Diversity and Inclusion at the Department of State Act

H.R. 4589 · 117th Congress · Jul 21, 2021 · Lineage

A BILL

To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to establish in the Department of State a Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer and the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to promote increased diversity and inclusion in the Foreign Service, and for other purposes.

Section 1 Short title; table of contents

(a)

Short title— This Act may be cited as the “Diversity and Inclusion at the Department of State Act”.

(b)

Table of contents— The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 2 Definition

In this Act, the term “diversity” means those classes of persons protected under the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000a et seq.) and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.).

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Jul 21, 2021viewing Introduced in House Mr. Castro of Texas (for himself, Mrs. Torres of California, Ms. Bass, Ms. Chu, Ms. Titus, Ms. Escobar, Mr. Carson, Mr. Sires, Mr. García of Illinois, Mr. Cohen, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Huffman, Mr. Lieu, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Pocan, Mr. Kim of New Jersey, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Jacobs of California, Mr. Case, Mr. Khanna, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Cicilline, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Torres of New York, and Mrs. Hayes) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs

Diversity and Inclusion at the Department of State Act

Section 1 Short title; table of contents

Sec. 2 Definition

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