Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 91.djvu/890

 91 STAT. 856

PUBLIC LAW 95-105-~AUG. 17, 1977 At:

Effective date. 5 USC 5541 note. Per annum salary, increase. 22 USC 867 note.

Foreign Service Reserve officers, pay increase, prohibition. Effective date.

5 USC 5301 et seq.

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"(xiv) a 'Foreign Service officer' within the meaning of section 401 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946; or "(xv) a 'Foreign Service information officer' as provided I for by the first section of the Act entit^^d 'An Act to promote the foreign policy of the United States by strengthening and improving the Foreign Service personnel system of the MOiSh. United States Information Agency through establishment of a Foreign Service Information Officer Corps', approved August 20, 1968.". (2) The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall take effect on October 1, 1978. (b)(1) The President shall increase the amount of each rate of per annum salary in classes 5 through 8 of Foreign Service officers in the table contained in section 412 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (22 U.S.C.867),by$250. (2) Pay may not be paid, by reason of the increase provided under paragraph (1), at a rate in excess of the rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code. (3) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 414 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (22 U.S.C. 869), the rate of per annum salary of a Foreign Service Reserve officer shall not be increased by reason of the increase made by paragraph (1). (4) The increase made by reason of paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to pay periods beginning on or after October 1, 1978, and shall be in addition to any increase or adjustment made under subchapter I of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code. EMPLOYMENT OF FOREIGN SERVICE SPOUSES

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SEC. 413. (a) The Secretary of State shall, when employing persons to fill jobs outside the United States to which career Foreign Service personnel are not customarily assigned, including temporary and local hire jobs, give equal consideration to employing qualified family members of United States Government employees (including family members of Foreign Service personnel) assigned to duties outside the United States. Such employment may not be used to avoid fulfilling the need for fulltime career positions. Career counseling (b) To facilitate the employment by the Department of State, or and assistance. by other employers, of the spouses of Foreign Service personnel, the Secretary may— (1) provide regular career counseling for such spouses; (2) maintain a centralized system for cataloging their skills and the various, governmental and nongovernmental, overseas mi 3&:' ss employment opportunities available to such spouses; and (3) otherwise assist such spouses in obtaining overseas employment. (c) Any member of a family of Foreign Service personnel may accept gainful employment in a foreign country unless such ''•t'S',m' employment— (1) would violate any law of such country or of the United States; or (2) could, as certified in writing by the Chief of the United States Diplomatic Mission in such country, damage the interests of the United States. 22 USC 2693.

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