---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 4011"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "4011"
heading: "Termination of limited appointments"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/4011"
units:
  - "Chapter 52 — Foreign Service"
  - "Subchapter VI — Promotion and Retention"
---

# §4011. Termination of limited appointments


Except as provided in [section 4010(a)(2) of this title](/usc/22/4010.md?p=a-2), the [Secretary](/usc/22/3902.md?p=10) may terminate at any time the appointment of any member of the Service serving under a limited appointment who is in the Senior Foreign Service, who is assigned to a salary class in the Foreign Service Schedule or who is paid in accordance with [section 3967 of this title](/usc/22/3967.md) or is a United States citizen paid under a compensation plan under [section 3968 of this title](/usc/22/3968.md).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 612, formerly § 611, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2099; renumbered § 612 and amended Pub. L. 103–236, title I, §§ 180(a)(7), 181(a)(1), Apr. 30, 1994, 108 Stat. 416.)

## Notes

### Editorial Notes

### Prior Provisions

A prior section 612 of Pub. L. 96–465 was renumbered section 613 and is classified to section 4012 of this title.

### Amendments

1994—Pub. L. 103–236, § 180(a)(7), substituted “or who is paid in accordance with section 3967 of this title or is a United States citizen paid under a compensation plan under section 3968 of this title.” for “, or who is a family member of a Government employee serving under a local compensation plan established under section 3968 of this title.”