(G) with flexibility, adaptability, and deter-
mination; and 
(H) who are United States citizens with 
worldwide service availability and who are able 
to obtain appropriate security and medical 
clearances. 
(c) ADVANCEMENT FROM PROGRAM.—Candidates 
who are accepted into the Program in accordance with the 
qualifications and requirements of this section shall have 
the opportunity to advance to the Foreign Service oral as-
sessment for potential entry as the appropriate class of 
mid-level Foreign Service officer in accordance with the 
candidate’s professional qualifications. 
(d) MID-CAREER PROFESSIONAL DEFINED.—For 
purposes of the Program, the term ‘‘mid-career profes-
sional’’ means an individual who has the skills and experi-
ence to serve as a mid-level Foreign Service officer (class 
3, 2, or 1) and who meets any of the following criteria, 
consistent with the merit-based principles and core pre-
cepts set forth in the Foreign Affairs Manual and Hand-
book and in accordance with applicable requirements of 
the Foreign Service Act of 1980: 
(1) An individual with 8+ years of professional 
experience and a bachelor’s degree from an accred-
ited college or university in selected fields of study 
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representing the needs of the Department of State, 
including public policy, public administration, inter-
national law, international relations, political science, 
foreign languages, business administration, econom-
ics, history, sociology, geography, social or cultural 
anthropology, statistics, or the humanities. 
(2) An individual with 7+ years of professional 
experience and a master’s degree from an accredited 
college or university in selected fields of study rep-
resenting the needs of the Department of State, in-
cluding any field listed in paragraph (1). 
(3) An individual with 5+ years of professional 
experience and doctoral degree from an accredited 
college or university in selected fields of study rep-
resenting the needs of the Department of State, in-
cluding any field listed in paragraph (1). 
SEC. 5. REPORTS. 
(a) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall 
submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Rela-
tions of the Senate a report on a plan to establish the 
Represent America Mid-Career Foreign Service Entry 
Program. 
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(b) ANNUAL UPDATE.—Annually thereafter, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs 
of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 
Foreign Relations of the Senate a report on the status 
of the Represent America Mid-Career Foreign Service 
Entry Program. Each such report shall include the fol-
lowing information with respect to the previous year: 
(1) The number of candidates approved for the 
program. 
(2) The number of candidates who began par-
ticipating, including anonymized information on such 
candidates’ backgrounds with respect to education 
and prior work experience and grade level at which 
the candidate entered the Foreign Service. 
(3) A breakdown of the number of participants 
recruited into and advancing from the program by 
ethnicity and sex. 
(4) A disaggregation by Foreign Service cone 
and post (including identifying whether the post is 
hard-to-fill) assigned to each participant advancing 
from the program. 
(5) Program attrition rates and retention data, 
including information on how such data compares to 
the data reported in the most recent prior submis-
sion of such report. 
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(6) Information on the Department’s recruiting 
efforts for the program, including an outreach strat-
egy detailing resources allocated to outreach, as well 
as where, how, and when outreach will be carried 
out. 
(7) Information on the Department’s efforts to 
improve the efficacy of the program and promote re-
tention of program participants. 
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