Sec. 405. International Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program
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In this section, the term excepted service has the meaning given such term in section 2103 of title 5, United States Code. Building upon the success of the Charles B. Rangel Graduate Fellowship Program, the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program, and the USAID Donald M. Payne International Development Graduate Fellowship Program in strengthening career pipelines at the Department of State and USAID, the head of each agency (except the Secretary and the Administrator) shall establish an International Affairs Graduate Fellowship Program (referred to in this section as the Program ) under which an eligible individual may— participate in seminars on international career opportunities and a paid fellowship at the respective agency in the United States or at an overseas mission, including the United States mission to the United Nations or other international organizations; receive tuition assistance from the agency for graduate studies, including law school and doctorate degrees; receive an allowance that is equal to the amount needed for— the fellow’s reasonable costs during the period of the Program; and domestic and international travel and lodging expenses related to attending all aspects of the Program, including interviews and orientation; and upon completion of graduate studies from an institution of higher education and successful completion of the Program, as determined by the head of the agency, receive an offer of employment to work in the agency that is in the excepted service.
An individual is eligible to participate in the Program if the individual is— classified as a junior or senior at a minority-serving institution; a member of an underrepresented racial or ethnic group; or a resident of a United States territory. If an individual accepts an offer of employment under subsection (b)(4), the head of the agency shall appoint, without regard to provisions of subchapter I of chapter 33 of title 5, United States Code, (except for section 3328 of such title) such individual to the position specified in such offer.
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter for the following 5 years, the head of the agency shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees that includes— the number of individuals participating in the Program, disaggregated by— demographic data; the institution of higher education in which the individual is enrolled at the time of such participation; and the State in which the individual graduated from high school; and the number of individuals who accepted an offer of employment under the Program, the positions to which each individual was appointed, and the number of individuals who applied for security clearances and successfully received security clearances.
There is authorized to be appropriated to each international affairs agency such sums as may be necessary to carry out the Program.