Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 38 — Department of State
§ 2734d. Recruitment and retention of individuals who have lived, worked, or studied in predominantly Muslim countries or communities
Statutory text
Findings
Congress finds that successful engagement, including robust public diplomacy, with predominantly Muslim countries and communities is critical for achieving United States foreign policy objectives.
Sense of Congress
It is the sense of Congress that the Department should recruit more employees that have a personal background in, and thorough understating 1 of, the cultures, languages, and history of the Middle East and wider Muslim world.
Recruitment and retention of certain individuals
The Secretary shall make every effort to recruit and retain individuals that have lived, worked, or studied in predominantly Muslim countries or communities, including individuals who have studied at an Islamic institution of higher learning.
Footnotes
- 1 So in original. Probably should be “understanding”.
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 VII § 713 · 130 Stat. 1905
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 2734d
(Pub. L. 114–323, title VII, § 713, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1945.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 114–323, title VII, § 713, Dec. 16, 2016, 130 Stat. 1945.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 713. RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE LIVED, WORKED, OR STUDIED IN PREDOMINANTLY MUSLIM COUNTRIES OR COMMUNITIES. (a) Findings.— Congress finds that successful engagement, including robust public diplomacy, with predominantly Muslim countries and communities is critical for achieving United States foreign policy objectives. (b) Sense of Congress.— It is the sense of Congress that the Department should recruit more employees that have a personal background in, and thorough understating of, the cultures, languages, and history of the Middle East and wider Muslim world. (c) Recruitment and Retention of Certain Individuals.— The Secretary shall make every effort to recruit and retain individuals that have lived, worked, or studied in predominantly Muslim countries or communities, including individuals who have studied at an Islamic institution of higher learning.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Definitions
For definitions of “Department” and “Secretary” as used in this section, see section 2 of Pub. L. 114–323, set out as a note under section 2651 of this title.