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Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102

§4152 Conversion to Foreign Service Schedule

Title 22 › CHAPTER 52 — FOREIGN SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER XII — TRANSITION › § 4152

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Within 120 days after February 15, 1981, the Secretary must move certain Foreign Service people who were serving right before that date into the correct class on the Foreign Service Schedule under section 3963, using the rules of section 4156. This covers those appointed at or below class 3 under sections 412 or 414 of the 1946 Act, or any class under section 415, and those the Secretary finds are available for worldwide assignment. No later than 3 years after February 15, 1981, Reserve officers and staff the Secretary finds are not available worldwide can also be converted if the Secretary certifies a need for their services and they agree in writing to accept worldwide assignment as a condition of continued employment.

Full Legal Text

Title 22, §4152

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(a)Not later than 120 days after February 15, 1981, the Secretary shall, in accordance with section 4156 of this title, convert to the appropriate class in the Foreign Service Schedule established under section 3963 of this title those individuals in the Foreign Service who are serving immediately before February 15, 1981, under appointments at or below class 3 of the schedule established under section 412 or 414 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, or at any class in the schedule established under section 415 of such Act, as—
(1)Foreign Service officers, or
(2)Foreign Service Reserve officers with limited or unlimited tenure, and Foreign Service staff officers or employees, who the Secretary determines are available for worldwide assignment.
(b)Not later than 3 years after February 15, 1981, Foreign Service Reserve officers and staff officers and employees who the Secretary determines under subsection (a)(2) are not available for worldwide assignment shall also be converted, in accordance with section 4156 of this title, to the appropriate class in the Foreign Service Schedule established under section 3963 of this title if—
(1)the Secretary certifies that there is a need for their services in the Foreign Service; and
(2)they agree in writing to accept availability for worldwide assignment as a condition of continued employment.

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section 412, 414 and 415 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946, referred to in subsec. (a), which were classified to section 867, 869 and 870, respectively, of this title, were repealed by Pub. L. 96–465, title II, § 2205(1), Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2159. Codification In subsecs. (a) and (b), “February 15, 1981” substituted 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.

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22 U.S.C. § 4152

Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102