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[CITE: 22USC3947]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                       CHAPTER 52--FOREIGN SERVICE
 
                      SUBCHAPTER III--APPOINTMENTS
 
Sec. 3947. Entry levels for Foreign Service officer candidates

    A career candidate for appointment as a Foreign Service officer may 
not be initially assigned under section 3964 of this title to a salary 
class higher than class 4 in the Foreign Service Schedule unless--
        (1) the Secretary determines in an individual case that 
    assignment to a higher salary class is warranted because of the 
    qualifications (including foreign language competence) and 
    experience of the candidate and the needs of the Service; or
        (2) at the time such initial assignment is made, the candidate 
    is serving under a career appointment in the Service and is 
    receiving a salary at a rate equal to or higher than the minimum 
    rate payable for class 4 in the Foreign Service Schedule.

(Pub. L. 96-465, title I, Sec. 307, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2086.)
