Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 38 — Department of State
§ 2734b. Report on diversity recruitment, employment, retention, and promotion
Statutory text
In general
The Secretary should provide oversight to the employment, retention, and promotion of traditionally underrepresented minority groups.
Additional recruitment and outreach required
The Department should conduct recruitment activities that—
develop and implement effective mechanisms to ensure that the Department is able effectively to recruit and retain highly qualified candidates from a wide diversity of institutions; and
improve and expand recruitment and outreach programs at minority-serving institutions.
Report
Not later than 180 days after , and quadrennially thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a comprehensive report that describes the efforts, consistent with existing law, including procedures, effects, and results of the Department since the period covered by the prior such report, to promote equal opportunity and inclusion for all American employees in direct hire and personal service contractors status, particularly employees of the Foreign Service, including equal opportunity for all traditionally underrepresented minority groups.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Department of State Authorities Act, Fiscal Year 2017
Pub. L. 114–323 title IV § 410 · 130 Stat. 1905
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 2734b
(Pub. L. 114–323, title IV, § 410, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1931.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 114–323, title IV, § 410, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1931.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 410. REPORT ON DIVERSITY RECRUITMENT, EMPLOYMENT, RETENTION, AND PROMOTION. (a) In General.— The Secretary should provide oversight to the employment, retention, and promotion of traditionally underrepresented minority groups. (b) Additional Recruitment and Outreach Required.— The Department should conduct recruitment activities that— (1) develop and implement effective mechanisms to ensure that the Department is able effectively to recruit and retain highly qualified candidates from a wide diversity of institutions; and (2) improve and expand recruitment and outreach programs at minority-serving institutions. (c) Report.— Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act and quadrennially thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a comprehensive report that describes the efforts, consistent with existing law, including procedures, effects, and results of the Department since the period covered by the prior such report, to promote equal opportunity and inclusion for all American employees in direct hire and personal service contractors status, particularly employees of the Foreign Service, including equal opportunity for all traditionally underrepresented minority groups.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Definitions
For definitions of “Secretary”, “Department”, and “Foreign Service” as used in this section, see section 2 of Pub. L. 114–323, set out as a note under section 2651 of this title.