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[CITE: 22USC3903]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                       CHAPTER 52--FOREIGN SERVICE
 
                    SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
 
Sec. 3903. Members of Service

    The following are the members of the Service:
        (1) Chiefs of mission, appointed under section 3942(a)(1) of 
    this title or assigned under section 3982(c) of this title.
        (2) Ambassadors at large, appointed under section 3942(a)(1) of 
    this title.
        (3) Members of the Senior Foreign Service, appointed under 
    section 3942(a)(1) or 3943 of this title, who are the corps of 
    leaders and experts for the management of the Service and the 
    performance of its functions.
        (4) Foreign Service officers, appointed under section 3942(a)(1) 
    of this title, who have general responsibility for carrying out the 
    functions of the Service.
        (5) Foreign Service personnel, United States citizens appointed 
    under section 3943 of this title, who provide skills and services 
    required for effective performance by the Service.
        (6) Foreign national employees, foreign nationals appointed 
    under section 3943 of this title, who provide clerical, 
    administrative, technical, fiscal, and other support at Foreign 
    Service posts abroad.
        (7) Consular agents, appointed under section 3943 of this title 
    by the Secretary of State, who provide consular and related services 
    as authorized by the Secretary of State at specified locations 
    abroad where no Foreign Service posts are situated.

(Pub. L. 96-465, title I, Sec. 103, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2076.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 2664a, 3974, 4155, 4861 of 
this title; title 5 sections 7511, 8331, 8351, 8401.
