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Code · BILL · 119th Congress · H.R. 8167 (Introduced in House) — To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to establish a Diplomatic Reserve Corps. · Sec. 14

Sec. 14. Diplomatic Reserve Corps Account

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There is established on the books of the Treasury an account to be known as the Diplomatic Reserve Corps Account (in this section referred to as the Account ). The Account shall be an account of the Department of State within accounts for the Administration of Foreign Affairs. The elements of the Account shall include the following: Amounts appropriated to the Account by law. Amounts transferred to or otherwise deposited in the Account by law. Such other elements as are provided for by law.
Amounts in the Account shall be available as follows: For salaries, training and orientation, and human resources management (including recruitment and vetting of personnel) of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps under chapter 14 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, as added by this chapter. For operations, including incidental travel, of the Corps. For such other costs and expenses of the Corps as are authorized by law. Except as provided in paragraph (3)(B) or as otherwise provided by law, amounts appropriated to the Account for a fiscal year are available for the purposes specified in paragraph
(1)in such fiscal year and the following fiscal year. Amounts in the Account may be transferred to the accounts as follows for purposes of paying or otherwise defraying costs and expenses of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps by or through such accounts: Diplomatic Programs. Representation Expenses. Payment to the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund. Amounts transferred from the Account to an account pursuant to subparagraph
(A)shall be merged with amounts in the account to which transferred, and shall be available for the same purposes, and subject to the same conditions and limitations, as amounts in such account. Amounts transferred from the Account to a subaccount of the account referred to in subparagraph (A)(i) are subject to reprogramming and transfer to the extent provided for by law applicable to such account and subaccounts.
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