Rogers Act of 1924

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United States federal law foreign service reform law

The Rogers Act of 1924 was a U.S. law that unified and professionalized the country’s diplomatic and consular services into a single merit-based Foreign Service.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Rogers Act of 1924 canonical	5
Foreign Service Act of 1924	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal law ⓘ foreign service reform law ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Rogers Act of 1924 ⓘ surface form: Foreign Service Act of 1924
appliesTo	United States Foreign Service ⓘ consular officers of the United States ⓘ diplomatic officers of the United States ⓘ
codifiedIn	United States Statutes at Large ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdEntity	United States Foreign Service ⓘ
dateEnacted	May 24, 1924 ⓘ
effect	allowed lateral entry of specialists into the Foreign Service ⓘ authorized a retirement system for Foreign Service officers ⓘ created a graded rank structure for Foreign Service officers ⓘ created the United States Foreign Service ⓘ established a unified personnel system for diplomatic and consular officers ⓘ established rules for assignment and transfer of Foreign Service personnel ⓘ introduced competitive examinations for entry into the Foreign Service ⓘ merged the Diplomatic Service and the Consular Service ⓘ provided for promotions based on merit ⓘ reduced patronage in diplomatic and consular appointments ⓘ
enactedBy	United States Congress ⓘ
governs	promotion of Foreign Service officers ⓘ recruitment of Foreign Service officers ⓘ retirement of Foreign Service officers ⓘ
historicalSignificance	foundation of the modern U.S. Foreign Service ⓘ marked shift from patronage to professional diplomacy in the United States ⓘ
introducedMeritSystem	yes ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States Department of State ⓘ
legislativeType	public law ⓘ
namedAfter	John Jacob Rogers ⓘ
policyArea	civil service reform ⓘ foreign relations of the United States ⓘ
purpose	to create a single professional United States Foreign Service ⓘ to establish a merit-based personnel system for the Foreign Service ⓘ to professionalize American diplomacy ⓘ to unify the U.S. diplomatic and consular services ⓘ
reformed	United States Consular Service ⓘ United States Foreign Service ⓘ surface form: United States Diplomatic Service
relatedTo	Foreign Service Act of 1946 ⓘ Foreign Service Act of 1980 ⓘ
signedBy	Calvin Coolidge ⓘ President of the United States ⓘ
sponsor	John Jacob Rogers ⓘ
sponsorChamber	United States House of Representatives ⓘ
timePeriod	interwar period ⓘ
yearEnacted	1924 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

United States Foreign Service → formedBy → Rogers Act of 1924 ⓘ

Rogers Act of 1924 → alsoKnownAs → Rogers Act of 1924 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign Service Act of 1924

United States Consular Service → notableReform → Rogers Act of 1924 ⓘ

United States Consular Service → endCause → Rogers Act of 1924 ⓘ

68th United States Congress → passedLaw → Rogers Act of 1924 ⓘ

this entity surface form: Foreign Service Act of 1924

John Jacob Rogers → notableWork → Rogers Act of 1924 ⓘ

John Jacob Rogers → namesake → Rogers Act of 1924 ⓘ