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legal/us/code/title-22/chapter-52/section-3947.md

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+title: "22 U.S.C. § 3947"
+description: "Entry levels for Foreign Service officer candidates"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 22
+title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
+chapter_number: "52"
+chapter_name: "FOREIGN SERVICE"
+section: "3947"
+citation: "22 U.S.C. § 3947"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc22@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t22/s3947"
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+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 22 U.S.C. § 3947 - Entry levels for Foreign Service officer candidates
+
+## Text
+
+A career candidate for appointment as a Foreign Service officer may not be initially assigned under section 3964 of this title to a salary class higher than class 4 in the Foreign Service Schedule unless—
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+(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
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+(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.
+
+(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 307, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2086.)