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22 U.S.C. § 4001 — Promotions

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22 U.S.C. § 4001 — Promotions

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**(a) Method of promotion** Career members of the Senior Foreign Service are promoted by appointment under [section 3942(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3942/a&num=0&edition=prelim) to a higher salary class in the Senior Foreign Service. Members of the Senior Foreign Service serving under career candidate appointments or noncareer appointments are promoted by appointment under [section 3943 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3943&num=0&edition=prelim) to a higher salary class in the Senior Foreign Service. Foreign Service officers, and Foreign Service personnel who are assigned to a class in the Foreign Service Schedule, are promoted by appointment under [section 3942(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3942/a&num=0&edition=prelim) as career members of the Senior Foreign Service or by assignment under [section 3964 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3964&num=0&edition=prelim) to a higher salary class in the Foreign Service Schedule. **(b) Recommendations and rankings of selection boards** Except as provided in [section 4006(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4006/a&num=0&edition=prelim), promotions of— (1) members of the Senior Foreign Service, and (2) members of the Service assigned to a salary class in the Foreign Service Schedule (including promotions of such members into the Senior Foreign Service), shall be based upon the recommendations and rankings of selection boards established under [section 4002 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4002&num=0&edition=prelim), except that the Secretary may by regulation specify categories of career members, categories of career candidates, and other members of the Service assigned to salary classes in the Foreign Service Schedule who may receive promotions on the basis of satisfactory performance. **(c) Eligibility; request for promotion; time of consideration; withdrawal of request; basis for decision; affidavits** (1) Promotions into the Senior Foreign Service shall be recommended by selection boards only from among career members of the Service assigned to class 1 in the Foreign Service Schedule who request that they be considered for promotion into the Senior Foreign Service. The Secretary shall prescribe the length of the period after such a request is made (within any applicable time in class limitation established under [section 4007(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section4007/a&num=0&edition=prelim)) during which such members may be considered by selection boards for entry into the Senior Foreign Service. A request by a member for consideration for promotion into the Senior Foreign Service under this subsection may be withdrawn by the member, but if it is withdrawn, that member may not thereafter request consideration for promotion into the Senior Foreign Service. (2) Decisions by the Secretary on the numbers of individuals to be promoted into and retained in the Senior Foreign Service shall be based upon a systematic long-term projection of personnel flows and needs designed to provide— (A) a regular, predictable flow of recruitment in the Service; (B) effective career development patterns to meet the needs of the Service; and (C) a regular, predictable flow of talent upward through the ranks and into the Senior Foreign Service. (3) The affidavit requirements of sections 3332 and 3333(a) of title 5 shall not apply with respect to a member of the Service who has previously complied with those requirements and who subsequently is promoted by appointment to any class in the Senior Foreign Service without a break in service. (4) , (5) Repealed. Pub. L. 114–323, title VII, § 715(b)(5), Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1946. (6) (A) The promotion, on or after January 1, 2017, of any Foreign Service officer, appointed under [section 3942(a)(1) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3942/a/1&num=0&edition=prelim), who has general responsibility for carrying out the functions of the Service to the Senior Foreign Service shall be contingent upon such individual completing at least one tour in— (i) a global affairs bureau; or (ii) a global affairs position. (B) The requirements under subparagraph (A) shall not apply if the Secretary certifies that the individual proposed for promotion to the Senior Foreign Service— (i) has met all other requirements applicable to such promotion; and (ii) was unable to complete a tour in a global affairs bureau or global affairs position because there was not a reasonable opportunity for such individual to be assigned to such a position. (C) In this paragraph— (i) the term “global affairs bureau” means any bureau of the Department that is under the responsibility of— (I) the Under Secretary for Economic Growth, Energy, and Environment; (II) the Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Affairs; (III) the Under Secretary for Management; (IV) the Assistant Secretary for International Organization Affairs; (V) the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs; or (VI) the Under Secretary for Civilian, Security, Democracy, and Human Rights; and (ii) the term “global affairs position” means any position funded with amounts appropriated to the Department under the heading “Diplomatic Policy and Support”.

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22 U.S.C. § 3964 — Assignments to salary class

**(a)** The Secretary shall assign all Foreign Service officers and Foreign Service personnel (other than Foreign Service personnel who are paid in accordance with [section 3967 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3967&num=0&edition=prelim) or [section 3968 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3968&num=0&edition=prelim)) to appropriate salary classes in the Foreign Service Schedule. **(b)** (1) The salary class to which a member of the Service is assigned under this section shall not be affected by the assignment of the member to a position classified under subchapter V. (2) Except as authorized by subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 5, changes in the salary class of a member of the Senior Foreign Service or a member of the Service assigned to a salary class in the Foreign Service Schedule shall be made only in accordance with subchapter VI. The Secretary shall prescribe regulations (which shall be consistent with the relevant provisions of subchapter VI of chapter 53 of title 5 and with the regulations prescribed to carry out such provisions) providing for retention of pay by members of the Service in cases in which reduction-in-force procedures are applied.

