Sec. 121. AUTHORIZED STRENGTH OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE
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## SEC. 121 AUTHORIZED STRENGTH OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE ###
(a)End Fiscal Year 1994 Levels The number of members of the Foreign Service authorized to be employed as of September 30, 1994— ####
(1)for the Department of State, shall not exceed 9,100, of whom not more than 820 shall be members of the Senior Foreign Service; ####
(2)for the United States Information Agency, shall not exceed 1,200, of whom not more than 175 shall be members of the Senior Foreign Service; and ####
(3)for the Agency for International Development, not to exceed 1,850, of whom not more than 250 shall be members of the Senior Foreign Service. ###
(b)End Fiscal Year 1995 Levels The number of members of the Foreign Service authorized to be employed as of September 30, 1995— ####
(1)for the Department of State, shall not exceed 9,100, of whom not more than 770 shall be members of the Senior Foreign Service; ####
(2)for the United States Information Agency, not to exceed 1,200, of whom not more than 165 shall be members of the Senior Foreign Service; and ####
(3)for the Agency for International Development, not to exceed 1,850, of whom not more than 240 shall be members of the Senior Foreign Service. ###
(c)Definition For the purposes of this section, the term “**members of the Foreign Service**” is used within the meaning of such term under section 103 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C 3903), except that such term does not include— ####
(1)members of the Service under paragraphs
(6)and
(7)of such section; ####
(2)members of the Service serving under temporary resident appointments abroad; ####
(3)members of the Service employed on less than a full-time basis; ####
(4)members of the Service subject to involuntary separation in cases in which such separation has been suspended pursuant to section 1106(8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980; and ####
(5)members of the Service serving under non-career limited appointments. ###
(d)Waiver Authority ####
(1)Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of State, the Director of the United States Information Agency, or the Administrator of the Agency for International Development may waive any limitation under subsection
(a)or
(b)which applies to the Department of State, the United States Information Agency, or the Agency for International Development, as the case may be, to the extent that such waiver is necessary to carry on the foreign affairs functions of the United States. ####
(2)Not less than 15 days before any agency head implements a waiver under paragraph (1), such agency head shall notify the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Such notice shall include an explanation of the circumstances and necessity for such waiver. * * * * * * *
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Sec. 121
AUTHORIZED STRENGTH OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE
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