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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 1793 (Introduced in House) — To establish a framework for effective, transparent, and accountable United States foreign assistance, and for other... · Sec. 10903

Sec. 10903. Language skills development

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The Secretary and the Administrator shall develop a system for increasing the number and percentage of Foreign Service Officers at the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development, respectively, who are proficient in the official language of the country of assignment. Such system shall include— methods for identifying emerging areas of foreign language shortfalls and projected language needs; designation of Foreign Service positions for which a minimum level of certified language proficiency is required, to be known as language designated positions ; designation of languages for which there is a critical unmet need, to be known as critical languages ; development of policies and procedures relating to assignments, length of rotations, recruitment, retention, training, and promotion to— ensure that there are a sufficient number of Foreign Service officers able and available to fill language designated positions; and remedy shortfalls in critical languages; establishment of clear and measurable performance goals and objectives; and requirements for monitoring and evaluation of progress.
The Secretary and the Administrator shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees, not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, a report on the system developed under subsection
(a)and a plan for its implementation, including any budgetary implications. One year after the date on which the report is transmitted pursuant to subsection (c), and each of the next 2 years thereafter, the Secretary and the Administrator shall transmit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on the status of implementation of the system developed under subsection (a). Section 702 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 4022 ) is amended by striking subsection (c). Notwithstanding section 10302, amounts made available to the Agency to carry out this section shall not be considered to be operating expenses.
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