1958-Pub. L. 85-462 amended section to increase salary rates by an average of 10 percent. 1949-Act July 6, 1949, increased all basic pay rates by $330 per annum. EFFECTIVE DATE of 1958 AMENDMENT Amendment of section by Pub. L. 85-462 effective as of the first day of the first pay period which began on or after Jan. 1, 1958, see note set out under section 1113 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees. EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1949 AMENDMENT The basic compensation increases made by the amendment of this section by section 1 (a) of act July 6, 1949, became effective as of the first day of the first pay period which began after June 30, 1948. EFFECTIVE DATE Section as effective three months after Aug. 13, 1946, see note set out under section 801 of this title. INITIAL ADJUSTMENT OF 1958 PAY INCREASES For provisions prescribing manner of payment of compensation, see note under section 867 of this title. ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION FOR PERIODS PRIOR TO JULY 6, 1949 Section 1 (b) of act July 6, 1949, provided that: "No additional compensation shall be payable by reason of the enactment of this section [amending sections 867 and 870 of this title] for any period prior to the date of enactment of this Act [July 6, 1949] in the case of any person who is not a Foreign Service officer, a Foreign Service Reserve officer, or a Foreign Service staff officer or employee on such date." OVERTIME, NIGHT, AND HOLIDAY COMPENSATION INCREASE FOR WORK PRIOR TO JULY 6, 1949 Section 1 (c) of act July 6, 1949, provided that: "No person whose compensation is increased by this section [amending sections 867 and 870 of this title] shall be entitled to any overtime pay, or compensation for night and holiday work, as provided in sections 201, 301, and 302 of the Federal Employees Pay Act of 1945, as amended [sections 911, 921 and 922 of Title 5, Executive Departments and Government Officers and Employees], based on the additional compensation provided by this section for any pay period ending prior to the date of enactment of this Act [July 6, 1949]." ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN COMPENSATION OF PERSONNEL Additional increase in compensation of Foreign Service staff officers and employees, see note under section 867 of this title. INCREASE IN COMPENSATION OF PERSONNEL Increase in compensation of Foreign Service staff offcers and employees, see note under section 867 of this title. § 871. Same; appointive salary. A person appointed as a staff officer or employee shall receive salary at the minimum rate provided for the class to which appointed except as otherwise provided in accordance with the provisions of sections 886-890 of this title and section 681 (d) (vi) of Title 5. (Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title IV, § 416, 60 Stat. 1004.) REFERENCES IN TEXT Section 681 (d) (vi) of Title 5, referred to in the text, was repealed by act Oct. 28, 1949, ch. 782, title XII, § 1202, 63 Stat. 973, and is not now covered. EFFECTIVE DATE Section as effective three months after Aug. 13, 1946, see note set out under section 801 of this title. § 872. Alien clerks and employees. The salary or compensation of an alien clerk or employee shall be fixed by the Secretary in accordance with such regulations as he shall prescribe and, as soon as practicable, in accordance with the provisions of section 889 (b) of this title. The salary or compensation of an alien clerk or employee fixed on a per annum basis may, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, be payable on a weekly or biweekly basis. When a one- or two-week pay period of such a clerk or employee begins in one fiscal year and ends in another, the gross amount of the earnings for such pay period may be regarded as a charge against the appropriation or allotment current at the end of such pay period. (Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title IV, § 417, 60 Stat. 1004.) EFFECTIVE DATE Section as effective three months after Aug. 13, 1946, see note set out under section 801 of this title. § 873. Consular agents. The salary or compensation of a consular agent shall be fixed by the Secretary in accordance with such regulations as he shall prescribe and, as soon as practicable, in accordance with the provisions of section 890 of this title. (Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title IV, § 418, 60 Stat. 1004.) EFFECTIVE DATE Section as effective three months after Aug. 13, 1946, see note set out under section 801 of this title. PART C.-SALARIES OF OFFICERS TEMPORARILY § 876. Chargés d'affaires ad interim. For such time as any Foreign Service officer shall be authorized to act as chargé d'affaires ad interim at the post to which he is assigned, he shall receive, in addition to his basic salary as Foreign Service officer, compensation equal to that portion of the difference between such salary and the basic salary provided for the chief of mission as the Secretary may determine to be appropriate. (Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title IV, § 421, 60 Stat. 1004.) EFFECTIVE DATE Section as effective three months after Aug. 13, 1946, see note set out under section 801 of this title. § 877. Officers in charge of consulate general or consulates. For such time as any Foreign Service officer or any consul or vice consul who is not a Foreign Service officer is temporarily in charge of a consulate general or consulate during the absence or incapacity of the principal officer, he shall receive, in addition to his basic salary as Foreign Service officer or consul or vice consul, compensation equal to that portion which the Secretary shall determine to be appropriate of the difference between such salary and the basic salary provided for the principal officer, or, if there be none, of the former principal officer. (Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title IV, § 422, 60 Stat. 1004.) EFFECTIVE DATE Section as effective three months after Aug. 13, 1946, see note set out under section 801 of this title. PART D.