3.0.0 4921 2022-11-01T04:47:43Z 2022-11-01T04:47:43Z House HR 2019-10-30 116 [Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 172 (Wednesday, October 30, 2019)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. BERA:H.R. 4921.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 8.[Page H8679]]]> hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee House Standing Referred to 2019-10-30T14:01:00Z 2019-10-30 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsfa00 Foreign Affairs Committee 2019-10-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2019-10-30 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress B001287 Rep. Bera, Ami [D-CA-7] Ami Bera D CA 7 N International Affairs Congressional oversight Department of State Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management International Affairs 00 2019-10-30 Introduced in House 2020-04-22T14:17:44Z Strengthening Traditional American Diplomacy Act or the STAND Act

This bill requires that 70% of chief-of-mission appointments and assignments in the Foreign Service shall be of career members of the Foreign Service or the Department of State civil service. The President may waive this requirement on a case-by-case basis by certifying to Congress that a reduction of this percentage is vital to U.S. national security interests.

]]> STAND Act Display Title STAND Act Official Title as Introduced To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to require a certain appointments of chiefs of mission to be from Foreign Service or Civil Service of the Department of State, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced STAND Act Introduced in House IH Short Title(s) as Introduced Strengthening Traditional American Diplomacy Act Introduced in House IH Introduced in House 2019-10-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116hr4921ih/xml/BILLS-116hr4921ih.xml 2019-10-30 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.