---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 U.S.C. § 4132"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
number: "4132"
heading: "Grievances concerning former members or their survivors"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/4132"
units:
  - "Chapter 52 — Foreign Service"
  - "Subchapter XI — Grievances"
---

# §4132. Grievances concerning former members or their survivors


Within the time limitations of [section 4134 of this title](/usc/22/4134.md), a former member of the Service or the [surviving spouse](/usc/22/4044.md?p=13) (or, if none, another member of the family) of a deceased member or former member of the Service may file a [grievance](/usc/22/4131.md?p=a-1) under this subchapter only with respect to allegations described in [section 4131(a)(1)(G) of this title](/usc/22/4131.md?p=a-1-G).


## Source credit

(Pub. L. 96–465, title I, § 1102, Oct. 17, 1980, 94 Stat. 2143.)