Sec. 6. Service obligations, service for training, and other service authorities
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Chapter 14 of title I of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 3901 et seq. ), as amended by section 5 of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following: Except as specifically provided in regulations prescribed by the Secretary of State and subject to subsections (b), (c), and (d), each member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps shall be required each year to— perform active service for training under this subchapter consisting of— not fewer than 24 days of scheduled training, with such training performed— during 12 appropriate 2-day periods, one such period each calendar month; and if required by the Secretary, at such other times, and for such durations, as the Secretary considers appropriate; and not fewer than 14 days of scheduled training and orientation, with such training and orientation performed— during a single, continuous 14-day period; and if required by the Secretary, at such other times, and for such durations, as the Secretary considers appropriate; and perform active service under subchapter VI for not more than 30 days at such times, and for such durations, as the Secretary considers appropriate.
A member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps who performs a continuous period of active service (not including any active service for training under subsection (a)(1) of more than 365 days) may not be required to perform active service or active service for training under subsection
(a)during the 365-day period beginning on the day after the last day of such period of active service. Except as provided in paragraph (2), a member of the Senior Diplomatic Retiree Reserve or the Diplomatic Retiree Reserve may not be required to perform active service for training under subsection (a)(1). The Secretary may require a member referred to in paragraph
(1)to perform active service for training under subsection (a)(1) if the Secretary considers the training to be provided during such service to be necessary to sustain, enhance or improve, or supplement the member’s skills or experience for optimal performance in the Diplomatic Reserve Corps. In determining the satisfaction by a member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps of a required duration of training under subsection (a)(1), any period of travel of the member to and from such training shall not be taken into account. When an authority designated by the Secretary of State considers it in the best interest of the Department of State, a member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps who cannot perform active service under subchapter VI or active service for training under this subchapter, may, if otherwise qualified, be transferred to inactive status in the Corps. This section shall be administered under regulations prescribed by the Secretary. The regulations under paragraph
(1)shall specify the conditions, if any, under which a member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps in inactive status is entitled to be returned to active status in the Corps. While in inactive status under this section, a member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps is not eligible for compensation and other benefits under subchapter III or promotion under subchapter IV and does not accrue credit toward retirement under section 1483(b) for purposes of subchapter VIII. While in inactive status under this section, a member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps does not count against any authorized strength of the Corps, including any limitation on the strength of the Senior Diplomatic Reserve. The Director of the National Foreign Affairs Training Center shall, under the direction and subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, develop the nature and scope of the following in connection with active service for training to be provided members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps under this subchapter: The training to be provided to members for purposes of section 1451(a)(1)(A). The training and orientation to be provided to members for purposes of section 1451(a)(1)(B). The training and the training and orientation developed pursuant to subsection
(a)for members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps shall include the following: Training for foreign language proficiency. Training for career development, consistent with the program required by section 703. Training on human rights, religious freedom, and human trafficking, refugees, child soldiers, and economic and commercial diplomacy, consistent with the requirements of section 708. Training on multilateral diplomacy, consistent with the requirements of section 7111(c) of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 ( 22 U.S.C. 4029 ). Training and training and orientation on such other matters as the Secretary considers appropriate. The training and the training and orientation developed pursuant to this section for members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps shall conform, to the extent practicable, to the training, orientation, and career development provided to members of the Foreign Service pursuant to chapter 7. In providing training and training and orientation to members of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps pursuant to this section, the Secretary may use any of the authorities specified in section 704 to the same extent, and subject to the same conditions and limitations, as the Secretary uses such authorities in the exercise of functions under chapter 7. Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, United States Code, the Secretary of State may accept the gratuitous service of a member of the Diplomatic Reserve Corps with respect to the following: Furtherance of organizing, administering, recruiting, instructing, or training the Corps. Consultation in matters relating to the Department of State. . Section 701(a) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 ( 22 U.S.C. 4021(a) ) is amended— by inserting and the Diplomatic Reserve Corps after the Service the first place it appears; and by inserting and members of the Corps after the Service the second place it appears.
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