5 USC § 3597 - Reemployment following limited appointment in the Foreign Service

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identifier: "/us/usc/t5/s3597"
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legal_status: "official_legal_evidence"
title: "5 USC § 3597 - Reemployment following limited appointment in the Foreign Service"
title_number: 5
title_name: "GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND EMPLOYEES"
section_number: "3597"
section_name: "Reemployment following limited appointment in the Foreign Service"
chapter_number: 35
chapter_name: "RETENTION PREFERENCE, VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS, RESTORATION, AND REEMPLOYMENT"
subchapter_number: "VI"
subchapter_name: "REEMPLOYMENT FOLLOWING LIMITED APPOINTMENT IN THE FOREIGN SERVICE"
part_number: "III"
part_name: "EMPLOYEES"
positive_law: true
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Added Pub. L. 96–465, title II, § 2301(a), Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2164.)"
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# § 3597. Reemployment following limited appointment in the Foreign Service

An employee of any agency who accepts, with the consent of the head of that agency, a limited appointment in the Foreign Service under section 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 is entitled, upon the expiration of that appointment, to be reemployed in that employee’s former position or in a corresponding or higher position in that agency. Upon reemployment under this section, an employee shall be entitled to any within-grade increases in pay which the employee would have received if the employee had remained in the former position in the agency.

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**Source Credit**: (Added Pub. L. 96–465, title II, § 2301(a), Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2164.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

Section 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, referred to in text, is classified to , Foreign Relations and Intercourse.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section effective , except as otherwise provided, see , set out as a note under , Foreign Relations and Intercourse.