incentive payments for early separation or retirement 
under any other provision of law unless— 
(1) the appropriate congressional committees 
are notified not less than 15 days in advance of such 
obligation or expenditure; and 
(2) the Secretary has provided to the appro-
priate congressional committees a detailed report 
that describes the Department of State’s strategic 
staffing goals, including— 
(A) a justification that describes how any 
proposed workforce reduction enhances the ef-
fectiveness of the Department; 
(B) a certification that such workforce re-
duction is in the national interest of the United 
States; 
(C) a comprehensive strategic staffing plan 
for the Department, including 5-year workforce 
forecasting and a description of the anticipated 
impact of any proposed workforce reduction; 
and 
(D) a dataset displaying comprehensive 
workforce data for all current and planned em-
ployees of the Department, disaggregated by— 
(i) Foreign Service officer and For-
eign Service specialist rank; 
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(ii) civil service job skill code, grade 
level, and bureau of assignment; 
(iii) contracted employees, including 
the equivalent job skill code and bureau of 
assignment; and 
(iv) employees hired under schedule C 
of subpart C of part 213 of title 5, Code 
of Federal Regulations, including their 
equivalent grade and job skill code and bu-
reau of assignment. 
SEC. 1310. SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING VETERANS 
EMPLOYMENT 
AT 
THE 
DEPARTMENT 
OF 
STATE. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) the Department of State should continue to 
promote the employment of veterans, in accordance 
with section 301 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(22 U.S.C. 3941), as amended by section 1407 of 
this Act, including those veterans belonging to tradi-
tionally underrepresented groups at the Department; 
(2) veterans employed by the Department have 
made significant contributions to United States for-
eign policy in a variety of regional and global affairs 
bureaus and diplomatic posts overseas; and 
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(3) the Department should continue to encour-
age veteran employment and facilitate their partici-
pation in the workforce. 
SEC. 1311. EMPLOYEE ASSIGNMENT RESTRICTIONS AND 
PRECLUSIONS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that the Department of State should expand the ap-
peal process it makes available to employees related to as-
signment preclusions and restrictions. 
(b) APPEAL OF ASSIGNMENT RESTRICTION OR PRE-
CLUSION.—Subsection (a) of section 414 of the Depart-
ment of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017 (22 
U.S.C. 2734c(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new sentences: ‘‘Such right and process shall en-
sure that any employee subjected to an assignment restric-
tion or preclusion shall have the same appeal rights as 
provided by the Department regarding denial or revocation 
of a security clearance. Any such appeal shall be resolved 
not later than 60 days after such appeal is filed.’’. 
(c) NOTICE AND CERTIFICATION.—Not later than 90 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of State shall revise, and certify to the Committee 
on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate regard-
ing such revision, the Foreign Affairs Manual guidance 
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regarding denial or revocation of a security clearance to 
expressly state that all review and appeal rights relating 
thereto shall also apply to any recommendation or decision 
to impose an assignment restriction or preclusion to an 
employee. 
SEC. 1312. RECALL AND REEMPLOYMENT OF CAREER MEM-
BERS. 
(a) SENSE OF CONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-
gress that— 
(1) career Department of State employees pro-
vide invaluable service to the United States as non-
partisan professionals who contribute subject matter 
expertise and professional skills to the successful de-
velopment and execution of United States foreign 
policy; and 
(2) reemployment of skilled former members of 
the Foreign and civil service who have voluntarily 
separated from the Foreign or civil service due to 
family reasons or to obtain professional skills outside 
government is of benefit to the Department. 
(b) REEMPLOYMENT.—Subsection (b) of section 308 
of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 3948) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
‘‘Former career tenured members of the Service seeking 
reappointment, who were separated for other than cause 
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for up to five years prior to the date of the enactment 
of this sentence, shall not be required to accept a directed 
first assignment as a condition of reappointment.’’. 
(c) NOTICE OF EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Title 5, United States Code, 
is amended by inserting after chapter 102 the fol-
lowing new chapter: 
‘‘CHAPTER 103—NOTICE OF EMPLOYMENT 
OPPORTUNITIES 
FOR 
DEPARTMENT 
OF STATE AND USAID POSITIONS 
‘‘§ 10301. Notice of employment opportunities for De-
partment of State and USAID positions 
‘‘To ensure that individuals who have separated from 
the Department of State or the United States Agency for 
International Development and who are eligible for re-
appointment are aware of such opportunities, the Depart-
ment of State and the United States Agency for Inter-
national Development shall publicize notice of all employ-
ment opportunities, including positions for which the rel-
evant agency is accepting applications from individuals 
within the agency’s workforce under merit promotion pro-
cedures, 
on 
publicly 
accessible 
sites, 
including 
www.usajobs.gov. If using merit promotion procedures, the 
notice shall expressly state that former employees eligible 
for reinstatement may apply.’’. 
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