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Calendar No. 319 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3492 

To address the importance of foreign affairs training to national security, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 12 (legislative day, JANUARY 10), 2022 

Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. HAGERTY, Mrs. SHAHEEN, and Mr. BOOKER) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on Foreign Relations 

APRIL 4 (legislative day, MARCH 31), 2022 

Reported by Mr. MENENDEZ, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

A BILL 

To address the importance of foreign affairs training to 

national security, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

4 It is the sense of Congress that— 

5 (1) the Department of State is a crucial na6 tional security agency, whose employees, both ForVerDate Sep 11 2014 00:23 Apr 05, 2022 Jkt 029200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6401 E:\BILLS\S3492.RS S3492

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1 eign Service and Civil Service, require the best pos2 sible training at every stage of their careers to pre3 pare them to promote and defend United States na4 tional interests and the health and safety of United 

5 States citizens abroad; 

6 (2) the investment of time and resources by the 

7 Department with respect to the training and edu8 cation of its personnel is considerably below the level 

9 of other Federal departments and agencies in the 

10 national security field, and falls well below the in11 vestments many allied and adversarial countries 

12 make in the development of their diplomats; 

13 (3) the Department faces increasingly complex 

14 and rapidly evolving challenges, many of which are 

15 science and technology-driven, and which demand 

16 continual, high-quality training and education of its 

17 personnel; 

18 (4) the Department must move beyond reliance 

19 on ‘‘on-the-job training’’ and other informal 

20 mentorship practices, which lead to an inequality in 

21 skillset development and career advancement oppor22 tunities, often particularly for minority personnel, 

23 and toward a robust professional tradecraft training 

24 continuum that will provide for greater equality in 

25 career advancement; 


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1 (5) the Department must clearly link training 

2 to promotional opportunities, requiring officers to 

3 take certain classes at institutions of the Depart4 ment (or equivalent courses at other institutions) at 

5 specific phases throughout their careers and to par6 ticipate in fellowship programs that expose dip7 lomats to other agencies, organizations, and cul8 tures; 

9 (6) the Foreign Service Institute and other 

10 training facilities of the Department should seek to 

11 increase substantially educational and training offer12 ings to Department personnel, including by devel13 oping new and innovative education and training 

14 courses, methods, programs, and opportunities; and 

15 (7) consistent with gift acceptance authority of 

16 the Department and other applicable laws in effect 

17 as of the date of the enactment of this Act, the De18 partment and the Foreign Service Institute should 

19 accept funds and other resources from foundations, 

20 not-for-profit corporations, and other appropriate 

21 sources to help the Department and the Institute en22 hance the quantity and quality of training offerings, 

23 especially in the introduction of new, innovative, and 

24 pilot model courses. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITION OF APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL 

2 COMMITTEES. 

3 In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com4 mittees’’ means— 

5 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and 

6 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 

7 (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

8 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep9 resentatives. 

10 SEC. 3. TRAINING FLOAT STRATEGY. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

12 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 

13 shall develop and submit to the appropriate congressional 

14 committees a strategy to establish a ‘‘training float’’ to 

15 allow for a minimum of 10 percent and up to 15 percent 

16 of officers of the Civil Service of the Department of State 

17 and the Foreign Service to participate in long-term train18 ing at any given time. 

19 (b) IDENTIFICATION OF STEPS.—The strategy re20 quired by subsection (a) shall identify steps necessary to 

21 ensure— 

22 (1) implementation of the training priorities de23 scribed in section 4; 

24 (2) sufficient training capacity and opportuni25 ties are available to Civil Service and Foreign Serv26 ice officers; 


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1 (3) the use of mechanisms to ensure equitable 

2 distribution of long-term training opportunities to 

3 Civil Service and Foreign Service officers; and 

4 (4) the availability of resources and any addi5 tional authorities necessary to facilitate the training 

6 float described in subsection (a), including through 

7 programs at the Foreign Service Institute, the For8 eign Affairs Security Training Center, and other fa9 cilities or programs operated by the Department. 

10 (c) IDENTIFICATION OF TRAINING.—The strategy re11 quired by subsection (a) shall identify— 

12 (1) which types of training would be prioritized 

13 under the training float; 

14 (2) the extent to which such training is already 

15 being provided to Civil Service and Foreign Service 

16 officers by the Department; 

17 (3) any factors in existence as of the date on 

18 which the strategy is submitted that incentivize or 

19 disincentive such training; and 

20 (4) why such training cannot be achieved with21 out Foreign Service officers leaving the workforce. 

22 (d) CONSIDERATIONS.—In developing the strategy 

23 required by subsection (a), the Secretary of State shall 

24 consider, in addition to training opportunities provided by 

25 the Department, training that could be provided by other 


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1 United States Government training institutions and non2 governmental educational institutions. 

