2014 US Code
Title 7 - Agriculture (Sections 1 - 9097)
Chapter 87 - Export Promotion (Sections 5601 - 5723)
Subchapter V - Foreign Agricultural Service (Sections 5691 - 5695)
Sec. 5694 - Staff of Foreign Agricultural Service
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 7 - AGRICULTURE |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 7 - AGRICULTURE CHAPTER 87 - EXPORT PROMOTION SUBCHAPTER V - FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE Sec. 5694 - Staff of Foreign Agricultural Service |
| Contains | section 5694 |
| Date | 2014 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 5, 2015 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 95-501, title V, §504, as added Pub. L. 101-624, title XV, §1531, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3686. |
| Statutes at Large References | 101 Stat. 1329-322 104 Stat. 3686, 1343, 3698 110 Stat. 980 |
| Public and Private Laws | Public Law 95-501, Public Law 100-202, Public Law 101-506, Public Law 101-624, Public Law 104-127 |
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To ensure that the agricultural export programs of the United States are carried out in an effective manner, the authorized number of personnel for the Service shall not be less than 900 staff years each fiscal year.
(b) Rank of Foreign Agricultural Service officers in foreign missionsNotwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary of State shall, on the request of the Secretary of Agriculture, accord the diplomatic title of Minister-Counselor to the senior Service officer assigned to any United States mission abroad. The number of Service officers holding such diplomatic title at any time may not exceed twelve.
(Pub. L. 95–501, title V, §504, as added Pub. L. 101–624, title XV, §1531, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3686.)
PRIOR PROVISIONSProvisions similar to those in subsec. (b) of this section appear in the following appropriation acts:
Pub. L. 101–506, title IV, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1343.
Pub. L. 100–202, §101(k) [title IV, §401], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–322, 1329–350.
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY AND EVALUATION OF FOREIGN AGRICULTURAL SERVICE OFFICERSPub. L. 101–624, title XV, §1556, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3698, as amended by Pub. L. 104–127, title II, §281(b), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 980, provided that:
"(a) Assessment of Foreign Language Competence.—The Foreign Agricultural Service shall revise its evaluation reports for its Foreign Service officers so as to require in a separate entry an assessment of the officer's effectiveness in using, in his or her work, a foreign language or foreign languages tested at the General Professional Speaking Proficiency level or above, in cases where the supervisor is capable of making such an assessment.
"(b) Precedence in Promotion.—The Director of Personnel of the Foreign Agricultural Service shall instruct promotion panels to take account of language ability and, all criteria for promotion otherwise being equal, to give precedence in promotions to officers who have achieved at least the General Professional Speaking Proficiency level in 1 or more foreign languages over officers who lack that level of proficiency."
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