Section 1 Short titles
This Act may be cited as the “Stop Wasteful, Odious, and Kooky Exercises at State Act” or the “Stop WOKE at State Act”.
Stop Wasteful, Odious, and Kooky Exercises at State Act
A BILL
To ensure that Foreign Service officers are evaluated and given opportunities for advancement based on their conformance to merit system principles, to require the review of Performance Improvement Plans during tenure and promotion appraisals of Foreign Service officers, and to eliminate the requirement for the inclusion of a public member on selection boards.
Sec. 2 Elimination of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility advocacy requirement during the Foreign Service tenure and promotion process
Performance evaluations— In evaluating the performance of any Foreign Service officer during the tenure and promotion process, the evaluator may not—
evaluate the officer's advocacy for diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility principles; or
rate the officer's adherence and demonstrated commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility principles.
Foreign Service selection board— The Foreign Service selection board may not refer to diversity, equity, inclusion, or accessibility when identifying and rank ordering employees for tenure and promotion in the Foreign Service.
Merit system principles— The Secretary of State shall ensure that all references to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility principles in the Foreign Affairs Manual, the Foreign Service Precepts, and the Foreign Service Employee Evaluation Report are immediately replaced with references to adherence to the merit system principles set forth in section 2301 of title 5, United States Code.
Sec. 3 Mandatory review of Performance Improvement Plans during tenure and promotion appraisal process
The Secretary of State shall ensure that the tenure and promotion appraisal process for any Foreign Service officer include a review of all Performance Improvement Plans that have been issued to such officer during the preceding 5-year period regarding performance that was considered unacceptable.
Sec. 4 Foreign Service selection boards
Section 602 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4002) is amended—
in subsection (b), by striking the first sentence; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(d) The chair of a selection board that is evaluating the performance of a member of the Service or the Senior Foreign Service under subsection (a) shall be in the same career track (historically known as “general functional cone”) as such member.”