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[CITE: 22USC3981]

 
               TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
 
                       CHAPTER 52--FOREIGN SERVICE
 
        SUBCHAPTER V--CLASSIFICATION OF POSITIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
 
Sec. 3981. Authority of Secretary

    The Secretary shall designate and classify positions in the 
Department and at Foreign Service posts which are to be occupied by 
members of the Service (other than by chiefs of mission and ambassadors 
at large). Positions designated under this section are excepted from the 
competitive service. Position classifications under this section shall 
be established, without regard to chapter 51 of title 5, in relation to 
the salaries established under subchapter IV of this chapter. In 
classifying positions at Foreign Service posts abroad, the Secretary 
shall give appropriate weight to job factors relating to service abroad 
and to the compensation practices applicable to United States citizens 
employed abroad by United States corporations.

(Pub. L. 96-465, title I, Sec. 501, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2092.)

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in sections 3982, 4102, 4155 of this 
title.
