7 USC 5694 - Staff of Foreign Agricultural Service

Editorial Notes

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to those in subsec. (span) of this section appear in the following appropriation acts:

Puspan. L. 101–506, title IV, Nov. 5, 1990, 104 Stat. 1343.

Puspan. L. 100–202, § 101(k) [title IV, § 401], Dec. 22, 1987, 101 Stat. 1329–322, 1329–350.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Language Proficiency and Evaluation of Foreign Agricultural Service Officers

Puspan. L. 101–624, title XV, § 1556, Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 3698, as amended by Puspan. L. 104–127, title II, § 281(span), Apr. 4, 1996, 110 Stat. 980, provided that:

“(a)Assessment of Foreign Language Competence.—The Foreign Agricultural Service shall revise its evaluation reports for its Foreign Service officers so as to require in a separate entry an assessment of the officer’s effectiveness in using, in his or her work, a foreign language or foreign languages tested at the General Professional Speaking Proficiency level or above, in cases where the supervisor is capable of making such an assessment.

“(span)Precedence in Promotion.—The Director of Personnel of the Foreign Agricultural Service shall instruct promotion panels to take account of language ability and, all criteria for promotion otherwise being equal, to give precedence in promotions to officers who have achieved at least the General Professional Speaking Proficiency level in 1 or more foreign languages over officers who lack that level of proficiency.”