Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§4005 Implementation of Selection Board Recommendations
Title 22 › CHAPTER 52 — FOREIGN SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER VI — PROMOTION AND RETENTION › § 4005
Summary
Selection boards give the Secretary a ranked list of people to promote, sorted by salary class or by specialization within a class. The Secretary must follow those rankings when making promotions and must recommend career Senior Foreign Service promotions to the President. In special cases defined by regulation, the Secretary can remove someone from a list or delay their promotion.
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Title 22, §4005
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(a)Recommendations for promotion made by selection boards shall be submitted to the Secretary in rank order by salary class or in rank order by specialization within a salary class. The Secretary shall make promotions and, with respect to career appointments into or within the Senior Foreign Service, shall make recommendations to the President for promotions, in accordance with the rankings of the selection boards.
(b)Notwithstanding subsection (a), in special circumstances set forth by regulation, the Secretary may remove the name of an individual from the rank order list submitted by a selection board or delay the promotion of an individual named in such a list.
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22 U.S.C. § 4005
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102