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22 U.S.C. § 4002 — Establishment of selection boards

**(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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22 U.S.C. § 3923 — Compatibility among agencies utilizing Foreign Service personnel system

**(a)** The Service shall be administered to the extent practicable in a manner that will assure maximum compatibility among the agencies authorized by law to utilize the Foreign Service personnel system. To this end, the other heads of such agencies shall consult regularly with the Secretary of State. **(b)** Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed as diminishing the authority of the head of any agency authorized by law to utilize the Foreign Service personnel system.

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22 U.S.C. § 3924 — Uniform and consolidated administration of Service

The Secretary shall on a continuing basis consider the need for uniformity of personnel policies and procedures and for consolidation (in accordance with [section 2695 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section2695&num=0&edition=prelim)) of personnel functions among agencies utilizing the Foreign Service personnel system. Where feasible, the Secretary of State shall encourage (in consultation with the other heads of such agencies) the development of uniform policies and procedures and consolidated personnel functions.

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22 U.S.C. § 3943 — Appointments by the Secretary

The Secretary may appoint the members of the Service (other than the members of the Service who are in the personnel categories specified in [section 3942(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3942/a&num=0&edition=prelim)) in accordance with this chapter and such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe.

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22 U.S.C. § 3926 — Regulations; delegation of functions

**(a)** The Secretary may prescribe such regulations as the Secretary deems appropriate to carry out functions under this chapter. **(b)** The Secretary may delegate functions under this chapter which are vested in the Secretary to any employee of the Department or any member of the Service.

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22 U.S.C. § 2151 — Congressional findings and declaration of policy

(a) United States development cooperation policy

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22 U.S.C. § 2719c — Facilitation and encouragement of training and professional development for Foreign Service and Civil Service personnel

**(a) Sense of Congress** It is the sense of Congress that recognition throughout the Department of the value and importance of training and professional development for Foreign Service and Civil Service personnel is vital to the development and maintenance by such personnel of the skills and expertise required for the Department to contribute fully and effectively to the conduct of the foreign affairs of the United States. **(b) Study and report** (1) **In general** — The Secretary, in consultation with the heads of relevant Federal agencies, shall conduct a study of the feasibility and cost of establishing a diplomatic officers’ reserve corps or similar mechanism to augment the Department’s personnel needs at any level on a temporary or permanent basis. (2) **Elements** — In conducting the study required under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall consider whether the diplomatic officers’ reserve corps should be modeled on the Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps established under chapter 103 of title 10 to encourage the recruitment and retention of personnel who have the critical language skills necessary to meet the requirements of the Foreign Service by providing financial assistance to students studying critical languages at institutions of higher education. (3) **Report** — Not later than 1 year after December 23, 2022, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that contains the results of the study conducted pursuant to paragraph (1). **(c) Training and development in promotion precepts and evaluation criteria** (1) **Foreign Service** — The Secretary shall take appropriate action to ensure accountability and transparency in the evaluation of the precepts described in [section 4003 of this title](https://uscode.house.g

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22 U.S.C. § 4001 — Promotions

Page 1457 TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE § 4001 SUBCHAPTER VI—PROMOTION AND RETENTION § 4001. Promotions (a) Method of promotion Career members of the Senior Foreign Service are promoted by appointment under section 3942(a) of this title to a higher salary class in the Senior Foreign Service. Members of the Sen- ior Foreign Service serving under career can- didate appointments or noncareer appointments are promoted by appointment under section 3943 of this title to a higher salary class in the Sen- ior Foreign Service. Foreign Service officers, and Foreign Service personnel who are assigned to a class in the Foreign Service Schedule, are promoted by appointment under section 3942(a) of this title as career members of the Senior Foreign Service or by assignment under section 3964 of this title to a higher salary class in the Foreign Service Schedule. (b) Recommendations and rankings of selection boards Except as provided in section 4006(a) of this title, promotions of— (1) members of the Senior Foreign Service, and (2) members of the Service assigned to a sal- ary class in the Foreign Service Schedule (in- cluding promotions of such members into the Senior Foreign Service), shall be based upon the recommendations and rankings of selection boards established under section 4002 of this title, except that the Sec- retary may by regulation specify categories of career members, categories of career candidates, and other members of the Service assigned to salary classes in the Foreign Service Schedule who may receive promotions on the basis of sat- isfactory performance. (c) Eligibility; request for promotion; time of con- sideration; withdrawal of request; basis for decision; affidavits (1) Promotions into the Senior Foreign Serv- i

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