3 SEC. 4. TRAINING PRIORITIZATION. 

4 In order to provide the Civil Service of the Depart5 ment of State and the Foreign Service with the level of 

6 education and training needed to effectively advance 

7 United States interests across the world, the Secretary of 

8 State shall— 

9 (1) increase offerings provided by the Depart10 ment— 

11 (A) of interactive virtual instruction to 

12 make training more accessible and useful to 

13 personnel deployed throughout the world; or 

14 (B) at partner organizations, including 

15 universities, industry entities, and nongovern16 mental organizations, throughout the United 

17 States to provide useful outside perspectives to 

18 Department personnel to provide such per19 sonnel— 

20 (i) a more comprehensive outlook on 

21 different sectors of United States society; 

22 and 

23 (ii) practical experience dealing with 

24 commercial corporations, universities, labor 


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1 unions, and other institutions critical to 

2 United States diplomatic success; 

3 (2) offer courses using computer-based or com4 puter-assisted simulations, allowing civilian officers 

5 to lead decision making in a crisis environment, and 

6 encourage officers of the Department of State and 

7 reciprocally officers of other Departments to partici8 pate in similar exercises held by the Department of 

9 State or other government organizations and the pri10 vate sector; and 

11 (3) increase the duration and expand the focus 

12 of certain training courses, including by— 

13 (A) extending the A–100 entry-level course 

14 to not less than 12 weeks, better matching the 

15 length of entry-level training provided to the of16 ficers in other national security departments 

17 and agencies; and 

18 (B) extending the chief of mission course 

19 to not less than 6 weeks for first time chiefs of 

20 mission and creating a comparable 6-week 

21 course for new Assistant Secretaries and Dep22 uty Assistant Secretaries to more accurately re23 flect the significant responsibilities accom24 panying such roles. 


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1 SEC. 5. FELLOWSHIPS. 

2 The Director General of the Foreign Service shall— 

3 (1) establish new fellowship programs for For4 eign Service and Civil Service officers that include 

5 short- and long-term opportunities at organizations 

6 including— 

7 (A) think tanks and nongovernmental or8 ganizations; 

9 (B) the Department of Defense, the ele10 ments of the intelligence community (as defined 

11 in section 3 of the National Security Act of 

12 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3003)), and other relevant 

13 Federal agencies; 

14 (C) industry entities, especially such enti15 ties related to technology, global operations, fi16 nance, and other fields directly relevant to 

17 international affairs; and 

18 (D) schools of international relations and 

19 other relevant programs at universities through20 out the United States; and 

21 (2) expand the Pearson Fellows Program for 

22 Foreign Service Officers and the Brookings Fellow 

23 Program for Civil Servants at the Department of 

24 State to allow fellows in those programs the oppor25 tunity to undertake a follow-on assignment within 

26 the Department in an office that will benefit from 


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1 practical knowledge of the people and processes of 

2 Congress. 

3 SEC. 6. CENTER FOR INNOVATION IN TRAINING AT THE 

4 FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE. 

5 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of State shall 

6 establish a center to be known as the ‘‘Center for Innova7 tion in Training’’ (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Cen8 ter’’). 

9 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Center shall be 

10 to allow the Foreign Service Institute to cyclically evaluate 

11 all courses and curriculum of the Institute in order to 

12 identify updates to such courses and curriculum necessary 

13 to meet the frequent changes in skillsets needed by officers 

14 to aptly prepare them to address ever-changing global dy15 namics. 

16 (c) SUPERVISION.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Center shall be led by 

18 an official equivalent to the level of a Deputy Assist19 ant Secretary of State, who shall be appointed by 

20 the Secretary of State. 

21 (2) TERMS.—The official described in para22 graph (1) shall serve for a term of at least 2 years 

23 and may be reappointed for 1 or more additional 2- 

24 year terms. 


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1 (3) QUALIFICATIONS.—The official described in 

2 paragraph (1) shall be appointed from among indi3 viduals with experience in technology, innovation, 

4 human capital, metrics, and evaluation of adult 

5 learning. 

6 (4) HIRING AUTHORITIES.—The official de7 scribed in paragraph (1) shall be— 

8 (A) a highly qualified expert appointed by 

9 the Secretary; 

10 (B) an individual detailed to the Depart11 ment under the Intergovernmental Personnel 

12 Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. 4701 et seq.); or 

13 (C) an individual hired under a specialized 

14 hiring authority equivalent to the authorities 

15 described in subparagraphs (A) and (B), as de16 termined by the Secretary. 

17 SEC. 7. BOARD OF VISITORS OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE IN18 STITUTE. 

19 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after 

20 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 

21 State shall establish a Board of Visitors of the Foreign 

22 Service Institute. 

23 (b) DUTIES.—The Board of Visitors established 

24 under subsection (a) shall provide the Secretary of State 

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1 zational management, strategic planning, resource man2 agement, curriculum development, and other matters of 

3 interest to the Foreign Service Institute. 

