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 PUBLIC LAW 96-465—OCT. 17, 1980

94 STAT. 2087

except as provided in section 311(a), may not be extended or renewed. A limited appointment in the Service which is limited by its terms to a period of one year or less is a temporary appointment. SEC. 310. REEMPLOYMENT RIGHTS FOLLOWING LIMITED APPOINT- 22 USC 3950. MENT.—Any employee of an agency who accepts a limited appointment in the Service with the consent of the head of the agency in which the employee is employed shall be entitled, upon the termination of such limited appointment, to be reemployed in accordance with section 3597 of title 5, United States Code. Post, P- 2164. SEC.

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EMPLOYMENT OF FAMILY MEMBERS OF GOVERNMENT 22 USC 3951.

EMPLOYEES.—(a) The Secretary, when employing individuals abroad in positions to which career members of the Service are not customarily assigned (including, when continuity over a long term is not a significant consideration, vacant positions normally filled by foreign national employees), shall give equal consideration to employing available qualified family members of members of the Service or of other Government employees assigned abroad. Family members so employed shall serve under renewable limited appointments in the Service and may be paid either in accordance with the Foreign Service Schedule or a local compensation plan established under section 408. (b) Employment of family members in accordance with this section may not be used to avoid fulfilling the need for full-time career positions. SEC. 312. DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR COMMISSIONS.—(a) The Secre- 22 USC 3952. tary of State may recommend to the President that a member of the Service who is a citizen of the United States be commissioned as a diplomatic or consular officer or both. The President may, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, commission such member of the Service as a diplomatic or consular officer or both. The Secretary of State may commission as a vice consul a member of the Service who is a citizen of the United States. All official functions performed by a diplomatic or consular officer, including a vice consul, shall be performed under such a commission. (b) Members of the Service commissioned under this section may, in accordance with their commissions, perform any function which any category of diplomatic officer (other than a chief of mission) or consular officer is authorized by law to perform. (c) The Secretary of State shall define the limits of consular districts. CHAPTER 4—COMPENSATION

401. SALARIES OF CHIEFS OF MISSION.—(a) Except as provided in 22 USC 3961. section 302(b), each chief of mission shall receive a salary, as determined by the President, at one of the annual rates payable for levels II through V of the Executive Schedule under sections 5313 through 5316 of title 5, United States Code. (b) The salary of a chief of mission shall commence upon the effective date of appointment to that position. The official services of a chief of mission are not terminated by the appointment of a successor, but shall continue for such additional period, not to exceed 50 days after relinquishment of charge of the mission, as the Secretary of State may determine. During that period, the Secretary of State may require the chief of mission to perform such functions as the Secretary of State deems necessary in the interest of the Government. SEC. 402. SALARIES OF THE SENIOR FOREIGN SERVICE.—(a) The 22 USC 3962. President shall prescribe salary classes for the Senior Foreign Service SEC.

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