to Salary Class

Title 22 › Chapter 52— FOREIGN SERVICE › Subchapter IV— COMPENSATION › § 3964

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary must assign all Foreign Service officers and Foreign Service personnel to pay classes in the Foreign Service Schedule, except those paid under sections 3967 or 3968. Putting someone into a position under subchapter V does not change their pay class. Changes in pay class must follow subchapter VI, unless subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 5 allows otherwise. The Secretary must write rules, consistent with subchapter VI of chapter 53 of title 5, so members can keep pay when reduction‑in‑force procedures are used.

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Title 22, §3964

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(a)The Secretary shall assign all Foreign Service officers and Foreign Service personnel (other than Foreign Service personnel who are paid in accordance with section 3967 of this title or section 3968 of this title) to appropriate salary classes in the Foreign Service Schedule.
(b)(1)The salary class to which a member of the Service is assigned under this section shall not be affected by the assignment of the member to a position classified under subchapter V.
(2)Except as authorized by subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 5, changes in the salary class of a member of the Senior Foreign Service or a member of the Service assigned to a salary class in the Foreign Service Schedule shall be made only in accordance with subchapter VI. The Secretary shall prescribe regulations (which shall be consistent with the relevant provisions of subchapter VI of chapter 53 of title 5 and with the regulations prescribed to carry out such provisions) providing for retention of pay by members of the Service in cases in which reduction-in-force procedures are applied.

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1994—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 103–236 struck out “who are family members of Government employees paid in accordance with a local compensation plan established under” after “section 3967 of this title or”.

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22 U.S.C. § 3964

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60