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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Foreign Service Act of 1980 · Sec. 312

Sec. 312. Diplomatic and Consular Commissions

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## Sec. 312 Diplomatic and Consular Commissions **[**[22 U.S.C. 3952](/us/usc/t22/s3952)**]** ###
(a)The Secretary 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
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