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title: "22 U.S.C. § 3985"
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title_name: "FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE"
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# 22 U.S.C. § 3985 - Temporary details

## Text

A period of duty of not more than six months in duration by a member of the Service shall be considered a temporary detail and shall not be considered an assignment within the meaning of this subchapter.

(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 505, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2094.)