22 USC § 3963 - Foreign Service Schedule

---
identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s3963"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 3963 - Foreign Service Schedule"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "3963"
section_name: "Foreign Service Schedule"
chapter_number: 52
chapter_name: "FOREIGN SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "IV"
subchapter_name: "COMPENSATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-03-26"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 403, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2088; Pub. L. 101–509, title V, § 529 [title I, § 101(b)(1)], Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1427, 1439.)"
---


# § 3963. Foreign Service Schedule

section 5332 of title 5section 5303 of title 5

The President shall establish a Foreign Service Schedule which shall consist of 9 salary classes and which shall apply to members of the Service who are citizens of the United States and for whom salary rates are not otherwise provided for by this subchapter. The maximum salary rate for the highest class established under this section, which shall be designated class 1, may not exceed the maximum rate of basic pay prescribed for GS–15 of the General Schedule under . Salary rates established under this section shall be adjusted in accordance with .

---

**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 403, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2088; Pub. L. 101–509, title V, § 529 [title I, § 101(b)(1)], Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1427, 1439.)

## Editorial Notes

### Amendments

1990— substituted “section 5303” for “subchapter I of chapter 53”.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of 1990 Amendment

Amendment by  effective on such date as the President shall determine, but not earlier than 90 days, and not later than 180 days, after , see section 529 [title I, § 305] of , set out as a note under , Government Organization and Employees.

### Effective Date

Section effective , except that for purposes of implementing  it is effective , see section 2403(a) and (d)(2) of , set out as an Effective Date note under .

## Executive Documents

### Executive Order No. 12249

Ex. Ord. No. 12249, , 45 F.R. 71347, which provided for a Foreign Service Schedule, was superseded by Ex. Ord. No. 12330, , 46 F.R. 50921, formerly set out as a note under , Government Organization and Employees.

### Adjustment of Foreign Service Schedule

For adjustment of Foreign Service Schedule pay rates under this section, see the executive order detailing the adjustment of certain rates of pay set out as a note under , Government Organization and Employees.