22 USC § 3950 - Reemployment rights following limited appointment

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title: "22 USC § 3950 - Reemployment rights following limited appointment"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "3950"
section_name: "Reemployment rights following limited appointment"
chapter_number: 52
chapter_name: "FOREIGN SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "APPOINTMENTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
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generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 310, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2087.)"
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# § 3950. Reemployment rights following limited appointment

section 3597 of title 5

Any employee of an agency who accepts a limited appointment in the Service with the consent of the head of the agency in which the employee is employed shall be entitled, upon the termination of such limited appointment, to be reemployed in accordance with .

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 310, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2087.)

## Executive Documents

### Entitlement to Benefits for Services Performed Outside United States; Service Exceeding Thirty Months

Persons appointed, employed, or assigned after , under former  or  for the purpose of performing functions under the Mutual Security Act of 1954 (see Short Title note set out under ) and the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (section 2151 et seq. of this title) outside the United States shall not, unless otherwise agreed by the agency in which such benefits may be exercised, be entitled to the benefits provided for by this section in cases in which their service under the appointment, employment, or assignment exceeds thirty months. See Ex. Ord. No. 12163, § 1–602(b), , 44 F.R. 56677, as amended, set out as a note under .