Sec. 6. Training for Foreign Service officers; Report
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Section 708 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 4028 ) is amended— by redesignating subsections
(b)and
(c)as subsections
(d)and (e), respectively; in subsection (d), as redesignated, by striking The Secretary of State and inserting ; Refugees.— The Secretary of State in subsection (e), as redesignated, by striking The Secretary of State and inserting ; Child Soldiers .—The Secretary of State by striking subsection
(a)and inserting the following: The Secretary of State, with the assistance of other relevant officials, including the Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom appointed under section 101(b) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, the Director of the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center, and other Federal officials as appropriate, and in consultation with the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom established in section 201(a) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998, shall develop a curriculum for training United States Foreign Service officers in the meaning and strategic value of religious freedom, how violations of religious freedom harm fundamental United States interests, how the advancement of religious freedom can advance such interests, how United States international religious freedom policy should be carried out in practice by United states diplomats and other Foreign Service officers, and the relevance and relationship of religious freedom to United States defense, diplomacy, development, and public affairs efforts. Not later than the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of the Frank R. Wolf International Religious Freedom Act of 2014 , the Director of the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center shall begin mandatory training on religious freedom for all Foreign Service officers, including all entry level officers and all outgoing deputy chiefs of mission and ambassadors. Such training shall, at minimum, be a separate, independent, and required segment of each of the following: The A–100 course attended by all Foreign Service officers. The courses required of every Foreign Service officer prior to a posting outside the United States, with segments tailored to the particular religious demography, religious freedom conditions, and United States strategies for advancing religious freedom, in each receiving country. The courses required of all outgoing deputy chiefs of mission and ambassadors. The curriculum and training materials developed pursuant to subsections
(a)and
(b)shall be shared with the United States Armed Forces and intelligence community to provide training and particularized instruction on United States religious freedom policies, religious traditions, and religious and cultural issues for the countries the Armed Forces and intelligence community are responsible. . Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State, with the assistance of the Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, and the Director of the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center, shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate a report containing a comprehensive plan for undertaking training for Foreign Service officers as required under section 708 of the Foreign Services Act of 1980, as amended by subsection
(a)of this section.
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