**(a) Retired career members** Whenever the Secretary determines that the needs of the Service so require, the Secretary may recall any retired career member of the Service for active duty in the same personnel category as that member was serving at the time of retirement. A retired career member may be recalled under this section to any appropriate salary class or rate, except that a retired career member of the Senior Foreign Service may not be recalled to a salary class higher than the one in which the member was serving at the time of retirement unless appointed to such higher class by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
**(b) Former career members** Former career members of the Service may be reappointed under section 3942(a)(1) or 3943 of this title, without regard to [section 3946 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3946&num=0&edition=prelim), in a salary class which is appropriate in light of the qualifications and experience of the individual being reappointed.
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**(a) Retired career members** Whenever the Secretary determines that the needs of the Service so require, the Secretary may recall any retired career member of the Service for active duty in the same personnel category as that member was serving at the time of retirement. A retired career member may be recalled under this section to any appropriate salary class or rate, except that a retired career member of the Senior Foreign Service may not be recalled to a salary class higher than the one in which the member was serving at the time of retirement unless appointed to such higher class by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
**(b) Former career members** Former career members of the Service may be reappointed under section 3942(a)(1) or 3943 of this title, without regard to [section 3946 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3946&num=0&edition=prelim), in a salary class which is appropriate in light of the qualifications and experience of the individual being reappointed.
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Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
§ 3948. Recall and reappointment of career mem-
bers
(a) Retired career members
Whenever the Secretary determines that the
needs of the Service so require, the Secretary
may recall any retired career member of the
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TITLE 22—FOREIGN RELATIONS AND INTERCOURSE
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Service for active duty in the same personnel
category as that member was serving at the
time of retirement. A retired career member
may be recalled under this section to any appro-
priate salary class or rate, except that a retired
career member of the Senior Foreign Service
may not be recalled to a salary class higher
than the one in which the member was serving
at the time of retirement unless appointed to
such higher class by the President, by and with
the advice and consent of the Senate.
(b) Former career members
Former career members of the Service may be
reappointed under section 3942(a)(1) or 3943 of
this title, without regard to section 3946 of this
title, in a salary class which is appropriate in
light of the qualifications and experience of the
individual being reappointed.
(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 308, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat.
2086.)
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
USAID OVERSEAS PROGRAM
Pub. L. 118–47, div. F, title VII, § 7065(a)–(d), Mar. 23,
2024, 138 Stat. 846, provided that:
‘‘(a) AUTHORITY.—Up to $170,000,000 of the funds made
available in title III of this Act [title III of div. F of
Pub. L. 118–47, 138 Stat. 740] pursuant to or to carry out
the provisions of part I of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 [22 U.S.C. 2151 et seq.], including funds appro-
priated under the heading ‘Assistance for Europe, Eur-
asia and Central Asia’, may be used by the United
States Agency for International Development to hire
and employ individuals in the