3.0.0 3430 2022-02-08T23:23:01Z 2022-02-08T23:23:01Z Senate S 2020-03-10 116 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-03-10T19:48:15Z LOVE Act of 2019 116 1252 S 2019-04-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Related bill CRS 2020-03-10 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2020-03-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M000639 Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] Robert Menendez D NJ N International Affairs Administrative remedies Congressional oversight Department of State Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Employee hiring Employment and training programs Employment discrimination and employee rights Executive agency funding and structure Federal officials Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Higher education Marriage and family status Military personnel and dependents Minority employment Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers Sex, gender, sexual orientation discrimination Student aid and college costs Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation Visas and passports Women's employment International Affairs 00 2020-03-10 Introduced in Senate 2020-11-24T16:49:21Z Department of State Inclusivity Act of 2020

This bill establishes measures to promote diversity at the Department of State, and it offers a formal apology from Congress for encouraging policies at the State Department such as the Lavender Scare, which resulted in the wrongful termination of at least 1,000 people for alleged homosexuality.

The bill establishes a Chief Diversity Officer at the State Department to lead inclusion initiatives, support recruitment of a diverse workforce, recommend trainings on inclusivity, and ensure continued compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

The bill requires the State Department to

  • report certain data regarding the diversity of its workforce;
  • conduct interviews with current employees, and exit interviews with separating employees, to receive feedback on workplace policies, professional development opportunities, and other issues affecting diversity;
  • expand anti-harassment, antidiscrimination, and implicit bias training and make such training mandatory for certain individuals;
  • develop a pilot program to use gender-neutral terms in evaluation forms;
  • review employee terminations to determine wrongful terminations based on sexual orientation and issue a report on the findings;
  • establish a Reconciliation Board to contact an employee (or family member) improperly terminated during the Lavender Scare and offer to change the employee's record;
  • establish a board to address issues faced by lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex Foreign Service employees and their families; and
  • report on which countries refuse to issue spousal visas for Foreign Service employee spouses due to sexual orientation and recommend how to address this issue.
]]> Department of State Inclusivity Act of 2020 Display Title Department of State Inclusivity Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced Department of State Inclusivity Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill LOVE Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill Lavender Offense Victim Exoneration Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to promote diversity at the Department of State, to direct the Secretary of State to review the termination characterization of former members of the Department who were fired by reason of the sexual orientation of the official, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-03-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3430is/xml/BILLS-116s3430is.xml 2020-03-10 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.