{"identifier":"/us/usc/t22/s3947","title":22,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3947.","heading":"Entry levels for Foreign Service officer candidates","text":"\u00a7\u202f3947.\nEntry levels for Foreign Service officer candidates\nA career candidate for appointment as a Foreign Service officer may not be initially assigned under\n(1) the Secretary determines in an individual case that assignment to a higher salary class is warranted because of the qualifications (including foreign language competence) and experience of the candidate and the needs of the Service; or\n(2) at the time such initial assignment is made, the candidate is serving under a career appointment in the Service and is receiving a salary at a rate equal to or higher than the minimum rate payable for class 4 in the Foreign Service Schedule.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t22/s3947.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t22/s3947","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3947."},{"t":"heading","text":"Entry levels for Foreign Service officer candidates","tail":"\n"},{"t":"chapeau","text":"A career candidate for appointment as a Foreign Service officer may not be initially assigned under ","children":[{"t":"ref","text":"section 3964 of this title","href":"/us/usc/t22/s3964","tail":" to a salary class higher than class 4 in the Foreign Service Schedule unless\u2014"}]},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t22/s3947/1","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(1)"},{"t":"content","text":" the Secretary determines in an individual case that assignment to a higher salary class is warranted because of the qualifications (including foreign language competence) and experience of the candidate and the needs of the Service; or","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"para","id":"/us/usc/t22/s3947/2","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(2)"},{"t":"content","text":" at the time such initial assignment is made, the candidate is serving under a career appointment in the Service and is receiving a salary at a rate equal to or higher than the minimum rate payable for class 4 in the Foreign Service Schedule.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}