Pay and Benefits Pending Conversion.—

Sec. 2101. [22 U.S.C. 4151] Pay and Benefits Pending Conversion.—Until converted under the provisions of this chapter, any individual who is in the Foreign Service before the effective date of this Act and is serving under an appointment as a Foreign Service officer, Foreign Service information officer, Foreign Service Reserve officer with limited or unlimited tenure, or Foreign Service staff officer or employee, shall be treated for purposes of salary, allowances, and other matters as if such individual had been converted under section 2102 or 2103, as the case may be, on the effective date of this Act, except that any adjustment of salary under this section shall take effect— (1) in the case of an individual who is in the Foreign Service on the date of enactment of this Act, on the first day of the first pay period which begins on or after October 1, 1980, and (2) in the case of an individual who is appointed to the Foreign Service after the date of enactment of this Act, on the date such appointment becomes effective.