22 USC 3945 - Senior Foreign Service

U.S Code last checked for updates: Feb 22, 2025

§ 3945.

Senior Foreign Service

(a)

Salary class

(b)

Limited appointment

(c)

Appointments by Secretary of Commerce

(1)

Appointments to the Senior Foreign Service by the Secretary of Commerce shall be excluded in the calculation and application of the limitation in subsection (b).

(2)

Except as provided in paragraph (3), no more than one individual (other than an individual with reemployment rights under section 3950 of this title as a career appointee in the Senior Executive Service) may serve under a limited appointment in the Senior Foreign Service in the Department of Commerce at any time.

(3)

The Secretary of Commerce may appoint an individual to a limited appointment in the Senior Foreign Service for a specific position abroad if—

(A)

no career member of the Service who has the necessary qualifications is available to serve in the position; and

(B)

the individual appointed has unique qualifications for the specific position.

(d)

Recertification process

(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 305, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2086; Pub. L. 99–93, title I, § 119(a), Aug. 16, 1985, 99 Stat. 412; Pub. L. 101–194, title V, § 506(c)(1), Nov. 30, 1989, 103 Stat. 1759; Pub. L. 101–280, § 6(d)(3), May 4, 1990, 104 Stat. 160.)

cite as: 22 USC 3945