The Foreign Service Act of 1946 (Public Law 724, 79th Congress) as Amended to December 1, 1956 |
Common terms and phrases
46 Stat 69 Stat 70 Stat 81st Cong 84th Cong Act of February Act of July alien clerk amended by P. L. amended by section appointed or assigned assigned or detailed authorized basic salary beneficiary Board career ambassador career minister centum chargé d'affaires chief of mission class of career consular agents consular officer continental United Department diplomatic or consular Director duties effective date established February 23 Foreign Service Act Foreign Service Institute Foreign Service officer Foreign Service Reserve Foreign Service Retirement Foreign Service staff further amended Government agency leave of absence ment misconduct or malfeasance notwithstanding the provisions officer or employee officers and employees officers of class paragraph participant period person personnel position provisions of section Public Law Numbered pursuant read as follows receive salary regulations repealed Retirement and Disability section 821 Senate serve SERVICE RESERVE OFFICERS SERVICE STAFF OFFICERS sick leave thereof tion Treasury vice consul
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Page 44 - If any provision of this Act, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Act, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
Page 89 - State shall approve, in a penal sum not less than the annual compensation allowed to such officer, conditioned for the true and faithful accounting for, paying over, and delivering up of all fees, moneys, goods, effects, books, records, papers, and other property which shall...
Page 52 - Act, but the repeal of existing laws or modifications thereof embraced in this Act shall not affect any act done, or any right accruing or accrued, or any suit or proceeding had or commenced in any civil cause before...
Page 107 - USC 1071 et seq.); (2) the Annual and Sick Leave Act of 1951, as amended (5 USC 2061 et seq.); (3) the Federal Employees...
Page 96 - Representative or any other officer holding office at the time the provisions of this Act, as amended, become effective shall not be required to be reappointed by reason of the enactment of this Act, as amended.
Page 41 - Every secretary, consul general, consul, vice consul of career, or foreign service officer, before he receives his commission or enters upon the duties of his office, shall give to the United States a bond, in such form as the President shall prescribe, with such sureties, who shall be permanent residents of the United States, as the Secretary of State shall approve, in a penal sum not less than the annual compensation allowed to such officer, conditioned for the true and faithful accounting for,...
Page 2 - ... draw its personnel from all walks of American life and to appoint persons to the highest positions in the Service solely on the basis of their demonstrated ability; (8) to provide a flexible and comprehensive framework for the direction of the Foreign Service in accordance with modern practices in public administration ; and (9) to codify into one Act all provisions of law relating to the administration of the Foreign Service. PART C — DEFINITIONS SEC. 121. When used in this Act, the term —...
Page 35 - ... foreign area or foreign areas in providing adequate education for his dependents, as follows : (A) An allowance not to exceed the cost of obtaining such...
Page 64 - Service officer of classes 1 to 5, inclusive, unless he has passed such written, oral, physical, and other examinations as the Board of Examiners for the Foreign Service may prescribe to determine his fitness and aptitude for the work of the Service; demonstrated his loyalty to the Government of the United States and his attachment to the principles of the Constitution ; and rendered at least four years of actual service immediately prior to appointment in a position of responsibility...
Page 54 - States ; (2) to insure that the officers and employees of the Foreign Service are broadly representative of the American people and are aware of and fully informed in respect to current trends in American life...