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Title 22 — Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-73not60

§4151 Pay and Benefits Pending Conversion

Title 22 › Chapter 52— FOREIGN SERVICE › Subchapter XII— TRANSITION › § 4151

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

People who were in the Foreign Service before February 15, 1981 and who held officer, information officer, reserve officer (limited or unlimited), staff officer, or employee posts must be given the same salary, allowances, and related treatment as if they had been converted under section 4152 or 4153 on February 15, 1981. If they were serving on October 17, 1980, the pay change starts on the first day of the first pay period beginning on or after October 1, 1980. If they were appointed after October 17, 1980, the pay change starts on their appointment’s effective date.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §4151

Foreign Relations and Intercourse — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

Until converted under the provisions of this subchapter, any individual who is in the Foreign Service before February 15, 1981, and is serving under an appointment as a Foreign Service officer, Foreign Service information officer, Foreign Service Reserve officer with limited or unlimited tenure, or Foreign Service staff officer or employee, shall be treated for purposes of salary, allowances, and other matters as if such individual had been converted under section 4152 or 4153 of this title, as the case may be, on February 15, 1981, except that any adjustment of salary under this section shall take effect—
(1)in the case of an individual who is in the Foreign Service on October 17, 1980, on the first day of the first pay period which begins on or after October 1, 1980, and
(2)in the case of an individual who is appointed to the Foreign Service after October 17, 1980, on the date such appointment becomes effective.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification “February 15, 1981” substituted in text for “the

Effective Date

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

Effective Date

note under section 3901 of this title.

Reference

Citations & Metadata

Citation

22 U.S.C. § 4151

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60