{"identifier":"/us/usc/t22/s3952","title":22,"num":"\u00a7\u202f3952.","heading":"Diplomatic and consular missions","text":"\u00a7\u202f3952.\nDiplomatic and consular missions\n(a)\nRecommendations by Secretary of State; appointment by President; vice consul; performance of official functions under commission\nThe Secretary of State may recommend to the President that a member of the Service who is a citizen of the United States be commissioned as a diplomatic or consular officer or both. The President may, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, commission such member of the Service as a diplomatic or consular officer or both. The Secretary of State may commission as a vice consul a member of the Service who is a citizen of the United States. All official functions performed by a diplomatic or consular officer, including a vice consul, shall be performed under such a commission.\n(b)\nFunction of commissioned Service members\nMembers of the Service commissioned under this section may, in accordance with their commissions, perform any function which any category of diplomatic officer (other than a chief of mission) or consular officer is authorized by law to perform.\n(c)\nLimits of consular districts\nThe Secretary of State shall define the limits of consular districts.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t22/s3952.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t22/s3952","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f3952."},{"t":"heading","text":"Diplomatic and consular missions"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t22/s3952/a","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(a)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Recommendations by Secretary of State; appointment by President; vice consul; performance of official functions under commission"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The Secretary of State may recommend to the President that a member of the Service who is a citizen of the United States be commissioned as a diplomatic or consular officer or both. The President may, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, commission such member of the Service as a diplomatic or consular officer or both. The Secretary of State may commission as a vice consul a member of the Service who is a citizen of the United States. All official functions performed by a diplomatic or consular officer, including a vice consul, shall be performed under such a commission.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t22/s3952/b","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(b)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Function of commissioned Service members"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"Members of the Service commissioned under this section may, in accordance with their commissions, perform any function which any category of diplomatic officer (other than a chief of mission) or consular officer is authorized by law to perform.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"subsec","id":"/us/usc/t22/s3952/c","children":[{"t":"num","text":"(c)"},{"t":"heading","text":"Limits of consular districts"},{"t":"content","children":[{"t":"p","text":"The Secretary of State shall define the limits of consular districts.","tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"}],"tail":"\n"},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}