4 (c) MEMBERSHIP.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall be— 

6 (A) nonpartisan; and 

7 (B) composed of 12 members of whom— 

8 (i) 2 shall be appointed by the Chair9 person of the Committee on Foreign Rela10 tions of the Senate; 

11 (ii) 2 shall be appointed by the Rank12 ing Member of the Committee on Foreign 

13 Relations of the Senate; 

14 (iii) 2 shall be appointed by the Chair15 person of the Committee on Foreign Af16 fairs of the House of Representatives; 

17 (iv) 2 shall be appointed by the Rank18 ing Member of the Committee on Foreign 

19 Affairs of the House of Representatives; 

20 and 

21 (v) 4 shall be appointed by the Sec22 retary of State. 

23 (2) QUALIFICATIONS.—Members of the Board 

24 shall be appointed from among individuals who are 

25 not officers or employees of the Federal Government 


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1 and are eminent authorities in the fields of diplo2 macy, management, leadership, technology, and ad3 vanced international relations education. 

(3) OUTSIDE EXPERTISE.—Not fewer than 1 4 ⁄2

5 of the members of the Board shall have a minimum 

6 of 10 years of expertise outside the field of diplo7 macy. 

8 (d) TERMS.—A member of the Board shall be ap9 pointed for a term of 3 years, except that of the members 

10 first appointed— 

(1) 1 11 ⁄3 shall be appointed for a term of 3 years; 

(2) 1 12 ⁄3 shall be appointed for a term of 2 years; 

13 and 

(3) 1 14 ⁄3 shall be appointed for a term of 1 year. 

15 (e) REAPPOINTMENT; REPLACEMENT.—A member of 

16 the Board may be reappointed or replaced at the discre17 tion of the official who made the original appointment. 

18 (f) CHAIRPERSON; CO-CHAIRPERSON.— 

19 (1) APPROVAL.—The Chairperson and Co20 Chairperson of the Board shall be approved by the 

21 Secretary of State based upon a recommendation 

22 from the members of the Board. 

23 (2) SERVICE.—The Chairperson and Co-Chair24 person shall serve at the discretion of the Secretary. 

25 (g) MEETINGS.—The Board shall meet— 


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1 (1) at the call of the Chief Learning Officer ap2 pointed under section 11 in consultation with the 

3 Director of the Foreign Service Institute and the 

4 Chairperson; and 

5 (2) not fewer than 2 times per year. 

6 (h) COMPENSATION.—A member of the Board shall 

7 serve without compensation, except a member of the 

8 Board shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem 

9 in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees 

10 of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, 

11 United States Code, while away from their homes or reg12 ular places of business in the performance of services for 

13 the Board. Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, 

14 United States Code, the Secretary of State may accept 

15 the voluntary and uncompensated services of members of 

16 the Board. 

17 (i) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COM18 MITTEE ACT.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

19 U.S.C. App.) shall apply to the Board established under 

20 this section. 

21 SEC. 8. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROVOST OF THE FOREIGN 

22 SERVICE INSTITUTE. 

23 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

24 Foreign Service Institute the position of Provost. 


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1 (b) APPOINTMENT; REPORTING.—The Provost 

2 shall— 

3 (1) be appointed by the Board of Visitors of the 

4 Foreign Service Institute of the Department of State 

5 established under section 7; and 

6 (2) report to the Director of the Foreign Serv7 ice Institute. 

8 (c) DUTIES.—The Provost shall— 

9 (1) oversee, review, evaluate, and coordinate the 

10 academic curriculum for all courses taught and ad11 ministered by the Foreign Service Institute; 

12 (2) coordinate the implementation of a letter or 

13 numerical grading system for the performance of 

14 Foreign Service officers in courses of the Foreign 

15 Service Institute; and 

16 (3) report not less frequently than quarterly to 

17 the Board of Visitors on curriculum developments 

18 and the performance of Foreign Service officers. 

19 (d) TERM.—The Provost shall serve for a term of not 

20 fewer than 5 years and may be reappointed for 1 addi21 tional term. 

22 (e) COMPENSATION.—The Provost shall receive a sal23 ary commensurate with the rank and experience of a mem24 ber of the Senior Foreign Service or the Senior Executive 

25 Service, as determined by the Board of Visitors. 


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1 SEC. 9. OTHER AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES AND OPPORTU2 NITIES FOR CONGRESSIONAL STAFF. 

3 (a) OTHER AGENCIES.—National security agencies 

4 other than the Department of State should increase the 

5 enrollment of their personnel in courses at the Foreign 

6 Service Institute and other training facilities of the De7 partment to promote a whole-of-government approach to 

8 mitigating national security challenges. 

9 (b) CONGRESSIONAL STAFF.—The Secretary of State 

10 shall budget for and offer opportunities for congressional 

11 staff to participate in education and training through the 

12 Foreign Service Institute. 

13 SEC. 10. STRATEGY FOR RESIDENTIAL TRAINING. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days after the 

15 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 

16 shall develop and submit to the appropriate congressional 

17 committees a strategy for establishing residential training 

18 for the A–100 orientation course administered by the For19 eign Service Institute. 

