§ 4030. Suitability reviews for Foreign Service Institute instructors

Statutory text

The Secretary shall take reasonable steps to ensure that all instructors at the Foreign Service Institute, including direct hires and contractors, who provide language instruction are—

subject to suitability reviews and background investigations; and

subject to periodic background checks or reinvestigations to the extent consistent with Department and Executive policy for other Department personnel.

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.

2023
Department of State Authorization Act of 2023
Pub. L. 118–31 div. F title LXI § 6116 · 137 Stat. 136
Enacted · 22 U.S.C. § 4030
(Pub. L. 118–31, div. F, title LXI, § 6116, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 970.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 118–31, div. F, title LXI, § 6116, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 970.)
Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 6116. SUITABILITY REVIEWS FOR FOREIGN SERVICE INSTITUTE INSTRUCTORS. The Secretary shall take reasonable steps to ensure that all instructors at the Foreign Service Institute, including direct hires and contractors, who provide language instruction are— (1) subject to suitability reviews and background investigations; and (2) subject to periodic background checks or reinvestigations to the extent consistent with Department and Executive policy for other Department personnel.

1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision

Editorial Notes

Codification

Section was enacted as part of the Department of State Authorization Act of 2023, and also as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, 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 6002 of Pub. L. 118–31, set out as a note under section 2651 of this title.

Credits

(Pub. L. 118–31, div. F, title LXI, § 6116, Dec. 22, 2023, 137 Stat. 970.)