22 U.S.C. § 3952 — Diplomatic and consular missions

FEDERAL · 22 U.S.C. · Chapter SUBCHAPTER III—APPOINTMENTS

Diplomatic and consular missions

22 U.S.C. § 3952

Title22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse

ChapterSUBCHAPTER III—APPOINTMENTS

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22 U.S.C. § 3952.

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(a)Recommendations by Secretary of State; appointment by President; vice consul; performance of official functions under commission The Secretary of State may recommend to the President that a member of the Service who is a citizen of the United States be commissioned as a diplomatic or consular officer or both. The President may, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, commission such member of the Service as a diplomatic or consular officer or both. The Secretary of State may commission as a vice consul a member of the Service who is a citizen of the United States. All official functions performed by a diplomatic or consular officer, including a vice consul, shall be performed under such a commission.

(b)Function of commissioned Service members Members of the Service commissi

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(a) Recommendations by Secretary of State; appointment by President; vice consul; performance of official functions under commission
The Secretary of State may recommend to the President that a member of the Service who is a citizen of the United States be commissioned as a diplomatic or consular officer or both. The President may, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, commission such member of the Service as a diplomatic or consular officer or both. The Secretary of State may commission as a vice consul a member of the Service who is a citizen of the United States. All official functions performed by a diplomatic or consular officer, including a vice consul, shall be performed under such a commission.
(b) Function of commissioned Service members
Members of the Service commissioned under this section may, in accordance with their commissions, perform any function which any category of diplomatic officer (other than a chief of mission) or consular officer is authorized by law to perform.
(c) Limits of consular districts
The Secretary of State shall define the limits of consular districts.

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History

(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, §312, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2087.)

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