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[CITE: 22USC3928]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                       CHAPTER 52--FOREIGN SERVICE
 
                  SUBCHAPTER II--MANAGEMENT OF SERVICE
 
Sec. 3928. Director General of Foreign Service

    The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of 
the Senate, a Director General of the Foreign Service, who shall be a 
current or former career member of the Foreign Service. The Director 
General should assist the Secretary of State in the management of the 
Service and perform such functions as the Secretary of State may 
prescribe.

(Pub. L. 96-465, title I, Sec. 208, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2080; Pub. 
L. 103-236, title I, Sec. 163, Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 411.)


                               Amendments

    1994--Pub. L. 103-236 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, 
section read as follows: ``There shall be a Director General of the 
Foreign Service, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with 
the advice and consent of the Senate, from among the career members of 
the Senior Foreign Service. The Director General shall assist the 
Secretary of State in the management of the Service and shall perform 
such functions as the Secretary of State may prescribe.''
