Sec. 110. Addressing host country discriminatory treatment
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It is the sense of Congress that, while serving overseas, Chiefs of Mission and embassy and consulate leadership are responsible for assisting employees and their families in addressing discriminatory treatment due to race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion or belief, disability, national origin, or other protected characteristics or factors even when— such treatment is external to the embassy or mission; and local country norms and laws do not provide the legal options available in the United States to address unjust treatment.
The Secretary shall require each United States diplomatic mission to develop and convey to its employees a policy to counter discriminatory treatment against employees and their family members while serving in their assigned country by host government officials, security personnel, customs and immigration officials, and others working for businesses with contractual or grant relationships with the United States Government, including schools and educational institutions. The policy required under paragraph
(1)shall— include the complete range of available actions, such as calls to host government officials, letters of protest, and diplomatic notes emphasizing the importance of equitable treatment of all United States Government personnel; require post leadership to inform employees and family members, upon their arrival at such post, of the leadership's willingness to address any incidents of discriminatory treatment, if necessary, especially in countries in which there is a historical precedent of host government or societal bias or discrimination towards persons based upon the characteristics referred to in subsection
(a)or other factors; and outline expectations regarding when employees will be provided updates or receive resolution following the report of an incident.