Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 38 — Department of State
§ 2734g. Promoting transparency and accountability in the Department of State workforce
Statutory text
In general
The Secretary should establish a mechanism to ensure that appointments or details of Department career employees to staff positions in the Office of the Secretary, the Office of the Deputy Secretary of State, the Office of the Counselor of the Department, any office of the Secretary’s Policy Planning Staff, and any office of an Under Secretary of State, and details to the National Security Council, are transparent, competitive, inclusive, and merit-based.
Report
Not later than 90 days after , the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees regarding the mechanism established pursuant to subsection (a).
Availability
The Secretary shall—
use transparent, competitive, inclusive, and merit-based processes for appointments and details to the staff positions specified in subsection (a); and
ensure that such positions are equally available to all employees of the Civil Service and the Foreign Service of the Department.
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 Authorization Act of 2022
Pub. L. 117–263 div. I title XCIV § 9404 · 136 Stat. 2395
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 2734g
(Pub. L. 117–263, div. I, title XCIV, § 9404, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3896.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 117–263, div. I, title XCIV, § 9404, Dec. 23, 2022, 136 Stat. 3896.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 9404. PROMOTING TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY IN THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE WORKFORCE. (a) In General.— The Secretary should establish a mechanism to ensure that appointments or details of Department career employees to staff positions in the Office of the Secretary, the Office of the Deputy Secretary of State, the Office of the Counselor of the Department, any office of the Secretary’s Policy Planning Staff, and any office of an Under Secretary of State, and details to the National Security Council, are transparent, competitive, inclusive, and merit-based. (b) Report.— Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees regarding the mechanism established pursuant to subsection (a). (c) Availability.— The Secretary shall— (1) use transparent, competitive, inclusive, and merit-based processes for appointments and details to the staff positions specified in subsection (a); and (2) ensure that such positions are equally available to all employees of the Civil Service and the Foreign Service of the Department.
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Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Rule of Construction
Pub. L. 117–263, div. I, title XCIV, § 9405, , 136 Stat. 3897, provided that: “Nothing in this title [enacting this section] may be construed as altering existing law regarding merit system principles.”
Definitions
For definitions of “Secretary”, “Department”, and “appropriate congressional committees” as used in this section, see section 9002 of Pub. L. 117–263, set out as a note under section 2651 of this title.