Amendments
2021—Subsec. (c)(6)(A). [Pub. L. 117–81], in introductory provisions, substituted “promotion, on or after January 1, 2017,” for “promotion” and “Foreign Service officer, appointed under section 3942(a)(1) of this title, who has general responsibility for carrying out the functions of the Service” for “individual joining the Service on or after January 1, 2017,”.
2016—Subsec. (c)(4). [Pub. L. 114–323, § 715(b)(5)], struck out par. (4) which read as follows: “Not later than March 1, 2001, and every four years thereafter, the Secretary of State shall submit a report to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate which shall include a workforce plan for the subsequent five years, including projected personnel needs, by grade and by skill. Each such plan shall include for each category the needs for foreign language proficiency, geographic and functional expertise, and specialist technical skills. Each workforce plan shall specifically account for the training needs of Foreign Service personnel and shall delineate an intake program of generalist and specialist Foreign Service personnel to meet projected future requirements.”
[Pub. L. 114–291] substituted “include a workforce plan” for “include the following:
“(A) A description of the steps taken and planned in furtherance of—
“(i) maximum compatibility among agencies utilizing the Foreign Service personnel system, as provided for in section 3923 of this title, and
“(ii) the development of uniform policies and procedures and consolidated personnel functions, as provided for in section 3924 of this title.
“(B) A workforce plan”.
Subsec. (c)(5). [Pub. L. 114–323, § 715(b)(5)], struck out par. (5) which read as follows: “If there are substantial modifications to any workforce plan under paragraph (4)(B) during any year in which a report under paragraph (4) is not required, a supplemental annual notification shall be submitted in the same manner as reports are required to be submitted under paragraph (4).”
Subsec. (c)(6). [Pub. L. 114–323, § 403], added par. (6).
1999—Subsec. (c)(4), (5). [Pub. L. 106–113] added pars. (4) and (5) and struck out former par. (4), which required report not later than Mar. 1 of each year, describing steps taken and planned in furtherance of compatibility and development of uniform procedures and consolidated personnel functions, specifying upper and lower limits planned for recruitment, retention, and advancement of members, and specifying numbers of members assigned to positions more than one grade higher or lower than the member.
1994—Subsec. (b). [Pub. L. 103–236], which directed amendment of par. (2) by striking “and” the last place it appears and by inserting “and other members of the Service” after “categories of career candidates,”, was executed by striking “and” after “categories of career members,” and making the insertion in concluding provisions below par. (2), to reflect the probable intent of Congress.
1987—Subsec. (c)(4). [Pub. L. 100–204] added par. (4).
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Reports Eliminated
[Pub. L. 104–66, title II, § 2241], Dec. 21, 1995, [109 Stat. 733], which provided that reports required under section 4001(c)(4) of this title would not cover activities of the United States Information Agency, was repealed by [Pub. L. 105–277, div. G], subdiv. A, title XIII, § 1336(5), Oct. 21, 1998, [112 Stat. 2681–790].
Language Training in Foreign Service
[Pub. L. 102–138, title I, § 155], Oct. 28, 1991, [105 Stat. 675], as amended by [Pub. L. 105–277, div. G], subdiv. A, title XIII, § 1335(q), Oct. 21, 1998, [112 Stat. 2681–789], provided that: “The Department of State and the Department of Commerce shall ensure that the precepts for promotion of Foreign Service employees provide that end-of-training reports for employees in full-time language training shall be weighed as heavily as the annual employee efficiency reports, in order to ensure that employees in language training are not disadvantaged in the promotion process.”
Foreign Service Promotion Panels
[Pub. L. 101–246, title I, § 163], Feb. 16, 1990, [104 Stat. 47], as amended by [Pub. L. 107–132, § 1(b)], Jan. 16, 2002, [115 Stat. 2412], provided that: “It is the sense of the Congress that, to the greatest extent possible, Foreign Service promotion panels should—“(1)
only promote candidates to the Senior Foreign Service who have demonstrated foreign language proficiency in at least one language at the General Professional Speaking Proficiency level, as defined by the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center;
“(2)
strive for the objective stipulated in the Foreign Service Manual ‘to be able to use two foreign languages at a minimum professional level of proficiency of S–3/R–3, which is the general professional speaking proficiency level’; and
“(3)
have at least one person on each Foreign Service promotion panel who has attained at least the General Professional Speaking Proficiency level in one language level.”
Language Proficiency in Employee Evaluation Report
[Pub. L. 101–246, title I, § 164], Feb. 16, 1990, [104 Stat. 47], required revision of employee and officer evaluation reports for Foreign Service officers of Department of State and Agency for International Development to include separate assessment of employee’s effectiveness in using foreign language and required that precedence in promotion be given to officers achieving certain levels of proficiency in foreign language, prior to repeal by [Pub. L. 103–236, title I, § 191(b)], Apr. 30, 1994, [108 Stat. 418]. See [section 191(a) of Pub. L. 103–236], set out as a note under section 3926 of this title.