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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · Foreign Service Act of 1980 · Sec. 602

Sec. 602. Selection Boards

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## Sec. 602 Selection Boards **[**[22 U.S.C. 4002](/us/usc/t22/s4002)**]** ###
(a)The Secretary shall establish selection boards to evaluate the performance of members of the Senior Foreign Service and members of the Service assigned to a salary class in the Foreign Service Schedule. Selection boards shall, in accordance with precepts prescribed by the Secretary, rank the members of a salary class on the basis of relative performance and may make recommendations for— ####
(1)promotions in accordance with section 601; ####
(2)awards of performance pay under section 405(c); ####
(3)denials of within-class step increases under section 406(a); ####
(4)offer or renewal of limited career extensions under section 607(b); and ####
(5)such other actions as the Secretary may prescribe by regulation. ###
(b)All selection boards established under this section shall include public members. The Secretary shall assure that a substantial number of women and members of minority groups are appointed to each selection board established under this section. ###
(c)No public members appointed pursuant to this section may be, at the time of the appointment or during their appointment, an agent of a foreign principal (as defined by section 1(b) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938) or a lobbyist for a foreign entity (as defined in section 3(6) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995) or receive income from a government of a foreign country.
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