Title 22 — Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Chapter 52 — Foreign Service
§ 4021a. Matters relating to the Foreign Service Institute
Statutory text
Director line of reporting
The Director of the Foreign Service Institute shall report to the Assistant Secretary for Human Resources for all matters pertaining to the management, execution, and strategy of the training and instruction required by section 4021 of this title.
Schools of instruction
The Foreign Service Institute shall consist of at least four schools of instruction, which shall provide instruction consistent with the requirements set forth in this subchapter. The schools of instruction shall be as follows:
The School of Professional and Area Studies, which shall provide job-specific orientation, tradecraft, and area studies, as well as new-hire orientation programs.
The School of Leadership and Management Studies, which shall provide leadership and crisis management training.
The School of Applied Information Technology Studies, which shall provide instruction to ensure information technology professionals have the up-to-date knowledge and skills required to operate and maintain the complex computer and technology systems employed by the Department.
The School of Foreign Languages, which shall be responsible for providing language instruction as prescribed by law and at the direction of the Secretary.
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.
Pub. L. 119–60 div. E title I § 5137 · 139 Stat. 1568
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 4021a
(Pub. L. 119–60, div. E, title I, § 5137, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1568.)
Unresolved: Pub. L. 119–60 was not found in the local Statutes at Large index.
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 119–60, div. E, title I, § 5137, Dec. 18, 2025, 139 Stat. 1568.)
0 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 unresolved
Editorial Notes
Codification
Section was enacted as part of the Department of State Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, and as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026, and not as part of the Foreign Service Act of 1980, which comprises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Change of Name
References to Foreign Service Institute considered to refer to George P. Shultz National Foreign Affairs Training Center, see section 1(b) of Pub. L. 107–132, set out as a note under section 4021 of this title.
Definitions
For definitions of “Secretary” and “Department” as used in this section, see section 5002 of Pub. L. 119–60, set out as a note under section 2651 of this title.
Credits
(Pub. L. 119–60, div. E, title I, § 5137, , 139 Stat. 1568.)