Sec. 6501. REPORT ON RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND PROMOTION OF FOREIGN SERVICE ECONOMIC OFFICERS

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## SEC. 6501 REPORT ON RECRUITMENT, RETENTION, AND PROMOTION OF FOREIGN SERVICE ECONOMIC OFFICERS ###

(a)In General Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this division, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees regarding the recruitment, retention, and promotion of economic officers in the Foreign Service. ###

(b)Elements The report required under subsection

(a)shall include— ####

(1)an overview of the key challenges the Department faces in— #####

(A)recruiting individuals to serve as economic officers in the Foreign Service; and #####

(B)retaining individuals serving as economic officers in the Foreign Service, particularly at the level of GS-14 of the General Schedule and higher; ####

(2)an overview of the key challenges in recruiting and retaining qualified individuals to serve in economic positions in the Civil Service; ####

(3)a comparison of promotion rates for economic officers in the Foreign Service relative to other officers in the Foreign Service; ####

(4)a summary of the educational history and training of current economic officers in the Foreign Service and Civil Service officers serving in economic positions; ####

(5)the identification, disaggregated by region, of hard-to-fill posts and proposed incentives to improve staffing of economic officers in the Foreign Service at such posts; ####

(6)a summary and analysis of the factors that lead to the promotion of— #####

(A)economic officers in the Foreign Service; and #####

(B)individuals serving in economic positions in the Civil Service; and ####

(7)a summary and analysis of current Department-funded or run training opportunities and externally-funded programs, including the Secretary’s Leadership Seminar at Harvard Business School, for— #####

(A)economic officers in the Foreign Service; and #####

(B)individuals serving in economic positions in the Civil Service.