departments and agencies provide all necessary and 
relevant information to the federally-funded research 
and development center carrying out the analysis re-
quired under subsection (a)(1). 
(d) INTERIM REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary 
of State shall require that the chief executive officer of the 
federally-funded research and development center that car-
ries out the analysis required under subsection (a)(1) sub-
mit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate 
and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Rep-
resentatives an interim report on such analysis not later 
than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 1303. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FELLOWSHIPS. 
Section 504 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Year 1979 (22 U.S.C. 2656d) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) GRANTS AND COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS RE-
LATED TO SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FELLOWSHIP PRO-
GRAMS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of State is au-
thorized to make grants or enter into cooperative 
agreements related to Department of State science 
and technology fellowship programs, including for as-
sistance in recruiting fellows and the payment of sti-
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pends, travel, and other appropriate expenses to fel-
lows. 
‘‘(2) EXCLUSION FROM CONSIDERATION AS COM-
PENSATION.—Stipends under paragraph (1) shall not 
be considered compensation for purposes of section 
209 of title 18, United States Code. 
‘‘(3) MAXIMUM
ANNUAL
AMOUNT.—The total 
amount of grants made pursuant to this subsection 
may not exceed $500,000 in any fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 1304. TRAVEL FOR SEPARATED FAMILIES. 
Section 901(15) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 4081(15)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘1 round-trip per year for each child 
below age 21 of a member of the Service assigned 
abroad’’ and inserting ‘‘in the case of one or more 
children below age 21 of a member of the Service as-
signed abroad, one round-trip per year’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘for each child’’ before ‘‘to 
visit the member abroad’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘; or’’ and inserting a 
comma; 
(3) in subparagraph (B)— 
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(A) by inserting ‘‘for each child’’ before ‘‘to 
visit the other parent’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘or’’ after ‘‘resides,’’; 
(4) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) for one of the child’s parents to visit 
the child or children abroad if the child or chil-
dren do not regularly reside with that parent 
and that parent is not receiving an education al-
lowance or educational travel allowance for the 
child or children under section 5924(4) of title 5, 
United States Code,’’; and 
(5) in the matter following subparagraph (C), as 
added by paragraph (4) of this section, by striking ‘‘a 
payment’’ and inserting ‘‘the cost of round-trip trav-
el’’. 
SEC. 1305. HOME LEAVE TRAVEL FOR SEPARATED FAMI-
LIES. 
Section 903(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 4083(b)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new sentence: ‘‘In cases in which a member of the 
Service has official orders to an unaccompanied post and 
in which the family members of the member reside apart 
from the member at authorized locations outside the United 
States, the member may take the leave ordered under this 
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section where that member’s family members reside, not-
withstanding section 6305 of title 5, United States Code.’’. 
SEC. 1306. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING CERTAIN FEL-
LOWSHIP PROGRAMS. 
It is the sense of Congress that Department fellowships 
that promote the employment of candidates belonging to 
under-represented groups, including the Charles B. Rangel 
International Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program, the 
Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Fellowship Program, 
and the Donald M. Payne International Development Fel-
lowship Program, represent smart investments vital for 
building a strong, capable, and representative national se-
curity workforce. 
SEC. 1307. TECHNICAL CORRECTION. 
Subparagraph (A) of section 601(c)(6) of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4001(c)(6)) is amended, in 
the matter preceding clause (i), by— 
(1) striking ‘‘promotion’’ and inserting ‘‘pro-
motion, on or after January 1, 2017,’’; and 
(2) striking ‘‘individual joining the Service on 
or after January 1, 2017,’’ and inserting ‘‘Foreign 
Service officer, appointed under section 302(a)(1), 
who has general responsibility for carrying out the 
functions of the Service’’. 
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SEC. 1308. FOREIGN SERVICE AWARDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 614 of the Foreign Service 
Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4013) is amended— 
(1) by amending the section heading to read as 
follows: ‘‘DEPARTMENT AWARDS’’; and 
(2) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘or Civil 
Service’’ after ‘‘the Service’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The item relating to 
section 614 in the table of contents of the Foreign Service 
Act of 1980 is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘Sec. 614. Department awards.’’. 
SEC. 1309. WORKFORCE ACTIONS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS ON WORKFORCE RECRUIT-
MENT.—It is the sense of Congress that the Secretary of 
State should continue to hold entry-level classes for Foreign 
Service officers and specialists and continue to recruit civil 
servants through programs such as the Presidential Man-
agement Fellows Program and Pathways Internship Pro-
grams in a manner and at a frequency consistent with 
prior years and consistent with the need to maintain a pool 
of experienced personnel effectively distributed across skill 
codes and ranks. It is further the sense of Congress that 
absent continuous recruitment and training of Foreign 
Service officers and civil servants, the Department of State 
will lack experienced, qualified personnel in the short, me-
dium, and long terms. 
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