[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[Senate]
[Page S2862]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 751. Mr. MERKLEY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
him to the bill S. 2226, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. ADJUDICATION OF ONGOING ASSIGNMENT REVIEWS FOR 
                   DEPARTMENT OF STATE PERSONNEL.

       (a) Time Limit.--The Department of State shall establish a 
     reasonable time limit for the Department to complete an 
     assignment review and establish a deadline by which it must 
     inform personnel of a decision related to such a review.
       (b) Appeals.--For any personnel the Department determines 
     are ineligible to serve in an assignment due to an assignment 
     restriction or assignment review, a Security Appeal Panel 
     shall convene not later than 120 days of an appeal being 
     filed.
       (c) Entry-level Bidding Process.--The Department shall 
     include a description of the assignment review process and 
     critical human intelligence threat posts in a briefing to new 
     officers as part of their entry-level bidding process.
       (d) Point of Contact.--The Department shall designate point 
     of contacts in the Bureau of Diplomatic Security and Bureau 
     of Global Talent Management to answer employee and Career 
     Development Officer questions about assignment restrictions, 
     assignment reviews, and preclusions.
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