22 USC § 4071i - Transition provisions

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identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s4071i"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "22 USC § 4071i - Transition provisions"
title_number: 22
title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
section_number: "4071i"
section_name: "Transition provisions"
chapter_number: 52
chapter_name: "FOREIGN SERVICE"
subchapter_number: "VIII"
subchapter_name: "FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY"
part_number: "II"
part_name: "Foreign Service Pension System"
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, § 860, as added Pub. L. 99–335, title IV, § 415, June 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 619; amended Pub. L. 99–514, § 2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095.)"
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# § 4071i. Transition provisions

42 U.S.C. 301

The Secretary of State shall issue regulations providing for the transition from the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System to the Foreign Service Pension System in a manner comparable to the transition of employees subject to subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5 (the Civil Service Retirement System) to the Federal Employees’ Retirement System. For this and related purposes, references made to participation in subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5 (the Civil Service Retirement System), the Social Security Act [ et seq.], and title 26 shall be deemed to refer to participation in the Foreign Service Pension System or the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System, as appropriate.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 860, as added Pub. L. 99–335, title IV, § 415, June 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 619; amended Pub. L. 99–514, § 2, Oct. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 2095.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Social Security Act, referred to in text, is , , which is classified generally to chapter 7 (§ 301 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see  and Tables.

### Amendments

1986— substituted “Internal Revenue Code of 1986” for “Internal Revenue Code of 1954”, which for purposes of codification was translated as “title 26” thus requiring no change in text.