3.0.0 1550 2023-01-11T13:49:25Z 2023-01-11T13:49:25Z Senate S 2021-05-11 117 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2021-05-11T19:01:57Z Foreign Service Families Act of 2021 117 4306 HR 2021-07-01 Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Reform, and Education and Labor, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. Related bill CRS 2021-05-11 ssfr00 Foreign Relations Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. IntroReferral 2021-05-11 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 2021-05-11 True C001088 Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE] Christopher Coons D DE A. 2021-05-11 True Y000064 Sen. Young, Todd [R-IN] Todd Young R IN C. 2021-05-11 True G000555 Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] Kirsten Gillibrand D NY E. 2021-07-21 False International Affairs Commuting Congressional oversight Department of State Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad Employee hiring Family relationships Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Higher education Intergovernmental relations Internet and video services Internet, web applications, social media Lease and rental services Licensing and registrations Motor vehicles Public contracts and procurement State and local government operations Student aid and college costs Telephone and wireless communication International Affairs 00 2021-05-11 Introduced in Senate 2021-12-01T16:53:21Z Foreign Service Families Act of 2021

This bill increases access to career and educational opportunities for eligible family members of foreign service employees.

Specifically, the Department of State must use additional hiring preferences and apply appropriate hiring standards to eligible family members seeking employment in certain civil service positions overseas. Additionally, the State Department may take other steps to improve job portability and otherwise support employment of eligible family members who work in the federal civil service or private sector jobs. The State Department must also report on the implementation of the Foreign Service Family Reserve Corps, a program that expedites hiring and onboarding processes for family members who are eligible for appointment to positions overseas.

Furthermore, each federal agency must include in its telework policy the circumstances under which an employee may temporarily work from an approved location overseas.

The bill also makes foreign service employees (or their spouses and dependent children) who are domiciled or assigned to a duty station in a given state eligible for in-state tuition at public institutions of higher education in that state. Such individuals retain their eligibility for in-state tuition provided they maintain continuous enrollment even if their domicile or duty station changes. Additionally, the bill entitles members of the Foreign Service who are posted abroad to terminate residential and motor vehicle leases and telephone service contracts without being subject to early termination fees.

]]> Foreign Service Families Act of 2021 Display Title Foreign Service Families Act of 2021 Official Title as Introduced A bill to support Foreign Service families, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced Foreign Service Families Act of 2021 Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s1550is/xml/BILLS-117s1550is.xml 2021-05-11 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.