20 (b) STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT.—In developing the 

21 strategy, the Secretary of State shall— 

22 (1) work with other national security depart23 ments and agencies that employ residential training 

24 for their orientation course; and 


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1 (2) consider using the Foreign Affairs Security 

2 Training Center in Blackstone, Virginia, a facility of 

3 the Department of State. 

4 SEC. 11. ESTABLISHMENT OF CHIEF LEARNING OFFICER 

5 POSITION. 

6 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 

7 Department of State the position of Chief Learning Offi8 cer of the Department. 

9 (b) APPOINTMENT; REPORTING.—The Chief Learn10 ing Officer shall— 

11 (1) be appointed by the Secretary of State; and 

12 (2) report to the Secretary. 

13 (c) DUTIES.— 

14 (1) PRINCIPAL ADVISOR.—The Chief Learning 

15 Officer shall be the principal advisor to the Sec16 retary of State and the Deputy Secretaries of State 

17 on the intellectual preparation and development of 

18 the entire workforce of the Department for 21st cen19 tury diplomacy, including all matters related to the 

20 educational and training strategies, policies, plans, 

21 activities, resources, personnel, and budget of the 

22 Department. 

23 (2) OVERSIGHT.—The Chief Learning Officer 

24 shall oversee— 

25 (A) the Foreign Service Institute; 


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1 (B) the executive fellowship programs of 

2 the Department; 

3 (C) all rotations and exchanges of per4 sonnel of the Department; and 

5 (D) any educational components estab6 lished by the Department. 

7 (3) RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Chief Learning 

8 Officer shall— 

9 (A) serve as the Executive for Education 

10 and Training of the Department; 

11 (B) be responsible for education manage12 ment, policy, facilities, and oversight on all edu13 cational matters of the Department; 

14 (C) advise the Secretary, the Deputy Sec15 retary of State, and all Under Secretaries of 

16 State and the staffs of such officials on all edu17 cational and training matters, and all matters 

18 pertaining to human capital, including recruit19 ment, retention, promotion, supervision, and as20 signments; 

21 (D) develop and execute a comprehensive 

22 education and training strategy for the Depart23 ment; 


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1 (E) represent the Secretary and the Dep2 uty Secretary during the budget formulation 

3 process for all education and related matters; 

4 (F) formulate regulations, policies, strate5 gies, and guidance of the Department for diplo6 matic education and training; 

7 (G) oversee the Foreign Service Institute 

8 and the personnel, resources, and facilities of 

9 the Institute, including by establishing an inde10 pendent Board of Overseers of the Foreign 

11 Service Institute, appointing the members of 

12 the Board, and serving as an ex officio member 

13 of the Board; 

14 (H) provide the Secretary and the Deputy 

15 Secretary with proposed language for use in 

16 promotion policies of the Department, including 

17 setting education, professional development, and 

18 leadership development attainment and per19 formance standards to be required or preferred 

20 for promotion; 

21 (I) establish and chair a Secretary’s Man22 agement Council to coordinate and enforce poli23 cies relating to education and training and pro24 motion, supervision, and assignments, the mem25 bers of which shall be selected by the Secretary 


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1 and include the Under Secretary of State for 

2 Administration and the Director General for 

3 Global Talent Management, among others; 

4 (J) serve as the liaison of the Department 

5 to academia, learning enterprises within the 

6 United States Government, and the education 

7 and learning sectors of the private sector, and 

8 establish partnerships and agreements for edu9 cational exchanges and experiential learning as10 signments; 

11 (K) modify academic curricula, academic 

12 research programs, and faculty-hiring policies, 

13 and make key personnel decisions, as required; 

14 (L) conduct or direct assessments of the 

15 education and training system of the Depart16 ment to determine the quality and relevance of 

17 academic programs; 

18 (M) establish the academic standards for 

19 selection and performance of faculty and stu20 dents within the Department; 

21 (N) exercise decision authority on all addi22 tional matters designated by the Secretary and 

23 Deputy Secretary; and 

24 (O) designate an individual to be respon25 sible for learning and training at every bureau 


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1 of the Department and United States embassy, 

2 and organize those individuals into a network to 

3 collaborate on training and education activities 

4 developing in the field. 

5 (d) TERM.—The Chief Learning Officer shall serve 

6 for a term of not fewer than 3 years, and may be re7 appointed for 2 additional terms. 