-TIME OF RECEIVING SALARY § 881. Chiefs of missions; termination of appointment; salary of appointive position. (a) Under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, a chief of mission may be entitled to receive salary from the effective date of his appointment to the date marking his return to his place of residence at the conclusion of the period of his official service as chief of mission or the termination of time spent on authorized leave, whichever shall be later, but no chief of mission shall be entitled to receive salary while absent from his post whenever the Secretary shall find that such absence was without authorization or justification. If a chief of mission in one position is appointed as chief of mission in another position, he shall be entitled to receive the salary pertaining to the new position commencing on the effective date of the new appointment. (b) The official services of a chief of mission shall not be deemed terminated by the appointment of a successor but shall continue until he has relinquished charge of the mission and has rendered such additional services to the Department as the Secretary may require him to render in the interests of the Government for a period not in excess of thirty days, exclusive of time spent in transit. (c) During the service of a Foreign Service officer as chief of mission he shall receive, in addition to his salary as Foreign Service Officer, compensation equal to the difference, if any, between such salary and the salary of the position to which he is appointed or assigned. (Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title IV, § 431, 60 Stat. 1004.) EFFECTIVE DATE Section as effective three months after Aug. 13, 1946, see note set out under section 801 of this title. § 882. Officers and employees; appointment during Senate recess; salary upon promotion. (a) Under such regulations as the Secretary may prescribe, any officer or employee appointed to the Service may be entitled to receive salary from the effective date of his appointment to the date when he shall have returned to his place of residence at the conclusion of the period of his official service, or the termination of time spent on authorized leave, whichever shall be later, but no such officer or employee shall be entitled to receive salary while absent from his post whenever the Secretary shall find that such absence was without authorization or justification. (b) A Foreign Service officer, appointed during a recess of the Senate, shall be paid salary from the effective date of his appointment until the end of the next session of the Senate, if he has not theretofore been confirmed by the Senate, or until his rejection by the Senate before the end of its next session. (c) A Foreign Service officer promoted to a higher class shall receive salary at the rate prescribed in section 867 of this title for the class to which he is promoted from the effective date of his appointment to such class. A Foreign Service officer promoted to a higher class during a recess of the Senate shall receive salary at the rate prescribed for the class to which he is promoted from the effective date of his appointment to such class until the end of the next session. If the Senate should reject or fail to confirm the promotion of such an officer during the session following the date of his promotion, the Foreign Service officer shall, unless he has become liable to separation in accordance with the provisions of section 1003 of this title, be automatically reinstated in the class from which he was promoted and receive the salary he was receiving prior to his promotion, such reinstatement to be effective, in the event of rejection of the nomination, from the date of rejection; and in the event of the failure of the Senate to act on the nomination during the session following a promotion, from the termination of that session. (Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title IV, § 432, 60 Stat. 1005; Apr. 5, 1955, ch. 23, § 13 (1), 69 Stat. 27.) AMENDMENTS 1955 Subsec. (c) amended by act Apr. 5, 1955, by striking out the phrase "or 1004" following the phrase "section 1003" in the third sentence thereof. EFFECTIVE DATE Section as effective three months after Aug. 13, 1946, see note set out under section 801 of this title. PART E.