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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · H.R. 7549 (Introduced in House) — To abolish the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, and for other purposes. · Sec. 4

Sec. 4. Transfer of personnel

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Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act— the Secretary of Commerce shall transfer to the Department of State those individuals who on the day before the date of the enactment of this Act, were officers or employees of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service; and the Secretary of State shall, in accordance with subsections
(b)and (c), receive those individuals into the Foreign Service of the United States and convert them, if need be, to the appropriate class in the Foreign Service Schedule established under the Foreign Service Act of 1980. Those individuals transferred to the Department of State under subsection
(a)shall be deemed economic officers of the Foreign Service and shall not be subject to any exam or training under the Foreign Service Act of 1980 as a condition of assuming such position. Subsection
(d)of section 708 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 4028 ) is amended by striking and commercial before officers . Any individual in the Foreign Service who as of the day before the date of the enactment of this Act is a commercial officer shall be known and referred to as an economic officer on and after such date, and shall otherwise— maintain his or her grade, rank, and class in the Foreign Service Schedule with the same tenure held immediately preceding such title change; and maintain his or her same rate of basic pay or basic salary rate immediately preceding such title change. Any individual transferred to the Department of State under subsection
(a)shall— maintain his or her grade, rank, and class in the Foreign Service Schedule with the same tenure held immediately preceding transfer; maintain his or her same rate of basic pay or basic salary rate immediately preceding transfer; and be made subject to Foreign Service Act of 1980 and any other law, rule, regulation, administrative action, and Executive order governing the Foreign Service of the United States.
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