8 (e) COMPENSATION.—The rate of basic pay for the 

9 Chief Learning Officer shall be the greater of— 

10 (1) the highest rate of basic pay payable for a 

11 noncareer appointee (as defined in section 3132(a) 

12 of title 5, United States Code); or 

13 (2) the rate of basic pay payable for a highly 

14 qualified expert, as determined by the Secretary of 

15 State, in a position at level III of the Executive 

16 Schedule. 

17 SEC. 12. REPORT AND BRIEFING REQUIREMENTS. 

18 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

19 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

20 submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re21 port that includes— 

22 (1) the strategy developed by the Chief Learn23 ing Officer under section 11(c)(3)(D); 

24 (2) the process used to implement the strategy 

25 throughout the Department; and 


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1 (3) the results and impact of the strategy on 

2 the workforce of the Department, particularly the 

3 relationship between training and promotions for 

4 Department personnel, and including the measure5 ment and evaluation methods used. 

6 (b) BRIEFING.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

7 on which the Secretary of State submits the report re8 quired by subsection (a), and annually thereafter for 2 

9 years, the Secretary shall provide to the appropriate con10 gressional committees a briefing on the information re11 quired to be included in the report. 

12 SECTION 1. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 

13 It is the sense of Congress that— 

14 (1) the Department of State is a crucial national 

15 security agency, whose employees, both Foreign Serv16 ice and Civil Service, require the best possible train17 ing and professional development at every stage of 

18 their careers to prepare them to promote and defend 

19 United States national interests and the health and 

20 safety of United States citizens abroad; 

21 (2) the Department faces increasingly complex 

22 and rapidly evolving challenges, many of which are 

23 science and technology-driven, and which demand 

24 continual, high-quality training and professional de25 velopment of its personnel; 


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1 (3) the new and evolving challenges of national 

2 security in the 21st century necessitates the expansion 

3 of standardized training and professional develop4 ment opportunities linked to equitable, accountable, 

5 and transparent promotion and leadership practices 

6 for Department of State and other national security 

7 agency personnel; and 

8 (4) consistent with gift acceptance authority of 

9 the Department and other applicable laws in effect as 

10 of the date of the enactment of this Act, the Depart11 ment and the Foreign Service Institute may accept 

12 funds and other resources from foundations, not-for13 profit corporations, and other appropriate sources to 

14 help the Department and the Institute enhance the 

15 quantity and quality of training and professional de16 velopment offerings, especially in the introduction of 

17 new, innovative, and pilot model courses. 

18 SEC. 2. APPROPRIATE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES DE19 FINED. 

20 In this Act, the term ‘‘appropriate congressional com21 mittees’’ means— 

22 (1) the Committee on Foreign Relations and the 

23 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 


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1 (2) the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the 

2 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep3 resentatives. 

4 SEC. 3. TRAINING AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 

5 PRIORITIZATION. 

6 In order to provide the Civil Service of the Department 

7 of State and the Foreign Service with the level of profes8 sional development and training needed to effectively ad9 vance United States interests across the world, the Secretary 

10 of State shall— 

11 (1) increase relevant offerings provided by the 

12 Department— 

13 (A) of interactive virtual instruction to 

14 make training and professional development 

15 more accessible and useful to personnel deployed 

16 throughout the world; or 

17 (B) at partner organizations, including 

18 universities, industry entities, and nongovern19 mental organizations, throughout the United 

20 States to provide useful outside perspectives to 

21 Department personnel to provide such per22 sonnel— 

23 (i) a more comprehensive outlook on 

24 different sectors of United States society; 

25 and 


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1 (ii) practical experience dealing with 

2 commercial corporations, universities, labor 

3 unions, and other institutions critical to 

4 United States diplomatic success; 

5 (2) offer courses using computer-based or com6 puter-assisted simulations, allowing civilian officers 

7 to lead decision-making in a crisis environment, and 

8 encourage officers of the Department of State and re9 ciprocally officers of other Departments to participate 

10 in similar exercises held by the Department of State 

11 or other government organizations and the private 

12 sector; and 

13 (3) increase the duration and expand the focus 

14 of certain training and professional development 

15 courses, including by— 

16 (A) extending the A–100 entry-level course 

17 to not less than 12 weeks, better matching the 

18 length of entry-level training and professional 

19 development provided to the officers in other na20 tional security departments and agencies; and 

21 (B) extending the chief of mission course to 

22 not less than 6 weeks for first time chiefs of mis23 sion and creating a comparable 6-week course for 

24 new Assistant Secretaries and Deputy Assistant 


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1 Secretaries to more accurately reflect the signifi2 cant responsibilities accompanying such roles. 

