Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60
§4008 Retirement Based on Failure to Meet Standard of Performance
Title 22 › Chapter 52— FOREIGN SERVICE › Subchapter VI— PROMOTION AND RETENTION › § 4008
Summary
The Secretary must make rules that say how well U.S. citizen career members of the Service must perform. If a selection board review suggests a career member might not meet those rules, the member must be given an administrative review and a chance to speak for themselves. If that review shows the member did fail to meet the standards, the member must be retired and given the retirement benefits the law provides.
Full Legal Text
Title 22, §4008
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(a)The Secretary shall prescribe regulations concerning the standards of performance to be met by career members of the Service who are citizens of the United States. Whenever a selection board review indicates that the performance of such a career member of the Service may not meet the standards of performance for his or her class, the Secretary shall provide for administrative review of the performance of the member. The review shall include an opportunity for the member to be heard.
(b)In any case where the administrative review conducted under subsection (a) substantiates that a career member of the Service has failed to meet the standards of performance for his or her class, the member shall be retired from the Service and receive benefits in accordance with section 4009 of this title.
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22 U.S.C. § 4008
Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60