-CLASSIFICATION OF POSITIONS § 886. Classification by Secretary. Under such regulations as he may prescribe, the Secretary shall classify all positions in the Service, including those positions at foreign posts which may be held by career ministers, and shall allocate all positions occupied or to be occupied by staff officers or employees to classes and subclasses established by sections 870 and 887 of this title, respectively, and by alien employees and consular agents to such classes as may be established by regulation. (Aug. 13, 1945, ch. 957, title IV, § 441, 60 Stat. 1005.) EFFECTIVE DATE Section as effective three months after Aug. 13, 1946, see note set out under section 801 of this title. RULES GOVERNING SALARY DETERMINATIONS FOR INITIAL CLASSIFICATION Section 1105 of act Aug. 13, 1946, provided that: "In making the initial classification of the Service for Foreign Service staff officers and employees in accordance with the provisions of sections 441 and 442 [sections 886 and 887 of this title], the following rules shall apply: "(1) The principle of equal compensation for equal work, irrespective of sex, shall be followed. "(2) If an officer or employee is receiving basic salary at less than the minimum rate of the class or subclass to which the position he holds is allocated, his salary shall be increased to the lowest basic salary of that class or subclass. "(3) If an officer or employee is receiving a basic salary within the range provided for the class or subclass to which the position he holds is allocated, and at one of the rates within that range, no change shall be made in his basic salary; if his basic salary rate is within the range but does not correspond to any one of the rates prescribed for that range by section 415 [section 870 of this title, his salary shall be adjusted by fixing it at the next higher rate above the rate which he is receiving. "(4) If an officer or employee is receiving basic salary at a rate in excess of the maximum basic salary rate provided by section 415 [section 870 of this title], for the class or subclass to which the position he holds is allocated in accordance with the provisions of section 1103 [set out as a note under section 936 of this title], he shall not suffer a diminution in salary as a consequence of the classification of the position which he holds so long as he continues to occupy that position, but if he is not receiving salary at one of the rates prescribed in section 415 [section 870 of this title], his salary shall be adjusted by fixing it at the next higher rate above the rate which he is receiving." CROSS REFERENCES Foreign Service staff officers and employees, section as applicable to appointments of, see section 936 of this title. § 887. Establishment of new groups of positions for officers and employees. The Secretary may, whenever he deems such action to be in the interests of good administration and warranted by the nature of the duties and responsibilities of any group of positions occupied or to be occupied by staff officers and employees in comparison with other positions in the same class, establish by regulation for any such group of positions a minimum salary computed at any one of the rates of salary above the minimum for a given class but not in excess of the middle rate provided for that class in section 870 of this title. Such groups of positions shall, for the purposes of this chapter, be known as subclasses. (Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title IV, § 442. 60 Stat. 1006.) EFFECTIVE DATE Section as effective three months after Aug. 13, 1946, see note set out under section 801 of this title. CROSS REFERENCES Foreign Service staff officers and employees, section as applicable to appointments of, see section 936 of this title. § 888. Establishment of salary differentials. The President may, under such regulations as he may prescribe, establish rates of salary differential, not exceeding 25 per centum of basic salary, for Foreign Service officers, Reserve officers, and staff officers and employees assigned to posts involving extraordinarily difficult living conditions, excessive physical hardship, or notably unhealthful conditions. The Secretary shall prepare and maintain a list of such posts. (Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title IV, § 443, 60 Stat. 1006; Apr. 5, 1955, ch. 23, § 3, 69 Stat. 24.) AMENDMENTS 1955-Act Apr. 5, 1955, amended section to make Foreign Service officers and Reserve officers eligible to receive salary differential payments for service at hardship posts. EFFECTIVE DATE Section as effective three months after Aug. 13, 1946, see note set out under section 801 of this title. CROSS REFERENCES Foreign Service staff officers and employees, section as applicable to appointments of, see section 936 of this title. § 889. Alien clerk and employees. (a) Upon the basis of the classification provided for in section 886 of this title, the Secretary shall, with the advice of the Board of the Foreign Service. from time to time prepare schedules of salaries for classes of positions of alien clerks and employees of the Service, which classes shall be established by regulation, and shall allocate all such positions to the appropriate classes. (b) All alien employees in an area of comparatively uniform wage scales and standards of living, occupying positions of equal responsibility, shall receive equal pay except as there may be increases provided for length of service in accordance with uniform procedures. (Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title IV. § 444, 60 Stat. 1006.) EFFECTIVE DATE Section