3 SEC. 4. FELLOWSHIPS. 

4 The Director General of the Foreign Service shall— 

5 (1) establish new fellowship programs for For6 eign Service and Civil Service officers that include 

7 short- and long-term opportunities at organizations, 

8 including— 

9 (A) think tanks and nongovernmental orga10 nizations; 

11 (B) the Department of Defense, the elements 

12 of the intelligence community (as defined in sec13 tion 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 

14 U.S.C. 3003)), and other relevant Federal agen15 cies; 

16 (C) industry entities, especially such enti17 ties related to technology, global operations, fi18 nance, and other fields directly relevant to inter19 national affairs; and 

20 (D) schools of international relations and 

21 other relevant programs at universities through22 out the United States; and 

23 (2) not later than 180 days after the date of the 

24 enactment of this Act, provide Congress with a report 

25 on how the Department could expand the Pearson 


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1 Fellows Program for Foreign Service Officers and the 

2 Brookings Fellow Program for Civil Servants at the 

3 Department of State to allow fellows in those pro4 grams the opportunity to undertake a follow-on as5 signment within the Department in an office that will 

6 benefit from practical knowledge of the people and 

7 processes of Congress, including offices other than the 

8 Legislative Affairs Bureau (H), including— 

9 (A) an assessment of the current state of 

10 congressional fellowships, including the demand 

11 for fellowships and the value the fellowships pro12 vide to both the career of the officer and to the 

13 Department; and 

14 (B) an assessment of the options for making 

15 congressional fellowships for both the Foreign 

16 and Civil Services more career-enhancing. 

17 SEC. 5. BOARD OF VISITORS OF THE FOREIGN SERVICE IN18 STITUTE. 

19 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later than 1 year after the 

20 date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State 

21 shall establish a Board of Visitors of the Foreign Service 

22 Institute. 

23 (b) DUTIES.—The Board of Visitors established under 

24 subsection (a) shall provide the Secretary of State with 

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1 tional management, strategic planning, resource manage2 ment, curriculum development, and other matters of interest 

3 to the Foreign Service Institute, including regular observa4 tions about how well the Department is integrating train5 ing and professional development into the work of the bu6 reau for Global Talent Management (GTM). 

7 (c) MEMBERSHIP.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall be— 

9 (A) nonpartisan; and 

10 (B) composed of 12 members of whom— 

11 (i) 2 shall be appointed by the Chair12 person of the Committee on Foreign Rela13 tions of the Senate; 

14 (ii) 2 shall be appointed by the Rank15 ing Member of the Committee on Foreign 

16 Relations of the Senate; 

17 (iii) 2 shall be appointed by the Chair18 person of the Committee on Foreign Affairs 

19 of the House of Representatives; 

20 (iv) 2 shall be appointed by the Rank21 ing Member of the Committee on Foreign 

22 Affairs of the House of Representatives; and 

23 (v) 4 shall be appointed by the Sec24 retary of State. 


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1 (2) QUALIFICATIONS.—Members of the Board 

2 shall be appointed from among individuals who are 

3 not officers or employees of the Federal Government, 

4 who have never been members of the Senior Foreign 

5 Service or the Senior Executive Service, and are emi6 nent authorities in the fields of diplomacy, manage7 ment, leadership, economics, trade, technology, and 

8 advanced international relations education. 

9 (3) OUTSIDE EXPERTISE.—Not fewer than 6 

10 members of the Board shall have a minimum of 10 

11 years of expertise outside the field of diplomacy. 

12 (d) TERMS.—A member of the Board shall be ap13 pointed for a term of 3 years, except that of the members 

14 first appointed— 

15 (1) 4 shall be appointed for a term of 3 years; 

16 (2) 4 shall be appointed for a term of 2 years; 

17 and 

18 (3) 4 shall be appointed for a term of 1 year. 

19 (e) REAPPOINTMENT; REPLACEMENT.—A member of 

20 the Board may be reappointed or replaced at the discretion 

21 of the official who made the original appointment. 

22 (f) CHAIRPERSON; CO-CHAIRPERSON.— 

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1 retary of State based upon a recommendation from 

2 the members of the Board. 

3 (2) SERVICE.—The Chairperson and Co-Chair4 person shall serve at the discretion of the Secretary. 

5 (g) MEETINGS.—The Board shall meet— 

6 (1) at the call of the Director of the Foreign 

7 Service Institute and the Chairperson; and 

8 (2) not fewer than 2 times per year. 

9 (h) COMPENSATION.—A member of the Board shall 

10 serve without compensation, except a member of the Board 

11 shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu 

12 of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies 

13 under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title 5, United States 

14 Code, while away from their homes or regular places of 

15 business in the performance of services for the Board. Not16 withstanding section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, 

17 the Secretary of State may accept the voluntary and un18 compensated services of members of the Board. 

19 (i) APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL ADVISORY COM20 MITTEE ACT.—The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

21 U.S.C. App.) shall apply to the Board established under 

22 this section. 


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1 SEC. 6. ESTABLISHMENT OF PROVOST OF THE FOREIGN 

2 SERVICE INSTITUTE. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the For4 eign Service Institute the position of Provost. 

5 (b) APPOINTMENT; REPORTING.—The Provost shall— 

6 (1) be appointed by the Board of Visitors of the 

7 Foreign Service Institute of the Department of State 

8 established under section 5; and 

9 (2) report to the Director of the Foreign Service 

10 Institute. 

11 (c) QUALIFICATIONS.—The Provost— 

12 (1) may not be an individual who is an officer 

13 or employee of the Federal Government or who has 

14 ever been a career member of the Senior Foreign Serv15 ice or the Senior Executive Service; and 

16 (2) shall be an eminent authority in the fields of 

17 diplomacy, education, management, leadership, eco18 nomics, history, trade, or technology. 

