§ 3941. General provisions
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(a)Citizenship requirement Only citizens of the United States may be appointed to the Service, other than for service abroad as a consular agent or as a foreign national employee.
(b)Examinations
(1)The Secretary shall prescribe, as appropriate, written, oral, physical, foreign language, and other examinations for appointment to the Service (other than as a chief of mission or ambassador at large).
(2)The Secretary shall ensure that the Board of Examiners for the Foreign Service annually offers the oral assessment examinations described in paragraph
(1)in cities, chosen on a rotating basis, located in at least three different time zones across the United States.
(c)Veteran or disabled veteran The fact that an applicant for appointment as a Foreign Service officer candidate is a veteran or disabled veteran shall be considered an affirmative factor in making such appointments. As used in this subsection, the term “veteran or disabled veteran” means an individual who is a preference eligible under subparagraph (A), (B), or
(C)of section 2108(3) of title 5.
(d)Career and noncareer appointments
(1)Members of the Service serving under career appointments are career members of the Service. Members of the Service serving under limited appointments are either career candidates or noncareer members of the Service.
(2)Chiefs of mission, ambassadors at large, and ministers serve at the pleasure of the President.
(3)An appointment as a Foreign Service officer is a career appointment. Foreign Service employees serving as career candidates or career members of the Service shall not represent to the income tax authorities of the District of Columbia or any other State or locality that they are exempt from income taxation on the basis of holding a Presidential appointment subject to Senate confirmation or that they are exempt on the basis of serving in an appointment whose tenure is at the pleasure of the President.
(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 301, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2083; Pub. L. 100–204, title I, § 179(a), Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1362; Pub. L. 117–81, div. E, title LIV, § 5406(b), Dec. 27, 2021, 135 Stat. 2374.)
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- Public Law 96–465To promote the foreign policy of the United States by strengthening and improving the Foreign Service of the United States, and for other purposes
- Public Law 100–204To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1988 and 1989 for the Department of State, the United States Information Agency, the Voice of America, the Board for International Broadcasting, and for other purposes
- Public Law 104–201To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 1997 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe personnel strengths for such fiscal year for the Armed Forces, and for other purposes
- Public Law 101–246To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1990 and 1991 for the Department of State, and for other purposes
- Public Law 117–81To authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2022 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes
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- Sec. 405Veteran recruitment for the Foreign Service
- Sec. 310Sense of Congress regarding veterans employment at the Department of State
- Sec. 407Examination and oral assessment for the Foreign Service
- Sec. 310Sense of Congress regarding veterans employment at the Department of State
- Sec. 405Examination and oral assessment for the Foreign Service
- Sec. 310Sense of Congress regarding veterans employment at the Department of State
- Sec. 407Examination and oral assessment for the Foreign Service
- Sec. 14310Sense of Congress regarding veterans employment at the Department of State
- Sec. 14407Examination and oral assessment for the Foreign Service
- Sec. 14310Sense of Congress regarding veterans employment at the Department of State
- Sec. 14407Examination and oral assessment for the Foreign Service
- Sec. 3Expedited hiring for Peace Corps volunteers
- Sec. 109Examination and oral assessment for the Foreign Service
- Sec. 3Additional inspections required for certain diplomatic and consular posts
- Sec. 1310Sense of Congress regarding veterans employment at the Department of State
- Sec. 1408Examination and oral assessment for the Foreign Service
- Sec. 1310Sense of Congress regarding veterans employment at the Department of State
- Sec. 1408Examination and oral assessment for the Foreign Service
- Sec. 1310Sense of Congress regarding veterans employment at the Department of State
- Sec. 1408Examination and oral assessment for the Foreign Service
- Sec. 1310Sense of Congress regarding veterans employment at the Department of State
- Sec. 1408Examination and oral assessment for the Foreign Service
- Sec. 7310Sense of Congress regarding veterans employment at the Department of State
- Sec. 7408Examination and oral assessment for the Foreign Service
- Sec. 7310Sense of Congress regarding veterans employment at the Department of State
- Sec. 7408Examination and oral assessment for the Foreign Service
- Sec. 5310Sense of Congress regarding veterans employment at the Department of State
- Sec. 5406Examination and oral assessment for the Foreign Service
- Sec. 5310Sense of Congress regarding veterans employment at the Department of State
- Sec. 5406Examination and oral assessment for the Foreign Service
- Sec. 2Centralized database for publicly available government ethics records
- Sec. 2Addition of definitions
- Sec. 2Agency databases for publicly available government ethics records
- Sec. 2Addition of definitions
- Sec. 2Agency databases for publicly available government ethics records
- Sec. 2Addition of definitions
- Sec. 6Foreign service pathway
- Sec. 2Unauthorized access to the central payment systems of the Bureau of the Fiscal Service
- Sec. 2Addition of definitions
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- Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 301
- 94 Stat. 2083
- Pub. L. 100–204, title I, § 179(a)
- 101 Stat. 1362
- 135 Stat. 2374
- Pub. L. 100–204
- Pub. L. 100–204, title I, § 179(b)
- 101 Stat. 1363
- Pub. L. 101–246, title I, § 153(g)
- 104 Stat. 44
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Pub. L.Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 301
Stat.94 Stat. 2083
Pub. L.Pub. L. 100–204, title I, § 179(a)
Stat.101 Stat. 1362
Stat.135 Stat. 2374
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