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 PUBLIC LAW 96-465—OCT. 17, 1980

94 STAT. 2169

procedures and consolidated personnel functions, as provided for in section 204; (2) indicate the progress made by each such agency in the conversion of personnel and position classifications in accordance with chapter 1 of this title; (3) specify the upper and lower limits planned by each such agency for recruitment, advancement, and retention of members of the Service, as provided for in section 601(c)(2), including with respect to each of the relevant promotion competition groups the projected ranges of rates of appointment, promotion, and attrition over each of the five fiscal years 1981 through 1985; and (4) specify the numbers of members of the Service who are assigned to positions classified under section 501 which are more than one grade higher or lower than the personal rank of the member (except that the names and grades of such members shall be transmitted to the Congress in a confidential manner to assure privacy and to safeguard national security). (b) Beginning in 1982, the Secretary of State shall submit each year to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a supplemental report containing— (1) a description of any relevant developments with respect to the matters reported on under paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a); (2) with respect to paragraph (3) of such subsection, a revised projection of the ranges of rates of appointment, promotion, and attrition over each of the next five years, as well as a comparison of such projections with the projections for the preceding year and with actual rates of appointment, promotion, and attrition, including a full explanation of any deviations from projections reported in the preceding year; and (3) the information specified in paragraph (4) of such subsection. (c) The Secretary shall consult, in accordance with the procedures set out in section 1013(g), with the exclusive representative (if any) of members of the Foreign Service in each agency specified in section 1003(a) with respect to steps to be taken in implementing this Act and reported under this section. To that end, each such exclusive representative will have timely access to all relevant information at each stage. Each such report shall include the views of each such exclusive representative on any and all aspects of the report and the information contained in such report. SEC. 2403. EFFECTIVE DATE.—(a) Except as otherwise provided, this Act shall take effect on February 15, 1981. (b) Personnel actions may be taken on and after the effective date of this Act on the basis of any then current Foreign Service evaluation cycle as if this Act had been in effect at the beginning of that cycle. (c) Appointments to the Senior Foreign Service by the Secretary of Commerce shall be excluded in the calculation and application of the limitation in section 305(b) until October 1, 1985. Prior to that date. the number of members serving in the Senior Foreign Service under limited appointments by the Secretary of Commerce may not exceed 10 at any one time (excluding individuals with reemployment rights under section 310 as career appointees in the Senior Executive Service). (d)(1) Section 812 of this Act, and the repeal of sections 631 and 632 of the Foreign Service Act of 1946 and section 625(k) of the Foreign

Ante, p. 2079. Ante, p. 2074. Ante, p. 2094.

Ante, p. 2092.

Report to ^^o'^sress.

Ante, p. 2135. Ante, p. 2130.

22 USC 3901 note.

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Ante, p. 2087. Ante, p. 2113. ioo?Site^^' p. 2159.

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