as effective three months after Aug. 13, 1946, see note set out under section 801 of this title. CROSS REFERENCES Appointment of alien clerks and employees in accordance with provisions of this section, see section 946 of this title. § 890. Consular agents. Upon the basis of the classification provided for in section 886 of this title, the Secretary shall, with the advice of the Board of the Foreign Service, from time to time prepare schedules of salaries for classes of positions of consular agents, which classes shall be established by regulation, and shall allocate all such positions to the appropriate classes. (Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title IV, § 445, 60 Stat. 1006.) EFFECTIVE DATE Section as effective three months after Aug. 13, 1946, see note set out under section 801 of this title. CROSS REFERENCES Appointment of consular agents in accordance with provisions of this section, see section 951 of this title. SUBCHAPTER V.-APPOINTMENTS AND ASSIGNMENTS PART A.-PRINCIPAL DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIVES § 901. Appointment and assignment by President. (a) The President shall, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appoint ambassadors and ministers, including career ambassadors and career ministers. (b) The President may, in his discretion, assign any Foreign Service officer to serve as minister resident, chargé d'affaires, commissioner, or diplomatic agent for such period as the public interest may require. (Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title V, § 501, 60 Stat. 1007; Aug. 5, 1955, ch. 576, § 5, 69 Stat. 537.) AMENDMENTS 1955-Subsec. (a) amended by act Aug. 5, 1955, which added phrase "career ambassadors and" following word "including". EFFECTIVE DATE Section as effective three months after Aug. 13, 1946, see note set out under section 801 of this title. AMBASSADOR OR MINISTER UNABLE TO SERVE BECAUSE OF EMERGENT CONDITIONS ABROAD Act July 5, 1946, ch. 541, title I, § 101, 60 Stat. 448, provided that: "Any ambassador or minister who, prior to appointment as ambassador or minister was legally appointed and served as a diplomatic or consular officer or as a Foreign Service officer, and who, on account of emer gent conditions abroad, is unable properly to serve the United States at his regular post of duty, or, when in the public interest it becomes necessary to terminate his appointment as ambassador or minister at such post, may be appointed or assigned to serve in any capacity in which a Foreign Service officer is authorized by law to serve, and, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, funds available for the payment of salaries of ambassadors and ministers shall be available also for the payment of the salary of such officer: Provided further, That no ambassador or minister, while serving under such emergency appointment or assignment, shall receive compensation in excess of $9,800 per annum while serving in the continental United States or in excess of $10,000 per annum while serving elsewhere." Similar provisions were carried in the following acts: 1945-May 21, 1945, ch. 129, title I, 59 Stat. 171. 1944 June 28, 1944, ch. 294, title I, § 1, 58 Stat. 397. 1943-July 1, 1943, ch. 182, title I, § 1, 57 Stat. 273. 1942-July 2, 1942, ch. 472, title I, 56 Stat. 470. 1941-Apr. 1, 1941, ch. 32, title I, § 1, 55 Stat. 71. EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 10062 Ex. Ord. No. 10062, as amended by act Aug. 10, 1949, ch. 412, 12 (a), 63 Stat. 591; Ex. Ord. No. 10144, July 21, 1950, 15 F. R. 4705, eff. June 6, 1949, which established the position of United States High Commissioner for Germany, was revoked by Ex. Ord. No. 10608, May 5, 1955, 20 F. R. 3093, set out as a note under this section. Ex. ORD. No. 10608. UNITED STATES AUTHORITY AND FUNCTIONS IN GERMANY Ex. Ord. No. 10608, May 5, 1955, 20 F. R. 3093, provided: By virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the statutes, including the Foreign Service Act of 1946 (60 Stat. 999), as amended [this chapter], and as President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the armed forces of the United States, it is ordered as follows: 1. Executive Order No. 10062 of June 6, 1949, and Executive Order No. 10144 of July 21, 1950, amending that order, are hereby revoked, and the position of United States High Commissioner for Germany, established by that order, is hereby abolished. 2. The Chief of the United States Diplomatic Mission to the Federal Republic of Germany, hereinafter referred to as the Chief of Mission, shall have supreme authority, except as otherwise provided herein, with respect to all responsibilities, duties, and governmental functions of the United States in all Germany. The Chief of Mission shall exercise his authority under the supervision of the Secretary of State and subject to ultimate direction by the President. 