U.S Code last checked for updates: May 02, 2024
§ 4135.
Foreign Service Grievance Board
(a)
Establishment; composition
(b)
Appointment and selection of nominees; length of terms; vacancies
(c)
Compensation
(d)
Removal
(e)
Administrative services; payment of expenses; assignment as staff employees of Board; performance evaluation reports; records
(f)
Report
(1)
Not later than March 1 of each year, the Chairman of the Foreign Service Grievance Board shall prepare a report summarizing the activities of the Board during the previous calendar year. The report shall include—
(A)
the number of cases filed;
(B)
the types of cases filed;
(C)
the number of cases on which a final decision was reached, as well as data on the outcome of cases, whether affirmed, reversed, settled, withdrawn, or dismissed;
(D)
the number of oral hearings conducted and the length of each such hearing;
(E)
the number of instances in which interim relief was granted by the Board; and
(F)
data on the average time for consideration of a grievance, from the time of filing to a decision of the Board.
(2)
The report required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted to the Director General of the Foreign Service and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on International Relations of the House of Representatives.
(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 1105, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2144; Pub. L. 106–113, div. B, § 1000(a)(7) [div. A, title III, § 331], Nov. 29, 1999, 113 Stat. 1536, 1501A–439.)
cite as: 22 USC 4135