---
kind: "unit"
title: "22"
title_heading: "Foreign Relations and Intercourse"
key: "ch52/schV"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter V"
heading: "Classification of Positions and Assignments"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/22/ch52-schV"
sections_count: 5
---

# Subchapter V — Classification of Positions and Assignments

Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse › Chapter 52 — Foreign Service

## Sections

- [§3981. Authority of Secretary](/usc/22/3981.md)
- [§3982. Assignments to Foreign Service positions](/usc/22/3982.md)
- [§3983. Assignments to non-Service and other positions](/usc/22/3983.md)
- [§3984. Service in United States and abroad](/usc/22/3984.md)
- [§3985. Temporary details](/usc/22/3985.md)