Sec. 201. Report on expanded training opportunities
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Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of State shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on measures to provide enhanced training, professional development, and professional education opportunities to career Foreign Service and civil service employees to enhance core diplomatic capabilities. The report required under subsection
(a)shall include the following elements: An assessment of current and planned training, professional development, and professional education opportunities, including topics such as leadership, management, resource allocation, whole-of-government team leadership and management, and trade craft pertaining to core diplomatic capabilities. An assessment of the processes and resources required to make the George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center an accredited academic institution, on a level equivalent to the United States military’s war colleges, capable of granting a master of arts degree in diplomatic studies, to enhance its capabilities to educate Foreign Service, civil service, and other civilian and military interagency professionals in the practice of diplomacy and international development.