3.0.0 1293 2022-02-09T01:57:11Z 2022-02-09T10:05:31Z Senate S 2019-05-02 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-05-02T17:12:29Z 2019-05-02 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2019-05-02 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD N S001198 Sen. Sullivan, Dan [R-AK] Dan Sullivan R AK 2019-05-02 True K000384 Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] Timothy Kaine D VA M. 2020-02-04 False International Affairs Commuting Congressional oversight Department of State Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Marriage and family status Public contracts and procurement International Affairs 00 2019-05-02 Introduced in Senate 2020-01-06T14:43:39Z Foreign Service Families Act of 2019

This bill directs the Department of State to include in the Foreign Affairs Manual an updated plan for providing telecommuting employment opportunities for the spouses of overseas Foreign Service Officers.

The State Department shall facilitate employment of such spouses by providing regular career counseling, maintaining a centralized database of the skills of such spouses and available employment opportunities, and offering other employment-related assistance. (Currently, the State Department is authorized to provide such assistance but not required to do so.) The State Department shall establish a program to help such spouses access employment and education opportunities, modeled after already-authorized programs for military spouses.

The State Department shall report to Congress on the status of the implementation of the Foreign Service Family Reserve Corps (a program designed to speed up the hiring process for eligible family members of overseas Foreign Service officers), including (1) an update on the implementation of a hiring preference for Corps members, and (2) an accounting of any Corps-eligible individuals who were unable to fill a position at new location due to an inability to transfer a security clearance.

Family members of overseas government employees shall not be held to a higher employment standard for positions customarily filled by Foreign Service officers, Foreign Service personnel, or foreign nationals.

]]> Foreign Service Families Act of 2019 Display Title Foreign Service Families Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Foreign Service Families Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to expand employment opportunities for spouses of Foreign Service officers. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s1293is/xml/BILLS-116s1293is.xml 2019-05-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. 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.