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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. 2

Sec. 2. Diplomatic Reserve Corps

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Title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: There is in the Department of State a Diplomatic Reserve Corps. The purpose of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps is to assist the Secretary of State, the Department of State, and the Foreign Service in the discharge of their responsibilities and functions as authorized by law through the maintenance of a reserve of trained personnel available for active service when the needs of the Secretary, the Department, or the Service so require.
The Diplomatic Reserve Corps is an independent personnel system within the Department of State. The Diplomatic Reserve Corps is not a component or other element of the Foreign Service. Members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps, whether or not on active service, are not members of the Foreign Service. The Diplomatic Reserve Corps has four elements as follows: The Senior Diplomatic Reserve. The Senior Diplomatic Retiree Reserve. The Diplomatic Reserve. The Diplomatic Retiree Reserve.
Under the direction of the President, the Secretary of State shall administer and direct the Diplomatic Reserve Corps and shall coordinate its activities with the needs of the Department of State and the Foreign Service. The Director General of the Foreign Service should assist the Secretary in the management of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps. Subject to the approval of the Secretary, the Director General may, in assisting the Secretary pursuant to paragraph (1), delegate to an appropriate senior officer in the Department overall responsibility for management of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps.
The Diplomatic Reserve Corps shall be administered to the extent practicable in conformity with policy and regulations applicable to the Foreign Service, in particular, and the policies and regulations of the Government, generally. The bureaus, offices, and operating elements of the Department of State have the same relation and responsibility to the Diplomatic Reserve Corps as they do to the Foreign Service and the civil service of the Department. The regulations prescribed under section 206(a) may include regulations relating to the Diplomatic Reserve Corps and the discharge of its functions.
Section 206(b), relating to delegation of functions by the Secretary of State, applies to functions with respect to the Diplomatic Reserve Corps. The Diplomatic Reserve Corps is an operating unit of the Department of State for purposes of section 209, relating to the authorities and responsibilities of the Inspector General of the Department of State. Members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps may be assigned to the headquarters of the Department of State to participate in the administration of this chapter and in the preparation of policies and regulations relating to the Corps.
Any members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps assigned to headquarters of the Department pursuant to subsection
(a)are in addition to any other numbers of staff at the headquarters as otherwise authorized or limited by law. The authority in subsection
(a)may not be interpreted to prohibit or limit the assignment of members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps to other posts, positions, or other locations of assignment, whether permanent or temporary, in the United States. The Secretary of State shall take appropriate actions to ensure that recruitment for the Diplomatic Reserve Corps ranges widely throughout the United States and is designed to obtain and maintain a Corps that is representative of the American people. The Secretary may enter into one or more contracts with private individuals for personal services in connection with recruitment for the Diplomatic Reserve Corps, including to assist in the discharge of the requirement in subsection (a). Individuals under contract under this subsection shall not be considered employees of the United States for any purposes. However, the Secretary may specify in any such contract the applicability of a law administered by the Secretary to the activities of the individual covered by such contract. .
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U.S.C.§ 3901
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