(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for subpart I of title 5, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘10301. Notice of employment opportunities for Department of State and 
USAID positions’’. 
SEC. 1313. STRATEGIC STAFFING PLAN FOR THE DEPART-
MENT OF STATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of 
State shall submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a comprehensive 5-year strategic staffing plan for 
the Department of State that is aligned with and furthers 
the objectives of the National Security Strategy of the 
United States of America issued in December 2017, or 
any subsequent strategy issued not later than 18 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, which shall 
include the following: 
(1) A dataset displaying comprehensive work-
force data, including all shortages in bureaus de-
scribed in GAO report GAO–19–220, for all current 
and 
planned 
employees 
of 
the 
Department, 
disaggregated by— 
(A) Foreign Service officer and Foreign 
Service specialist rank; 
(B) civil service job skill code, grade level, 
and bureau of assignment; 
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(C) contracted employees, including the 
equivalent job skill code and bureau of assign-
ment; and 
(D) employees hired under schedule C of 
subpart C of part 213 of title 5, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, including the equivalent grade 
and job skill code and bureau of assignment of 
such employee. 
(2) Recommendations on the number of For-
eign Service officers disaggregated by service cone 
that should be posted at each United States diplo-
matic post and in the District of Columbia, with a 
detailed basis for such recommendations. 
(3) Recommendations on the number of civil 
service officers that should be employed by the De-
partment, with a detailed basis for such rec-
ommendations. 
(b) MAINTENANCE.—The dataset required under 
subsection (a)(1) shall be maintained and updated on a 
regular basis. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of State shall 
lead the development of the plan required under sub-
section (a) but may consult or partner with private sector 
entities with expertise in labor economics, management, 
or human resources, as well as organizations familiar with 
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the demands and needs of the Department of State’s 
workforce. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 120 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional committees a re-
port regarding root causes of Foreign Service and civil 
service shortages, the effect of such shortages on national 
security objectives, and the Department of State’s plan to 
implement recommendations described in GAO–19–220. 
SEC. 1314. CONSULTING SERVICES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 103 of title 5, United 
States Code, as added by section 1312 of this Act, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘§ 10302. Consulting services for the Department of 
State 
‘‘Any consulting service obtained by the Department 
of State through procurement contract pursuant to section 
3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to 
those contracts with respect to which expenditures are a 
matter of public record and available for public inspection, 
except if otherwise provided under existing law, or under 
existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for subpart I of title 5, United States Code, is amended 
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by adding after the item relating to section 10302 the fol-
lowing new item: 
‘‘10302. Consulting services for the Department of State’’. 
SEC. 1315. INCENTIVES FOR CRITICAL POSTS. 
Section 1115(d) of the Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 2009 (Public Law 111–32) is amended by striking 
the last sentence. 
SEC. 1316. EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY FOR CERTAIN AC-
COUNTABILITY REVIEW BOARDS. 
Section 301(a)(3) of the Omnibus Diplomatic Secu-
rity and Antiterrorism Act of 1986 (22 U.S.C. 
4831(a)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AFGHANISTAN 
AND’’ and inserting ‘‘AFGHANISTAN, YEMEN, SYRIA, 
AND’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘Afghanistan 
or’’ and inserting ‘‘Afghanistan, Yemen, Syria, 
or’’; and 
(B) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘beginning 
on October 1, 2005, and ending on September 
30, 2009’’ and inserting ‘‘beginning on October 
1, 2020, and ending on September 30, 2022’’. 
SEC. 1317. FOREIGN SERVICE SUSPENSION WITHOUT PAY. 
Subsection (c) of section 610 of the Foreign Service 
Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4010) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (1), in the matter preceding 
subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘suspend’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘indefinitely suspend without duties’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para-
graph (7); 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (4) the fol-
lowing new paragraphs: 
‘‘(5) Any member of the Service suspended 
from duties under this subsection may be suspended 
without pay only after a final written decision is pro-
vided to such member under paragraph (2). 
‘‘(6) If no final written decision under para-
graph (2) has been provided within one calendar 
year of the date the suspension at issue was pro-
posed, not later than 30 days thereafter the Sec-
retary of State shall report to the Committee on 
Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
in writing regarding the specific reasons for such 
delay.’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (7), as so redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘(7) In this subsection:’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘(A) 
The term’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘(7) In this subsection, the term’’; 
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