‘‘(G) with flexibility, adaptability, and de-
termination; and 
‘‘(H) who are United States citizens with 
worldwide service availability and who are able 
to obtain appropriate security and medical 
clearances. 
‘‘(e) ADVANCEMENT FROM PROGRAM.—Candidates 
who are accepted into the pilot program under subsection 
(b) in accordance with the qualifications and requirements 
of this section shall have the opportunity to advance to 
the Foreign Service oral assessment for potential entry as 
the appropriate class of mid-level Foreign Service officer 
in accordance with the candidate’s professional qualifica-
tions with a goal of not less than 50 percent of such par-
ticipants per year being so placed. 
‘‘(f) ANNUAL REPORTING.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of the enactment of the Represent America 
Abroad Act of 2023, and annually thereafter, the Sec-
retary shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report on the status of the pilot program under 
subsection (b). Each such report shall include the fol-
lowing information with respect to the previous year: 
‘‘(1) The number of accepted and unaccepted 
applicants to the pilot program, and the number of 
accepted applicants who began participating in the 
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pilot program, and the number of accepted appli-
cants who began participating in the pilot program. 
‘‘(2) Anonymized information on the back-
grounds of accepted pilot program applicants and 
participants with respect to education and prior 
work experience, ethnicity, and sex. 
‘‘(3) The number of pilot program participants 
who have advanced from the pilot program to a 
placement in the Foreign Service, disaggregated by 
education, prior work experience, ethnicity and sex. 
‘‘(4) A disaggregation by Foreign Service as-
signment, cone and post or mission (including identi-
fying whether the post is hard-to-fill) assigned to 
each pilot program participant who has advanced to 
a placement in the Foreign Service. 
‘‘(5) The grade level at which each pilot pro-
gram participant who has advanced to a placement 
in the Foreign Service entered the Foreign Service. 
‘‘(6) The structure and operation of the pilot 
program. 
‘‘(7) Attrition rates and retention data with re-
spect to the pilot program, including information on 
how such data compares to the data reported in the 
most recent prior submission of such report. 
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‘‘(8) Information on recruiting efforts for the 
pilot program, including the resources allocated to 
outreach, as well as where, how, and when outreach 
will be carried out. 
‘‘(9) Information on efforts to improve the effi-
cacy of the pilot program and promote retention of 
program participants. 
‘‘(g) LONGITUDINAL DATA.—The Secretary shall— 
‘‘(1) collect and maintain data on the career 
progression of each program participant for the 
length of each participant’s Foreign Service career; 
and 
‘‘(2) make the data described in paragraph (1) 
available to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees upon request. 
‘‘(h) DURATION.—The pilot program under sub-
section (b) shall be for an initial duration of 3 years, but 
may be renewed for an additional 5-year period following 
the end of such initial duration. 
‘‘(i) MID-CAREER PROFESSIONAL DEFINED.—In this 
section, the term ‘mid-career professional’ means an indi-
vidual who has the skills and experience 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 precepts set forth in the 
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Foreign Affairs Manual and Handbook and in accordance 
with applicable requirements of the Foreign Service Act 
of 1980: 
‘‘(1) An individual with at least 8 years of pro-
fessional experience and a bachelor’s degree from an 
accredited college or university in selected fields of 
study representing the needs of the Department of 
State, including public policy, public administration, 
international law, international relations, political 
science, foreign languages, business administration, 
economics, history, sociology, geography, social or 
cultural anthropology, statistics, or the humanities. 
‘‘(2) An individual with at least 7 years of pro-
fessional experience and a master’s degree from an 
accredited college or university in selected fields of 
study representing the needs of the Department of 
State, including any field specified in paragraph (1). 
‘‘(3) An individual with at least 5 years of pro-
fessional experience and doctoral degree from an ac-
credited college or university in selected fields of 
study representing the needs of the Department of 
State, including any field specified in paragraph 
(1).’’. 
(b) TIMING.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
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commence the implementation of the pilot program under 
section 404(b) of the Department of State Authorities Act, 
Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114–323; 130 Stat. 1928), 
as amended by subsection (a). 
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