2013 US Code
Title 22 - Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 52 - FOREIGN SERVICE (§§ 3901 - 4226)
Subchapter VI - PROMOTION AND RETENTION (§§ 4001 - 4013)
Section 4002 - Establishment of selection boards
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 1, Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 22 - FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE CHAPTER 52 - FOREIGN SERVICE SUBCHAPTER VI - PROMOTION AND RETENTION Sec. 4002 - Establishment of selection boards |
Contains | section 4002 |
Date | 2013 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 16, 2014 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 96-465, title I, §602, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2095; Pub. L. 101-246, title I, §142, Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 36; Pub. L. 104-65, §12(c), Dec. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 701. |
Statutes at Large References | 94 Stat. 2095 104 Stat. 36 109 Stat. 701 |
Public Law References | Public Law 96-465, Public Law 101-246, Public Law 104-65 |
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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;
(2) awards of performance pay under section 3965(c) of this title;
(3) denials of within-class step increases under section 3966(a) of this title;
(4) offer or renewal of limited career extensions under section 4007(b) of this title; and
(5) such other actions as the Secretary may prescribe by regulation.
(b) Public members; appointment of women and minority groupsAll 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 boardsNo 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 section 611(b) of this title) or a lobbyist for a foreign entity (as defined in section 1602(6) of title 2) or receive income from a government of a foreign country.
(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, §602, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2095; Pub. L. 101–246, title I, §142, Feb. 16, 1990, 104 Stat. 36; Pub. L. 104–65, §12(c), Dec. 19, 1995, 109 Stat. 701.)
AMENDMENTS1995—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–65 inserted "or a lobbyist for a foreign entity (as defined in section 1602(6) of title 2)" before "or receive income".
1990—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 101–246 added subsec. (c).
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1995 AMENDMENTAmendment by Pub. L. 104–65 effective Jan. 1, 1996, except as otherwise provided, see section 24 of Pub. L. 104–65, set out as an Effective Date note under section 1601 of Title 2, The Congress.
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