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 79TH CONG. , 1ST SESS.-CH. 105-MAY 3, 1945 "SEC. 10. (a) The officers in the Foreign Service of the United ceForign Serviceatio n- States shall hereafter be graded and classified as follows, with the salaries of each class herein affixed thereto, except as increases in salaries are authorized in section 33 of this Act: 46 tat. 1215. "Ambassadors and Ministers, as now or hereafter provided; For- . C.3a3i. eign Service officers as follows: Class I, $9,000 to $10,000; class II, $8,000 to $8,900; class III, $7,000 to $7,900; class IV, $6,000 to $6.900; class V, $5,000 to $5,900; class VI, $4,500 to $4,900; class VII, $4,000 to $4,400; class VIII, $3,500 to $3,900; unclassified, $2,500 to $3,400: Provided,however, That as many Foreign Service officers above class Details for inspec- VI as may be required for purposes of inspection may be detailed by tion purposes. the Secretary of State for that purpose." SEC. 5. That section 10 of the Act of February 23, 1931, is further amended by adding at the end thereof the following new paragraph (c):Assignmentofqual- "SEC. 10. (c) The Secretary of State is hereby authorized to assign ified Government per- for special duty as officers of the Foreign Service for nonconsecutive sonnelforspecialduty. periods of not more than four years, qualified persons holding posi- tions in the Department of State, and, at his request, qualified per- sons holding positions in any other department or agency of the United States who have rendered not less than five years of Govern- ment service, and persons so assigned shall be eligible during the periods of such assignment to receive the allowances authorized by the provisions of section 19 of this Act. Persons assigned under Pojtip. 104. Eligibility for civil. the authority of this section shall be eligible to receive all benefits service benefits. provided by civil-service law and regulation in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as though they were serving in their regular civil-service positions and upon termination of their assign- ment shall be reinstated in the respective department or agency from which loaned. The salaries and allowances of such persons shall and anofnsal ar les notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, be paid throughout the periods of such assignments from the appropriations provided for the Department of State." SEC. 6 . Section 14 of the Act of February 28, 1931, is amended to 22 U.SC. 7 . read as follows: "SEC. 14 . That the Secretary of State is directed to report from Repinots frecon- time to time to the President, along with his recommendations, the motions anl apxpoint- names of those Foreign Service officers who by reason of efficient men ts service have demonstrated special capacity for promotion to the grade of minister or ambassador and the names of those Foreign Service officers and clerks and officers and employees in the Depart- ment of State who by reason of efficient service, an accurate record of which shall be kept in the Department of State, have demonstrated special efficiency, and also the names of persons found upon taking the prescribed examination to have fitness for appointment to the Service, and any Foreign Service officers who may hereafter be promoted to a higher class within the classification prescribed in section 10 of this Act, as amended, shall have the status and receive supa. the compensation attaching to such higher class from the date stated in his commission as the effective date of his promotion to such higher class." SEC. 7 . Section 16 of the Act of February 23, 1931, is amended 46t. 2 . to read as follows: "SEC. 16. That every secretary, consul general, consul, vice consul, Bonds and sureties. or Foreign Service officer and, if required, any other officer or employee of the Foreign Service or of the Department of State before he enters upon the duties of his office shall give to the United States a bond in such form and in such penal sum as the Secretary of State shall prescribe, with such sureties as the Secretary of State 103 59 STAT.]

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