19 (d) DUTIES.—The Provost shall— 

20 (1) oversee, review, evaluate, and coordinate the 

21 academic curriculum for all courses taught and ad22 ministered by the Foreign Service Institute; 

23 (2) coordinate the implementation of a letter or 

24 numerical grading system for the performance of For25 eign Service officers in courses of the Foreign Service 

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1 (3) report not less frequently than quarterly to 

2 the Board of Visitors on curriculum developments and 

3 the performance of Foreign Service officers. 

4 (e) TERM.—The Provost shall serve for a term of not 

5 fewer than 5 years and may be reappointed for 1 additional 

6 term. 

7 (f) COMPENSATION.—The Provost shall receive a sal8 ary commensurate with the rank and experience of a mem9 ber of the Senior Foreign Service or the Senior Executive 

10 Service, as determined by the Board of Visitors. 

11 SEC. 7. OTHER AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES AND OPPORTU12 NITIES FOR CONGRESSIONAL STAFF. 

13 (a) OTHER AGENCIES.—National security agencies 

14 other than the Department of State should be afforded the 

15 ability to increase the enrollment of their personnel in 

16 courses at the Foreign Service Institute and other training 

17 and professional development facilities of the Department 

18 to promote a whole-of-government approach to mitigating 

19 national security challenges. 

20 (b) CONGRESSIONAL STAFF.—Not later than 180 days 

21 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

22 of State shall provide the appropriate congressional com23 mittees with a report on offering training and professional 

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1 sional staff, to include budget impacts and potential course 

2 offerings. 

3 SEC. 8. STRATEGY FOR ADAPTING TRAINING REQUIRE4 MENTS FOR MODERN DIPLOMATIC NEEDS. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

6 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

7 develop and submit to the appropriate congressional com8 mittees a strategy for how to adapt and evolve training re9 quirements to better meet the Department’s current and fu10 ture needs for 21st century diplomacy. 

11 (b) ELEMENTS.—The strategy required under sub12 section (a) shall include the following elements: 

13 (1) Integrating training requirements into the 

14 Department of State’s promotion policies, including 

15 establishing educational and professional development 

16 standards for training and attainment to be used as 

17 a part of tenure and promotion guidelines. 

18 (2) Addressing multiple existing and emerging 

19 national security challenges, including— 

20 (A) democratic backsliding and 

21 authoritarianism; 

22 (B) countering, and assisting United States 

23 allies to address, state-sponsored disinformation, 

24 including through the Global Engagement Cen25 ter; 


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1 (C) cyber threats; 

2 (D) aggression and malign influence; 

3 (E) the implications of climate change for 

4 United States diplomacy; and 

5 (F) nuclear threats. 

6 (3) Establishing residential training for the A– 

7 100 orientation course administered by the Foreign 

8 Service Institute, and evaluating the feasibility of res9 idential training for long-term training opportuni10 ties. 

11 (c) UTILIZATION OF EXISTING RESOURCES.—In estab12 lishing the residential training program pursuant to sub13 section (a)(3), the Secretary of State shall work with other 

14 national security departments and agencies that employ 

15 residential training for their orientation course and con16 sider using the Foreign Affairs Security Training Center 

17 in Blackstone, Virginia, a facility of the Department of 

18 State. 

19 SEC. 9. REPORT AND BRIEFING REQUIREMENTS. 

20 (a) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date of 

21 the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall sub22 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a report 

23 that includes— 

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1 ment, including assessing current and future needs 

2 for 21st century diplomacy; 

3 (2) the process used and resources needed to im4 plement the strategy throughout the Department; and 

5 (3) the results and impact of the strategy on the 

6 workforce of the Department, particularly the rela7 tionship between professional development and train8 ing and promotions for Department personnel, and 

9 including the measurement and evaluation methods 

10 used. 

11 (b) BRIEFING.—Not later than 1 year after the date 

12 on which the Secretary of State submits the report required 

13 by subsection (a), and annually thereafter for 2 years, the 

14 Secretary shall provide to the appropriate congressional 

15 committees a briefing on the information required to be in16 cluded in the report. 

17 SEC. 10. FOREIGN LANGUAGE MAINTENANCE INCENTIVE 

18 PROGRAM. 

19 (a) AUTHORIZATION.—The Secretary of State is au20 thorized to establish and implement an incentive program 

21 to encourage members of the Foreign Service who possess 

22 language proficiency in any of the languages that qualify 

23 for bonus points, as determined by the Secretary, to main24 tain critical foreign language skills. 


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1 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

2 of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 

3 submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees 

4 that includes a detailed plan for implementing the program 

5 authorized under subsection (a), including anticipated re6 source requirements. 

