Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§4071i Transition Provisions
Title 22 › CHAPTER 52 — FOREIGN SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER VIII — FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY › Part II — Foreign Service Pension System › § 4071i
Summary
Secretary of State must issue rules to move the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System into the Foreign Service Pension System in a way like the CSRS-to-FERS transition; references to CSRS, the Social Security Act, or title 26 count as referring to the Foreign Service systems.
Full Legal Text
Title 22, §4071i
Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The Secretary of State shall issue regulations providing for the transition from the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System to the Foreign Service Pension System in a manner comparable to the transition of employees subject to subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5 (the Civil Service Retirement System) to the Federal Employees’ Retirement System. For this and related purposes, references made to participation in subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5 (the Civil Service Retirement System), the Social Security Act [42 U.S.C. 301 et seq.], and title 26 shall be deemed to refer to participation in the Foreign Service Pension System or the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System, as appropriate.
Legislative History
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References in Text
The Social Security Act, referred to in text, is act Aug. 14, 1935, ch. 531, 49 Stat. 620, which is classified generally to chapter 7 (§ 301 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see section 1305 of Title 42 and Tables.
Amendments
1986—Pub. L. 99–514 substituted “Internal Revenue Code of 1986” for “Internal Revenue Code of 1954”, which for purposes of codification was translated as “title 26” thus requiring no change in text.
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Citation
22 U.S.C. § 4071i
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102