Sec. 3. Employment and education programs for eligible family members of members of the foreign service
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Section 706(b) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 4026(b) ) is amended— in paragraph (1)— by striking The Secretary may and inserting The Secretary shall ; and by amending subparagraph
(C)to read as follows: establishing a program for assisting eligible family members (as such term is defined in 3 FAM 7120) in accessing employment and education opportunities, which shall be modeled after the programs authorized under sections 1784 and 1784a of title 10, United States Code, and based on regulations modeled after those prescribed pursuant to subsection
(b)of such section 1784; and ; by redesignating paragraph
(2)as paragraph (9); and by inserting after paragraph
(1)the following new paragraphs: The Secretary shall prescribe regulations— to carry out paragraph (1)(C); to provide preference to eligible family members in hiring for any civilian position in the Department of State if— the eligible family member is among persons determined to be best qualified for the position; and the position is located in the country of assignment of the employee to whom they are related; to ensure that notice of any vacant position in the Department is provided in a manner reasonably designed to reach eligible family members of such employees whose permanent duty stations are in the same country as that in which the position is located; and to ensure that an eligible family member who applies for a vacant position in the Department shall, to the extent practicable, be considered for any such position located in the same country as the permanent duty station of the employee to whom he or she is related. Nothing in this section may be construed to provide an eligible family member with preference in hiring over an individual who is preference eligible. Under regulations prescribed by the Secretary, a chief of mission may, consistent with all applicable laws and regulations pertaining to the ICASS system, make available to a non-Department entity space in an embassy or consulate for the purpose of such non-Department entity providing employment-related training for eligible family members. The Secretary may work with the Director of the Office of Personnel Management and the heads of other Federal departments and agencies to expand and facilitate the use of existing Federal programs and resources in support of eligible family member employment. The Secretary may— develop partnerships with entities in the private sector to enhance employment opportunities for eligible family members and to provide for improved job portability, especially in the case of an eligible family member accompanying an employee to whom he or she is related to a new geographical area because of a change of permanent duty station of such employee; and work with the United States Chamber of Commerce and other appropriate private-sector entities to facilitate the formation of such partnerships. The Secretary may prescribe regulations to incorporate hiring preferences for eligible family members of employees to whom they are related into contracts between the Department and private sector entities. The Secretary may enter into a cooperative agreement with the Council of State Governments to assist with funding of the development of interstate compacts on licensed occupations in order to alleviate the burden associated with relicensing in such an occupation by an eligible family member in connection with a permanent change of duty station of the employee to whom he or she is related. The amount provided under subparagraph
(A)as assistance for the development of any particular interstate compact may not exceed $1,000,000. The total amount of assistance provided under subparagraph
(A)in any fiscal year may not exceed $4,000,000. Not later than February 28 each year, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on Foreign Relations of the Senate and the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives a report on interstate compacts described in subparagraph
(A)developed through assistance provided under such subparagraph. Each report shall set forth information relating to the following: An interstate compact developed during the preceding calendar year, including the occupational licenses covered by such compact and the States agreeing to enter into such compact. An interstate compact developed during a prior calendar year into which one or more additional States agreed to enter during the preceding calendar year. The authority to enter into a cooperative agreement under subparagraph (A), and to provide assistance described in such subparagraph pursuant to such cooperative agreement, expires on September 30, 2024. .
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