Sec. 2. Period of overseas assignments for certain Foreign Service officers
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(a)of section 502 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 3982 ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: In making assignments under paragraph (1), and in accordance, with section 903, and, if applicable, section 503, the Secretary shall assure that, except as provided in subparagraph (B), a member of the Service serves at a post for a period of not fewer than four consecutive years and not more than six consecutive years. In the case of an unhealthful post (as such term is described in section 817), including war, armed conflict, civil strife, or similar hardship or other extreme condition, or in the case of a first tour of duty or, as determined by the Secretary, other exigent circumstance, the Secretary may reduce the period of assignment specified in subparagraph
(A)by issuing a written waiver. The Secretary shall annually submit to Congress a report on any such reductions made pursuant to this subparagraph, including an explanation of the reasons therefor. In making assignments under paragraph (1), and in accordance with paragraph (3), the Secretary shall assure that members of the Service who have demonstrated a useful knowledge of the principal languages or dialects of the countries in which the posts are located to which such members are assigned, such members are assigned to two consecutive tours of duty. . Subsection
(a)of section 903 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 4083 ) is amended, in the second sentence, by striking 3 years and inserting four years . The Secretary of State shall promulgate such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the amendments made by subsections
(a)and (b).
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