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Title III — Promoting A Professional Diplomatic Ser­vice

S. 1113 · 116th Congress · Apr 10, 2019 · Lineage

III Promoting A Professional Diplomatic Ser­vice

Sec. 301 Limitation of certain key positions to career diplomats

(a)
Director General of the Foreign Service— Section 208 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3928) is amended, in the first sentence, by striking “current or former career member of the Foreign Service” and inserting “current career member of the Senior Foreign Service who has served at least once as a chief of mission”.
(b)
Director of Human Resources—
(1)
In general— Chapter 2 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3921 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 208 the following new section:

“208A. Director of Human Resources

“The Secretary shall appoint a Director of Human Resources, who shall be a current career member of the Senior Foreign Service who has served at least once as a chief of mission. The Director should assist the Secretary of State in the management of the human resources matters of the Department of State and perform such functions as the Secretary of State may prescribe.”

(2)
Clerical amendment— The table of contents in section 2 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–465; 94 Stat. 2071) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 208 the following new item:
(c)
Director of the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center— Section 701(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4021(a)) is amended by inserting before the last sentence the following: “The Director shall be a current career member of the Senior Foreign Service who has served at least once as a chief of mission.”.
(d)
Effective date— The amendments made by subsections (a) through (c) shall take effect upon the date of the enactment of this Act, and the requirements under the provisions of law amended by such subsections shall apply to any individual serving in a position covered by any such provision on or after such date.

Sec. 302 Recognition of Foreign Service Officers as commissioned officers

When referring to Foreign Service officers in its public and internal communications, the Department of State and other Departments and Agencies shall, in recognition of the status of such officers as commissioned officers of the United States Government, use the terminology found in the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (Public Law 110–457) and refer to such individuals as “Foreign Service officers” rather than using other terms such as “Foreign Service generalists”. The term “Foreign Service specialists” may be used as appropriate to refer to personnel who fit that description.