7 SEC. 11. DEPARTMENT OF STATE WORKFORCE MANAGE8 MENT. 

9 (a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Congress 

10 that informed, data-driven, and long-term workforce man11 agement, including with respect to the Foreign Service, 

12 Civil Service, locally employed staff, and contractors, is 

13 needed to align diplomatic priorities with the appropriate 

14 personnel and resources. 

15 (b) ANNUAL WORKFORCE REPORT.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—In order to understand the 

17 Department of State’s long-term trends with respect 

18 to its workforce, the Secretary of State shall, with 

19 input from relevant bureaus and offices, including the 

20 Bureau of Global Talent Management, the Bureau of 

21 Consular Affairs, and the Center for Analytics, sub22 mit to the appropriate congressional committees a re23 port that details the Department of State’s workforce, 

24 disaggregated by Foreign Service, Civil Service, lo25 cally employed staff, and contractors— 


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1 (A) the number of personnel who were hired; 

2 (B) the number of personnel whose employ3 ment or contract was terminated or voluntarily 

4 left the Department; 

5 (C) the number of personnel who were pro6 moted, including the grade to which they were 

7 promoted; 

8 (D) the demographic breakdown of per9 sonnel; and 

10 (E) the distribution of the Department of 

11 State’s workforce based on domestic and overseas 

12 assignments, including a breakdown of the num13 ber of personnel in geographic and functional 

14 bureaus, and the number of personnel in overseas 

15 missions by region. 

16 (2) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 

17 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec18 retary of State shall submit the report described in 

19 paragraph (1) for each fiscal year from fiscal years 

20 2002 through 2022. 

21 (3) RECURRING REPORT.—Not later than De22 cember 31, 2023, and annually thereafter for 9 years, 

23 the Secretary of State shall submit the report de24 scribed in paragraph (1) for the prior fiscal year. 


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1 (4) USE OF REPORT DATA.—The data in the re2 ports required under this subsection shall be used by 

3 Congress, in coordination with the Secretary of State, 

4 to inform recommendations on the appropriate size 

5 and composition of the Department of State. 

6 SEC. 12. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF 

7 FILLING THE POSITION OF UNDERSECRE8 TARY FOR PUBLIC DIPLOMACY AND PUBLIC 

9 AFFAIRS. 

10 It is the sense of Congress that since a vacancy in the 

11 position of Undersecretary for Public Diplomacy and Pub12 lic Affairs is detrimental to the national security interests 

13 of the United States, the President should expeditiously 

14 nominate a qualified individual to such position whenever 

15 such vacancy occurs to ensure that the bureaus reporting 

16 to such position are able to fulfill their mission of— 

17 (1) expanding and strengthening relationships 

18 between the people of the United States and citizens 

19 of other countries; and 

20 (2) engaging, informing, and understanding the 

21 perspectives of foreign audiences. 

22 SEC. 13. REPORT ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY. 

23 Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment 

24 of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to 

25 the appropriate congressional committees that includes— 


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1 (1) an evaluation of the May 2019 merger of the 

2 Bureau of Public Affairs and the Bureau of Inter3 national Information Programs into the Bureau of 

4 Global Public Affairs with respect to— 

5 (A) the efficacy of the current bureau con6 figuration of the bureaus reporting to the Under 

7 Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Af8 fairs in achieving the mission of the Department 

9 of State; 

10 (B) the metrics before and after such merg11 er, including personnel data, disaggregated by 

12 positions and location, content production, opin13 ion polling, program evaluations, and media ap14 pearances; 

15 (C) the results of a survey of public diplo16 macy practitioners to determine their opinion of 

17 the efficacy of such merger and any adjustments 

18 that still need to be made; 

19 (D) a plan for evaluating and monitoring, 

20 not less frequently than once every 2 years, the 

21 programs, activities, messaging, professional de22 velopment efforts, and structure of the Bureau of 

23 Global Public Affairs, and submitting a sum24 mary of each such evaluation to the appropriate 

25 congressional committees; and 


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1 (2) a review of recent outside recommendations 

2 for modernizing diplomacy at the Department of 

3 State with respect to public diplomacy efforts, includ4 ing— 

5 (A) efforts in each of the bureaus reporting 

6 to the Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy 

7 and Public Affairs to address issues of diversity 

8 and inclusion in their work, structure, data col9 lection, programming, and personnel, including 

10 any collaboration with the Chief Officer for Di11 versity and Inclusion; 

12 (B) proposals to collaborate with think 

13 tanks and academic institutions working on 

14 public diplomacy issues to implement recent out15 side recommendations; and 

16 (C) additional authorizations and appro17 priations necessary to implement such rec18 ommendations. 


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Calendar No. 319 

117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3492 

A BILL 

To address the importance of foreign affairs training to national security, and for other purposes. 

APRIL 4 (legislative day, MARCH 31), 2022 

Reported with an amendment 


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