[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2002]
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[CITE: 22CFR3a.2]

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                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 3a--ACCEPTANCE OF EMPLOYMENT FROM FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS BY MEMBERS OF THE UNIFORMED SERVICES--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 3a.2  Requirement for approval of foreign government employment.

    (a) The United States Constitution (Article I, section 9, clause 8) 
prohibits the acceptance of civil employment with a foreign government 
by an officer of the United States without the consent of Congress. 
Congress has consented to the acceptance of civil employment (and 
compensation therefor) by any person described in Sec. 3a.1(b) subject 
to the approval of the Secretary concerned and the Secretary of State 
(37 U.S.C. 801, Note). Civil employment with a foreign government may 
not be accepted without such approval by any person so described.
    (b) The Secretary of State has no authority to approve employment 
with a foreign government by any officer of the United States other than 
a person described in Sec. 3a.1(a). The acceptance of employment with a 
foreign government by any other officer of the United States remains 
subject to the constitutional prohibition described in paragraph (a) of 
this section.
    (c) Any person described in Sec. 3a.1(a) who accepts employment with 
a foreign government without the approval required by this section or 
otherwise obtaining the consent of Congress is subject to forfeiture of 
retired pay to the extent of his or her compensation from the foreign 
government, according to the Comptroller General of the United States 
(44 Comp. Gen. 139 (1964)). This forfeiture is in addition to any other 
penalty which may be imposed under law or regulation.1
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    1 Approval under this part does not constitute an exception to 
the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act concerning loss of 
United States citizenship, for example, by becoming a citizen of or 
taking an oath of allegiance to another country. See 8 U.S.C. 1481 et 
seq.
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