22 U.S.C. § 4155: Conversion of certain…

Summary

Within 15 days after February 15, 1981, the Secretary of Agriculture must pick which General Schedule jobs in the Foreign Agricultural Service will be filled by career Foreign Service members and must give written notice to the people already in those jobs telling them what personnel category will apply. Those employees then have 120 days after that notice to choose. They can accept conversion to the Foreign Service or decline. If they accept, the Secretary will either recommend them to the President for appointment with Senate approval or appoint them directly if Senate action is not required. If they decline, while they keep the job they will still get Foreign Service allowances, pay differentials, and similar benefits as decided by the Secretary.

Title 22, §4155

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(a)Designation and classification of positions to be occupied; notice

Not later than 15 days after February 15, 1981, the Secretary of Agriculture shall—

(1)designate and classify under section 3981 of this title those positions in the Foreign Agricultural Service under the General Schedule described in section 5332 of title 5 which the Secretary of Agriculture determines are to be occupied by career members of the Foreign Service, and

(2)provide written notice to individuals holding those positions of such designation and classification of the personnel category under section 3903 of this title which will apply to such individual.

(b)Election to convert

Each employee serving in a position at the time it is designated under subsection (a) shall, not later than 120 days after notice of such designation, elect—

(1)to accept conversion to the Foreign Service, in which case such employee shall be converted in accordance with the provisions of subsection (c); or

(2)to decline conversion to the Foreign Service and have the provisions of subsection (d) apply.

(c)Recommendations for appointment

(1)The Secretary of Agriculture shall recommend to the President for appointment to the appropriate class (as determined under paragraph (2)), by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, those employees who elect conversion under subsection (a)(1).

(2)The Secretary of Agriculture shall appoint as Foreign Service personnel those employees who elect to accept conversion and who are not eligible for appointment under paragraph (1).

(d)Results of declining to convert

Any employee who declines conversion under subsection (b)(2) shall for so long as that employee continues to hold the designated position be deemed to be a member of the Foreign Service for purposes of allowances, differentials, and similar benefits (as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture).

Editorial Notes

Codification In subsec. (a), “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.

§4155 Conversion of Certain Positions in Department of Agriculture

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Title 22, §4155

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