**(a)** Except as provided in [section 3942(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3942/b&num=0&edition=prelim), each chief of mission shall receive a salary, as determined by the President, at one of the annual rates payable for levels II through V of the Executive Schedule under sections 5313 through 5316 of title 5, except that the total compensation, exclusive of danger pay, for any chief of mission shall be subject to the limitation on certain payments under [section 5307 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5307&num=0&edition=prelim) or the limitation under [section 3962(a)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3962/a/3&num=0&edition=prelim), whichever is higher.
**(b)** The salary of a chief of mission shall commence upon the effective date of appointment to that position. The official services of a chief of mission are not terminated by the appointment of a successor, but shall continue for such additional period, not to exceed 50 days after relinquishment of charge of the mission, as the Secretary of State may determine. During that period, the Secretary of State may require the chief of mission to perform such functions as the Secretary of State deems necessary in the interest of the Government.
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**(a)** Except as provided in [section 3942(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3942/b&num=0&edition=prelim), each chief of mission shall receive a salary, as determined by the President, at one of the annual rates payable for levels II through V of the Executive Schedule under sections 5313 through 5316 of title 5, except that the total compensation, exclusive of danger pay, for any chief of mission shall be subject to the limitation on certain payments under [section 5307 of title 5](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title5-section5307&num=0&edition=prelim) or the limitation under [section 3962(a)(3) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title22-section3962/a/3&num=0&edition=prelim), whichever is higher.
**(b)** The salary of a chief of mission shall commence upon the effective date of appointment to that position. The official services of a chief of mission are not terminated by the appointment of a successor, but shall continue for such additional period, not to exceed 50 days after relinquishment of charge of the mission, as the Secretary of State may determine. During that period, the Secretary of State may require the chief of mission to perform such functions as the Secretary of State deems necessary in the interest of the Government.
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§ 3961. Salaries of chiefs of mission
(a) Except as provided in section 3942(b) of this
title, each chief of mission shall receive a sal-
ary, as determined by the President, at one of
the annual rates payable for levels II through V
of the Executive Schedule under sections 5313
through 5316 of title 5, except that the total
compensation, exclusive of danger pay, for any
chief of mission shall be subject to the limita-
tion on certain payments under section 5307 of
title 5 or the limitation under section 3962(a)(3)
of this title, whichever is higher.
(b) The salary of a chief of mission shall com-
mence upon the effective date of appointment to
that position. The official services of a chief of
mission are not terminated by the appointment
of a successor, but shall continue for such addi-
tional period, not to exceed 50 days after relin-
quishment of charge of the mission, as the Sec-
retary of State may determine. During that pe-
riod, the Secretary of State may require the
chief of mission to perform such functions as the
Secretary of State deems necessary in the inter-
est of the Government.
(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 401, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat.
2087; Pub. L. 100–204, title I, § 177(a), Dec. 22, 1987,
101 Stat. 1362; Pub. L. 102–138, title I, § 142(b),
Oct. 28, 1991, 105 Stat. 668; Pub. L. 108–447, div. B,
title IV, § 412(c), Dec. 8, 2004, 118 Stat. 2905.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
2004—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–447, which directed the
substitution of ‘‘shall be subject to the limitation on
certain payments under section 5307 of title 5 or the
limitation under section 3962(a)(3) of this title, which-
ever is higher’’ for ‘‘shall not exceed the annual rate of
pay payable for level I of such Executive Schedule’’,
was executed by making the