3. The United States Military Commander having area responsibility in Germany, hereinafter referred to as the Commander, shall have authority with respect to all military responsibilities, duties, and functions of the United States in all Germany, including the command, security, and stationing of United States forces in Germany, the assertion and exercise of their rights and discharge of their obligations therein, and emergency measures which he may consider essential for their protection or the accomplishment of his mission. The Commander may delegate the authority conferred upon him. If action by the Commander or any representative of the Commander, pursuant to the authority herein conferred, affects the foreign policy of the United States or involves relations or negotiations with non-military German authorities, such action shall be taken only after consultation with and agreement by the Chief of Mission or pursuant to procedures previously agreed to between the Chief of Mission and the Commander or his representative. Either the Chief of Mission or the Commander may raise with the other any question which he believes requires such consultation. If agreement is not reached between them, any differences may be referred to the Department of State and the Department of Defense for resolution. 4. The Chief of Mission and the Commander or his designated representatives shall, to the fullest extent consistent with their respective missions, render assistance and support to each other in carrying out the agreements and policies of the United States. 5. With regard to the custody, care, and execution of sentences and disposition (including pardon, clemency, parole, or release) of war criminals confined or hereafter to be confined in Germany as a result of conviction by military tribunals (A) the Chief of Mission shall share the four-power responsibility in the case of persons convicted by the International Military Tribunal, (B) the Chief of Mission shall exercise responsibility in the case of persons convicted by military tribunals established by the United State Military Governor pursuant to Control Council Law No. 10, and (C) the Commander shall exercise responsibility in the case of persons convicted by other military tribunals established by United States Military Commanders in Germany and elsewhere. The Commanders shall, on request of the Chief of Mission, take necessary measures for carrying into execution any sentences adjudged against such persons in category (B) as to whom the Chief of Mission has responsibility and control. Tranfer of custody of persons in categories (B) and (C) to the Federal Republic of Germany as provided in the Convention on the Settlement of Matters Arising out of the War and Occupation shall terminate the responsibility of the Chief of Mission and the Commander with respect to such persons to the extent that the responsibility of the United States for them is thereupon terminated pursuant to the provisions of the said Convention. 6. If major differences arise over matters affecting the United States Forces in Germany, such differences may be referred to the Department of State and the Department of Defense for resolution. 7. This order shall become effective on the date that the Convention on Relations between the Three Powers and the Federal Republic of Germany and related Conventions, as amended, come into force. § 902. Lists of officers qualified to be career ambassadors, career ministers, or chiefs of missions furnished President. (a) The Secretary shall, on the basis of recommendations made by the Board of the Foreign Service, from time to time furnish the President with the names of Foreign Service officers qualified for appointment to the class of career ambassador and the class of career minister together with pertinent information about such officers, but no person shall be appointed into the class of career minister who has not been appointed to serve as a chief of mission or appointed or assigned to serve in a position which, in the opinion of the Secretary, is of comparable importance. A list of such positions shall from time to time be published by the Secretary. No person shall be appointed into the class of career ambassador who has not (1) served for at least fifteen years in a position of responsibility in a Government agency, or agencies, including at least three years as a career minister; (2) rendered exceptionally distinguished service to the Government; and (3) met such other requirements as the Secretary shall prescribe. (b) The Secretary shall also, on the basis of recommendations made by the Board of the Foreign Service, from time to time furnish the President with the names of Foreign Service officers qualified for appointment or assignment as chief of mission, together with pertinent information about such officers, in order to assist the President in selecting qualified candidates for appointment or assignment in such capacity. (Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title V. § 502, 60 Stat. 1007; Aug. 5, 1955, ch. 576, § 6, 69 Stat. 537.) AMENDMENTS 1955 Subsec. (a) amended by act Aug. 5, 1955, which inserted the phrase "class of career ambassador and" fol lowing the phrase "qualified for appointment to the", and added last sentence fixing appointment requirements of class of career ambassador. EFFECTIVE DATE Section as effective three months after Aug. 13, 1946, see note set out under section 801 of this title. PART B.-FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS § 906. Appointment by President to a class. The President shall appoint Foreign Service officers by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. All appointments of Foreign Service officers shall be by appointment to a class and not to a particular post. (Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title V, § 511, 60 Stat. 1007.) EFFECTIVE DATE Section as effective three months after Aug. 13, 1946, see note set out under section 801 of this title. APPOINTMENT OF ADDITIONAL FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS; TERMINATION DATE Act July 3, 1946, ch. 539, §§ 1-4, 60 Stat. 426. provided for the appointment of 250 additional Foreign Service officers by the President within 2 years after July 3, 1946. § 907. Commissions. Foreign Service officers may be commissioned as diplomatic or consular officers or both and all official acts of such officers while serving under diplomatic or consular commissions shall be performed under their respective commissions as diplomatic or consular officers. (Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title V, § 512, 60 Stat. 1007.) EFFECTIVE DATE Section as effective three months after Aug. 13, 1946, see note set out under section 801 of this title. § 908. Limits of consular districts. The Secretary shall define the limits of consular districts. (Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title V, § 513, 60 Stat. 1007.) EFFECTIVE DATE Section as effective three months after Aug. 13, 1946, see note set out under section 801 of this title. §909. Assignment and transfers. A Foreign Service officer, commissioned as a diplomatic or consular officer, may be assigned by the Secretary to serve in any diplomatic position other than that of chief of mission or in any consular position, and he may also be assigned to serve in any other capacity in which he is eligible to serve under the terms of this chapter or any other Act. He may be transferred from one post to another by order of the Secretary as the interests of the Service may require. (Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title V, § 514, 60 Stat. 1008.) EFFECTIVE DATE Section as effective three months after Aug. 13, 1946, see note set out under section 801 of this title. TEMPORARY Assignment of AMERICAN CITIZENS IN FOREIGN SERVICE TO DEPARTMENT OF STATE DURING NATIONAL EMERGENCY Act July 5, 1946, ch. 541, title I, § 101, 60 Stat. 452, provided that: "American citizens holding positions in the Foreign Service of the United States and who on account of emergency conditions abroad are unable properly to serve the United States at their regular posts of duty may be assigned to the Department of State to perform temporary services in that Department or to be detailed for temporary services of comparable importance, diffi culty, responsibility, and value in any other department or agency of the United States, in cases where there is found to be a need of services for the performance of which such persons have the requisite qualifications. The salaries of such persons shall, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law, continue to be paid during the periods of such assignments from the appropriations under the caption 'Foreign Service' in the Department of State Appropriation Act." Similar provisions were contained in the following acts: 1945-May 21, 1945, ch. 129, title I, 59 Stat. 175. 1944 June 28, 1944, ch. 294, title I, § 1, 58 Stat. 401. 1943-July 1, 1943, ch. 182, title I, § 1, 57 Stat. 277. 1942-July 2, 1942, ch. 472, title I, 56 Stat. 474. 1941-June 28, 1941, ch. 258, title I, 55 Stat. 270. CROSS REFERENCES Chief of mission, retirement of Foreign Service officer after termination of services as, see section 914 of this title. § 910. Citizenship requirements. No person shall be eligible for appointment as a Foreign Service officer unless he is a citizen of the United States and has been such for at least ten years. (Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title V, § 515, 60 Stat. 1008.) EFFECTIVE DATE Section as effective three months after Aug. 13, 1946, see note set out under section 801 of this title. CROSS REFERENCES Foreign Service staff officers and employees, citizenship requirements of, see section 939 of this title. § 911. Admission to class 8. No person shall be eligible for appointment as a Foreign Service officer of class 8 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 and has demonstrated his loyalty to the Government of the United States and his attachment to the principles of the Constitution. The Secretary shall furnish the President with the names of those persons who have passed such examinations and are eligible for appointment as Foreign Service officers of class 8. (Aug. 13, 1946, ch. 957, title V. § 516, 60 Stat. 1008; July 28, 1956, ch. 770, § 5, 70 Stat. 704.) AMENDMENTS 1956-Act July 28, 1956, amended section, substituting the words "class 8" for the words "class 6" wherever appearing. EFFECTIVE Date Section as effective three months after Aug. 13, 1946, see note set out under section 801 of this title. CROSS REFERENCES Board of Examiners to provide for and supervise conduct of examinations for candidates under this section, see section 827 of this title. § 912. Admission to classes 1 to 7. A person who has not served in class 8 shall not be eligible for appointment as a Foreign Service officer of classes 1 to 7, inclusive, unless he has passed comprehensive mental and physical examinations prescribed by the Board of Examiners for the Foreign Service 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 Consti |