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22 U.S.C. § 3966 — Within-class salary increases
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**(a) Time period; limitation** Any member of the Service receiving a salary under the Foreign Service Schedule shall be advanced to the next higher salary step in the member’s class at the beginning of the first applicable pay period following the completion by that member of a period of—
(1) 52 calendar weeks of service in each of salary steps 1 through 9, and
(2) 104 calendar weeks of service in each of salary steps 10 through 13,
unless the performance of the member during that period is found in a review by a selection board established under [section 4002 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4002&num=0&edition=prelim) to fall below the standards of performance for his or her salary class.
**(b) Additional increase for meritorious service** The Secretary may grant, on the basis of especially meritorious service, to any member of the Service receiving an increase in salary under subsection (a), an additional salary increase to any higher step in the salary class in which the member is serving.
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**(a) Time period; limitation** Any member of the Service receiving a salary under the Foreign Service Schedule shall be advanced to the next higher salary step in the member’s class at the beginning of the first applicable pay period following the completion by that member of a period of—
(1) 52 calendar weeks of service in each of salary steps 1 through 9, and
(2) 104 calendar weeks of service in each of salary steps 10 through 13,
unless the performance of the member during that period is found in a review by a selection board established under [section 4002 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4002&num=0&edition=prelim) to fall below the standards of performance for his or her salary class.
**(b) Additional increase for meritorious service** The Secretary may grant, on the basis of especially meritorious service, to any member of the Service receiving an increase in salary under subsection (a), an additional salary increase to any higher step in the salary class in which the member is serving.
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**(a) Evaluation of performance; recommendations** The Secretary shall establish selection boards to evaluate the performance of members of the Senior Foreign Service and members of the Service assigned to a salary class in the Foreign Service Schedule. Selection boards shall, in accordance with precepts prescribed by the Secretary, rank the members of a salary class on the basis of relative performance and may make recommendations for—
(1) promotions in accordance with [section 4001 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4001&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) awards of performance pay under [section 3965(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3965/c&num=0&edition=prelim);
(3) denials of within-class step increases under [section 3966(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3966/a&num=0&edition=prelim);
(4) offer or renewal of limited career extensions under [section 4007(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4007/b&num=0&edition=prelim); and
(5) such other actions as the Secretary may prescribe by regulation.
**(b) Public members; appointment of women and minority groups** All selection boards established under this section shall include public members. The Secretary shall assure that a substantial number of women and members of minority groups are appointed to each selection board established under this section.
**(c) Disqualification for service on foreign service selection boards** No public members appointed pursuant to this section may be, at the time of their appointment or during their appointment, an agent of a foreign principal (as defined by [sec
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**(a)** The Secretary may pursuant to a recommendation of the Foreign Service Grievance Board, an equal employment opportunity appeals examiner, or the Special Counsel of the Merit Systems Protection Board, and shall pursuant to a decision or order of the Merit Systems Protection Board—
(1) recommend to the President a promotion of a member of the Service under [section 3942(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3942/a&num=0&edition=prelim);
(2) promote a member of the Service under [section 3943 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3943&num=0&edition=prelim);
(3) grant performance pay to a member of the Senior Foreign Service under [section 3965(c) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3965/c&num=0&edition=prelim); or
(4) grant a within-class salary increase under [section 3966 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3966&num=0&edition=prelim) to a member of the Service who is assigned to a salary class in the Foreign Service Schedule.
**(b)** In implementing subsection (a) of this section and in cases in which the Secretary has exercised the authority of [section 4005(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4005/b&num=0&edition=prelim), the Secretary may, in special circumstances set forth by regulation, make retroactive promotions, grant performance pay, make retroactive within-class salary increases, and recommend retroactive promotions by the President.
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
§ 3966
Stat. 2681–826; Pub. L. 105–292, title V, § 504(a),
Oct. 27, 1998, 112 Stat. 2811; Pub. L. 106–113, div.
B, § 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title III, § 323], Nov. 29, 1999,
113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–437; Pub. L. 107–228, div. A,
title III, § 312(a), Sept. 30, 2002, 116 Stat. 1378;
Pub. L. 108–447, div. B, title IV, § 412(b), Dec. 8,
2004, 118 Stat. 2905.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2004—Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 108–447 inserted ‘‘, or the
limitation under section 3962(a)(3) of this title, which-
ever is higher’’ before period at end.
2002—Subsec. (b)(3). Pub. L. 107–228 inserted second
sentence and struck out former second sentence which
read as follows: ‘‘Payments under this paragraph to a
member of the Senior Foreign Service may not exceed
$10,000 in any fiscal year, except that payments of up to
$20,000 in any fiscal year may be made under this para-
graph to up to 1 percent of the members of the Senior
Foreign Service.’’
1999—Subsec. (b)(1). Pub. L. 106–113 substituted ‘‘33’’
for ‘‘50’’.
1998—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 105–277, § 2311(a)(1), sub-
stituted ‘‘Subject to subsection (e), members’’ for
‘‘Members’’ in introductory provisions.
Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 105–292 inserted ‘‘Such service in
the promotion of internationally recognized human
rights, including the right to freedom of religion, shall
serve as a basis for granting awards under this sec-
tion.’’ after first sentence.
Subsec. (e). Pub. L. 105–277, § 2311(a)(2), added subsec.
(e).
1994—Subsec. (b)(4). Pub. L. 103–236 amended par. (4)
generally. Prior to amendment, par. (4) read as follows:
‘‘The total amount of basic salary plus performance
pay received in any fiscal year by any member of the
Senior Foreign Service may not exceed the sal
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