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§3597 Reemployment Following Limited Appointment in the Foreign Service

Title 5 › PART III — EMPLOYEES › Subpart B — Employment and Retention › CHAPTER 35 — RETENTION PREFERENCE, VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS, RESTORATION, AND REEMPLOYMENT › SUBCHAPTER VI — REEMPLOYMENT FOLLOWING LIMITED APPOINTMENT IN THE FOREIGN SERVICE › § 3597

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

If a federal employee takes a temporary Foreign Service job under section 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 with their agency head’s permission, they must be rehired in their old job or in a similar or higher job at the agency when that temporary job ends. When rehired this way, the employee must get any pay step increases they would have earned if they had stayed in their former job.

Title 5, §3597

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An employee of any agency who accepts, with the consent of the head of that agency, a limited appointment in the Foreign Service under section 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 is entitled, upon the expiration of that appointment, to be reemployed in that employee’s former position or in a corresponding or higher position in that agency. Upon reemployment under this section, an employee shall be entitled to any within-grade increases in pay which the employee would have received if the employee had remained in the former position in the agency.

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, referred to in text, is classified to section 3949 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date

Section effective Feb. 15, 1981, except as otherwise provided, see section 2403 of Pub. L. 96–465, set out as a note under section 3901 of Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse.