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Code · BILL · 116th Congress · S. 4849 (Introduced in Senate) — To require additional disclosures with respect to nominees to serve as chiefs of missions, and for other purposes. · Sec. 2

Sec. 2. Additional disclosures required with respect to nominees

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Section 304 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 3944 ) is amended— in subsection (a)(4), by adding at the end the following: Each such report shall explain the source of, and the extent to which such nominee obtained knowledge of, the principal language or dialect of the country, region, or institution in which the nominee has been nominated to serve as chief of mission and the manner and extent to which such nominee meets the criteria described in paragraph (1), particularly with respect to the source and extent of such individual’s knowledge and understanding of the history, culture, economics, politics, and interests of the people of such country, region, or institution. ; and in subsection (b)— in paragraph (2)— by striking Each and inserting the following:
“(A) In this paragraph— the term bundled contribution has the meaning given such term in section 304(i)(8)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 52 U.S.C. 30104(i)(8)(A) ). the term contribution has the meaning given such term in section 301(8) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 52 U.S.C. 30101(8) ); and the term immediate family means— the spouse of the nominee; any child, parent, grandparent, brother, or sister of the nominee; and the spouse of any of the individuals described in subclause (II).
Each ; in subparagraph (B), as redesignated, by striking fourth calendar year and inserting tenth calendar year ; by striking The report and inserting the following: The report shall include the disclosure of all bundled contributions facilitated by the nominee during the period described in subparagraph (B), in accordance with section 304(i)(8) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 ( 52 U.S.C. 30104(i)(8) ), and ; by striking The chairman and inserting the following: The chairman ; in subparagraph (D), as redesignated, by adding at the end the following:
The Secretary of State shall publish each such report and each ; and Certificate of Competency issued pursuant to subsection (a)(4)(A) on a publicly available website of the Department of State. by striking As used in this paragraph and all that follows; and by adding at the end the following: The President shall certify to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate that any contributions made by each individual nominated to be a chief of mission or members of the nominee’s immediate family, whether or not included in the report described in paragraph (2), played no role in such nomination. .
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