[Congressional Record Volume 172, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 24, 2026)]
[Senate]
[Page S3455]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 6329. Ms. ROSEN (for herself and Mr. Ricketts) submitted an 
amendment intended to be proposed by her to the bill S. 4784, to 
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 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 end of subtitle G of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1094. EXPANSION OF LIMITED CONSULAR APPOINTMENT 
                   AUTHORITY.

       Section 309 of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
     3949) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ``, or 8 years in 
     duration for personnel performing consular services,'' after 
     ``may not exceed 5 years in duration''; and
       (2) in subsection (b)(6)--
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``or'';
       (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at the end 
     and inserting ``; or''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(C) a limited noncareer appointment for a period not to 
     exceed 2 years, in the case of personnel performing consular 
     services.''.
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