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dinarily diiRcult living conditions, excessive physical hardship, or notably unhealthful conditions. The Secretary shall prepare and maintain a list of such posts." SEC. 4. Section 517 of such Act is amended by striking out the first sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "A person who lias not served in class 6 shall not be eligible for appointment as a Foreign Service officer of classes 1 to 5, inclusive, unless he has passed comprehensive mental and physical examinations prescribed by the Board of Examiners for the Foreign Service to determine his ntness and aptitude for the work of the Service; demonstrated his loyalty to the Government of the United States and his attachment to the principles of the Constitution; and rendered at least four years of actual service prior to appointment in a position of responsibility in the service of a Government agency, or agencies, except that, if he has reached the age of thirty-one years, the requirement as to service may be reduced to three years. After the date of enactment of the Foreign Service Act Amendments of 1955 and until otherwise provided by Act of Congress, not more than one thousand two hundred and fifty persons who have not served in class 6 may be appointed to classes 1 to 5, inclusive; of such persons, not more than forty may be appointed who were not employed on March 1, 1955, in the Department, including its Foreign Service Reserve and Foreign Service Staff personnel, and who have not also served in a position of responsibility in the Department, or the Service, or both, for the required period prior to appointment." SEC. 5. Section 522 of such Act is amended by striking out in paragraphs (1) and (2) the word "four" wherever it appears therein and inserting the word "five" in lieu thereof; and by striking out in paragraph (1) the phrase "of a specialized character". SEC. 6. (a) Section 571(a) of such Act is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 571. (a) Any officer or employee of the Service may, in the discretion of the Secretary, be assigned or detailed for duty in any Government agency, such an assignment or combination of assignments to be for a period of not more than four years, except that under special circumstances the Secretary may extend this four-year period for not more than four additional years." (b) Section 571 is further amended by adding at the end thereof a new subsection (e) which shall read as follows: "(e) The salary of an officer or employee assigned pursuant to the terms of this section shall be paid from appropriations made available for the payment of salaries of officers and employees of the Service. Such appropriations may be reimbursed, however, when the Secretary enters into reimbursement agreements with heads of Government agencies for all or any part of the salaries of officers or employees assigned to such agencies and payment is received pursuant thereto, or when an officer or employee of the Service is assigned to a position the salary of which is payable from other funds available to the Department." SEC. 7. Sections 633 and 634 of such Act, and the headings thereto under "Part D", are hereby repealed and the following headings and sections are hereby enacted in lieu thereof: uSELECTION-OUT
"SEC. 633. (a) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations concerning— "(1) the maximum period during which any Foreign Service officer below the class of career minister shall be permitted to remain in class without promotion; and
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